Date played: December 19th
Platform: Xbox One
Session fun rating: 8/10
I played through 2 levels of the first Halo as part of the Master Chief Collection. The levels were 343 Guilty Spark and The Library. 343 Guilty Spark starts with the Chief walking through a swamp where the Covenant were clearly being hunted by a unknown force. After a while, I found a structure and as I explored it, the silence and lack of activity became more and more suspicious. I picked up a dead soldier's video feed and discovered that they had been attacked by a disgusting organic race. This was my first encounter with the Flood, the race that can eats all sentient life and appropriates their bodies for combat.
There are two main types of enemies, small critters that swarm the Chief, and other, larger types that have taken over Covenant and human bodies, some even wielding weapons like needlers, plasma pistols and assault rifles. As I escaped the facility, I met 343 Guilty Spark, a weird little floating robot AI thing. He teleported me to the Library where I was asked to activate Halo's weapon defense systems to destroy the Flood.
The Library is one of the most despised levels in gaming, and for good reason. Flood swarm from all sorts of openings and attack the chief relentlessly as Guilty Spark leads the way. It's a long level too, making it a bit tedious. Thankfully, there are 2 things that makes this ordeal more digestible. First is the shotgun. That thing destroys any rushing Flood in a single shot! The second thing is the amazing graphics of this updated version. One of the reasons I hated the Library when I first played it was that it was a drab and boring area. In the remake, it definitely looks a lot better with more colors, interesting lighting and more detailed structures.
At the end of the level, it is revealed that Cortana had been imprisoned by 343 Guilty Spark and that the Halo weapon's system was designed to wipe out all sentient life in a 25 000 light year radius. This would have removed any food source for the flood, including the Covenant and humans. Of course, Master Chief refuses to activate Halo and must now escape the weapons released by 343 Guilty Spark.
Platform: Xbox One
Session fun rating: 8/10
I played through 2 levels of the first Halo as part of the Master Chief Collection. The levels were 343 Guilty Spark and The Library. 343 Guilty Spark starts with the Chief walking through a swamp where the Covenant were clearly being hunted by a unknown force. After a while, I found a structure and as I explored it, the silence and lack of activity became more and more suspicious. I picked up a dead soldier's video feed and discovered that they had been attacked by a disgusting organic race. This was my first encounter with the Flood, the race that can eats all sentient life and appropriates their bodies for combat.
There are two main types of enemies, small critters that swarm the Chief, and other, larger types that have taken over Covenant and human bodies, some even wielding weapons like needlers, plasma pistols and assault rifles. As I escaped the facility, I met 343 Guilty Spark, a weird little floating robot AI thing. He teleported me to the Library where I was asked to activate Halo's weapon defense systems to destroy the Flood.
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| The Library, one of the most hated levels in gaming history |
At the end of the level, it is revealed that Cortana had been imprisoned by 343 Guilty Spark and that the Halo weapon's system was designed to wipe out all sentient life in a 25 000 light year radius. This would have removed any food source for the flood, including the Covenant and humans. Of course, Master Chief refuses to activate Halo and must now escape the weapons released by 343 Guilty Spark.
