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More often than not, when a game is in development for more than three years, it does not live up to the hype. Bungie's Halo is the exception. Not only does it meet expectations, it greatly exceeds them. This sci-fi first-person shooter is a nearly perfect blend of gameplay, graphics, and sound.
The story revolves around the conflict between humans and an alien race known as the Covenant. The aliens have discovered a powerful artifact--on the ring-shaped planet called Halo--that will shift the balance of power, and it's up to the player to stop them. In addition to several first-person-shooter levels, the game offers numerous opportunities to engage in vehicular combat. Both the enemy and allied artificial intelligence are extremely impressive. Enemies will use the terrain and layout to put you in tight spots. Allies will know when to cover and aid you. For instance, if you hop into a jeep, an ally will know to jump in and man the turret on the back of it.
The graphics are exquisitely detailed, but only move at 30 frames per second rather than 60. The sound effects and voice acting are superb. The level design is among the best ever; most of the game is engaging and challenging without being frustrating. There's also high replay value thanks to the built-in single-player, cooperative, and deathmatch modes.
Much like the outstanding GoldenEye 007 for Nintendo 64, Halo raises the bar for console first-person shooters. All console action games will be measured against Halo for years to come. --Raymond M. Padilla
Pros:
- Outstanding game design
- High replay value
- Impressive AI
- Several maps are used multiple times
- Save functions could have been better implemented
- Graphics move at 30 frames per second, not 60
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Bent on humankind's extermination, a powerful fellowship of alien races known as the Covenant is wiping out the Earth's fledgling interstellar empire. You and the other surviving defenders of a devastated colony-world make a desperate attempt to lure the alien fleet away from Earth. Shot down and marooned on the ancient ring-world, Halo, you begin a guerilla-war against the Covenant. Fight for humanity against an alien onslaught as you race to uncover the mysteries of Halo.
Halo takes you deep into the future, with the fate of planet Earth hanging on your shooting skills. After a massive battle, only one ship is left and its crew is stranded on an abandoned space station. You must do whatever it takes to keep the Covenant from reaching Earth.
Experience the ultimate Halo challenge with all-new online multiplayer for up to 16 players. Take on the world in any of the 15 multiplayer maps including 6 brand new maps never before seen. Unleash destruction with incredible weapons and vehicles including brand new armaments for intense online multiplayer games. Voted Game Of The Year by IGN.com, Electonic Gaming Monthly, and Xbox Magazine.
Halo takes you deep into the future, with the fate of planet Earth hanging on your shooting skills. After a massive battle, only one ship is left and its crew is stranded on an abandoned space station. You must do whatever it takes to keep the Covenant from reaching Earth.
Experience the ultimate Halo challenge with all-new online multiplayer for up to 16 players. Take on the world in any of the 15 multiplayer maps including 6 brand new maps never before seen. Unleash destruction with incredible weapons and vehicles including brand new armaments for intense online multiplayer games. Voted Game Of The Year by IGN.com, Electonic Gaming Monthly, and Xbox Magazine.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Game,
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Halo (Video Game)
This game is awesome! Ever tried getting 8 friends linking your xbox's together with 2 tv's and battling it out? hours and HOURS of fun. You can change the multiplayer settings to have different guns, same guns, change the spawn times, play capture the flag... SO many options! Working together to drive a vehicle and having another shoot from the back of it is always fun and jokes. It's a great multiplayer first person shooter! If you don't feel like going head to head, grab a friend and beat the different campaigns available! Have no friends? STILL GOOD! You can shoot every alien or bug in the single player campaign! Too easy you say? Well play it on hard or legendary if you feel like challenging yourself. I perfer Halo 1 over Halo 2 due to the brightness, clarity and overall feel. A must buy if you own an xbox console!
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT WHAT YOU THINK!!!!,
By FÅLLÊÑ "wolfkaiser90" (Oil City, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Halo (Video Game)
I dont think antone knows what the hell they're talking about. Halo is by far NOT the best shooter ever. It can be just as easily matched with Duke Nukem 64 for N64. Look, i have a gamecube, and if you want a real shooter, send your piece of crap X-BOX to hell and get a gamecube. X BOX sux X COX!!!! The only reason it even gets a 1 outa 5 is because it's a game!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Halo Game Review,
By zeke (DesMoines, IA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Halo (Video Game)
Halo was an extremely good game, and i think it deserved the game of the year award. Halo's biggest asset are it enormous and incredably detailed levels. They feature inside and outdoor enviroments, that are incredibly realistic, with lifelike enviroments, and terrain. The enemies you fight are a bit short in variety, there's only for of them, but there's a lot of them and there AI is really guite good. They will hide behind objects, dodge your gernades, and strike using strategic procedure. You have your own little band of marines, they're actually quite stupid, and are sometimes more trouble than there worth. The things that they yell and say are very entertaining though. The selection of weapons is very nice and detailed, you can choose between an alien or human arsenal, which both have different uses. The human weapons include an assault rifle, pistol, shotgun, sniper rifle, and rocket launcher. Alien weapens are plasma weapons, and are actually more effective and accurate than most human weapons. There are no bosses in this game, which is a nice change, the levels transition in a very fluid motion, and you won't notice the loading. the vehicles were a blast, you can ride a tank or an alien hovercraft. One of the very few faults i can find with halo, was the last half of it or so seemed to much like resident evil. You'll see what i mean when you play the game. You begin to fight enemies that take a bit of the fun a way from the game. The rest i'll leave up to you as a suprise, but i would recomend halo as a good game to anyone
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