Game-Revolution has posted a rundown on the Xbox's launch titles in different categories. Naturally, Halo kicks off the Action category, and they liked the game a lot:
Chris Butcher, master of Halo AI, posted a message in HBO's forum about Halo's difficulty levels. Here's a snip:
tanmeatloaf, or Sebastian, over at Xbox365 just got back from the Xbox Unleashed event in Los Angeles and has posted an article about his experiences there. Halo doesn't get mentioned much in the article itself except to say that despite earlier indications, Halo was available in the free play areas but not used in the competetion phases of the event. Later, in a response to a reader question about Halo, he wrote:
Well, while the R.net staff was off doing something supposedly enjoyable (at least, I hope it was-- I don't really remember) on Friday night, the news drones at Bungie.org were busy tracking down the latest Halo news. Here's a short summary with links:
GameSpy has written a Halo preview that pretty much covers the basics and not much more. Give it a read to tide you over during the next few days. Only... 13... more...
Sam posted about his experiences playing Halo at a kiosk in a local mall over at HBO. Besides saying that the Xbox controller wasn't anywhere near as bad as suggested, he was impressed with Halo in most respects, especially the graphics:
Louis Wu posted over at HBO about some new content over at GameSpot-- five new Halo movies, and an article on their impressions of multiplayer. Apparently they were using a 'near-final' build and not the gold master, and there were still some framerate issues at that time.
jcampen spotted over at HBO what appears to be the back of a finished Halo box being watched over by a row of Flintstones vitamins on the Bungie Webcam. Not sure what the significance of that is.
