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Paid off

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 29 / 70
Date: December 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I want to start off by saying I was paid off by Microsoft, they paid me millions of dollars just so that I would give Halo a positive review, because we all know how badly it needs it. If I didn't give it 5 stars, who would? Possibly one of the 700+ so far who have given it 5 stars...well Microsoft must have paid them millions too! But I resisted the temptation.

And what is with the name HALO? You would think the planet was...I don't know...a ring or something huh? And don't get me started on those clear and precise graphics, what is this supposed to be, a movie? Sheesh. I like my old PS and its distorted, pixelated graphics and limited color schemes. And the controller...how dare they make a bigger controller, they must think that they are better than the rest. Everyone knows that they all have to be basicly uniform in design whether one is more comfortable or not. And who came up with this world where you actually have to walk to where you are going, I just want to be able to run at lightning speeds, and fly and all that jazz. Who wants to play a game where you have human limitations where you can actually take damage and die?

And the aliens look too funky. I will have you know that the last time I was visiting my alien friends they didn't look anything like this. Microsoft should redesign the aliens to look more like the real thing. And those weird weapons...don't they know that all aliens have phasers? Sheesh. Microsoft should have done their research better. The human guns are lame too...machine guns and pistols and shotguns...that's lame. They should use real guns, like phasers. And there are no reloading animations, like when you are reloading the shotgun you should be able to see him insert the shells - what? He does? Oh...well you should be able to see him reload magazines by hand, shell by shell like they do in real life, only with phasers. And all guns should be 100% accurate like in real life. When I shoot my machine gun it doesn't kick or anything and every bullet is smart and knows where to go on its own, not like Halo where the bullets from a machine gun sort of spray. Who came up with that effect?

I don't like the controls either. You should only be able to look in the direction you are running. If I wanted to be able to see 360' degrees and back up and all that I would invest thousands in virtual reality games.

I wouldn't even like this game if Microsoft hadn't made me like it through promotional materials and by paying me off. They pay everyone off. I get a check in the mail every weekend from Microsoft just so that I will stay loyal. But I don't like using good software so I am going to start using real software from those companies that keep going out of business because they are all so much better...with their no support or updates and all the flaws and pricing schemes and...where was I?

Something

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 19 / 54
Date: May 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It smelled funny when I bought it, and exploded my Xbox. I was badly injured.

halo is turtle poo

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 38
Date: August 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i am dissapointed with the lack of serious gripes that the halo-haters, mostly pc fpsers, are able to post on this site. it is true that halo is turtle-poo, the worst first person shooter since the original doom, but it needs more than just one sentence to sum up exactly how god awful it is. first off the graphics. pc gamers have long been aware of the superior resolution available on computer monitors. those 14 and 15 inch screens display graphics with unbelievable clarity. there's no need to purchase a large screen (say 60" plasma) to play half life when you could instead sit 2 ft away from the monitor perched on your desk. the overwhelming feeling that you get from watching halo dominating your room on a big screen is just intimidating. no pc gamer likes to be intimidated. and the clarity of the graphics themselves can create a "false sense of reality". this has been known to cause nausea in susceptible players. not something to be desired, i'm certain. and the sound. downright terrible. played through 100 watts per channel dolby 5.1 surround (with a sunfire subwoofer) halo can actually shake a room and fool the law enforcement agencies into thinking that a localized war has broken out in your living room. when taking the threat of the swat team breaking down your door into consideration, playing a video game on a pc, with those dainty pc speakers and $50 subwoofer is surely a safer bet. oh, and control. die hard gamers assume a certain amount of risk in the pursuit of their passions. what could be scarier than the possibilty of developing carpal tunnel syndrome from all those hours leaning over a keyboard and mouse keyboard. it's almost cheating to play a game with an ergonimically designed and instinctive controller relaxing on a couch or lounge chair. i could go on. the difficult ai. the childish, almost refreshing, humor of the allied marines and covenant grunts. the intricate and novel plot. it's clear why many people can't stand this abomination of a game. pc's are the domain of the fps. if you can't afford a pc, or if it's not your thing, then a ps2's tried and trusted last generation technology is the next best thing. red faction is worth purchasing for it's graphically destructible environments alone. easily worth any of the innovations in bungies tired halo. halo is doggy doo doo. don't buy it. and definitely don't buy the sequel. i don't want to have to wait behind you on line.

Halo a expensive piece a garbage

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 51
Date: August 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well, actually [$$$] piece of garbage because you had to buy the Xbox. Before I begin, I'll list the good aspects of the game:

The graphics are good

There I've listed all the good qualities of the game. now for the bad:

*The enemies are kind of difficult to shoot
*The weapons are stupid
*The controls are difficult to use
*You had to buy the Xbox (another piece of [garbage]) to buy this piece of [garbage]
*The story is stupid, (you are on the last ship of the aliens that tried to destroy the planet), why couldn't they destroy the last one?
*The multiplayer levels are stupid

and the last, and biggest

*It was published by Microsoft
AAAHHH!!!

Save some money, if you want a better game with multiplayer and you want to fight something non-human,
get an N64 and Turok 2.

PS. If you want a good...First Person Shooter get a PS2, Red Faction, Half Life and XIII.

Whats the big deal

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 46
Date: October 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

What is the big deal about Halo. It is one of the worst and stupidest games I have ever played. I think people like it because all you do is kill aliens that are extreamly stupid. In one mission you can kill like 100 alien things and you die 4 times. The aliens even speak english. How would a thing billions of miles away from earth know how to speak english. I think that is just stupid. Theres only like 10 weapons and 4 things you can ride in in the game. In the game the warthog and earth cars can never break or explode but the alien stuff can. Another stupid thing is the missions are way too long. It takes abouut 1 hour to finish a mission. And once you die you come back to life. So anyone can beat the game. Some aleins have invisible shields on them and you have to waste a lot of ammo on them. All you can carry is two guns and grenades. And since theres only like 10 weapons you allways pick up the same gun. Theres only about 8 differnent kinds of aliens and they are all stupid. Hunters are big alien things that are almost impossible to kill, little stupid aliens that speak english and run away from you, little aliens with shields, big aliens that have invisible shields around them and they chase you, Floods that when you kill them little ball thing with no guns come out and jump and pop on you, theres more but they are mainly the same as the ones I just wrote but they are different colors or are bigger or smaller. If you like combat games dont buy this because all you do is kill dumb aleins. It is not hard at all. Dont buy it.

Worse game/system ever!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 59
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am big fan of dreamcast and the ps2 hence very excited about getting the xbox. BIG mistake...this is the worse system i ever bought. 1st the console..its big, ugly, and very flimsy. then there is the controller..its way too big, and the buttons are are positioned way too close together not to mention way to very small buttons. 2nd the game (halo) the graphics are not that good, and game play well where is the game play? just shoot thats it. SAVE YOUR MONEY don't get the XBOX!!!!!!!

VERY BORING!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 48
Date: October 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I decided to rent this game because nobody at school would shut up about it. It was as boring as hell!!! The graphics are not good and the combat is terrible. They will REALLY need to improve on the sequel for this one!

Halo is horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 32
Date: July 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first played Halo, I was interested in seeing how supposodly good it was. I played deathmatch with my friend. A little one on one action. The only thing I remembered about it was how incredibly boring it was. Of course, you say that playing Halo one on one is boring. You're right. It is.

I thought I'd give co-op a try. I was even more bored playing co-op than I was playing deathmatch. All it was was running around, engaging in some easy gunfight with generic aliens, more running around, more fighting, more running around... WHEN WILL THE HORROR END?! This kind of action has been tortured, cut, ripped up, killed, burned, peed on, and thrown off a cliff. We get the picture. How about not having a game be about a guy in a clown suit saving the universe. That's been done before. Can anyone say Doom? That's basically saving the universe... if the universe consisted of preventing aliens from traveling to Earth from Mars.

When I was playing the game for about... oh I don't know... fourty-five minutes, I found absolutely no trace of a storyline. I'm guessing it's just some other pointless shooter about killing aliens for s***s and giggles.

I'm guessing that the main character (cough Master Chief cough), who has the worst name in existance, has the strength of a giant. My worthog tipped over, he's able to turn it over with a flick of the wrist. Wish I had that kind of strength. I want to move a bunch of cars in traffic, I flick my wrist and the road is clear. Or I'm standing in line at a store, flick my wrist, all the people ahead of me fly in all seperate directions. He may have the strength of a giant, but can't resist gunfire worth the s***. His shields wear off and he dies in two bullets. What happened to that amazing strength?!?! You're able to flip a worthog by breathing on it, yet you can't withstand two bullets?! That's when I get the urge to throw the game out the window.

I'm not going to even get into how bad the grapics are. Lets just say looking at the graphics in Halo are as bad as staring into the sun.

The weaponary itself is unorganized. No weaponary used today is outmatched by an ordinary pistol. The pistol is more like a backup weapon. Not a weapon that is twice as strong as an assault rifle. The sniper rifle itself is slow. You would think that weapon technology has improved from today's standards. It can only zoom in like a present-day sniper rifle, and has slow refire rates. You'd thing that weapons that far into the future could zoom in further and shoot faster, wouldn't you think?

All the AI's movements are scripted... then again, many games are like that. But this game has very stupid AI. They always have to wait for you, they shoot when the script tells them to; otherwise they'd just sit there looking around waiting to die a horrific death. Unlike Farcry, the enemies have minds of their own. In Farcry, I was driving a realistically looking inflatable boat, and I was approaching a beach with enemies on it. Since I didn't want to get my ass kicked, I opened fire on them and some died. The suvivors got into a nearby vehicle and retreated into the woods to regroup with their allies. Later on, I found the same vehicle abandoned in the jungle. That, my friends, is what AI should be. Let's see Halo do that. Have unscripted AI run around, fly any vehicle they want at any given time, and running away when they need to. Halo's AI just stands there, shoots you, runs around flailing their arms, then they die. Awesome.

Review taken from:
http://www.utterlyopinionated.com

Halo wins my world famous WGE (Worst Game Ever) award.

What was the big deal?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 49
Date: October 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after hearing everyone say how great it was. First, I'm not a big fan of first person shooters, so much of my rating is based on that. The rest is on the games enemies. In some games, when you kill an enemy, there is some level of satisfaction. I feel no such satisfaction in this game. If you like first person, futuristic settings, then you'll probably like this; I did not.

junk

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 33
Date: July 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i was not impressed by this game at all n64 was alot better than this game if you want a real game go get a gamecube halo didnt have that great of graphics either

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