Fun game so far. Though I'm on the third mission and it's starting to drag on. Way too many "Go click this button" objectives in this mission.
The graphics and sound are outstanding, the new Forerunner guns are all pretty fun to use, the new enemies are interesting, and the level design is very solid.
Finally got to play with a my old halo 2/3/reach team with the added bonus of a BF3 squad member joining the fray. We kicked ass lol. Guns and gameplay feels balanced as ****.
As for the campaign...the ending is...well...over
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I don't know what to say. If this is truly the end of Cortana then wow. I will definitely miss her, and I know every Halo fan will--even if she tended to annoy sometimes..but it ain't her fault. Men don't like being told what to do...and she is in our head so...ahem where was I? Oh yeah. I'm pretty sure Cortana will come back though, and I am torn between her making a comeback or just having her gone forever. If she is gone for good the impact will be greater. Kind of how Aeris died in FF7...and everyone looked for ways to revive her...and we never could *sadpanda* 343 did a great job humaniizing John. About fkn time too.If Cortana comes back I'm curious to see how 343 will handle it. They could copout and have a newer Cortana interact with Chief. They could have one of her rampant clones control Forerunner AI/fleets/whatever and be the new threat to humanity. She might have survived as a hard light construct somewhere else...All I know is I bet Chief thought "Score!" when he saw Cortana with a booty.
I want my very own hard light Cortana construct droolio Ahem where was I again? Oh yeah...many possibilities. LoL imagine a war between Cortanas. Or little Chief hard light constructs wearing his helmet,
Microsoft will pay us to play the game.
Heh. Looks like I'll be getting 600 microsoft points for doing something I was going to do anyway. LoL