I remember playing the original version of this game all the time as a kid on the OG Xbox so I was excited to revisit it when this remaster came out. It's fun! A deeply flawed game, one that hasn't aged perfectly in it's writing and has some missions that just are not fun. But this is a good game, even outside of the nostalgia you get that lovely, pulpy theremin music. The fun suite of weapons literally all of which are enjoyable. And the jokes that do land are pretty damn funny. It's not perfect but it's definitely worth a play, and I'm glad a relic from my childhood got remade.

This game is really fun. I'm a huge mark for games with multiple classes and outfits to unlock for each so this was a really good title for me. I like the different combo's of characters you can form your party out of as well. This is a remake of a very old RPG and you can tell in it's story and dialogue and world, It doesn't lack for charm but it does lack virtually any depth, which is okay it's just not really my thing in RPG's. Still, it was fun enough that I played it comfortably and happily until the credits rolled.

I can't speak to it's multiplayer as it isn't really my cup of tea but Halo 3's campaign alone is a blast, if ever so slightly too short in my opinion, though at least that helps it avoid padding. The suite of weapons is more refined from Halo 2's which is both a compliment and a complaint as I enjoyed how broken certain dual wielding combos were in that game. There's still plenty of weapons that shine in this title though.

I think for my money, it's probably the best game in the series, not my favorite, but a very refined, gorgeous, and iconic game.

Prey is a fantastic game that I will always be pissed was shafted by terrible publisher decisions. Probably my favorite immersive sim as it stands.

The space station the game takes place on is gorgeous with so many secrets to find and places to explore. Playing the game on hard is the move as it makes the enemies scary and incredibly dangerous at first but as the game goes on and you get more powerful there's such a delicious curve to the difficulty. I truly felt like my arc from researcher alone and scared on this space station to master of my enviroment, killing the aliens with my all powerful guns as I break down the games final mysteries, was perfectly executed.

It's skill tree system being a craftable item was so fun as well, it made progression feel interesting and different from tons of other games.

I was truly captivated by Prey. It is a fantastic game.

Halo 2 is a lot of fun. It's a got a broken weapon sandbox with the ability to dual wield creating some absurd weapon combo's. It's the hardest game in the series in my opinion, with lots of crazy situations like throwing thirty brutes at you or making you go down eleven separate firing ranges for Jackal Snipers but for the most part it isn't frustrating just incredibly tense. The Arbiter chapters are not as good as Master Chiefs, and only get worse as they essentially become giant flood killing levels that last too long. That being said I do enjoy The Arbiter as a character and his first few chapters are very good. I don't have nostalgia for this title like i did for CE as I didn't get around to it until the Master Chief Collection came to PC, but I still greatly enjoyed it. It's the one I go back to play most often.

Look. It's got a lot of problems. A problematic setting, a poor story. But you get a friend and you crank this baby up on co-op and you'll have an amazing time. I played it on Veteran and we had an amazing time and were laughing virtually the whole time. It is truly such an exceptional Co-op experience. Going through it's absurd cutscenes, whacky QTE sequences with insane death animations if you fail, accidentally killing each other, pressing that damn "Hey! over here!" button like a million times while your partner is doing something to popping off shots in engaging and difficult combat arena's together. Truly SO fun.