This would be a straight 5 star review if there weren't so many bugs still in it because, as it stands, you're getting a lot of decent games here for the money! I know the game came out in shambles when it was released, but in 2023, it's great.
Over the years, a friend and I played through Halo: Reach all the way to Halo 4 (we'll be jumping into 5 and Infinite soon here as well) and we had a great time playing through them.
However, there were several instances where the game booted us and we would lose progress and it was VERY annoying.
Also, ODST, what's the deal with you not being able to save your game where you're at and come back to it? Odd, choice.
Despite that, we had a really fun time playing all of these. Lots of jokes were told, many laughs were had, many enemies stuck with grenades and many vehicles ridden and destroyed. Very fun!
Overall, I have two critiques with Halo franchise itself:
1. First is that while the gameplay is a ton to play with a friend, these are not games I would play on my own. I tried playing a few missions on my own just to check it out and I found it to be pretty lonely and boring.
2. The story. I have played through all of these games and still don't fully understand WTF is actually going on.
Other than that, if you like FPS's, you should check the series out. I'm probably one of the few who played a little bit of Halo 1 on the OG XBox back around when it came out, and I wasn't super impressed. As a player of Quake, I thought it was sterile and kind of boring.
However, all these years later, while I still think that Halo 1 has some issues, we had a ball with all of these games.
Over the years, a friend and I played through Halo: Reach all the way to Halo 4 (we'll be jumping into 5 and Infinite soon here as well) and we had a great time playing through them.
However, there were several instances where the game booted us and we would lose progress and it was VERY annoying.
Also, ODST, what's the deal with you not being able to save your game where you're at and come back to it? Odd, choice.
Despite that, we had a really fun time playing all of these. Lots of jokes were told, many laughs were had, many enemies stuck with grenades and many vehicles ridden and destroyed. Very fun!
Overall, I have two critiques with Halo franchise itself:
1. First is that while the gameplay is a ton to play with a friend, these are not games I would play on my own. I tried playing a few missions on my own just to check it out and I found it to be pretty lonely and boring.
2. The story. I have played through all of these games and still don't fully understand WTF is actually going on.
Other than that, if you like FPS's, you should check the series out. I'm probably one of the few who played a little bit of Halo 1 on the OG XBox back around when it came out, and I wasn't super impressed. As a player of Quake, I thought it was sterile and kind of boring.
However, all these years later, while I still think that Halo 1 has some issues, we had a ball with all of these games.