10.03.23 - Halo
Introductions are hard. I don't know how I feel about Halo as a whole. I guess I'll start by saying I loved the older ones, as most people do. My first exposure was Combat Evolved, at a childhood friend's place on his Xbox, going through the co-op and having fun blasting each other to bits, playing around with what the game had provided us, be it actual enemies or our Marine allies (yes we shot them too, who didn't), trying to fit the Warthog into caves Bungie clearly built for foot traffic only, and generally having the best multiplayer fun I've ever had on a tiny CRT telly. I don't remember much about the story back when I first played it, and Halo 2 even less so. To be honest, it wasn't really until Halo 3 launched that I went back and paid attention to the narrative, and got to enjoy the games all over again. I don't think I will ever be able to replicate the feelings I had while playing Halo locally, be it 1, 2, 3, or Reach with my friends and famil...