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Sweet
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Great Game and a Record Breaking Champion. It also runs on the 360 System!!!
Released in Early 2004. Halo Combat Evolved broke records like a bear walking on twiggs. Setting the new standard for both Platform and Computer First Person Shooters. Halo was a huge success. Bungie was raking in the money and awards.
Based in the Future where a war with an alien religious coalition known as the Covenant. the war goes bad and mankinds only hope is a cyborg warrior known as Master Chief. Halo enters you into a world of amazing detail and epic battles. Follewed by Halo 2 and The Most Anticipated Game Ever, Halo 3.
And as i said. Halo and Halo 2 Xbox Games Run on the Xbox360 System. Its original 480 Pixals will be upgraded to 720p High-Def on the 360.
Classic Xbox game
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Halo: Combat Evolved was the best Xbox game EVER in my opinion when it was still relatively new. First time I ever played it was at my friend's house and I had such a blast! It was fun playing story mode with a friend, and the multiplayer maps were awesome! I favored the maps that held vehicles (Sidewinder, Blood Gulch).
The story mode was and still is great to play, though since I have beaten it numerous times in the past years it's not as exciting, mainly because I know what to expect now. That's why when I do play it I try and find funny/interesting things to do. I like playing around with the Hunters (one of my favorite baddies), and the armless Flood that follow you around and can't hurt you! It's fun to see how many of them you can get to follow you! I think the most I've gotten was three or two.
This version of Halo would be considered outdated, since most people are playing Halo 2 or 3, the newer versions. But this game is what started it all! Without "Combat Evolved" there probably wouldn't be a 2 or 3. Neither sequels have a better story line, I think, and the Spartan armor is cool and better looking than the armor in the second Halo.
Few things I dislike about this game is that you can't be an Elite. :( And you can't fight against bots, which would be very awesome if you could! Every game that has multiplayer should have a bot option.
Summer 2008, Has Halo I aged like an egg or a fine wine?
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User
I've played most of Halo I by now. It reminds me of the Metroid I had in the super Nintendo. Only that MS made it 3D. Think about it, a guy in an astronaut suit, and killing weird aliens in other planets. The music is mysterious, Metroid like too. I'm sure the Metroid in 3D in Nintendo GC offers more variety, with monster at the end of a level, etc. Anyway, Halo I also has Quake II stuff; the walls and futuristic things are reminiscent of Quake. Nothing original about Halo I. However, it shines in the control precision and smoothness. The game is 7 years old now. Nothing better than playing a game after many years to see if it got rotten like an egg or aged like a fine wine. The graphics look primitive, but it's the controls and the shooting experienced where the game really stands out and stood the test of time. All in all, the game feels too empty and boring to be fun, but the controls are the best I've seen.
One of the best,Ever.
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User
I just got this game a week ago and have been playing it as much as I can ever since.It's graphics are great,the story is great,the gameplay is great,split screen is great.Now I haven't played it online(Don't got DSL or Broadband)so I can't talk about it.And don't think for one moment that just because it's a few years old it isn't any good,cause it's still one of the best and will probably be 2,3 decades from now.I've played the PS2 for a long time,I just got my X-Box last christmas(had a PS2 since MOH Frontline),and have played many Fps's and "Halo Killers" on it,and the most I've seen is a few games that MIGHT be AS good as Halo,I have seen none better(I'm not including Halo 2 or 3,because I haven't played them).If you are looking for a hardcore FPS this is it,if you are looking for an all around fun game this is it,if you are looking for a great game to play with friends this is it.What all this review is trying to tell you is that this game is worth every penny,nickel and dime you spend on it,period.Buy this game,if you don't like it you can sell it and get something else,but you most likely won't be selling it.
Shockingly good
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User
When Halo came out I was not much of a gamer, but my brother told me he had heard it was good so I gave it a chance. I credit this game for This making me a gamer because it was simply that good. It's one of those few games that you don't expect much, but end up being among the best games you play. It's so great that even if there had not being any sequels it would have still remain as memorable as it is today.
Best PC Game ever
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Halo was and continue to be the best PC game ever released. Best storyline, best drama, best graphics, great MP, simply great. If you never played Halo you have not experienced scifi yet. Outstanding work of creativity, soundtrack, plot, characters, what can I say !!!!???
timeless
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Halo is truly one of the best games ever made. Its getting kinda old, but I think its timeless, like doom. Several elements come togather to make this a great game. The graphics, the combat, the soundtrack, even the story, the're all perfect. Some of this is up to opinion, but the one thing thats undeniable is Halo's unique gameplay. Most first person shooters are very linier, the missions, the objectives, they are all planed out for you, like a movie. The problem with this is that the second time you play it, its just not the same, you already know whats going to happen. Halo is different. There is no word for it so I'll just say that Halo's combat is like a mixing bowel. Instead of planning the mission out for you, they give you an open battle field, and several ways to get throuhg. For example; on the level Assault on Control Room, you immerge out into a valley, not a planned senario, just a valley with various friendlies, enemies, weapons, and veicles in it. You have the option to get in a warthog(big jeep with a turret on it) and drive around shooting the enemy, you could find the sniper rifle and snipe the enemy, you could use your assault rifle to go out an meet the infantry on foot, you could even find the rocket launcher and take out the mortar tank, the possibilities are endless. Making this combat experience even more complex is the fact that every veicle, weapon, and enemy has their own strengths and weeknesses, which means you must think to get out alive. All in all, Halo is one of the best games ever to play in campaign mode. Sadly this game was made before xbox live, so theres no online, even though the multiplayer is breathtaking.
If you like shooters or games with engrossing stories, but this, what do you have to lose, its so cheap now lol.
Halo Combat Evolved! Great!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Hi, I just beat Halo, I know, its a little late, we are in 2008 and halo 3 is the big thing. But I'm 13 and I was never allowed to play halo till now.
I beat this game in about a week and a half, and I say this is a very fun game and a great game.
Pros
Graphics are great only in that time it was made, if it was made today, the graphics would be better.
Multi-player beats every game at this game mode. With two player, its fun but not as fun as three and four player. Multiplayer has so many levels and games. Multiplayer is easily one of the best (maybe the best) in this game.
Campaign is very fun, the cutscenes are very realistic and very cool. i feels like a movie, really. The story is very addicting and the flood just made the story even better. Without the flood, the game would be just about shooting easy covenant aliens over and over again. The flood makes the game hard.
Cons
Music is horrible. Thats all I have to say.
Not enough aliens. All you fight are Grunts, Jackals, Elites, Hunters (barely), Flood (four different kinds) and senitals. Thats all. It might seem a lot but its not. I hope Halo 2 has more and better aliens.
Why is it M rated? There is blood and violence, and thats it. Barely any bad languague, and no gore. I heard there were T games worse than this. Its just weird.
I can tell why Halo got game of the year for 2001.
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