#haloblogging

[farfromdaylight]

literally the only way they can make me care about halo infinite is if it starts with "halo 5 was a dream"

otherwise fuck that noise

[farfromdaylight]

so i never watch speedrunning (although i find it fascinating and recently i've been watching a bunch of videos on world record progressions in different games) but sgdq is on and i happened to open it just as halo ce was being run

and i mean i've played every level a billion times i kinda have to watch this

and it's so interesting?? i've never watched halo speedruns before it's so fascinating to see how it's done.

[farfromdaylight]

reading that post about cortana got me to reread my own haloblogging tag and now... for the first time in a year and a half... i actually have the desire to play halo again

is the sky falling

seriously though, as bad as halo 5 is (and it's so fucking awful i don't have words to describe it), halo is one of my favorite series to play. i miss rolling through legendary with @shotgunspree and screaming when we died for the eight hundredth time. honestly i still have a perfect visual memory of quite a few levels. i could probably run through all of 4 in my head, i've played it so many times.

slowly reaches for halo... sadly... i want to shoot aliens... :(

[farfromdaylight]

what the hell apparently i beat halo 5 on legendary? i have literally no memory of this. there's no date on it though is it bugged...

LMAO THE SOLO LEGENDARY ACHIEVEMENT FOR HALO 5 IS ALSO UNLOCKED AND I DEFINITELY DIDN'T DO THAT........

thanks 343 i'm gonna consider this your recompense for making me suffer through that fucking game at all

[farfromdaylight]

i was looking through my achievements and remembering with a kind of amazement that i managed to get every single achievement in halo ce anniversary (some of which were unbelievably difficult, like finishing the maw ON LEGENDARY with A MINUTE LEFT, WHAT THE FUCK) (i did that run so many times) (so. many. times.) (it's been a really long time now since i picked up a halo game and i could still probably do the final run in the maw) (i can fucking see it in my head right now) (screams)

ANYWAY

i was looking through my achievements and one of these dates is a little... suspect. just a little.

[farfromdaylight]

I didn't realize you were such a Final Fantasy buff! Can't really say the same for myself, but it's cool to hear how it's had such an impact on your life though! And I've always wanted to try out Halo Wars, would it be worth giving it a try even if I'm not super well-versed in the strategy genre?

i am a pretty huge nerd for final fantasy, sob. square has owned my soul wallet for many years. somewhat less so these days, but.

if you’re a halo fan, i definitely recommend halo wars! halo wars is designed as a super accessible RTS for console players – i had very limited RTS experience when i first played it and it wasn’t all that difficult to pick up. (the game expects this, and offers a good tutorial.)

the main reason i recommend it though: it’s fun! it’s a totally different way to play halo, but it’s super fun. RTS games are all about controlling armies from the position of commander surveying the whole field at once, and it’s really neat to do that with halo, which has always been a military story anyway. you really get the feel of the UNSC fighting against the covenant.

the other reason: THE STORY IS SUPER COOL? i totally didn’t go into halo wars expecting a good story, but it’s actually really neat? it’s set around 2530 (or something, i don’t remember off the top of my head) – point is, it starts out with the battle to retake Harvest, which is a super cool period in Halo lore. from there the rest of the story surprised me a lot, and definitely went past my (admittedly quite low) expectations.

also, if at all possible: really great game to play co-op. the game is all about building up a base while also sending out units to fight the enemy, and if you have two players, one can focus on the base while the other focuses on the units out and about.

wow i forgot that i can talk about halo wars for days lmao I HAVEN’T TOUCHED IT IN AGES…. hopefully that was helpful though! feel free to ask if you have any questions /o/

[farfromdaylight]

1) .......how the fuck did the spirit of fire end up at the ark

2) didn't.... the flood get into the ship in the comics.... are we just retconning that.... i mean i'm ok with that if it means halo wars 2 keeps with the same characters (i was half expecting a brand new cast) but are we seriously just retconning that entire storyline from escalation

[farfromdaylight]

you know what i miss i miss caring about halo i miss wanting to play halo over and over again just for the fun of it. i miss caring about the lore. i miss theorizing about what could happen next. i miss being excited for the next episode of hunt the truth. i miss the silly in-jokes. but most of all i miss halo. :(