Recent reviews by noblerooster

I've been playing Halo since CE. I'll be honest in that I thoroughly enjoyed the campaign experience - interesting and memorable characters, cool locations, and a solid take on open world gameplay combined with a linear story. I would love to see some expansions on the story and the world. The FOB based progression along with the unlocks at those FOBs based on side "quests" was a nice touch. The grapple hook adds so much to gameplay and how to approach situations, its just stupid fun IMHO, and lots of times ends in hilarious results when it goes wrong.

Multiplayer is fun IMO, I don't find it as annoying as some of the latest installments in the series. Halo 3 and Reach (give or take the armor abilities in Reach) will always be the golden days of Halo MP I think, and there's no good way to capture that lightning in a bottle again. I will say Infinite MP is the most fun I've had in an arcade shooter MP in awhile and fits typical Halo MP styles in that power weapons and/or precision weapons rule the field.

I love the customization of my Spartan in MP, however as someone who played the game at launch, and picked it back up later, it's a bit overwhelming with all the armor cores, and how to acquire specific pieces. I always loved Reach's style of armor progression, and this is similar, albeit a bit more convoluted and heavily laden with microtransactions.

Overall, as a long time Halo fan, I enjoy the Infinite experience.

Oh the nostalgia I get when playing this game. I had it for Gamecube back in the day, and absolutely loved it. It and Wind Waker were my two favorite games for the ol' GCN back in the day. Playing this game just sends me right back to my room or my buddies house where we would stay up into the wee hours of the morning playing RE4. Great times.

This remake (rather it's just a retexturing) to me stands true to the original. I will admit, it took me about an hour of gameplay to get back in the control scheme, as it is very different than any game now a days. You have to think though, not many games rocked the 2-stick movement and aiming combo back then as pretty much all games do now. I remember CoD 3 on PS2 being the first game I ever played with those ocntrols, and I loved it then and do today. So, just take some time with the controls, eventually they'll start to feel more natural. I cannot vouch for M+K control though, as i feel like this game is meant to be played with a controller and that's how I play it.

Overall quality of the re-texture? I think it looks pretty good honestl. It's not mind-blowing by any means, but it's enough for me to not feel like I'm playing a 10 year old game. It's certainly no Skyrim or modern day visualy appealing game. Everything is very dark and gritty and I think these re-texture works with that fine.

Now then, I'll get back to reliving my childhood here soon via this game. If you liked the original, then I think you'll find everything you want in this game.

I'll be honest, I have no idea exactly what I played through. The story, I feel is very intricate, for not so intricate gameplay. That being said, I absolutely loved this game! First time I played it, got frustrated, and vowed not to play it anymore. Second time picking it up esd completely different. "It's Ok to die..." Keep that in mind. It's the only way you'll make it through this game the first time.

I absolutely love the graphics and the gameplay. It's frustrating, as it should be, but not so bad that you don't think you can beat a level. Well worth the money spent!