Here’s my one screenshot I’ve taken so far. I took advantage of the way Spartans hold their hands out when running against walls. Nice touch, that.
At first I was a bit let down, or confused, maybe. All these new things to use such as Armour Abilities and the new weapons, but after a few games I found some sweet spots in terms of range with the new weapons and am getting along much better now. The Needle Rifle in particular is my new best friend – it’s just so satisfying when you kill someone and they pop in a pink haze. The Focus Rifle is just so powerful. The Grenade Launcher is obscenely fun. Even the bog-standard Pistol has been improved, it feels more like the Godly Halo: Combat Evolved Pistol than the weedy Halo 2 Magnum.
I had to switch button configurations quite early on, I was zooming in on people instead of twatting them. And it’ll still take a bit of getting used to. It doesn’t feel as easy to get to grips with as going from Halo to dual-wielding in Halo 2, or going from Halo 2 to Xbox 360 bumper reload Halo 3. Surprisingly for me, I quite enjoy the ferociously competitive Arena – 2 teams of 4 in ranked Slayer matches, with your daily results collated over a month long “season” in which you’re placed in divisions and all sorts. Highly competitive, but also quite compulsive. I will be ranked in the 1600’s one day!
All signs are good for the final game being great, and that’s not even taking the Invasion Mode into consideration – Spartans vs Elites in multi-tiered objective based battles. It looks awesome.
