BBC on Halo 3, “Out With the Old, In With the Old,” Eurogamer Agrees :(
In what is probably an effort to help kick start their new heavy venture into the gaming world, the BBC has been taking notes on Halo 3’s progress while Bungie has been away in Amsterdam recently. As the writer Darren Waters picks up Halo 3 for the first time, a quick comparison to Gears of War’s look is made, then it goes south with the comment, “It is Halo 2 on steroids with familiar looking colours, textures and flavours.” Noticeable jaggies are seen and textures look rough up close. That is where the negativity ends though, as Darren admits that it is a Beta copy and the characters, vehicles, and overall battles are bigger, he even uses the word ‘epic’ to describe this all.
At the same event in Amsterdam, Eurogamer gave their take on the game, Gregor Wildermann first impressions sadly had similarites to BBC with comparisons to earlier Halo games with the comment, “If you’ve played the first two Halo-games, you’ll know the drill from the word go. Whether you’re switching weapons, throwing grenades, or boarding vehicles, it hasn’t changed one bit.”
Now, having tried the Multiplayer Beta that was offered, I am a little saddened by the comments from these writers, as I felt the familiarity to the earlier games was a welcome feeling when I played. The more weapons, more action, the more of everything I already loved, is what I felt a good sequel should be about. If the game play and just the game itself changes up that drastically, is it really a sequel? Were people who reviewed Bomberman: Act Zero wrong in saying it was one of the worst 360 games (ever!), or are all the gamers who play Bomberman Live, the title that is exactly like the older games, just with more power ups and more action, wrong for playing it to the point that it is in the top ten against all Xbox Live enabled games (not just XBLA games)!?!
I think what can make a franchise stand the test of time is improvements as they are made available through hardware and software upgrades/updates. Of course different game genres may call for different things to be considered progression, but as far as the Halo series, as long as Master Chief is still wielding a gun, the storyline is progressing, and the multiplayer has a crapload more options, I’m in. I am honestly not sure what everyone else is trying to get out of the very overly hyped Halo 3.
Now, I am off to play some Bomberman Live as I wait for Halo 3.
August 7th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
While I do not know about other gamers, but I would still buy Halo 3 even if it looked just like Halo 2. Graphics does not make the game, the gameplay does, and apparently it’s battles are alot more grand, which sounds awesome!
October 14th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
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