Today’s game is Halo 3. I was bored and doing a little “Spring Cleaning” of my Steam Library, narrowing everything down to what’s on hold and what i’m playing. Right now Max Payne and Halo are in the Currently Playing, while my on hold looks like this:
I had the overwhelming urge though to play the last mission of Halo 3. I’m not exactly sure why today of all days, but i found the Warthog Run Score being stuck in my head while packing today.
The entire climb up too the Control Room feels really different on Single Player. In Co-Op me and my friends are all cracking Jokes. But in Single Player it feels like you’re immersed (at least to me). It’s honestly impressive Halo can immerse you in like that so deeply. It’s something i noticed while playing Reach on Legendary Solo. It honestly makes me want to try and play the whole franchise on Legendary solo (instead of just Halo Reach and Halo 4 like the achievements ask for)
The SMG in Masterchief’s hands also looks super tiny. I know he’s larger than the average soldier but it looks kind of silly when you see it.
I of course, made sure to give Sgt. Johnson a kiss on the forehead before leaving. Such an iconic character deserves it. Sleep well my Sweet Prince.
Soon after that though the heroics kicked back in and me and Arbiter sprinted to the Warthog run. I honestly struggled a little on this section, as i suck at leading my shots with the Plasma rifle. With the plasma pistol i can use the charge blast, but with the rifle i’m basically left to fend for myself in the Aim department.
I was able to make it to the Warthog run though after that and did it all in one try. The run, as usual, was iconic. This is honestly one of my favorite final levels in the Master Chief Halo games. Halo CE’s is a close second but i just cannot find it in me to enjoy the Warthog physics in that game. Halo 3’s at least are bearable, though i don’t like how i skid to a complete halt whenever i do a jump.
i got this clip of my last few seconds of the run, which i really like how it turned out. Me and my friend were talking about playing Halo 3 again tomorrow, so i might play the rest of the thing (I know, i’m a bit of an addict. How many times has Halo featured on here?). Anyways, it was nice to get that out of my system, even if it did take a whole 30 minutes from me.
Awesome. I’m back to PC gaming after a lonnggg hiatus. I’ve been playing on Switch 1 so wasn’t completely in the dark about games, but I’ve recently played through Half-Life 1+2+episodes, Star Wars Outlaws, Jedi Fallen Order + Survivor, SW Squadrons, KOTOR 1 + mod packs replay, RV there yet, Schedule I, Deep Rock Galactic, and couple rogue lites. Also playing Ark for the first time.
My immediate queue is HL Alyx in VR, Star Wars Squadron replay in VR, and KOTOR 2 replay + mods.
I got the Master Chief collection and am going to go through the games chronologically starting with Reach. I’ve already played 1-3 on Xbox when they came out.
My backlog is Fallout games, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Subnautica 1+2, Cyber Punk 2077, Arkham Trilogy. I’m on the fence about Mass Effect Legendary edition replay (I played the 3 games what they came out). There are a lot more that I’m not committed to yet: Eden Ring, Baulders Gate, Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War, Elder Scrolls Oblivion remaster. I should add Max Payne and The Last of Us to that list.
If there’s any obvious ones I’m missing please let me know! I’m also getting my young kids into PC gaming, so will be revisiting some classics.