It’s been quite some time since we last left Arby and the Chef, but the work remains unfinished. While we’ve shown the Covenant the error of their ways, their forces yet persist in their genocidal campaign.
There’s no one better equipped than us to stop them.* Indeed, it’s time to Finish the Fight.
Thumbnail by Sam Callahan.
*I’m told there are, in fact, many people better equipped than I to play this game.
I’m not surprised that Halo 3 didn’t get the full treatment that the previous two games did in The Master Chief Collection. It’s a logical choice given that Halo: CE and Halo 2 were original Xbox games and needed that kind of love. Once we hit the 360, games like Halo 3 were already native HD so they don’t need to have increased resolution for modern monitors. While some aspects, like the faces, didn’t age that well, the game still looks good.
What did surprise me was both how many chapters that we completed in this initial two hours. It seems both that we’re flying through the campaign and that we haven’t actually advanced the story all that much just yet, which concerns me a little.
Additionally, I thought that Halo 2 was a lethal game, but Halo 3 is giving me cause to reconsider. I’ve noticed my shields melting way fasting than I remember from either of the previous two.
As for new features, perhaps it’s because I don’t play much multiplayer, but I don’t see the bubble shield and all of those other consumable items adding too much to the campaign itself. While most of the new weapons seem decent, the only one that stands out to be is that Gravity Hammer. That thing feels so good to swing!
I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of what this campaign has to offer.
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