Halo 3 Firsthand: Wow

Well, today I finally got my first taste of Halo 3. I went to a friend‘s house, as I don’t have an Xbox 360 – and he just had Halo 3 delivered to him a couple of days ago. So as you could imagine, when he stuck the disc into the socket, I was pretty darn excited. One thing I did notice – it wasn’t exactly a socket, but a normal CD-drive. I thought next-gen systems outgrew that stuff, but it’s refreshing to still see it there (I never got used to the socket on the Wii, really).

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Arbiter_crop.png

So, we played a bit of multi-player, but as you can imagine 2-person Slayer isn’t really that much fun. We then decided to play some Campaign mode – and wow, it was definitely something else. For some odd reason, I always get motion-sickness when I play Halo – well, not exactly motion-sickness, but I definitely have to take breaks in between long periods of playing, which is a problem I don’t get when playing games such as Counterstrike or Half Life 2. Could be the big TV, could be Halo. Anyway, he was Master Chief, and – wow, I was the Arbiter. I loved the addition of the Arbiter and still do, but I miss the energy swords (hammers just aren’t the same).

We finally destroyed the darn anti-air cannon when I called it quits. Initially we thought we already beat the game (apparently it’s a really short game), but upon seeing the huge ship crash we decided otherwise and I was definitely ready to hurl a bucketful. Still, tons of fun and an entertaining experience.