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Have you played a good sci-fi movie lately?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the games I bought with my Xbox (along with DOA3) during the release so I've had it for a few months now. I originally didn't play it much because I hated the controls (I'm a computer player who much prefers FPS games with a mouse and keyboard). Why Microsoft refuses to develop a mouse/keyboard set-up for the Xbox I'll never know.

After some time I decided to pick Halo back up and play it; I did spend [price] on it after all. Boy am I glad I did. This game is everything they said it would be. The most stand-out thing about the game is the story. I'm not understanding why some people said they found the story boring (did they play through till the end?). The game plays like a good sci-fi action movie that keeps you wanting more right up to and even after the end. The game play while sometimes repetative (impossible not to be in a FPS) is wonderfully varied through the combination of indoor and outdoor environments, and then throw vehicles into the mix. Sometimes you work solo, and sometimes you have a group of marines helping you out.

I cannot recommend this game highly enough. Half-Life has stood as the king of first person shooters for years (and for good reason) but I honestly think this is the first game to give it a true run for it's money (if only it was made available on PC). The only real problems I see with the game are the lack of playable characters in multiplay and the fact that it's not available for PC (but the game is so good that I would buy it again if it was made available for PC).

PROS:
-Amazing graphics.
-Strong storyline.
-Great weapon variety.
-Grenades not having to be selected as their own weapon making them actually useful for once.
-Co-op mode! Why more FPS games don't have this I'll never know.
-Addictive multiplayer goodness (a la Goldeneye style).
-Savable player control settings.
-Game auto-saves for you.
-Vehicles.

CONS:
-Not available for PC.
-Most maps are for more than 4 players, not enough 4 player maps.
-Only one player model selectable for multiplay.
-Not online play ready, meaning you'll have to buy Halo 1.5 if you want to play online when Microsoft gets their network going.

The best 1st person shooter to date.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you are one of those unfortunate souls who hasn't played Halo, BUY IT NOW! This game alone justifies the purchase of an Xbox. The game has stunning graphics, exciting gameplay, and a fanstastic plot. Multi-player action provides hours of additional play on top of the single player game. There are a couple levels (out of 10) that get a bit tedious, but that is really my only criticism. Averything else is masterfully done.

The best game of the decade?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a truly amazing game. I bought it after seeing reviews on the internet, and just needing a good game because XBox didn't have many. I was amazed!!! The graphics are about the best I've seen. The sounds are amazing. The music is so good they acually turned out a CD of it. And it sells well!!! The game play is great, and the level design is great. The game is kinda short. I beat it in about a 18 hour rally the first night I had it. But, I still love to play through the story mode because they are some many little details that I find each time through that I had missed before. You must have this game!!!

Also, when you are done with the story mode, play it online. Me and my friends have been playing Halo constantly online for over a year now, and we're still not tired of it. We still get together twice a week to play. This makes for a game with HUGE replay value. I've never had a game that I've got so much out of. You can play up to four players on one Xbox, and either use a ethernet cable to connect a couple of Xboxs, or use the tunneling services that are on the internet (like xbconnect) to play online with hundreds of people. All you need is a hub, a couple of ethernet cables, a computer, and a broadband connection. Just hook your modem to the hub, connect the hub to your computer, and hook the Xbox to the hub. Download and install the tunnel program and your set. I just can't get enough of it. Go through the story mode first so that you learn the controls before you go online. Then, get some friends together and have a Halo party!!! You'll be glad you did.

See Ya

Easily the best.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

From the fluidity of the gameplay to the originality of the story, this is one game that deserves the fame.

After learning the controls, which takes an hour, this game transforms itself into utter bliss, a sugary confection/addiction akin to crack.

The single player is the most engaging FPS ever, but HALO tops them all with its supreme multiplayer combat. Driving the vehicles and running your friends over and taking up a sniper position in Blood Gulch to pick them off in the same game is extremely gratifying. Linking up XBOXes is a party in itself with this game. However [strange] that sounds, it's true. My fiancée, who is a model/actress, was joining in on the taunts; I guess if it's a geek thing, then we all are.

HALO has the slug COMBAT EVOLVED for a reason: it dispenses with the DOOM-era need for finding the switch, opening the door, putting the blue statue on the blue pedestal, and all that jazz. It focuses on defeating your enemy through military tactics and quick-reloading trigger fingers. The AI in this game is fantastic ; alternately attacking and retreating. To progress through the game, you have to think about surviving the hundreds of battles you'll encounter. The superb and grandiose level design further assists this model.

The game's story is alternately sci-fi intense, horrific, and tongue-in-cheek. It's a rollercoaster ride all the way. You'll find yourself saying, "What the hell will they throw at me next?" and you'll never be disappointed with the deliver when it comes.

And so is HALO...greatest game ever. Easily.

Greatest Game for Xbox

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Only praise I can still give it is that I, like everyone else, argee this is one of the best games ever. It's Goldeneye for N64 taken to the 128 bit level. Enjoy an assortment of weapons (both conventional and alien) and an assortment of vehicles (both conventional and alien). Go through levels of increasing difficulty and the plot continues to get thicker and thicker. What more can you want in a game?

Title game for XBox

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The level of detail in graphics and sound is great. Combine that with some great gameplay and awesome multiplayer modes and you have the best game for the XBox, Halo.

King of the Halo

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Awesome game...do not miss the multi-player settings whereby you can take on your friends in capture the flag, king of the hill, or just plain slaughter.

A must for any XBox owner.

Wow!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was 50% of my motivation for purchasing an XBOX.

The single player game is good. It gets a bit redundant in the second half of the game, but if you learn to love Halo, you'll eventually want to go back and finish the game on the highest difficulty setting: "Legendary." There is some replay value in the single game, but it is definitely finite.

Cooperative play is good, but System Link would've been so much cooler than split screen for co-op mode. The split screen using one XBOX makes for some staggered frame-rate when things get really hairy, but Halo was one of the first games that I've experienced that even lets you play through the single player game with a friend, so I shouldn't complain. I just wish they'd gone that extra mile and enabled the system link feature for co-op mode.

The multiplayer is where the magic is. You could potentially get up to 16 players with 4 TVs, 4 XBOXs, and 4 copies of Halo. The beauty is that even if you usually only get to play with 4 guys, you can each have your own screen (provided you have 4 of everything lying around). Don't get me wrong. Even if you have to all play on the one TV, it's amazing. But having the option of using 4 machines in a console-LAN is really one of the neatest features of the XBOX and Halo, and it was the first game I experienced that pulled off the "linkability" factor of consoles so well. The vehicle interaction in Halo is unlike anything I had ever experienced in gaming. Imagine loading up your tank with all of your teammates or hopping in a Jeep with a .50 cal machine gun and running off to stick it to your buddies on the other team. Or get in on some free for all action. The multiplayer options keep things interesting for a loooooong time. If you've got a bunch of friends that like playing video games, you need this. If you remember the days on the N64 when you and your buddies shot each other up as Oddjob and 007, you'll appreciate Halo to the nth degree.

Halo review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As people have said for years, this is a great game and there isn't much to add to that. It is especially good considering its a 1st person shooter for a console. My only real complaint is that in multiplayer mode there are no bots. So you can't create a team of bots to fight with or against. Another minor complaint is that the Warthog (their version of a Hummer) is a bit sloppy to handle while driving, however, it is very forgiving which makes up for a lot of that.

Good memories...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Sometimes it's great to put halo in place of halo 2 and play for old times sake.

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