
It’s been a pretty lazy weekend for me, not that I’m complaining. In fact, I actually liked lull in activity over the past two days. It’s been a while since I had any time to actually stay at home as I please, as I’d usually have somewhere to go to or some event to attend.
On some random whim, I decided to install and re-play the PC version first Halo game. Yep, that game that introduced the entire gaming world to Master Chief and put the Xbox on the map. Given that its prettier and more feature-packed sequels are still getting a considerable amount of play, how does the first one hold up? Surprisingly, yes.
Sure, certain elements like the visuals and samey environments sure look dated by today’s standards, but the gameplay pretty much makes up for it. It’s simple, straightforward, and doesn’t require you to memorize dozens of functions. No wonder it excelled as an FPS built for console play. The action is still pretty intense, even though your unfortunate Covenant enemies seem more cartoonish from when I last played this. The weapons, thankfully, are still a blast to use, especially my personal favorites, the shotgun and Needler.
I’m still in the early part of the single player campaign. I’m pretty sure I’ll be putting that on hold when my cousin gets back to Manila and we start playing 1-on-1 deathmatches, though. For all the trouble that setting up our home network has given me, at least now I can play competitively against pretty much anyone in our apartment.
Oh well, looks like my weekend’s over. The rest of you out there, however, still have an extra day of rest. Make the most of it. You dig?