Here's my first review! Oh yes, I am ready for this one, and it is Halo 4 for the Xbox 360! Keep in mind that I haven't played Halo 4 in a while since I have been busy on the PC or played a different game on the Xbox 360, so here is what I think of Halo 4.
THE STORY:
The story is... interesting to say the least. I don't really know why 343 Industries wanted to go with a more emotional story. Not really the greatest of the Halo series story wise but still pretty interesting. 8.6/10 for the story. Not bad for a first game.
GAMEPLAY:
In Halo 3, the gameplay was perfect and actually feels like the previous Halo games. In Halo Reach, that concept was improved upon. In Halo 4, especially the multiplayer, it feels like 343 Industries copied and pasted some things from Call of Duty. And I'm not saying it's bad, but I feel that even though most elements of the gameplay feel like Halo, stuff like killcams and such don't really make it feel like Halo to me. Sprinting is permanently enabled, which really isn't a bad idea for Halo (In fact, Grifball in Multiplayer feels really fun with it), but Bungie made Sprinting a power up in Halo Reach for a reason: so the original Halo gameplay can be kept into the game while adding something small to give the players a boost. Overall, I give the gameplay a 8.5/10.
MULTIPLAYER:
Do I even have to talk about the multiplayer? It is REALLY GOOD despite some gameplay elements I described earlier. Grifball is my favorite in this game. 9.6/10 for the multiplayer.
GRAPHICS:
And finally, the graphics. This game has to have the best graphics on the Xbox 360 to date. 343 Industries did a REALLY good job with the graphics in this game. If I were a guy that thought that graphics make the game (which I am not thankfully.), I would say that this is the best graphics I have seen from any game. 9.8/10.
OVERALL:
Overall I give this game a 8.3 out of 10. Not a bad game, I could recommend it to someone who is a hardcore Halo fan. Graphics are AMAZING though.
Hopefully you all enjoyed my first review here, and check back for more!
EDIT: Here's a little update to this review since I recently finished the game a few days ago. My honest opinion is that Halo 4 isn't all that bad for 343 industries first game. Of course some things should be changed here and there, but I think this is a pretty good game, despite the fact that almost everything is changed. I wish luck to 343i on Halo 5 (Halo 5 actually looks awesome btw).
Here's my first review! Oh yes, I am ready for this one, and it is Halo 4 for the Xbox 360! Keep in mind that I haven't played Halo 4 in a while since I have been busy on the PC or played a different game on the Xbox 360, so here is what I think of Halo 4.
THE STORY:
The story is... interesting to say the least. I don't really know why 343 Industries wanted to go with a more emotional story. Not really the greatest of the Halo series story wise but still pretty interesting. 8.6/10 for the story. Not bad for a first game.
GAMEPLAY:
In Halo 3, the gameplay was perfect and actually feels like the previous Halo games. In Halo Reach, that concept was improved upon. In Halo 4, especially the multiplayer, it feels like 343 Industries copied and pasted some things from Call of Duty. And I'm not saying it's bad, but I feel that even though most elements of the gameplay feel like Halo, stuff like killcams and such don't really make it feel like Halo to me. Sprinting is permanently enabled, which really isn't a bad idea for Halo (In fact, Grifball in Multiplayer feels really fun with it), but Bungie made Sprinting a power up in Halo Reach for a reason: so the original Halo gameplay can be kept into the game while adding something small to give the players a boost. Overall, I give the gameplay a 8.5/10.
MULTIPLAYER:
Do I even have to talk about the multiplayer? It is REALLY GOOD despite some gameplay elements I described earlier. Grifball is my favorite in this game. 9.6/10 for the multiplayer.
GRAPHICS:
And finally, the graphics. This game has to have the best graphics on the Xbox 360 to date. 343 Industries did a REALLY good job with the graphics in this game. If I were a guy that thought that graphics make the game (which I am not thankfully.), I would say that this is the best graphics I have seen from any game. 9.8/10.
OVERALL:
Overall I give this game a 8.3 out of 10. Not a bad game, I could recommend it to someone who is a hardcore Halo fan. Graphics are AMAZING though.
Hopefully you all enjoyed my first review here, and check back for more!
EDIT: Here's a little update to this review since I recently finished the game a few days ago. My honest opinion is that Halo 4 isn't all that bad for 343 industries first game. Of course some things should be changed here and there, but I think this is a pretty good game, despite the fact that almost everything is changed. I wish luck to 343i on Halo 5 (Halo 5 actually looks awesome btw).