going to take so long to get to lt. colonel in reach....damn.

had an awesome 3 day halo marathon with eugene last week.

day 1: halo reach
day 2: halo: combat evolved, halo 2
day 3: halo 3: odst, halo 3
day 4: wind-down

awesome to see them all back to back. great feeling of continuation

as expected, reach is awesome. through and through.

legendary campaign is hard. probably the 2nd hardest game in the series next to halo 2.

its also a very powerful story. we all knew how it would all end. reach was going to fall. but what noble team had to go through to pass on the flame and allow the pillar of autumn to escape was hard to watch at times.

bungie had said it was difficult to get the balance of the story right so that even though you knew what was coming, you would believe you were doing the right thing all the way to the end.

i think they got it.

remember reach

finished dawn of war winter assault today. ended up being a lot harder than the original. i think that is a combination of the imperial guard sucking so much compared to space marines and their ranks need continuously replenished and different mission structures that usually had time limits or other restrictions built into them in some way so you didnt have time to just mass up as big a force as you could.

was going to have a go at dark crusade, but the installer seems corrupt so i had to get it again. while i did that, i had a quick go at dawn of war 2. which looks a lot nicer. and seems to be much more individual person and squad focused. no resource management at all and a non linear plot progression. its almost like...ghost recon in isometric view. and with space marines.

nathan had a go at deep fear on a saturn emulator. not bad for a game of its time (1999), but as with most games of its time, the voice acting sucked. and its also a blatant resident evil rip off. but underwater.

just finished dawn of war. very nice. steamroller tactic worked for pretty much every level bar 2. ending was a little promiscious. maybe it will be explored more in the sequel. although the zoom level was pretty annoying. i found a zoom out mod which will be good for the next game.

next up: winter assault....