 Belinda Parmar   Review: Halo 4  Posted: 13/11/2012 15:50
Whilst holding it in my hands, I was going back in time and
found it hard to think of a single FPS game that I've played for
more than a day. It's far outside my usual zone of comfort,
genre-wise, but I was pleasantly surprised at how Halo 4 quickly
surpassed my expectations and dispelled the preconceptions I
usually have for FPS games.  The game starts quite appropriately
with an impressive and punchy treat to the senses. My first
reaction, when I was looking around in space, while falling down
after the spaceship I was on got blown to pieces, was whoa, this
is beautiful! Every change of environment made me feel excited;
the entire game is one giant eye-candy with a multitude of
flavours. Even the alien promethean knights had a strange appeal
to them, especially when they jump on you to show their inner
flaming skull, while trying to bite your head off.  The
attention to detail in everything was astonishing - from all the
little scratches on the w