Postby Tendalus » Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:41 pm
The Halo series isn't meant to be played single player. I mean, the storylines are drab and boring and usually don't even make any sense. I guess it's there for basic orientation to the game, or for people who just suck at console fps and want to think they've played Halo.
The thing about Halo that made it so popular is the multiplayer feature. I've played through fps since early wolfenstein, doom, quake, and duke nukem... got into quake 2, unreal tourney and counterstrike. Only fps games on console that I ever really saw played were GoldenEye and Perfect Dark. Needless to say, the transition to non-mouse aiming was rough. But after a few weeks of getting Halo back in the day (and now, many years), I'd have to say that I far prefer using a controller over a mouse and keyboard.
Halo 3 is a great game the day you buy it if you played Halo 2 online. If you haven't played Halo 2 enough to not get your ass kicked every time you spawn, then do not expect to get Halo 3 and enjoy the multiplayer feature right away... because you will suck. It's really that simple. The difference between an average player and a new player is extremely dramatic. It's like buying WoW and expecting to raid in the first few weeks after release. In Halo, instead of grinding fake experience levels to get stronger, you actually have to learn out to play to become more experienced and better.
And as far as the community goes... there's a simple option that makes it so you can only hear your own team, so trash talking is a thing of the past.