That's why we took the release of the Xbox Series X as the perfect chance to 'finish the fight,' as it were. When we were gaming, we wanted a nice escape like Animal Crossing, and weren't exactly jazzed about jumping back into a loud, explosive, stressful shooter. We weren't even through Halo 2 when COVID-19 came to America, and as we scrambled to move from her parents' place into our duplex as lockdown hit, Halo fell to the wayside.
We picked up copies of the originals, then got to playing. We moved in together this past January, and bought a secondhand 360 within my first week of arriving. She'd never played much Halo beyond the first one, so I was excited to experience some of my favorite shooters again with her.
When we started dating long-distance last year, we played through the entirety of Halo Reach on Legendary together. The launch of the Xbox Series X meant one thing to me and my girlfriend: it was time to finish Halo.
