

What I really like is that when one person dies, the other respawns. I don’t usually play co-op campaigns, but the Halo games have proven that FPS + co-op is a pretty addicting combo. However, I’ve been able to play Halo 3 and Halo 4 co-op the past few months, and it’s been a blast. I guess that’s why Reach wasn’t an instant winner for me. I’ll level up a mage in a fantasy game as fast as I can, but in an FPS, just switching between various firearms doesn’t do it for me (most of the time). Playing an FPS game feels very plowing-along to me… because I’m not good at them, and I don’t really care to be. So, I played some Halo: Reach a while back but did not fully enjoy it solo.

I also tend to go for third-person shooter games first, which is why I have made Gears of War my go-to shooter series. I don’t play shooters a lot, and those that I do play tend to have some other element to the combat that I really enjoy (like the powers in Mass Effect). This past year, I’ve been playing through the Halo series for the first time on Xbox One.
