A Blast From the Past...

Kinda going off my "What makes a good campaign post" (check it out here>http://communicationblogdown.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-makes-good-campaign.html), I went back into my pile of PC games and pulled out Halo PC, in preparation for the release of a mod many, many years in the works: CMT SPV3

This mod is similar to Halo: Anniversary in that it significantly upgrades the graphics, but different in that it totally revamps the gameplay of the game. New weapons from the other games in the series are added, new sections are added, and new music is added along with BLOOOOOOOM

This generation of games tends to be stuffed full of bloom, and it's one of the main reasons games look as great as they do. If you take all of Halo 3's bloom out, the real age of the game begins to show through; it's all the shininess makes it look comparable to modern games.

Anyways, along with very good dynamic lighting, CMT makes use of a program/app called "Open Sauce" to get at workarounds to the game's 11 year old engine, adding effects such as post-processing and alternative firing modes on the BR55 Battle Rifle (which is also nicely suppressed). This basically makes Halo CE, an 11 year old game, and puts it nearly on par with Anniversary.

I've played through about three times now, noticing different things every time I go through it, such as Easter Egg weapons. My favorite weapon (and only one so far :/) I've found is what's called the "Partygun", which is essentially a confetti gun.

Pics for days.

And this is Halo One (One!)