Halo 4 Gameplay Impressions

[Dragons Old Man]

Im an old school Halo player. Halo 2 was great. Could play it all day long and many times did. The custom games like Tower of power and Zombies that we used to play were always great fun. Halo 3 took what was great about Halo 2 and made it an even better game.

 

With the release of Halo Reach armour abilities were introduced and in my opinion the developers of the game tried to make it seem like COD. Halo didnt need armour abilities. The sprint option, jet pack, hologram, etc were unnecessary. Frankly, for me, Halo Reach became boring. Dont get me wrong I love the story line and always play and enjoy campaign. Its the multiplayer experience that made Halo the greatest game ever made.

 

I have to agree that the Reach ranking system is somewhat misleading. Your rank is based on how much you play and not on how good you are. Anybody can play countless hours and I guess thats what the developers want. However, just because you reach the highest level doesnt mean your good. In Halo 3 being a level 50 meant something. Unless you bought it off someone. But if you were a level 50 it meant you had some serious skill even if your rank was low.

 

Im still going to buy the game and play the campaign. However my online multiplayer play will be limited if the armour abilities are still part of the game.