OnlySP: The recent editorial regarding the most memorable Halo songs alluded to the notion that the soundtrack to the series has, indeed, changed music in the game industry. Yet in what way has it done so? And how? Back in 2001 the quintessential instalment to the soundtrack series was released; ‘Halo Original Soundtrack’ broke all boundaries in terms of what can be achieved by a video game soundtrack
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Ranking the Halo games from worst to best - which game is the best ever in this iconic series?
Halo 3 was the epitome of the Saga.
Followed by Halo Reach, Halo 2, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo 5 and ODST.
For the time, I still think the first Halo was the most influential for me. Agreed that 2 & 3 were better games but that first Halo was fresh and new and I still remember getting into my first Warthog. And the Halo LAN parties. Good times...
For me, it will always be Halo 1. Groundbreaking in every way. Graphically, audibly, technically and gameplay wise. Any Halo thereafter never did it for me. They weren't horrible but they did not hold the precious nuggets of consistent "did you see that?!!" moments that 1 held for me. I played Halo for the single player game although the MP was great, the single player is what hit home for me. So when they released part 2 and hyped up the single player game I was severely disappointed when I got it day one and came home and beat the single player in about 3.5-4 hours. I remember being completely let down.
Halo 2 has the longest campaign of all the Halo games so I'm not sure how you possibly beat it in 4 hours your first playthrough.
I think you need to do some research. Halo 2 does not have the longest campaign by any stretch of the imagination. I picked up the game at a midnight launch brought it home at 1am, popped it in and beat it by the time I had to leave for work the next morning which was 5:30am. My employees at the time had also done the same and we were all pissed when that infamous "Finish the Fight" scene played out and we realized the game was over. The length was one gripe but the nerfing of the pistol as well as the plasma pistol was just wrong. The staff I had at the time were all Halo fans and we all played the original SP and MP religiously. The SP was played mostly on Legendary but when we picked up part 2 we all stuck with the normal difficulty which I think might've been our mistake, we blew through the game like I said in roughly 4 hours.
You and your friends truly are the exception because it took me about 9-10 hours my first play through. Also, if you look up the average play time for Halo 2 it's 8-9 1/2 hours. If you speed run it takes about 4 1/2 which seems silly to do especially someones first play through. Did you play Halo 3 or any other Halo games after that because Halo 2 has one of the longer story modes. Of course they nerfed the Halo 1 pistol lol. I loved that gun too, but it was OP af. Go play Halo 1 multiplayer now in MCC and all everyone uses is the pistol and it just doesn't hold up well because of it and other issues. Halo 2/3 multiplayer hold up phenomenally to this day.
I prefer H5 for gameplay going back to the old ones is slow and cumbersome , sure the story was better in the old games .
I think halo 3 tops it for me. Can't really think of another game that made so many innovations in one installment. With theater mode, forge mode, 4 player co-op campaign. The replayability with the skulls and unlockable armor. It really felt like a next gen game at the time.
Picture this. It’s 2001, The PlayStation 2 has been storming the market for a full year now and Nintendo is rapidly approaching the release of their new console, the competition is fierce with Sony and Nintendo set to battle out the generation to see who comes out on top but then a company by the name of Microsoft takes the stage and announces that they’re going to try their hand at game consoles. Microsoft gave all the info about the technical specs and how this console will be set to change the landscape of gaming, but the people only had one question, “why should I buy this?” Microsoft had only 1 answer. Halo
The first time I heard the Halo soundtrack I was instantly hooked, it made me hear music I expected I would never here in video games;and look at what we've got now, a master piece of a video game library from tons of games that would make Mozart cry in happiness).
Whether you hate Halo or not you cannot deny that Marty O'Donnel, Michael Salvatori and the modern Halo musicians Kazuma Jinnouchi (Metal Gear Solid 4+ Meltal Gear solid Peacewalker) and Neil Davidge have created some of the most iconic themes in video game history.
Games such as Halo also shows us they are not just pushing video games in new exciting directions such as grand adventures,gameplay and deep storylines spanning over millions of years (seriously if your new to Halo or even see it as just "another" FPS that's milked, you are seriously over your head, the amount of fiction is jaw dropping and would make a sci-fi nut jizz their pants), games like Halo who have the musical talent behind them are pushing musical soundtracks to the point where in many terms they are better then modern films and songs in general.
no? using angelic voice synths and ripping off LOTR and Star Wars isnt exactly anything new. if anything Starcraft had 3 of the more innovative themes that each spanned 10+ minutes.
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Halo has good music, but I believe that Final Fantasy games were released earlier.
I LOVE Halo 4, but I really miss the Marty O'Donnell score.