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Got this today via SR and I must say, it's fantastic.
Haven't played it much (beat the robot-boss-thing just past the mainframe section), but this is what I expected Halo to be. Not in the style of play, but the level design, atmosphere and general feel of the game. It's amazing, to be frank, what I'd call a wonderful merger between Halo, Slinter Cell and the most beautiful visuals on a home console, and not to mention one of, if not the, best XBox game I've played.
The atmosphere in the prison is just so engrossing and... real. The gameplay is equally impressive, the hand-to-hand combat standing out; not a Goldeneye-esque slap system, you can link combos, use different weapons, etc.
All I have to say, really, is get this game. The lack of multiplayer is a little disappointing as I could see it working very well, but so far I'm happy with it how it is. Very much.
Haven't played it much (beat the robot-boss-thing just past the mainframe section), but this is what I expected Halo to be. Not in the style of play, but the level design, atmosphere and general feel of the game. It's amazing, to be frank, what I'd call a wonderful merger between Halo, Slinter Cell and the most beautiful visuals on a home console, and not to mention one of, if not the, best XBox game I've played.
The atmosphere in the prison is just so engrossing and... real. The gameplay is equally impressive, the hand-to-hand combat standing out; not a Goldeneye-esque slap system, you can link combos, use different weapons, etc.
All I have to say, really, is get this game. The lack of multiplayer is a little disappointing as I could see it working very well, but so far I'm happy with it how it is. Very much.
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Yeah, SR sent him the game a couple of days early because he's related to the Queen of England :-)
Rickoss wrote:
> Got this today via SR
If he was American how could he have got it from SR? And if he was American, why would he wait for the UK release when it was out there months ago?
Maybe SR sent him the game early, you donut.
> Got this today via SR
If he was American how could he have got it from SR? And if he was American, why would he wait for the UK release when it was out there months ago?
Maybe SR sent him the game early, you donut.
I take it you're from U.S then, as we don't get COR until tommorow. You might be wrong about the unarmed missions being boring. How would this game be in the hat for best console game of the year if critics found any of it boring?
It's a very good game but no Halo beater. The unarmed combat is a bit pish to be honest - not much better than random flailing. The AI is also very dodgy in places: with most enemies you can stab them with a shiv, run round a corner and they'll either forget about you or saunter after you with their gun swinging uselessly by their side. And there are far too many pointless walking missions when you get to level II.
SR is a UK shop...how did you get COR from them? I don't think it's online multiplayer because everyone would wanna be...Riddick. I also heard there ain't loads of guns (this don't decrease it's rating..as you've heard!) and in multiplayer, deathmatches for example people like to kill everyone with things like rockets, grenades, machine guns etc. I've seen in clips; shotgun, 2 machine guns and a pistol. So when you don't have a large arsenal of weapons it ain't as fun as single player. So the new OXM is out, and COR is a playable demo on the disc? What do you get on the demo?
Crush wrote:
> Told you so.
No you didn't. :-P
> Told you so.
No you didn't. :-P
Well, it's not online but I guess they're planning on releasing new content because it does say Xbox Live enabled on the cover.
Told you so. Any online features?
I played the demo today from the new official xbox mag and loved it. Theres just a certain feel to it thats lacking in so many games.
Got this today via SR and I must say, it's fantastic.
Haven't played it much (beat the robot-boss-thing just past the mainframe section), but this is what I expected Halo to be. Not in the style of play, but the level design, atmosphere and general feel of the game. It's amazing, to be frank, what I'd call a wonderful merger between Halo, Slinter Cell and the most beautiful visuals on a home console, and not to mention one of, if not the, best XBox game I've played.
The atmosphere in the prison is just so engrossing and... real. The gameplay is equally impressive, the hand-to-hand combat standing out; not a Goldeneye-esque slap system, you can link combos, use different weapons, etc.
All I have to say, really, is get this game. The lack of multiplayer is a little disappointing as I could see it working very well, but so far I'm happy with it how it is. Very much.
Haven't played it much (beat the robot-boss-thing just past the mainframe section), but this is what I expected Halo to be. Not in the style of play, but the level design, atmosphere and general feel of the game. It's amazing, to be frank, what I'd call a wonderful merger between Halo, Slinter Cell and the most beautiful visuals on a home console, and not to mention one of, if not the, best XBox game I've played.
The atmosphere in the prison is just so engrossing and... real. The gameplay is equally impressive, the hand-to-hand combat standing out; not a Goldeneye-esque slap system, you can link combos, use different weapons, etc.
All I have to say, really, is get this game. The lack of multiplayer is a little disappointing as I could see it working very well, but so far I'm happy with it how it is. Very much.
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