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Friday, November 30, 2001 |  |
Good and Evil...
Deimos™, from Subnova, dropped us a line to point out a new desktop he'd created - snag it from our Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 20:42:55 UTC) (permalink)
GameZilla and ED review Halo
A review we missed - at Gamezilla - is long, thoughtfully written, and very positive. There's some disappointment for the features lost in the move to the Xbox... but these aren't enough to downgrade the game:
A few poor elements hold it back from being the best it could be, like the overall lack of many story elements that were hyped during its creation. Also, it does seem as if a few elements have been purposefully left out, either from lack of development time, or holding them back for a PC and Mac release. Still, these items are more annoyances than anything and most certainly don?t keep it from being an amazing title. In the end, there?s really only one sentence of this review that you need to read to understand my point.
If you have an Xbox, purchase Halo.
The overall score was 97/100. Another review - at Entertainment Depot - was less positive; Halo got an Editor's Choice award, and was described as a 'thoroughly enjoyable title'... but some of the later levels soured the single-player experience for the reviewer in their repetitiveness and overwhelming 'shoot everything that moves' feeling. There seems to be a typo somewhere in the rating system; in one place, the game is given a 7/10 overall (while being described as a 'damn fine game'), but in another section it's given an 8.5 and and 'Excellent' - far more consistent with the subscore breakdowns. We'll assume the 7/10 is wrong. Both of these have been added to our Reviews page. (Thanks to Blue's News for the heads-up.) Update: Ryan N., from Entertainment Depot, confirms that the 7 was a typo - it's been corrected. (Louis Wu 17:00:14 UTC) (permalink)
Ambient life would have helped
Thanks to Chris Butcher, who posted a note on our forum clearing up a bit about the ambient life (and its omission in the shipping game):
the ambient life was an important key to understanding the purpose of halo... unfortunately we didn't have time to implement all the AI and animation for them, so there are certain plot points that just don't hang together well enough. oh well.
The more we hear, the more we realize the Halo story is deeper than it looks... (Louis Wu 16:33:55 UTC) (permalink)
New Wallpaper
Strider has created a new desktop image for our Wallpaper collection - go take a look. Them Bungie boyz sure know how to take screenshots... (Louis Wu 16:17:11 UTC) (permalink)
VideoGameGal reviews Halo
VideoGameGal has reviewed Halo - their review is bundled in a streaming video with a review for DOA3 (the total length is 11 and a half minutes, Halo starts about 4 minutes in). They gave it an 8.5; The breakdown was Graphics, 9/10 (human character models could use work); Sound, 8/10 (it seems they didn't like the 'heavy metal' bits of the soundtrack - their words); Controls, 8/10 ("almost as good as a keyboard and mouse"), and Replay 8/10 ("Deathmatch is so-so"). Go check it out on their site - we've added the listing to our Reviews page. (Louis Wu 13:56:10 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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Edge gives Halo a 10 Detail rundown at Xbox365 Invisible Dream reviews Halo Coalition of the Ring forms New Wallpaper arrives Joe Staten on gamestate |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Potential Spoilers PA gets tired of Halo See the sea... Tamte on Mac Halo New Fiction to read New T&R content and JJ interview, coming up! Hearing Cortana on a stereo TV |
