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Halo
Halo is a Western game franchise about a supersoldier who single-handedly beats up a highly religious an genocidal alien alliance. Also, there are weird floating rings that can kill everything.
Review
In General
Halo has a very pleasing aesthetic to me, though I canât easily articulate exactly what it is about Halo that I find so nice. Though this applies up to Halo Reach and doesnât really apply past it that much (with notable exceptions like Halo Legends).
I know the comparison will be strange, but I think it gives me a similar feeling to Tolkien's Legendarium. That might just be because Iâm thinking about the Legendarium a lot though.
Halo: Combat Evolved
I played the PC version specifically to play the campaign and, after finishing it once, I think I finished it at least one other time. Though never on the hardest difficulties.
Gameplay is pretty good in all the Halo games, so I wonât comment much on that front.
The story at this point in time is alright. I donât remember any particular issues with the story. Maybe the big one (though this isnât the fault of this game) is that Sgt. Johnson survives past this game, somehow.
Halo 3: ODST
This is among the few games where I actually finished the campaign. And it was pretty good.
What I especially liked about ODST is that youâre quite fragile, which means youâve gotta think about how to approach situations (at least a little bit).
Halo Reach
This is the other game that I actually played the campaign for. And the campaign I quite like.
I prefer playing this game the most out of all of them due to the presence of firefight (1) and because of sprint being an ability (2).
I also think that this is where the Halo aesthetic looks best. It still looks like Halo, just with a bit more detail. And not quite as cartoony as the other games. Honestly, I think the franchise should return to the look of this game.
Halo Legends
Before I ever played the gamesâŚI ended up watching this. And multiple times too, so you can tell I quite like it.
This can technically be considered the first anime I ever watched too, though I actually think Pokemon holds that title.
Halo Legends is an anthology series and, as a result, each âepisodeâ differs quite a bit. I think my favorite is Homecoming, though Origins Parts 1 & 2 are probably the best (and theyâre my second-favorite). Homecoming actually has a few lore issues, though all the âepisodesâ seem to have problems in that department.