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Originally Posted by twister002
I have no idea how far into the single player campaign I am right now.
Spoiler: I'm trying to find the heretic right now if that tells anyone anything.
My only complaints with the game so far have been cosmetic. The switch from low-res to high-res textures is very jumpy. One second the Master Chief looks like a big green gumby and the next, voila nice and bump-mapped. It's pretty distracting because it happens all the time in the cut scenes and the game. Some parts at the start are pretty hokey and it seems like they are reaching just to make a "big moment", IMO. But if you just sit back, smile, and wait until you get the controls again it's all good.
There have been a couple of times where I ran out of ammo and had to slug my way through an area. Probably just poor marksmenship/ammo conservation on my part. But it's pretty satisfying to wander through turning the grunts and jackels into wall smears. hehe
Can't wait to try out multiplayer even though I'm going to SUCK.
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That's only about Mission 5 out of 13, according to the strategy guide, I only got the guide because it has bad ass maps of all the multiplayer levels.
The part on the bump-mapping, jumping back and forth during cut-scenes is true, its very annoying.
I thought the first mission in the campaign was boring, kinda like the first mission from Halo, Spoiler:
Where basically the base you're at, gets attacked. Until I got to the level where you're Spoiler:
On the highway in a Warthog in one section, then driving a Scorpion tank taking out Covenant Ghosts, Banshees, and Wraiths on a long, open bridge in the other, and near the conclusion of the level you jump off a huge ledge onto this giant walking robotic "scarab", to take out the Covenant on board, and the machine itsself, is so awesome, that has to be one of my favorite levels in any video game.
Multiplayer for the most part, is the same from Halo, but with new additions. There is only one weapon that's extremely cheap (like the noob cannon, pistol, from Halo), which is the Energy blade. You can't really block or dodge attacks when you're going up against a guy that has one, and it basically takes you out in one hit (especially when they use the special lock-on lunge attack). Multiplayer is also pretty laggy, I don't think its my connection, because I was playing on a 64 player Counter Strike: Source game with no lag at all, I think its because there are huge amounts of people playing the game at once, hopefully, Microsoft will upgrade the servers/bandwidth soon. Its not terrible lag, as long as you are in a small room full of people, it should run fine.