Halo Reach

[BobTD]

I was talking about the story when I said it was poor. I kind of had a warped view. I was playing it with a friend, so I wasn't paying much attention. The story seemed kind of boring to me. Maybe if I played it solo with my turtle beaches on, I would be more drawn in.

I also thought the gameplay was kind of boring. That's probably due to the fact we played on normal. Maybe if I had played on a harder difficulty it would have been more challenging and fun.

I think the story and setting, having a more mature and realistic plot was a much better compliment to the game then one impossible feat after another. This was more of a look at the human side of spartans than a building of their godlike lore.

Also I really have a hard time imagining you beat the game in that short a time, I went through it on normal once solo and it still took me 8 hours without respawning. You are probably estimating, and if you looked at the real hours you might find that time flew because you where enjoying yourself.

Could you really sit down and focus on completing something in one go like that,(assuming if you think it took you 3-4 hours) if it really was boring you wouldn't have finished it right away.

Maybe its the difference between cheep entertainment over something true to the lore. I dont know many games that can deliver a solid an enjoyable game without preposterous (yay I got to use that word) story elements. Honestly they did the word "epic" a favor this time. Without abusing or devaluing the word, the story of reach, can honestly now rest amidst the term regardless of its overuse.

So in many ways, the single player was perfect.