Halo Playing! By Jake Midgett

Language Arts                     Jake Midgett                 9/20/13

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    I started playing Halo since it was first released. I currently play two of their games Halo Reach and Halo 4 their newest game. The campaign for Halo Reach has about 12 levels.

    I started and completed the campaign on legendary, the hardest difficulty. The first level was pretty easy other than trying not to get your armor melted by the phantom’s and ghost’s plasma cannons or by the wraith’s cannon.

    I remember in one level I got an achievement that you had to earn by killing an elite messenger before he escapes. I got this achievement on accident because all I saw was an enemy and decided to try to stick him with a plasma grenade. My plasma grenade throw was off target but the elite ran into it when he tried to escape and he blew up. I remember only one easter egg in the game which is in a mission called Halsey’s Lab. The easter egg can only be done with two people. Both players need the armor ability called “jet pack” to be able to get to see the easter egg. Both players will die but when one player activates one of the two buttons and dies the other player that is still alive needs to wait for the second player to be respawn before activating the second button. Once both buttons are activated they are able to go through a secret passage that will lead them to a circular room that is filled with a bunch of monitors that you can activate to learn more about Bungie (the creators of Halo) and Red vs. Blue a webiseries based on Halo.

     You can also play online against other people over the United States or with your friends. In online mode you have different classes that you can choose from. The main difference about the classes is that they have a different primary weapon or different armor abilities. The armor abilities that you have in online play are Armor Lock (my favorite) Sprint, Hologram, Jet Pack, Evade, Active Camo, and Drop Shield. I mostly use Armor Lock because I love the animation and it makes you invincible for about four seconds. Also in online play you can perform assassinations on people.

    I have also played Halo 4 (now owned by 343 Industries and not Bungie). I have only completed two levels in campaign mode and have started my third level in campaign. I am attempting to complete Halo 4 on legendary. I have stopped playing campaign and have been playing online most of the time. In online play you can assassinate people just like in Halo Reach. The only difference in the assassinations with Halo 4 and Halo Reach is that Halo 4 has different assassination animation moves. There have been multiple times in online play where I am running away from another player and I jump behind him and assassinate him. I have also killed three people in a row with a sniper rifle too. Another online game type is called Spartan Ops. I don’t play it but I know that there is an easter egg is in it. The easter egg is in episode one chapter three. There is a walkway on the right side of the map where there is a lone piece of scrap metal or rock and if you shoot it you will hear the theme to the Red vs. Blue webiseries.