So I always had up-down relationship with Halo as I was adament PS fanboy back when Halo was rising . Mostly due I was teenager didn't had financial to buy Xbox basically. Tried PC Ports of 1 didnt like it that much back in 2007 or something. Halo 2 PC port I played that because I always envied how fun it looked and it was early Youtube days blue-red etc always liked them but never had xbox systems so kinda felt shitty. Halo 2 on Vista was fine game to be honest liked it was Games for Windows it kinda felt like I had xbox.
But didnt play campaign lol.
SO years later I played entire series(atleast MCC) on PC.
First of all I would say ports are really good (or became really good with patches). All support from a modern PC game , all type of input settings , multiplayer etc. Only thing is not in co-op cross play but thats ok i guess.
Gameplay :
First of all Halo plays really fun, there are enough weapon variety not too much but useful enough. Levels usually designed to take care of them sometimes forces you to use them.
But game is designed in a way you can do stealth and still complete missions. Or just get some vehicle to levels that shouldnt be possible to take them like interiors. It super fun to use ghost interiors etc. Makes variety in gameplay. Feel like sometimes its bit repetitive in terms of design but I feel like its designed to be like played with friends so its kinda full on shooter unlike say Half Life which has puzzles etc. No zooming feels weird at when you first play (ADS) but its nice feel of change. Playing with Keyboard + Mouse is godsend. Playing on x360 controller really sucks I dont like it. In any case grenades are pretty important also melee. If you use your tactics well you can take out a lot enemies with these basically cover greaneda melee in first game easily. Each game tactics change though.
Story :
Really interesting background/lore. Though when you start with Reach you dont understand jackshit so play CE first. I stupidly believed reach would be good start point when its most advanced game and doesnt have any lore for starters. I didnt understand what is these alien types why they attack who are these halo guys (spartans etc)
Play 1-2 read some lore for books and comics (pretty good ones in youtube) . Then you really become attached to story , its a basic sci fi story but some of religion etc aspects kinda feel good also as well like cyberpunkish modificiation of human body etc.
Cortana is fun character as well
Audio :
Really important. Anniversary versions sound kinda bad in weapons sadly. OG games have gamey sound may not be realistic but more memoryful/remembered/fun. Announcer dude is legendary like Mortal kombat announcer. Songs are badass and they really play in where game needs a boost - gets boring. Voice acting is really good on Cortana and AI - elites etc
Other:
Halo 1 : feels like star wars movie. Very long , very hard compared to other titles. Feels half life -ish . Scarier than others. Best AI by far. Anniversary version is eh colors are too colorful.
Halo 2 : Anniversary looks better than Halo 5. Dual wield is amazing. CGI cutscenes look like marvel movie.- Guardians. Story is best by far even though cliffhanger. Multi is pretty good songs are also the best. some weapons are shit like shotgun sadly.
halo 3 : most archaic one sadly. 2 Got anniversary and 1 is timeless but 3 feels like product of its time. obviously I wasnt there when it was hype. Meh for me , feels like most of stuff is perfected by reach(in terms of gameplay) . Multi is worse than 2
halo reach : multi is best. Art style is worse too dark - rainy mode. Lots of gameplay modes. Story is trash to be honest people see some skull dude and think its good. I didnt feel any connection or motivation . Master chief + cortana much more interesting. Feels like star wars rogue one . Has best gameplay by far
halo 4 : cod basically. Cortana is great in it rest is shit.
didnt play 5 or odst
But didnt play campaign lol.
SO years later I played entire series(atleast MCC) on PC.
First of all I would say ports are really good (or became really good with patches). All support from a modern PC game , all type of input settings , multiplayer etc. Only thing is not in co-op cross play but thats ok i guess.
Gameplay :
First of all Halo plays really fun, there are enough weapon variety not too much but useful enough. Levels usually designed to take care of them sometimes forces you to use them.
But game is designed in a way you can do stealth and still complete missions. Or just get some vehicle to levels that shouldnt be possible to take them like interiors. It super fun to use ghost interiors etc. Makes variety in gameplay. Feel like sometimes its bit repetitive in terms of design but I feel like its designed to be like played with friends so its kinda full on shooter unlike say Half Life which has puzzles etc. No zooming feels weird at when you first play (ADS) but its nice feel of change. Playing with Keyboard + Mouse is godsend. Playing on x360 controller really sucks I dont like it. In any case grenades are pretty important also melee. If you use your tactics well you can take out a lot enemies with these basically cover greaneda melee in first game easily. Each game tactics change though.
Story :
Really interesting background/lore. Though when you start with Reach you dont understand jackshit so play CE first. I stupidly believed reach would be good start point when its most advanced game and doesnt have any lore for starters. I didnt understand what is these alien types why they attack who are these halo guys (spartans etc)
Play 1-2 read some lore for books and comics (pretty good ones in youtube) . Then you really become attached to story , its a basic sci fi story but some of religion etc aspects kinda feel good also as well like cyberpunkish modificiation of human body etc.
Cortana is fun character as well
Audio :
Really important. Anniversary versions sound kinda bad in weapons sadly. OG games have gamey sound may not be realistic but more memoryful/remembered/fun. Announcer dude is legendary like Mortal kombat announcer. Songs are badass and they really play in where game needs a boost - gets boring. Voice acting is really good on Cortana and AI - elites etc
Other:
Halo 1 : feels like star wars movie. Very long , very hard compared to other titles. Feels half life -ish . Scarier than others. Best AI by far. Anniversary version is eh colors are too colorful.
Halo 2 : Anniversary looks better than Halo 5. Dual wield is amazing. CGI cutscenes look like marvel movie.- Guardians. Story is best by far even though cliffhanger. Multi is pretty good songs are also the best. some weapons are shit like shotgun sadly.
halo 3 : most archaic one sadly. 2 Got anniversary and 1 is timeless but 3 feels like product of its time. obviously I wasnt there when it was hype. Meh for me , feels like most of stuff is perfected by reach(in terms of gameplay) . Multi is worse than 2
halo reach : multi is best. Art style is worse too dark - rainy mode. Lots of gameplay modes. Story is trash to be honest people see some skull dude and think its good. I didnt feel any connection or motivation . Master chief + cortana much more interesting. Feels like star wars rogue one . Has best gameplay by far
halo 4 : cod basically. Cortana is great in it rest is shit.
didnt play 5 or odst
