This week Halo Legends was released on DVD and Blu-Ray. I must admit that I don’t really play first person shooters. And everyone tells me that Halo is the best of the best. I have dabbled in the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty franchises and I even downloaded N.O.V.A. for the iPod Touch. They are fantastic games, but I can’t play them more than 20 minutes at a time. However, I do watch the cut scenes for many FPS on YouTube. So, when I heard about this, I thought that it was just going to be a collection of new Halo cut scenes, until I heard it was going to be similar to how Animatrix was to The Matrix. That got me interested.
The release is comprised of 7 animated short stories. Each story delves into part of the Halo canon. Fleshing out some things, and shedding light onto others. Each episode was done in a different animation style. Fans will appreciate that the material in the stories are canon. Fans will like the episodes The Package and The Babysitter since they add to the mythos of the Spartans. My favorite episode was The Duel. I liked the animation and the story was a classic. The Duel also gave you insight into the workings of the Covenant. But I believe that most fans already know that the Covenant is not as monolithic as one would think.
Overall, I enjoyed watching it and I think anyone whose a fan of animation will appreciate this collection of stories. I know most of the fans of the game will already have this, I would still recommend it for everyone else.
Posted under Animation, Reviews, Video Games News
This post was written by Bedlam on February 19, 2010
