Archive for November, 2001
Good and Evil…
Published by Louis Wu November 30th, 2001 in HBOGameZilla and ED review Halo
Published by Louis Wu November 30th, 2001 in HBOA few poor elements hold it back from being the best it could be, like the overall lack of many story elements that were hyped during its creation. Also, it does seem as if a few elements have been purposefully left out, either from lack of development time, or holding them back for a PC and Mac release. Still, these items are more annoyances than anything and most certainly don?t keep it from being an amazing title. In the end, there?s really only one sentence of this review that you need to read to understand my point.
If you have an Xbox, purchase Halo.
The overall score was 97/100. Another review - at Entertainment Depot - was less positive; Halo got an Editor's Choice award, and was described as a 'thoroughly enjoyable title'... but some of the later levels soured the single-player experience for the reviewer in their repetitiveness and overwhelming 'shoot everything that moves' feeling. There seems to be a typo somewhere in the rating system; in one place, the game is given a 7/10 overall (while being described as a 'damn fine game'), but in another section it's given an 8.5 and and 'Excellent' - far more consistent with the subscore breakdowns. We'll assume the 7/10 is wrong. Both of these have been added to our Reviews page. (Thanks to Blue's News for the heads-up.) Update: Ryan N., from Entertainment Depot, confirms that the 7 was a typo - it's been corrected.
Ambient life would have helped
Published by Louis Wu November 30th, 2001 in HBOthe ambient life was an important key to understanding the purpose of halo... unfortunately we didn't have time to implement all the AI and animation for them, so there are certain plot points that just don't hang together well enough. oh well.
The more we hear, the more we realize the Halo story is deeper than it looks...
New Wallpaper
Published by Louis Wu November 30th, 2001 in HBOVideoGameGal reviews Halo
Published by Louis Wu November 30th, 2001 in HBOEdge gives Halo a 10
Published by Louis Wu November 29th, 2001 in HBODetail rundown at Xbox365
Published by Louis Wu November 29th, 2001 in HBOInvisible Dream reviews Halo
Published by Louis Wu November 29th, 2001 in HBOCoalition of the Ring forms
Published by Louis Wu November 29th, 2001 in HBONew Wallpaper arrives
Published by Louis Wu November 29th, 2001 in HBOSearch
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