Halo Reach - It Grows On You!
I was looking forward to this game, having quite enjoyed the other games in the series. I played through the campaign in about a week, and when it finished, I couldn't really remember any particular part of it. Sure, we'd destroyed a covenant ship, and flown around a bit, and shot lots of bad guys, but it all gelled together (that's a reference to both the smooth gameplay and the lack of impact of the story).
So, disappointed, I tried some multiplayer with a friend. I'd already been in the beta, so knew what to expect, and it was still very fun. But I'm not really a multiplayer person.
So I had a nose around the other stuff in Reach. I'd been unlocking stuff in the armory, and had even bought stuff already, but saw a few nice pieces which I needed more credits to buy. I also looked at the achievements and saw some which I'd missed which I could get quite easily.
So I dived into the meta-game. That was over six months ago, and according to my stats, I've completed over 80 missions. As the campaign is only nine missions, that means I've played through the entire game about nine times! I've completed it on Legendary. I've completed it on co-op. I've completed missions with various combinations of skulls. I've taken to checking the Daily and Weekly challenges every day, to see if there's something there I'd find fun AND would give me a credits boost!
And this month, I've changed gamertags, and have started playing through it all AGAIN with all of my stats reset!
Oh, and I even like the story now!
Great stuff.
