Halo 1 was a very good game that scored too high at the time due to the fact it launched on a console and not PC.
The gameplay was great, the vehicles and coop were awesome but like most launch titles for anyone who was FPS savy the flaws of being rushed a little were plain to see:
cut & paste levels (oh, the exact same shape of room, again) that needed arrows on the floor to point the way!
arguably the single worst, extend the game with repeat battles & rooms level in FPS history - the Library
somewhat abrupt campaign, and while I don't mind a good story that backtracks (and Bungie did a good job here with Halo) there was the nagging suspicion that lack of time to create assets might have had a hand in running you backwards through the levels (remember when passing through repeat rooms the arrows on the floor should now be followed in reverse!)
Of course Halo became massive on Xbox and is now a mammoth franchise, but it's pretty obvious to anyone willing to weigh reviews of the time and how good Halo seemed on a console vs on a PC where it would have been reviewed much more harshly (and was when it launched on PC even though in some ways the game was actually better with improved M&K controls and a proper level editor and improved MP). Having played through Halo 2 and Halo 3 I still find them behind the absolute tip top FPS on PC but they are both very good although Halo 2 had serious campaign length/narrative issues IMHO while Halo 3 suffered from the inevitable 'tidy it up by the end' syndrome a little in its narrative.
Resistance 1 to me shows many of the same flaws and and while I enjoyed the title as a solid FPS and a very good launch title it didn't have quite the level of gameplay Halo 1 had at launch vs its downsides.
I do look forward to R2 as hopefully without the rush to support PS3 launch, and with learning from R1, it will be better in every way. Will it equally the best FPS on the market (and I include PC FPS here too) - probably not, but I think it can be well up the rankings and if they stick with it I can see Insomniac delivering better and better FPS.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
