Found myself on a Bungie/343i kick recently. Can't explain why, but who cares...
Marathon Trilogy
Really fun games, with a great story tying them all together. Though the truly maze-like levels get irritating.
Halo (Combat Evolved through Reach)
I hated these games (well, the campaign portion) when I first played them years ago for reasons I can only say are lost to time. But I've actually grown to really like these games. The characters are memorable, the art design is just amazing to look at, the gameplay had a good flow to it, and I really enjoyed the overarching plot. Plus the multiplayer is still very fun to play.
Halo 4 and 5
The gameplay works, the multiplayer still has enjoyment to it, and they look pretty good technically. Beyond that, it just feels like 343i dropped the ball. The art design was not as memorable as Bungie's work, and the stories fell flat. Particularly with Halo 5. Halo 4 had great characters and moments, which helped. But the Forerunner stuff just fell flat, and Halo 5 just wrote itself into a hole. Don't know what will come next, but it has me slightly worried.
Post edited September 24, 2017 by ljyoun