60 Second Review of…
Halo (Xbox)
Tom's review: I just can't get past using a console
game controller to play a first person shooter. Also, there are
no bots here. In Perfect Dark, I could play all those nifty multiplayer
modes with bots. In Halo, I have to convince my friends to play
a first person shooter on a split screen display with an Xbox controller.
Never gonna happen. So I'll just dink around with the single player
game for a bit, which is pretty good, and then shelve it.
Mark’s review: I didn’t miss the bots because
I was too busy being enthralled by the single player game. I’m
not a fan of using a gamepad to control a shooter either, but Halo
and the Xbox controller almost changed my mind. Although I never
felt like I could aim as quickly and precisely with the pad, I was
quite comfortable with it. Movement with the pad was even better
than with a mouse and keyboard, and using a trigger to toss grenades
meant I never had to swap out my weapon. Halo is easily on my short
list for the year’s best games. It also has the most exciting
finish to a game I’ve ever played. Let’s hope this one
does indeed come out on the PC. Dang, this is a good game.
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Bungie
Genre: First person shooter
Requirements: Nimble fingers or a tolerance for sloppy aiming
December 10, 2001
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