Though I was waiting for it to come directly to PC until Microsoft ate it to showcase their xbox. Hehe, Halo comes from a long line of excellent FPS games from Bungie, but they were for the Mac. Pathways into Darkness, Marathon I, II and Infinity.
Given that... I still feel amazingly cool to have done a level non-linear fashion. In the level for Master Chief to get to the Halo Control room, I ran up and onto the land bridge, rushed past everyone, distracting Elites with grenades (one jumped off to his death), and stole the banshee while denying the other parked banshee from lift-off. Then went off to FUBAR everyone else, the tanks, the ghosts, and anything on the ground, sniping from where I shouldn't be able to (I assume). Now the elites are scripted to go take the banshees as soon as they can, so I had ~5s before its too late--- I repeated that rush so many times :ph34r: Neeenja elite skills.
Whoo! I'm such a fanboy right now. What a rush doing and going where I shouldn't hehe. Covenant asks me to get up to a platform... naturally my instinct is to steal a banshee because its just cool. Sadly, I only started on normal difficulty, so this is not the hardest thing ever-- but for a first run. Wow. Stunning. I love this game for its non-linearality. The ability to be creative. Sniping hunters in the back from strange angles. Sneak--rushing the shielded ones, silent assasination not just the sleeping but the moving is a pure absolute thrill.
Ok. I need to find another halo fan and go over the various adventures. like. Now.
Given that... I still feel amazingly cool to have done a level non-linear fashion. In the level for Master Chief to get to the Halo Control room, I ran up and onto the land bridge, rushed past everyone, distracting Elites with grenades (one jumped off to his death), and stole the banshee while denying the other parked banshee from lift-off. Then went off to FUBAR everyone else, the tanks, the ghosts, and anything on the ground, sniping from where I shouldn't be able to (I assume). Now the elites are scripted to go take the banshees as soon as they can, so I had ~5s before its too late--- I repeated that rush so many times :ph34r: Neeenja elite skills.
Whoo! I'm such a fanboy right now. What a rush doing and going where I shouldn't hehe. Covenant asks me to get up to a platform... naturally my instinct is to steal a banshee because its just cool. Sadly, I only started on normal difficulty, so this is not the hardest thing ever-- but for a first run. Wow. Stunning. I love this game for its non-linearality. The ability to be creative. Sniping hunters in the back from strange angles. Sneak--rushing the shielded ones, silent assasination not just the sleeping but the moving is a pure absolute thrill.
Ok. I need to find another halo fan and go over the various adventures. like. Now.