I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here, but what is the big deal about Halo?
I just finished the first Halo over the weekend. I previously was a PC gamer only, and had nothing but disdain for console games. I recently purchased an Xbox 360 to play some of the newer titles like Gears of War, Bioshock, etc. without having to go through the constant cycle of swapping video cards, ram, cpu, & motherboard, every other year.
As a noob to the world of consoles, I completely have bought into the hype and have purchased both Halo 2 and Halo 3 from Amazon. I had a copy of Halo: CE for the PC but never played it. Everyone talks about Halo being this revolutionary 1st person shooter, best game of its genre, etc. I just don't see it.
I do realize the version I just finished was 7 years old but parts of the game were just repetiive and unnecessary. The story seemed to be told in jerky steps, it didn't seem fluid at all. After awhile maps just seemed boring and repetitive. The section where you are following the mechanical orb come to mind as one of the most aggravating sections of the entire game. However, the section where you are driving the tank, and the end piece driving the warthog through the ship were fun.
Granted Halo is a seven year video game, but it nowhere deserves the praise its getting. On the other hand, Half-Life was an experience! That was a game that drew you into its story line. And you actually were wanting to find out what was going on. Finishing Halo just seemed like a chore I needed to complete.
Did this stuff get fixed in Halo 2? Was Halo 2 an improvement? I'm really curious as to why so many people rave about this game. Or is it because of its multi-player?