Nah, it’s not that. I’m just spoiled by the Quake-style
mouse setup. You know, “look where you point” with the mouse. They could duplicate the “feel” with the stick by making it so when you move the stock 15 degrees left, you look 15 degrees left, and then when you let the stick back to center, you look back straight. But I couldn’t find a config option like that.
Oh, yeah? Okay, cool. I’ll get some more time on my friend’s 'box and get father. I’m looking forward to some enemies that are a little more worthy of fear.
-Ben
they have it at the EB store & I played it yesterday it was very nice. For me it would Not be worth paying $400 (system, memory card, game) to get but nice anyway
I think Halo is one of the best games to ever hit a platform. I don’t normally even like first person shooter games, because they seem all the same to me. That’s probably also because I’m not a big video-gamer, but that means another point for Halo: Any game that can get me to play, especially an FPS, and enjoy it even though I’m not good at it is definitely a first-rate title.
Just a note if you buy the Xbox &/or this game from Virgin Megastores with an American Express card, you can save 30%!
Until dec 26th. They have a lot of stores in California.
ps2 is $210 with discount. From the virgin website:
"30% OFF Nearly Everything at Virgin Megastores
November 22 - December 26, 2001
All you have to do is use Blue at any US Virgin Megastore from November 22 - December 26, 2001, and you’ll get the 30% savings automatically. So make your way to a Virgin Megastore near you and don’t forget to bring along Blue, "
Well, you don’t need a memory card neccessarily, unless you plan to pick up your game at a friend’s house. That’d bring you down to $350.
Finished this game the other day. Had, by far, the best ending of any game I’ve ever played. Very exciting and satisfying.
Took a few days off and now I’m trying my hand at it again, only this time on “Legendary” difficulty.
Man, that game is addicting. Only wish wish one of my friends would pick one up so we could LAN link em.
I’m on my way through on Legendary now too. Got through the first level pretty quick, but that second level is already a butt kicker. The last two levels are gonna be pretty rough I imagine.
Totally different tactics in Legendary mode. Gotta sneak around alot and try not to be noticed while getting more health, weapons, or ammo. And then try to sneak into a good firing position before starting the fire fight.
I didnt plan the easy level, I started on the second level (I assume that is legendary?). Just finished where you get the snipers rifle…That scope with night vision is just amazing. Picking off those guys was fun. Beat that level, got “beamed up” into the ship, and now I am gettin my ass kicked all over the place.
I bought the game on Friday and got home around 4:00, I played until about 2:30 AM and finished the game (Easy setting). I started fresh with the goal of finishing each level at each setting. I have completed the first level in all settings, and I’m currently working on level three in Legendary. Man, there are about six of those guys with the swords after you beam aboard, one swipe and they kill you, plus they are invisible. Throw in a bunch of grunts (don’t they sound like gremlins?) and you are in for an unbelievable challenge.
The greatest thrill is throwing a plasma grenade and sticking it to a Grunt who panics and runs over to the group of Covenant screaming “Get it off, Get it off!” only to be blown to figurines.
“The Flood” is well named, that’s all I will say. I like the fact that the game actually gets you rooting for the Covenant sometimes.
Oh, and the vehicles rock. I could never back up the Warthog until I figured out that you simply point where the vehicle goes and control the throttle, it’s not a precise driving, but once you understand that, you can throw that thing around turns and over hills. (Oh, and the comments by the Marines and the Covenant are priceless, the ultimate AI). If you don’t have this game, buy it.
Halo looks sweet, but the Xbox is a joke. I’m just waiting for a coding buddy of mine ot wrtie me a piece of software so I can play the games on my PC.
Halo looks pretty sweet though I can see a problem with not enough varitey on texture mapping, but nice looking so far.
Well, alot of the voices would not be “needed” to play, they are mostly amusing. However, some of the are pretty important. The pretty much spell out what you should be doing at any giving time in the game. I can’t find any setting in the game that would subtitle that ya.
I can see a problem with not enough varitey on texture mapping, but nice looking so far.