However, the games are almost a decade apart and it certainly shows. Having spent a few hours playing a demo of the game it is fair to say Halo is a graphical tour de force. The game lets you fight your way around some truly massive outdoor landscapes as a hardened space marine. The demo of the game, on show at Gamestock, saw you wandering a small island surrounded by the most realistic water to ever feature in a video game. The 3D power of the game's graphic engine also was impressively displayed by the detail visible on the massive island.
Halo is a clever game concept.
In the game you lead a rag-tag group of mercenaries as you try to stave off the extinction of the human race by waging a guerilla war against an alien race who are technologically and numerically superior. In your favour is the fact that you do have the element of surprise and are capable of commandeering all sorts of vehicles to add to the few already at your disposal. Even better, if you kill an alien commander you are able to steal alien spaceships and other airborne craft. This makes Halo a more varied experience, the vehicles giving you firepower mobility and defensive advantages. The demo featured only one weapon and Bungie has said there will be at least eight, and some may have different firing modes.