Halo: Combat Evolved: Anniversary: Turbo Hyper Edition: Director's Cut 2011 is a rerelease of Halo by 343 Industries (originally by Bungie). The update isn't bad on the campaign side, but I am disappointed by the fact that they only had a certain amount of multiplayer maps, and that they put them on the Halo Reach engine, ya know, because 343 assumed Halo Reach was the greatest Halo of all time ever. I would say that would lie on Halo 3, considering how many hours I sunk into that game, and how much fun I had with it. I know others would say Halo 2, and I wouldn't disagree. The little Halo 2 I played online was pretty damn fun. Additionally, I have a little experience with the original Halo....I only played the campaign on the version I downloaded via Xbox Live Arcade. In comparison between the 2 games, the graphics look amazing on the update, making dark areas brighter, fancier, and stuff. I only had 2 problems though; my first problem was that my Xbox froze in the middle of Truth and Reconciliation on my first play through, and it forced me to replay everything to that point because it didn't save a damn thing. Secondly, the snow was a little too good, and in order to see clearly on a level like Assault on the Control Room, I felt the need to switch to the old graphics to see clearly. Beyond that though, like I said, on the campaign side, great update. Especially for a game that was 40 bucks. (Thanks 343 for making it cheaper than most games, that was not worth than 60 bucks)
And that leads me to my next drunken story, which, oddly enough, I wasn't drunk for. I think this happened about a week or so ago. I was playing the level Truth and Reconciliation (I have no luck with this level, I swear) with a friend of mine over Xbox Live, and he was pretty schlammered. Sure we made it through the first couple levels ok, but he passed out midway through the level, leaving me behind to finish it. I kept shouting his name into the mic, with no answer. I forget exactly how long it took me to finish, but it was a good chunk of time. Come to find out, he doesn't remember even playing the level, and he woke up with no pants at his buddies house (which he was playing at to begin with).
