The Halo Revolution By: Cody Johnson
Halo is one of the most recognized video games of all time. It has attracted players from all over the world, and this X-Box based game even has tournaments that offer prize money to the winner. It takes intense thought and reflex to effectively play. It is also a mental stimulator as it improves strategic thinking and hand-eye coordination.
Halo isn’t just a game; it has a story and is a great way to spend time with friends. It has a futuristic story about the struggle for survival of the human race as a highly advanced collection of alien races. The self- proclaimed “Covenant” plan to annihilate the humans as part of a “Holy Crusade” to rid the universe of degenerate life forms. While the fighting between the two races continues, a new life form is awakened . . . the “Flood.” It is an infectious disease of living skin tissue that manipulates its host to create an army of its own soldiers.
The rest of the story is for future players of the Halo series to find out. While this game is obviously of the sci-fi genre and most of the game play is in single player, it does have a quite acceptable multiplayer function. In multiplayer, there are many stages to have a 2-4 player (offline) or 2-16 player (online) battle. The multiplayer feature in Halo is arguably the best multiplayer game rivaling Killzone for the Playstation 2. Halo, however, does win this contest due to its two-player co-op campaign mode. To all current and future players of Halo games, “May the best Spartan win!”
Halo isn’t just a game; it has a story and is a great way to spend time with friends. It has a futuristic story about the struggle for survival of the human race as a highly advanced collection of alien races. The self- proclaimed “Covenant” plan to annihilate the humans as part of a “Holy Crusade” to rid the universe of degenerate life forms. While the fighting between the two races continues, a new life form is awakened . . . the “Flood.” It is an infectious disease of living skin tissue that manipulates its host to create an army of its own soldiers.
The rest of the story is for future players of the Halo series to find out. While this game is obviously of the sci-fi genre and most of the game play is in single player, it does have a quite acceptable multiplayer function. In multiplayer, there are many stages to have a 2-4 player (offline) or 2-16 player (online) battle. The multiplayer feature in Halo is arguably the best multiplayer game rivaling Killzone for the Playstation 2. Halo, however, does win this contest due to its two-player co-op campaign mode. To all current and future players of Halo games, “May the best Spartan win!”
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