The question, “Is Halo as fun as it used to be?”, to me not really. After you read this I wanna know if it’s still fun like the older games to anyone else.Halo 5 is a fun game but I can’t sit on it for hours, and enjoy it like past Halo titles. Recently I have been looking back at old trailers, and vidoc’s remembering the hype I had for each game. But when I looked at Halo 5’s I didn’t have that memory. Past have stuck to a style for Halo, but over time it evolved. Halo CE had story, and private custom games and people could play for hours losing track of time. I never played the first Halo but whenever I got it I was amazed at how Halo started. I got play this game for hours with a few friends even though it was an old game.
Halo 2 was the next thing. Halo 2 introduced online multiplayer, and a new campaign that blew me away when I played in for the first time. I wish I played it whenever it first released cause I would’ve been probably out of words for it. Seeing Halo CE with the chiefs story, and then Halo 2’s story getting to see who controlled the Covenant Fleet you fought against was. . . wow! See that I could play as an elite, and getting to see the story from both sides was amazing. The time that went into this game I could not imagine. Again wishing I played this whenever it first released, I probably would be playing Multiplayer for hours.
Halo 3, finishing the fight. Halo 3 was my first Halo game, and it got me hooked. I remember going to a YMCA weekend stay for students and seeing this game. When I started playing I thought the art style was beautiful. The game play was great, and for the next few months I got my own Xbox and bought the game. The campaign for Halo 3 was special, seeing two enemies team up together to fight off the flood, and the Covenant. Arbiter redeeming his self for his sins. The story wanted me to see more.
Halo Reach, after I got Halo 3 I found in the middle of the year another Halo game was coming in 2010. The past games I played for hours, and wanting more well there was. Each trailer Bungie released showing how they have evolved their game, new abilities, forge, and a campaign. I first played the Campaign when I got it. Being apart of a team of spartans, and seeing what happened before Halo CE was breath taking. I had no words except, wow! I then went to multiplayer, and the first thing I played was a new mode Invasion, Spartans vs Elites. This was my favorite game mode, and the reason why is because it was unique to me. Having Spartans with certain abilities, and a set up,same with the elites. I could not stop playing this game because of how fun it was.
Halo 4 brought back an old feeling from Halo 3. With the shields, the movement and some old weapon designs. The Campaign was awesome but some things just made it not feel like Halo. Chief talking a lot, and yes I understand it was necessary for the story. But just how the story was told it didn’t feel like the Halo I know. The Multiplayer didn’t help either. For years playing Halo 3 and Reach I played as an elite, and not seeing one of the iconic species in Halo’s Multiplayer was weird. The game also just didn’t play like the way I found fun. After time I went back to Reach as well as a lot of friends, and other players I have seen before in the past.
Halo 5 the most recent story. Past games had things this game didn’t. The hype/feel of Halo. Past Halo titles had trailers that kept you wanting more, and finding out the story through the campaign, and lore. The Trailers kept to the theme. Halo 5 did not have that feeling, the trailers I saw made me wanna know how will we hunt down the chief, and what will we see from his point of view or whatever. The trailers felt misleading, and many of my friends felt the same way about this. We played through it, but we didn’t wanna play through it over and over like past games. Same with it’s multiplayer. Halo 5 game Halo a new feeling, a new change that most fans didn’t expect and didn’t like a lot. It wasn’t fun to me or my friends, we didn’t wanna play this game for hours like wed did with other games. The game didn’t feel complete, and to a bunch of fans it was a let down.Halo has changed for the better, and worse of it’s time. Certain changes are needed but not very big ones like Halo 5 has introduced. I play Reach from time to time still, along with MCC if I can find a game on Halo 3 or Halo 2. Halo isn’t as fun as it used to be to me. But that is me, I wanna know how many other people feel the same way.
Meant to also say was, Halo 3, Reach, and Halo 4 and a great customization option and I wish it stayed in the most recent game.