Need Halo 4 ASAP. For the single player. Just for the challenge and novelty of a new game.
Both ODST and Halo 3 are jokes on Legendary for me (nor fun on Legendary, Heroic for life) and Reach campaign is so shitty i don't want to play it even on Easy.
i actually like Reach's campaign, gameplay-wise. it's a good game.
but it fails epicly in telling the story of an overwhelming invasion.
No, it is not good gameplay-wise. The enemies are too strong and accurate (the only comparable enemies were Jackal Snipers in Halo 2). Level desing is boring. Weapons are boring (outside the Grenade launcher which is rare and almost useless in the campaign). Armor abilities are too sparse... and irrelevant, the AI sees through the camo.
Rail-shooter sections are horrible.
Space combat is absolutely awful.
Vehicle health system and handling ruin vehicle sections.
while i agree with the rail shooter sequences being awful (especially on legendary or higher), i do not agree with the rest.
Reach was the first Halo game i completed on Legendary and even (S)LASO. legendary was challenging, but that's what i expected of a Legendary difficulty setting. when i later played through H3 on Legendary, i found it "disappointing", no real challenge and not really any more difficult than on Heroic, except for a few parts, like the the first army of brutes in "crow's nest".
re level design i only agree with you regarding the "stealth mission" (forgot what it was called, the sniper mission featuring 6 and jun), because sneaking didn't work at all. it was either running for it or going gung-ho.
what i missed were big battles (scarabs, for god's sake!), but other than that i think reach has a well balanced campaign that forces the player to utilize different tactics, especially on higher difficulties.
but it never felt like we were overwhelmed. at no point, not even with a covy cruiser glassing the city in the background.
