Halo: Combat Evolved

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3080 Ratings

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  1. StephenS.
    Dec 30, 2001
    7
    Most things about this game are good...the sound, graphics, AI, etc, but its multiplayer just lacks what a first person shooter really needs. I remember when Nintendo 64 was new, and Goldeneye had just come out. At that time, that probably the best first person shooter. Then for the PC, Counterstrike came out. Counterstrike is probably still the best first person shooter. What I'm Most things about this game are good...the sound, graphics, AI, etc, but its multiplayer just lacks what a first person shooter really needs. I remember when Nintendo 64 was new, and Goldeneye had just come out. At that time, that probably the best first person shooter. Then for the PC, Counterstrike came out. Counterstrike is probably still the best first person shooter. What I'm really trying to say is that although the single player is good, the multiplayer really pulls this game down pretty far.… Expand
  2. Wongit
    Oct 3, 2004
    7
    I seriously, SERIOUSLY think this game is the most overhyped game in the history of videogames. What the hell? I mean its good, but its not super duper orgasm good. Single player is just mediocre, ive played FPS similar such as Red Faction. Trust me this game is not that spectacular. Sure its fun, but it seriously is over hyped.
  3. JerradN.
    Feb 19, 2004
    7
    A very fun game, don't get me wrong, but it is very overrated. 16-player matches, in depth Single-player mode, but that's about it. :/
  4. ColinM.
    Feb 13, 2009
    7
    First of all, I have to say that I am NOT a Sony fanboy. Now that that's out of the way, I can honestly review this game. First of all, the graphics are really nice for its time. It rivals ICO and MGS2. The AI is really smart, but the enemies are just retarded. They look like something out of Ratchet and Clank or Mario. The story is okay, could have been better. Soundtrack is epic First of all, I have to say that I am NOT a Sony fanboy. Now that that's out of the way, I can honestly review this game. First of all, the graphics are really nice for its time. It rivals ICO and MGS2. The AI is really smart, but the enemies are just retarded. They look like something out of Ratchet and Clank or Mario. The story is okay, could have been better. Soundtrack is epic though. Now the vehicles... The Warthog for example, looks like its going to be really cool, until you drive it... The controls are freaking crappy. I crashed so many times trying to get to drive with out skidding all over the place. It just blew up, taking me down with it. The bosses are good. Overall, though, I liked the game. But its not nearly as good as it was hyped to be.… Expand
  5. KevinH.
    Feb 21, 2005
    7
    The game is fun at first but after a while it just gets repetative. I would rather play a game that keeps my intrest longer. I agree with how the controls are wonderful, the graphics are great, and I don't even mind shooting the same enemy that is a different color. It just gets, boring. Still a good game to buy but don't set your hopes too high.
  6. JonM.
    Jun 25, 2005
    7
    A good game, beautiful settings, but after two or three times through, it gets boring, thus the 7.
  7. NaughtyDog
    Jun 12, 2011
    7
    Usually I don't like "space people", but that was before Halo: Combat Evolved came out! This is one of the best shooters I've played, seriously. And I really don't like FPS, but this game is fun fun fun fun fun. Halo: Combat Evolved is the best Halo game ever. Yes it is. The singleplayer is maybe "dull" if you know what I mean, but I give this game 7 cause of the multiplayer. TheUsually I don't like "space people", but that was before Halo: Combat Evolved came out! This is one of the best shooters I've played, seriously. And I really don't like FPS, but this game is fun fun fun fun fun. Halo: Combat Evolved is the best Halo game ever. Yes it is. The singleplayer is maybe "dull" if you know what I mean, but I give this game 7 cause of the multiplayer. The characters are stupid sometimes but that's nothing.… Expand
  8. steven14329
    Jun 12, 2011
    7
    When I first played Halo, I thought, cheesy space shooter with a generic badass main character and a **** story.... good gameplay, and playing with my friends was cool for a console game. I liked it enough. Nothing really special.... Now it's the most overrated game series of all time. Who knew?
  9. ezreal
    Nov 28, 2012
    7
    First of all, this game surprised me, a lot of things are very well done. The enemies are intelligent, some of the levels are really well designed and for somer parts, this game is just perfect. However, Walking threw the same corridors and buildings five times in a row is annoying and not fun. About 3 hours campaign should have been removed (recycling) or never made in the first place,First of all, this game surprised me, a lot of things are very well done. The enemies are intelligent, some of the levels are really well designed and for somer parts, this game is just perfect. However, Walking threw the same corridors and buildings five times in a row is annoying and not fun. About 3 hours campaign should have been removed (recycling) or never made in the first place, the other 6 hours are epic and amazing. The sequels are much better than this game and there is not that much story in this game. This game introduced us to a rich universe and offers some amazing and breathtaking Content, but this game itself is not a masterpiece at all. Too much recycling and streching made this game a lot worse than it could have been with a shorter campaign,which is pretty sad.… Expand
  10. Sammydidds123
    Jun 28, 2013
    7
    As a halo fan back in the day, I can tell you that this game is AMAZING! It's an all time classic, with an interesting story, fascinating mythoes, great combat, and stellar co-op. The graphics aren't great, but what do you expect from a game made over 10 years ago? Anyone who talks s**t about this game might have played it recently, thinking "Why are the graphics so crap? Uggh, this isAs a halo fan back in the day, I can tell you that this game is AMAZING! It's an all time classic, with an interesting story, fascinating mythoes, great combat, and stellar co-op. The graphics aren't great, but what do you expect from a game made over 10 years ago? Anyone who talks s**t about this game might have played it recently, thinking "Why are the graphics so crap? Uggh, this is just terrible." They wouldn't know a great game if it was stuck Infront of their face. So yeah, you can probably tell, I love this game, and it's one of my favorites.… Expand
  11. Rewaider
    May 11, 2014
    7
    Well, what do I need to say? This is ridiculously overrated! 9.7?! Are you kidding?! This will never be a classic! It's just one-in-a-thousand of first person shooters with a cheesy and not original story!
  12. dacritic82
    Aug 20, 2015
    7
    This review is for the version of Halo CE included in the Master Chief Collection for XONE, and I'm keeping in mind that it was originally released 15 years ago.

    Let's begin by saying that, though I wouldn't say the game is ripping off other IPs (either movies or video games), it's clear to me where did the Bungie folks get their inspiration from. Now the actual review. - Graphics    This review is for the version of Halo CE included in the Master Chief Collection for XONE, and I'm keeping in mind that it was originally released 15 years ago.

    Let's begin by saying that, though I wouldn't say the game is ripping off other IPs (either movies or video games), it's clear to me where did the Bungie folks get their inspiration from. Now the actual review.

    - Graphics and music: I loved the music, but the graphics are just okay. It's really cool to be able to switch between the original graphics and the remastered ones. There are some lighting problems and some areas are too dark, also ponds of green water where you can't see **** and you don't know where to go.

    - Story: It's nothing to lose your lose your sleep over, really. The Master Chief is utterly boring and uninspiring. Fortunately we have Cortana, his virtual companion, who can access stuff and guides you throughout the campaign. She's a lot more interesting and her voice acting is terrific.

    - Gameplay: the story is divided into 10 missions, taking you around 1 hour to complete each. These long missions are more like Chapters than actual missions (you have multiple objectives in each of them, which are revealed to you sequentially). I prefer short missions, where you can actually accomplish something during a small game session, other than just running from Checkpoint A to Checkpoint B.

    - Combat Mechanics: maybe this is the weakest aspect of the game, and here is why: there's no aiming mechanism, so you must get close to your targets in order to shoot them down. This is okay for the first half of the game, since you can kill them fairly easy without endangering yourself. But, the second part gets tricky. Enemies explode, throw grenades, or carry a rocket launcher, so a lot of them will instantly kill you or land a critical hit on you; while requiring many shots to go down. I also noticed that a lot of mob groups keep spawning on and on. So, oftentimes there's no point in stopping to kill them, your best option is just running for it.

    - Level Design: I didn't really like it. I felt like I was playing the same generic 3 or 4 maps over and over.

    - Enemies: there isn't a great variety of them. And no boss... yes, NO BOSS FIGHT! Huge letdown.

    - Weaponry: there are like 6 different types of weapons and you'll frequently feel underpowered (unless you have a shotgun with you). Ammo for the more powerful weapons is scarce, forcing you to switch, which is something positive.

    - Vehicles and turrets: this is also a great addition. I really enjoyed making my way through crowds after hijacking an alien vehicle or climbing into a turret (specially when ammo was running low) to obliterate incoming waves of foes.    … Expand
  13. Mitchzap65
    Apr 13, 2016
    7
    This game did not age that well, it is still a good game, but it does seem (at least in multiplayer standards) that gun balance was not really something that was paid attention too, it can be really fun and addicting, but as long as the other guy isn't camping the flag with a rocket launcher.
  14. therandomuser
    Sep 18, 2016
    7
    this game is a great game. the story is great, the multiplayer amazing but the problem is the campaign not the cutscenes or story but the gameplay. it feels like a chore to play i didnt have any fun health packs were too scarse on the mission the guns take out vechicles too easily if im in a tank, i want it to feel like a tank. but for a game this old the animations are great better than most
  15. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    7
    I have a confession to make, this was the first time I have never sat down and played through the campaign of Halo before. The sad truth is, I never had the chance. I grew up with Nintendo’s and PlayStations so when I purchased an Xbox this year, its the first Xbox I have ever owned. So naturally, one of the first things I wanted to play was Halo so I bought the Master Chief collection. II have a confession to make, this was the first time I have never sat down and played through the campaign of Halo before. The sad truth is, I never had the chance. I grew up with Nintendo’s and PlayStations so when I purchased an Xbox this year, its the first Xbox I have ever owned. So naturally, one of the first things I wanted to play was Halo so I bought the Master Chief collection. I plan on playing the Halo 2, 3 and 4 in the next several months.

    So looking at this game in 2017, it’s still a solid game with great shooting mechanics. I can say with absolute positivity that this game has aged well. Obviously, with the Master Chief Collection, it’s gotten some work was done to it aesthetically but it looks fine. The shooting felt very tight, I didn’t like the default control scheme but the game allowed me to change that and once I made the switch. It felt good.

    My big complaint about this game is the level design though. It felt like I would go through an area, reach the destination and then have to backtrack and redo everything I just did. In some areas, it felt like I did that multiple times. There were some levels where I just completely got lost because everything looked the same. My hope is the developers learned this and fixed this in future iterations.

    Halo is an iconic series and I feel like all gamers should play Halo and I feel more like a true gamer now that I’ve experienced Halo. Its still aged well and I do recommend picking up the collection.    … Expand
  16. razMN
    Apr 5, 2022
    7
    There's reviews from all the way back to 2002, and my review is from a "2022 POV". Halo has a good story actually, the external parts are well made and the graphics are among the best of its time, for sure.

    However, the main problems is that this game is a constant corridor, there's simply multiple parts that look exactly the same (I know, probably a limitation of that time), plus the    There's reviews from all the way back to 2002, and my review is from a "2022 POV". Halo has a good story actually, the external parts are well made and the graphics are among the best of its time, for sure.

    However, the main problems is that this game is a constant corridor, there's simply multiple parts that look exactly the same (I know, probably a limitation of that time), plus the fact that every enemy is a bullet sponge (even on normal difficulty).

    I realize it's an important game for the industry's history, but it's kinda sufferable to playthrough nowadays because of those two factros.    … Expand
  17. PedroRC19
    Oct 3, 2018
    7
    Um bom jogo nada além disso, não é um jogo atemporal igual Zelda Ocarina of Time mas é um bom jogo, não acho que 97 seja a nota merecida e também não acho que seja um dos melhores jogos da Historia, talvez pra época tenha sido inovador mas hj em dia é um bom jogo além do seu tempo.
  18. mikemormai
    Apr 26, 2019
    7
    Halo é um game muito bom , mais faltou alguma coisa nele, o game tem uma historia legal, graficos legais pra epoca, vale muito apena pra um dono de xbox
  19. Topo77
    Sep 14, 2019
    7
    Its a Master piece, one of the best games of all times, and one of the most important FPS in videogames history
  20. anykey_
    Jul 22, 2022
    7
    Halo Combat Evolved is an unfinished masterpiece. That is, she is tightened, she is trying too hard to be an arena. My favorite level is everyone's least favorite level with the flood. Everything was as it should be, dark, stuffy, scary. In the end, the game generally offers you to have fun yourself. Up to the level with the typewriter - Bibika. 7 out of 10. You also break your fingersHalo Combat Evolved is an unfinished masterpiece. That is, she is tightened, she is trying too hard to be an arena. My favorite level is everyone's least favorite level with the flood. Everything was as it should be, dark, stuffy, scary. In the end, the game generally offers you to have fun yourself. Up to the level with the typewriter - Bibika. 7 out of 10. You also break your fingers because of the control of the bible in the old way. In general, in the following heilos, there is also a problem with transport.… Expand
  21. SeuBelarmino
    Jun 1, 2020
    7
    Halo: Combat Evolved brought me good experience in terms of shooting bunch of enemies and kicking their asses most part of the time by you and you

    But without mention the badass moments of Master Chief, the game is pretty repetitive and linear, it lacks a lot about guns, enemies variety, and level design The plot is pretty straight forward, i kinda like the sci-fi cliché with aliens (my    Halo: Combat Evolved brought me good experience in terms of shooting bunch of enemies and kicking their asses most part of the time by you and you

    But without mention the badass moments of Master Chief, the game is pretty repetitive and linear, it lacks a lot about guns, enemies variety, and level design

    The plot is pretty straight forward, i kinda like the sci-fi cliché with aliens (my opinion)

    Gonna give it a shot at the other games, so i can compare better

    Still, it's a good game. Not that hype, but it's good and can make you have some fun    … Expand
  22. ewenr
    Jun 30, 2020
    7
    Played this game nearly 20 years after release so unsurprisingly it doesn't hold a candle to current generation games. However, it held up better than I expected and was certainly fun, if a little sparse.
  23. JohnnArmstrong
    Feb 14, 2022
    7
    I didn't play this game at the time. I played it just a few months ago at MCC and although it's entertaining and I understand its importance, the game has a lot of repetitive moments and the ending where you escape from the Halo facing Guilty Spark is a pain.
  24. L3Fari0us
    Nov 19, 2021
    7
    This review is from someone who has only recently experienced Halo: CE and is meant to help those who are thinking about playing too.

    Few are the people who don't know what Halo is. Even if you've never played any games, there's a big chance that you've heard of Halo before. That's how impactful the game was when it first came out. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of it back then and I    This review is from someone who has only recently experienced Halo: CE and is meant to help those who are thinking about playing too.

    Few are the people who don't know what Halo is. Even if you've never played any games, there's a big chance that you've heard of Halo before. That's how impactful the game was when it first came out. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of it back then and I never played games growing up, so I didn't care for any of it.

    Playing Halo in 2021, in order to fully enjoy what it brought to the table you have to experience other games from that era, without it, you'll never truly understand why it's praised. Either way:

    The gameplay still feels tremendously solid and it's always fun. The story wasn't. By today's standards, the campaign is pretty much just a backdrop for the action which you don't really pay attention to. Its most impactful moments felt flat to me; it didn't help I was spoiled on one of those. The mission design was also extremely boring, there are some missions which is the same copy and paste room over and over and over, always fighting the same enemy faction. There is also one mission which asks the player to traverse the environment that they already played through during the previous mission. The lack of waypoints during those, coupled with the same bland looking rooms made it so I pulled a YouTube guide more than once to figure out where to go. The score is phenomenal when it actually plays, which is not very often. The lack of score for a lot of the moments are praised by a lot of fans but to me it made the environments feel even more bland when all I could hear were my footsteps in a massive cargo bay while I tried to look for a button to press in order to progress, for example.

    Overall, while I have nothing but the utmost respect for Bungie for creating such a massive and innovating game, back when it first came out, it, sadly, in my eyes, just doesn't stand up to the test of time, besides the gameplay and soundtrack.    … Expand
  25. Mr_Nobody34
    Jan 14, 2022
    7
    Ratings for the time period it came out
    Story : 8
    Gameplay : 8
    Graphics : 9
    Fun factor : 8
    Environment interaction : 2
    Sound effects : 6
    Overall Immersion : 8
  26. RefinedInsights
    Aug 16, 2023
    7
    One of the most overrated games of all time; not sure how this game became so popular; the campaign is boring, I gues multiplayer is fun, but that's about it.
  27. AdrienV.
    Jan 10, 2008
    6
    It was a rainy day. I bought it played it. Nothing great. Very simple, nothing very stand-out. When I bought half life 1 I stopped caring about graphics as much and i realised that there was not much to this game. Fun for an hour, then just drop it and buy something else.
  28. ProfessorFrink
    Jun 14, 2004
    6
    Before all of you die-hard fans start plotting my death, this isn't a horrible game. Obviously, there are worse out there. But this is not a perfect game, either. The levels remind me of Doom with better graphics. In some buildings, you find room upon room of beds, machinery, emptiness, etc. that you have no idea what they do. They all look the same. After you've played through Before all of you die-hard fans start plotting my death, this isn't a horrible game. Obviously, there are worse out there. But this is not a perfect game, either. The levels remind me of Doom with better graphics. In some buildings, you find room upon room of beds, machinery, emptiness, etc. that you have no idea what they do. They all look the same. After you've played through about half of it you get bored of how this is green or that kind of building is always purple of that creature is always yellow and it just doesn't have the appeal anymore. But the biggest problem of the game would have to be in it's multiplayer. It's one of the cheapest I've ever played in this aspect. You could just hide in one room and pick off people as they come in with a shotgun. Also, sniping is totally unfair, as it is really powerful, health is really too low, and what's up with the melee attack?(hitting people) I charged up my plasma pistol and shot someone in the head with it but hardly made a dent, then they hit me with the SAME weapon and killed me in 1 or 2 hits! The vehicles especially are too cheap, namely, the tank. The huge arenas are also unnecessary as there are usually only 2 to 4 people playing. (unless online). Also, if you think about it, Halo isn't really that new. We've all seen the plasma this, and the laser that, and the ones in Halo aren't exactly totally different. The grenades are all glitched. It's too easy to throw a grenade from like a hundred feet away and kill someone immedietaly. This is not a game that could be improved that much more, so I'm not expecting Halo 2 to be the "Best Game Of The Year" … Expand
  29. Jfray
    Oct 19, 2005
    6
    I don't know why this game is so highly rated...just another shooter game.
  30. NoahT.
    Oct 7, 2007
    6
    Halo 2 and Halo 3 are masterpieces of the first-person shooter genre and deserve the incredibly high scores they received, but Master Chief's first adventure is vastly overrated. Yes, the graphics are incredible, voice acting is top-notch and there quite a few innovative gameplay concepts thrown around. But what really kills this game is level design. You often visit a singular zone Halo 2 and Halo 3 are masterpieces of the first-person shooter genre and deserve the incredibly high scores they received, but Master Chief's first adventure is vastly overrated. Yes, the graphics are incredible, voice acting is top-notch and there quite a few innovative gameplay concepts thrown around. But what really kills this game is level design. You often visit a singular zone many, many times throughout your adventure, and the repetitive level design and enemies, not to mention the repetitive level design and enemies (oh yeah, did I tell you about the the repetitive level design and enemies?) are cause for frustration and disappointment. Skip this one and get the two sequels instead. They are far superior.… Expand
  31. JonathanS.
    Aug 16, 2004
    6
    I just don't get it. Why are people raving about this game??? I played it on the PC, not Xbox, and I left feeling bored and disapointed. Yah, the graphics are good, but not the best. There are a few good levels, but there are also a few crap ones. I absolutly hated "The Library", nothing but waves and waves of enimies. Point, shoot, point, shoot, yawn. The vehicles are the best part I just don't get it. Why are people raving about this game??? I played it on the PC, not Xbox, and I left feeling bored and disapointed. Yah, the graphics are good, but not the best. There are a few good levels, but there are also a few crap ones. I absolutly hated "The Library", nothing but waves and waves of enimies. Point, shoot, point, shoot, yawn. The vehicles are the best part of the game. Multiplayer can hold very few people, and you only get one skin. To me this is a very average FPS. Nothing ground breaking at all. … Expand
  32. JeffM.
    Nov 28, 2005
    6
    After all the hype, its not possible to explain just how disappointing this was. Another shooter with some great moments, but plenty of crappy momements too to weight it down.
  33. JohnN.
    May 26, 2008
    6
    Fun with friends, and that was about it.
  34. MichaelK.
    Sep 14, 2003
    6
    It does things scores of other things have done before... Perfect Dark came a year and a half before and still managed to have awesome level dynamics, play control, AI, and it was scores deeper in term of weapon selection and multiplayer options (have you heard of bots???). And both Goldeneye and Half Life brought revolutions to the table in term of storyline, graphics, and play mechanics It does things scores of other things have done before... Perfect Dark came a year and a half before and still managed to have awesome level dynamics, play control, AI, and it was scores deeper in term of weapon selection and multiplayer options (have you heard of bots???). And both Goldeneye and Half Life brought revolutions to the table in term of storyline, graphics, and play mechanics for first-person shooters. Get over it: there's little new about this gussied-up rehash of old game ideas. Go to Gamecube if you want the truly innovative games.… Expand
  35. [Anonymous]
    Apr 13, 2006
    6
    its an OK game not nealy as good as Half Life that came out first.
  36. PhilipH.
    Sep 24, 2007
    6
    Decent storyline and gameplay, but mostly just annoying. This game moved the genre forward, but it's a mere stepping stone. I don't care for the Halo franchise in general. Halo 2 should have never been made.
  37. theshonen8899
    Aug 3, 2011
    6
    This is a very generic sci-fi FPS with a generic story and ho' hum gameplay. While it did set the standard for online FPS on consoles, the genre has expanded significantly since then and tired shooters like these are definitely not worth remembering.
  38. Simich110
    Apr 16, 2014
    6
    Halo: Combat Evolved is overated, great but overated good grapichs alright AI, one of the better Halo games, but doesnt deserve a 97 Metascore alright game fun but still very overated
  39. moricetimeofwar
    Aug 6, 2014
    6
    One of the most overrated games of all time. I finished it and for me halo is not a good game, it is a very average game. First, the levels are very labyrinthine and you're constantly searching where to go, but not only that, but the level design is so repetitive that you're always asking if you went through there or not. Indeed, level portions are literally cloned in other levels.One of the most overrated games of all time. I finished it and for me halo is not a good game, it is a very average game. First, the levels are very labyrinthine and you're constantly searching where to go, but not only that, but the level design is so repetitive that you're always asking if you went through there or not. Indeed, level portions are literally cloned in other levels. Besides some peaks of difficulty completely unnecessary where the game becomes extremely difficult for no reason. The music is very good but are underused. Driving vehicles is terrible. The sounds of covenants is terrible. Sorry, I would like to liked this game, but unfortunately I'm not capable. This has too problems to make it a good game… Expand
  40. Dragonfly44
    Sep 8, 2018
    6
    I'm sure it was much better at the time when it came out, but I honestly can't understand the hype for this game. At first, it's very fun. But after the first level, my interest quickly died out. It's extremely repetitive and I found myself bored out of my mind all too quickly
    Rating - 68%
  41. Kostas101
    Nov 13, 2021
    6
    I would say that the game still holds up pretty well, you can tell how much effort was put into it, and the attention to detail is surprising. Gameplay is solid, the game contains very few guns, but every gun plays differently, as for the level design, it's very outdated, there are many times where you'll just walk through corridors killing the same enemies over & over again, making itI would say that the game still holds up pretty well, you can tell how much effort was put into it, and the attention to detail is surprising. Gameplay is solid, the game contains very few guns, but every gun plays differently, as for the level design, it's very outdated, there are many times where you'll just walk through corridors killing the same enemies over & over again, making it boring, and there are some levels that seem almost impossible to pass, it's very frustrating. The story is mediocre, very basic with no highlights, you just go to different areas killing aliens, finding new information about the halo, and that's pretty much what you do for most of the game. Still, it's a pretty good & revolutionary game, and I can see why it was praised so much when it first came out.… Expand
  42. robertredford
    Dec 19, 2020
    6
    It's undeniable that this is one of the greatest- If not the greatest game of all time. But it's aged. The plot was solid but nothing special and I'm not the biggest fan of the combat, but I can tell how great it is. My main problem is the random spikes in difficulty that ruined a large portion of my play through. I understand I'm not the best at games. But there are plenty of hard games IIt's undeniable that this is one of the greatest- If not the greatest game of all time. But it's aged. The plot was solid but nothing special and I'm not the biggest fan of the combat, but I can tell how great it is. My main problem is the random spikes in difficulty that ruined a large portion of my play through. I understand I'm not the best at games. But there are plenty of hard games I enjoy. This is not one of them. In the library level, if you lose guilty spark, prepare to **** around for the next 30 minutes looking for him. And two betrayals is the worst level in any shooter I've ever played. Of course, I'm focusing on the negative because no one else does. These aspects are awful, sure. But everything else is great. In 2001? Greatest game of all time. In 2020? Jank.… Expand
  43. Parrabam
    Jan 30, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un buen juego, perfecto para iniciar la saga de Halo, sin embargo, algunas armas estan muy desbalanceadas, poniendo como la mas poderosa a la Magnum, cuenta con una historia muy buena, pero con niveles repetitivos y confusos hasta cierto punto.
    El Multijugador es muy bueno, con modos y mapas muy iconicos de Halo.    … Expand
  44. Griddy
    Jun 17, 2023
    6
    Great game at 2001 nice soundtrack and great atmosfere but you can tell they only had 9 month to make the game, people like to say the game is a masterpiece and stuff but this game aged like milk, finicky combat system, guns feels like nerf guns, vehicle feels like its driftting on ice, a vehicle who supposed to be a tank but is super weak and straight up **** level design, credit whereGreat game at 2001 nice soundtrack and great atmosfere but you can tell they only had 9 month to make the game, people like to say the game is a masterpiece and stuff but this game aged like milk, finicky combat system, guns feels like nerf guns, vehicle feels like its driftting on ice, a vehicle who supposed to be a tank but is super weak and straight up **** level design, credit where credit is due this game is super impresive in 2001 and im sure kid me in 2001 with an xbox would ove this game but if you dont have the nostalgia and is a new player its just terible.… Expand
  45. Michael
    Jul 17, 2003
    5
    Yawn... all of these things were done before. Other games have had vehicles (Red Faction), co-op (Perfect Dark), and exciting multiplayer (PD and Goldeneye). Strong narratives have also been present in other FPS (Unreal). The only two things this game has to offer above its competitors is graphics and sound. The weapon selection is crap, the enemies become very repetitive (especially the Yawn... all of these things were done before. Other games have had vehicles (Red Faction), co-op (Perfect Dark), and exciting multiplayer (PD and Goldeneye). Strong narratives have also been present in other FPS (Unreal). The only two things this game has to offer above its competitors is graphics and sound. The weapon selection is crap, the enemies become very repetitive (especially the Flood... god that stage is a mind-numbing bore), and finally NO BOTS!!! Why the hell didn't they just add bots to multiplayer to spruce it up a bit? Already the modes were lacking; that is just an inexcusable exclusion. Give it up guys- this is the only game approaching even slight acceptance on your pitiful system. And Gamecube has... what, 10 classic games??? Pass.… Expand
  46. ChrisM.
    Jan 1, 2004
    5
    This game is so overrated. It's just not funny. Linear levels are made even worse when they drag on and on for ages. Some levels just feel like the same room copy and pasted next to each other a thousand times over. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge FPS fan but this game just isn't as good as everyone says it is. Oh and legendary why must everyone agree with your ideas or be This game is so overrated. It's just not funny. Linear levels are made even worse when they drag on and on for ages. Some levels just feel like the same room copy and pasted next to each other a thousand times over. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge FPS fan but this game just isn't as good as everyone says it is. Oh and legendary why must everyone agree with your ideas or be a sh*thead? Thats just immature.… Expand
  47. PatrickH.
    Oct 5, 2003
    5
    I don't see why everyone makes a big deal over the game. It's ok, but not something that deserves a 96 out of 100.
  48. BradD.
    Aug 12, 2003
    5
    This game is just a sorry attempt at recreating Half-Life. You have a special life saving suit. There are little parasitic animals everywhere. And it involves the Marines. The only difference is Half-Life is a quadrillion times deeper and scarier and Gordon Freeman could kick the master chiefs ass any day.
  49. BoBBoBBy
    Aug 7, 2006
    5
    Aight it is plan and simple Single Plyaer is the MOST UNORIGINAL Sh.. EVER but on the other hand I have never had a more fun time killing my friends in multiplayer, both Halos shine in multiplayer but f.... WRECK in Campagn mode!
  50. Warmonger
    Sep 5, 2007
    5
    I watched my friend playing this a few years back on Xbox and to be honest did not see what all the hype was about, the graphics we're very nice but the game play was shall we say.... shallow. With the impending arrival of Halo 3 I decided to try out the "original" on PC, least to say, I quickly became bored, only to quit a little more than half way through. I believe you should give I watched my friend playing this a few years back on Xbox and to be honest did not see what all the hype was about, the graphics we're very nice but the game play was shall we say.... shallow. With the impending arrival of Halo 3 I decided to try out the "original" on PC, least to say, I quickly became bored, only to quit a little more than half way through. I believe you should give a game a good run before you judge it but can now truly say..... this game does NOT deserve all the hype and adulation that has been placed upon it. In my mind it is nothing more than a Unreal, Halflife rip off, with very little originality. You only have to look at the similarities, for example: The enemies in the original Unreal and those in Halo, in fact thats the first thing that I noticed! "boy do these enemies look a lot like the Skaarj in Unreal" also, the headcrabs on the people in Half life bear a striking resembalance to the infected covenant and marine soldiers,coincidence? I think not! 5 is being kind to this game but after all... it does have good graphics!… Expand
  51. JeremyC.
    Nov 17, 2003
    5
    Ok this game is in no way as good as everyone says it is. I thought it looked great at the start but five minutes into the first level I found myself traversing dozens of rooms that looked the same and apparently had no real function. The second level picked things up a bit and while one or two later missions were exciting and fun at the start they all degenerating into either boring Ok this game is in no way as good as everyone says it is. I thought it looked great at the start but five minutes into the first level I found myself traversing dozens of rooms that looked the same and apparently had no real function. The second level picked things up a bit and while one or two later missions were exciting and fun at the start they all degenerating into either boring searching around for something or the last enemy. All the rest were boring and poorly made. Through virtually every level I found myself running into fifty of the same room time and time again. Then guess what, once you meet the Flood (a lame copy of Half-life's aliens) you go back and do all the same boring missions backwards, only difference is that now you must fight the flood. The most annoying level called the Library consisted of your character 'Master Chief' running around in circles through numerous floors that all looked exactly the same. Multiplayer is nothing special, Battlefield 1942 blows it away in vehicles, environment, and fun. Everyone claims other games copied this, what about what Halo copied? Name a scene in the movie Aliens and Halo has copied it, from the nervous marine "we're all gonna die man!" to the tough black 'Sarge' "Pull yourself together." Not to mention how the pelican bears a striking resemblance to the transport in Aliens. The guns are all copied from Aliens, and what the movie had in deadly and mysterious enemies Halo miserably lacks. Throughout the whole game there are only about five total enemies each with of course one way to kill them or else you'd be wasting ammo. There are miserably weak grunts which are minute aliens who do nothing then an enormous leap is made to the elites which simply slaughter all your squadmates (they never last more then the first battle) and the shield toting aliens who are just plain annoying with their weak guns and stupid shields. This game was lame and nowhere near expectations.… Expand
  52. CowO.
    Sep 22, 2004
    5
    Average shooter with a mountain of hype on top. Nothing more, nothing less.
  53. BillD.
    Mar 28, 2006
    5
    Overrated and actually just straight up boring. Good AI is the only saving grace because multiplayer is nowhere near as fun as everyone says. Play a PC shooter instead.
  54. RECON-UK
    Apr 15, 2017
    5
    It's certainly a decent game on the surface, however it is not worthy of the 10/10 mark.
    A lot of the game recycles it's self, places look very similar and you feel like you are not really progressing up until the point you come to the flood.
    The flood is an interesting twist and i really enjoy playing against this enemy type, however noticeably they almost always attack in a set    It's certainly a decent game on the surface, however it is not worthy of the 10/10 mark.
    A lot of the game recycles it's self, places look very similar and you feel like you are not really progressing up until the point you come to the flood.

    The flood is an interesting twist and i really enjoy playing against this enemy type, however noticeably they almost always attack in a set formation with the same enemy types thrown in.

    There is a part in the game where you meet the flood almost every time you move forwards and they will first try to get you from behind, it's not smartly done, too predictable and just becomes tiring and repetitive.
    Then you get to the end point of the game which is just a great showcase to show how piss poor the controls are for the warthog.

    I played this on my OG XBOX through component leads and it looks great sadly not the best experience gameplay wise.

    I'm being generous with this score.    … Expand
  55. Broyax
    Jan 21, 2017
    5
    Halo a introduit quelques innovations reprises par un nombre incalculable de FPS, des innovations discutables comme la vie qui remonte toute seule (au lieu des trousses de soin) et la limitation à deux armes, la plus contestable puisqu'on passe son temps à échanger ses flingues sur le champ de bataille. C'est aussi l'un des premiers (voire le premier ?) à vous épauler d'une petite escouadeHalo a introduit quelques innovations reprises par un nombre incalculable de FPS, des innovations discutables comme la vie qui remonte toute seule (au lieu des trousses de soin) et la limitation à deux armes, la plus contestable puisqu'on passe son temps à échanger ses flingues sur le champ de bataille. C'est aussi l'un des premiers (voire le premier ?) à vous épauler d'une petite escouade de temps à autre, une escouade dont l'IA s'est toujours avérée satisfaisante.

    Comme titre de lancement de la première Xbox, il était assez impressionnant avec notamment des environnements assez grands et la possibilité de conduire pas mal de véhicules. Bien que n'étant pas un monde ouvert, l'effet "couloir" en était de fait sensiblement réduit. Son inspiration pioche un peu partout dans le monde foisonnant de la SF tout en assurant sa propre identité.

    On note tout de même un goût douteux ici et là en ce qui concerne les ennemis, les couleurs criardes et les "pioupious" des armes en général, l'impression n'est pas toujours très sérieuse... L'ambiance qui reste décidément "curieuse" profite cependant d'une bonne VF et d'excellentes musiques.

    Si la jouabilité est soigneusement réglée et l'interface sans reproche, l'architecture des niveaux laisse parfois à désirer avec des intérieurs copiés-collés à l'infini sans parler évidemment des niveaux de la Bibliothèque qui souffrent d'une répétition incroyablement pénible aussi bien graphiquement que dans son déroulement qui ne cesse de vomir des ennemis ad nauseam.

    Quelques grands moments dans un jeu globalement bien mis en scène côtoient ce genre de défauts d'équilibrage avec encore trop d'endroits où l'on attend en tournant en rond que le prochain script se déclenche après avoir nettoyé une zone. Gratifiant et énervant, Halo souffle trop souvent le chaud et le froid par intermittences imprévisibles, ce qui le rend fatigant à long terme.    … Expand
  56. coquedepor
    Dec 16, 2019
    5
    - Chaotic combat
    - Repetitive
    - Lack of weapon variety
    - no storyline
    - art
  57. Solembum2
    Dec 10, 2021
    5
    Банальная, скучная, медленная игра. Из тех, что просто "работают". Для консольщиков, может, зайдёт. На фоне какого-нибудь F.E.A.R. - абсолютное уныние.
  58. JussaGamber
    Mar 18, 2023
    5
    It's fine, but it doesn't hold up as this perfect game some people want you to believe. The second half of the levels are bad, and half the weapons are bad.
  59. VLG
    Aug 23, 2023
    5
    I will never understand why people loved this game so much, its just your average FPS
  60. ChickenFace
    Feb 16, 2005
    4
    Pass the chicken, i'm playing a crap game called halo here.
  61. Guyman
    Aug 3, 2005
    4
    It's okay... not a great variety of enemies and i can't stand this little warp thing. pretty intense though and story line is pretty good but i just felt like i was running around blowing stuff up.
  62. DanH.
    Jan 15, 2004
    4
    To the person who said "Someone name a better multiplayer console game"...how about perfect dark? I'm not saying Halo sucks. But it is truly the single most overrated game of all time. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't astounded by it like you people were. Maybe the brainwashing just didn't work on me like it did for you...
  63. MattP.
    Dec 22, 2003
    4
    The most overrated game ever. To be fair, I'm not big on first person shooters, they annoy me to no end, but I had huge expectations for Halo. When I bought it I unwrapped it in my car and kissed the disc, having the naive concept that it would some how be the greatest game ever. I was wrong, sorely wrong. The second I started fighting off the baddies, I knew something was missing, The most overrated game ever. To be fair, I'm not big on first person shooters, they annoy me to no end, but I had huge expectations for Halo. When I bought it I unwrapped it in my car and kissed the disc, having the naive concept that it would some how be the greatest game ever. I was wrong, sorely wrong. The second I started fighting off the baddies, I knew something was missing, but I couldn't figure it out. As I kept playing, I realized that something wasn't MISSING, there just wasn't a whole lot their, like an old man with Alzheimiers. The story's crack pot, the weapons are suprisingly short shighted and limited and trying to pilot the worthog is like trying to fix a swiss army knife with astronauts gloves. At best a rental game just definitely way too much credit is given to this game.… Expand
  64. Pelu
    Jan 6, 2011
    4
    It's a plain shooter with stupid space characters, the same old weapons and a stupid plot. A lot of better games were seen on PC a couple of years earlier. But it has co-op, so it's not completely useless.
  65. King_Bong
    Jul 26, 2016
    4
    I never really got to play halo when I was a kid because I never owned an xbox, and for a time I thought this was some great thing that I might have missed out on due to all the hype around the time of its release and all the nostalgia years after it but upon actually playing it and then subsequently replaying it just to be fair and give it another chance I discovered that I really didn'tI never really got to play halo when I was a kid because I never owned an xbox, and for a time I thought this was some great thing that I might have missed out on due to all the hype around the time of its release and all the nostalgia years after it but upon actually playing it and then subsequently replaying it just to be fair and give it another chance I discovered that I really didn't miss out on much. In fact I'm actually pretty glad that I never played it, because at the end of the day its an extremely mediocre game.

    The first and most noticeable thing about the game that I found myself hating were the weapons and overall gunplay, the weapons in halo in addition to being completely uninspired have lackluster sound effects and animations for the most part, and many of the weapons are underpowered thus making the plasma pistol and pistol the best loadout for most of an individuals play through, unless of course you are playing on average difficulty which was so mind numbingly easy it made me contemplate suicide.

    The assault rifle doesn't **** shoot straight, the plasma rifle does more dps than the plasma pistol but because of the regenerating shield system damage per shot ofter takes precedence over damage per second since(and this is much truer on harder difficulties than on lower ones) its best to stay fairly close to cover while shooting enemies so you can engage in the hide till you heal **** at your convenience, the needler pretty much requires you to empty half a clip into an enemy to kill it and is a boring weapon that doesn't require any semblance of skill to use properly, and the rocket launcher, shotgun, and sniper rifle rarely show up during the course of a play though which is disappointing because out of all the weapons in the game they are by far the best in the game due to their beefier sound effects and better functionality than the other weapons. Granted it might have made halo which is already easy even easier had these weapons showed up more often but there is nothing inherently wrong with a game being easy or inherently right with a game being hard. Difficulty is something I really only complain about when I dislike the underlying for the game being easy, in the case of halo what I dislike are projectile attacks that move so fast that they usually can't be dodged and the health system which allows one to soak up damage like a sponge and recover shields at his convenience, as well as the slow easy and tiresome gunplay and enemy types, which can hardly be said to require different tactics to beat. The grunts can be killed simply by shooting them with anything or throwing any grenade at them and if you kill their commanders they'll just run around and give you another opportunity to shoot them by running around like a couple of **** in spite of the fact that they were honestly pretty harmless to begin with, they are equipped with plasma pistols but for some mysterious reason they lack the ability to charge them up, you can pretty much just play peek a boo with them and slowly pick them off with any weapon before attacking the elites and because they never charge up their pistols you won't have to worry about losing your sheilds fighting them this way, additionally its entirely too easy to stick plasma grenades to them which ironically enough they happen to drop like candy upon dying, the jackals are only slightly more threatening than the grunts they for some mysterious reason can charge up their plasma pistols while the grunts cannot and the fact that they are equipped with the exact same weapon as most grunts is one of the things I dislike about the game, it simply does not take orthogonal enemy designs far enough, the strategy for dealing with jackals is pretty much the same as the strategy for dealing with elites; attack their weak spot and/or them with plasma then either attack their weak spot or hit them with anything till they are dead, alternatively meleeing them works pretty well if you are close enough and grenades are more effective against jackals than they are against elites because jackals are far more stationary but its still not a big enough difference in enemy design to make the game interesting and if you compare the orthogonal level designs in this game to the ones in say quake the difference is pretty clear. In quake you have hitscan enemies, that require you to take cover and pop in and out of it to shoot them, there is a dude with a grenade launcher that requires you to dodge his grenades(yes you can actually **** dodge most projectiles in that game instead of soaking them up like a sponge) and also tries to chainsaw you if you get close, and most of the enemies in that game require vastly differ methods of movement to to deal with their attacks and some are more effectively dealt with by certain weapons than with others.

    I could say more about the game but I've reached the character limit, 5000 is far to few for a full length critique.    … Expand
  66. NAYKEN
    Dec 16, 2022
    4
    Unfortunately, this is what Microsoft company understands from the game. The interesting part is that most of the video game reviewers do not understand only the simple and non-development game genres such as FPS and Sports, let's move on to the review without further ado. First of all, is the game good, which is the exaggerated part? Unfortunately, the game is a disgrace, let alone beingUnfortunately, this is what Microsoft company understands from the game. The interesting part is that most of the video game reviewers do not understand only the simple and non-development game genres such as FPS and Sports, let's move on to the review without further ado. First of all, is the game good, which is the exaggerated part? Unfortunately, the game is a disgrace, let alone being bad. We can use a maximum of two weapons with an incredible variety of weapons throughout the game, which makes the game incredibly boring and repetitive, not only mechanically, but also as a level design, the game makes you walk around the same places like a closed box from start to finish. Designs and mechanics Aside from the constant repetition, the game's lack of variety is another matter. Let's come to the most praised subject of the game, artificial intelligence, yes, artificial intelligence has proven that it is good at microsoft software, as never before in the game world. Enemies analyze your movements and play against you, and in the game This is the only tangible thing. Unfortunately, the game makes the only good part of it useless due to its crappy mechanics, level designs and diversity. This game is neither an Arcade FPS or a Realistic FPS, a game that failed both. Stop comparing it to Unreal gold and Quake 2. Serious sam The first encounter opponent I can't even say that if these games are masterpieces, this game is a disgrace. As for the score of the game, it's 42/100… Expand
  67. Skurttish
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    A game that might have been great in its day, but hasn’t aged well at all.

    First off, the graphics stand up just fine. More than serviceable—quite good, considering when it was made. Also, the basic gameplay is generally very fun, as you would expect from Halo. The music and sound are fine. But the level design is atrocious, and I mean that in all its negative severity. There are    A game that might have been great in its day, but hasn’t aged well at all.

    First off, the graphics stand up just fine. More than serviceable—quite good, considering when it was made. Also, the basic gameplay is generally very fun, as you would expect from Halo. The music and sound are fine.

    But the level design is atrocious, and I mean that in all its negative severity. There are very few quest markers, and when they are present, they don’t show you where to go, only where you need to end up. I spent just as much time enjoying the shooting as I did lost and frustrated, staring at the same hallways over and over, wondering where I was going wrong.

    And when I did find where I was supposed to be going, Halo CE took a dead halibut and slapped me in the face with it. This game is HARD, y’all. Between the Flood level that finds you frantically running from enemies spawning endlessly all around you, to chain grenade explosions that kill you without having done anything wrong, you will die a lot, so I hope you have an excellent podcast on, because you won’t want all your attention to be on this. It’s too frustrating.

    All of this, for a story that probably wasn’t particularly good even in its prime. You can see the twists and turns coming from last Tuesday (and I say that as a gamer who was somehow not previously spoiled).

    TL;DR : I do not recommend this game. The levels are confusing mazes, the gauntlets that the game makes you run are too daunting even on Normal difficulty, and the story was your average action movie you can stream on Netflix.    … Expand
  68. MichaelScarn7
    Dec 3, 2020
    4
    This game has not aged well. The first few levels were okay, the gameplay and the weapons weren't great, but each mission felt different. The story was alright as well, but once the flood gets introduced this game tanks in every way imaginable. The final mission in this is one of the worst missions ever put into a game. Maybe Halo was fun in 2001, but now it is not worth playing through.
  69. JakubTyszko
    Feb 14, 2021
    4
    Super simple story that makes no sense. A shoot em up with vehicle. Only feature worth mentioning is co-op play. Would never buy this game, got it free with my xbox.
  70. JimmyP.
    Apr 6, 2003
    3
    This game is not fun at all i dont know what everyone sees in it its only fun on multiplayer thats the only reason i gave it a 3.
  71. JamesT.
    Nov 25, 2004
    3
    Come on people. open your eyes, its lamen, repetitive, dull and did i mention boring. and the sequel ain't much better.
  72. Jared
    Jul 28, 2005
    3
    It got boring fast. their is only 5 different enemies in the whole game and no bosses. that sucked.
  73. Gamestop
    Nov 15, 2004
    3
    Halo... Let's see? The first time through it's good only because you want to know how the story is going to turn out. Then you play it again because it's been awhile but it's too easy now that you know what to do. Switch to legendary gives you a challenge but you still beat it only to see a marine hug an elite (let down) You trade it in cause you don't see Halo... Let's see? The first time through it's good only because you want to know how the story is going to turn out. Then you play it again because it's been awhile but it's too easy now that you know what to do. Switch to legendary gives you a challenge but you still beat it only to see a marine hug an elite (let down) You trade it in cause you don't see yourself playing it anymore. 3 months later there isn't anything else good to play so pick up halo again. Legendary is too easy, story line goes faster when you press X, done with it again. Time to try multiplayer... that goes over horribly cause you now relise how stupid the computer AI is. You get good at it have a few runing riots yet as you get killed by a "camper" with a pistol shot from all the way accross the screen the game get's annoying and you find it more fun to commit suicide so your team loses and you can go home faster. Suddenly Halo 2 is announced and you get some what excited to play that so you play Halo once again on legendary yet find it an utter bore and wonder why you are wasting your time once again on this game. Trailers for halo 2 make there way to the masses the insight hits aswell. Sure the cutscenes look wonderfull but the in game graphics not that much of a difference. Some new weapons, vehicles get damaged etc. You can't help to think how much this is going to be more of the same. Nov 9th 2004 hundreds of crazy losers line your store at midnight to have wet dreams about a guy in a green suit. 5 days later your employee have beaten the game just in time to tell you it's not worth your time. The story line in non-existent like *caugh* "Fable" and was more a tool to push halo 3 on the next xbox. So in conclusion no this is not a great game. To agree with other reviews: Aliens comparison the pillar of automn is the ship in Aliens, the master chief's armor is the marines outfits, guns too., Library=BORING, multiplayer never played half life but recall a game called QUAKE "lan party"!!!… Expand
  74. esbegan
    Jun 10, 2015
    3
    Never liked it, never clicked on me, Half Life was older and still way better... I tried several times to like it but still looked like Quake 2 with better graphics.
  75. notbradyn_YT
    Jun 20, 2022
    3
    I don't like this game as much as I want to. I keep getting lost and there are to many puzzles that I can't seem to figure out.
  76. DiosMX
    Jun 26, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A pesar de ser un juego que distingue a la consola XBOX, no fue mi agrado la historia ni el gameplay parece cualquier otro juego de su estilo.
    Apesar de ser juegos ya de antaño esta mejor un Area 51.    … Expand
  77. Rick
    Mar 11, 2003
    2
    Sucks Sicks. No fun, just like any other 1st person but with more crap. Not addictive.
  78. Somebody
    Jan 17, 2007
    2
    Run in a straight line shooting the "tough" AI. Just a re-hash of Doom and not as good.
  79. RicS.
    Dec 21, 2003
    2
    This game is so boring!!!
  80. LoserHaloCritic
    Nov 18, 2003
    2
    This game sucks. I mean guns? Haven't we seen this before? Men with hands? Uh..Remeber Goldeneye? Things and objects...haven't we seen this with counterstrike? What I'm really trying to say here is I'm a big nerd. I want bots because my only friends are 3-D and have helmets...remember Counterstrike (again!) Enough with the same crap...how dare you have vehicles with This game sucks. I mean guns? Haven't we seen this before? Men with hands? Uh..Remeber Goldeneye? Things and objects...haven't we seen this with counterstrike? What I'm really trying to say here is I'm a big nerd. I want bots because my only friends are 3-D and have helmets...remember Counterstrike (again!) Enough with the same crap...how dare you have vehicles with wheels. New game? Easy, medium and hard levels? Laughable… Expand
  81. JesseP.
    Nov 25, 2003
    2
    Too much hype not enough content. Half life is so much better and its years older. so the graphics are better in halo but thats expected. cause its newer. just wait for halflife 2
  82. mmallouhi12
    Aug 2, 2020
    2
    Did people even play Halo Reach then played this? or just fan boys all over the place??
    this game literally sucks compared to Reach, for various reasons:
    1- only handful of weapons to play with like for Humans you have 3 guns maybe and the covenant 3 2- Repetitive game play and arenas 3- There is 4 types of enemies with different "colors" 4- Your teammates A.I. is so broken they can't    Did people even play Halo Reach then played this? or just fan boys all over the place??
    this game literally sucks compared to Reach, for various reasons:
    1- only handful of weapons to play with like for Humans you have 3 guns maybe and the covenant 3
    2- Repetitive game play and arenas
    3- There is 4 types of enemies with different "colors"
    4- Your teammates A.I. is so broken they can't even drive you while you shoot (in Reach they used to drive you just fine)
    5- You totally forget about the story and what's happening because of the repetitive things you keep doing
    6- You can't take the Covenant sword from fallen enemies (In Reach you could)
    7- Boring and not at all fun that every corner there is a covenant soldier that is Camouflaged with the sword (1 hit 1 kill)
    8- While in the vehicle (e.g. the Scorpion) you lose health and armor instead of the vehicle?????

    Just don't play this garbage version of Halo.. Skip it

    P.S. YES I know it's 2020 and this game is 2001 lol    … Expand
  83. BenW.
    Feb 10, 2007
    1
    A dreadful game. The hype is all for nothing. Compared to a PC game its nothing even Daiktana is better than this. The sequel haven't improved on it either!
  84. SamW.
    Dec 21, 2003
    1
    I recently bought an xbox with halo expecting it to be like everyone says. but when i do play it its alright at the start but damn does it get boring!! the levels are boring and are like the same. the monsters are corny and killing them are repetitive. and the weapons are lame. there needs to be more meatier weapons but all they got are stupid alien weapons which are boring to play with.I recently bought an xbox with halo expecting it to be like everyone says. but when i do play it its alright at the start but damn does it get boring!! the levels are boring and are like the same. the monsters are corny and killing them are repetitive. and the weapons are lame. there needs to be more meatier weapons but all they got are stupid alien weapons which are boring to play with. this game is soooooo over rated. there are so many better games out there.… Expand
  85. HateFounder
    Dec 11, 2003
    1
    Just had to post this after checking out the stats on this baby and coming across Founder's review. Dude, how many games have you actually played in your life? Never seen a tank in a game before? Come on. Never had a vehicle that other NPCs can ride in? We all have. Never been to school and learned how to write or spell? Or put together a cohesive sentence that accurately represents Just had to post this after checking out the stats on this baby and coming across Founder's review. Dude, how many games have you actually played in your life? Never seen a tank in a game before? Come on. Never had a vehicle that other NPCs can ride in? We all have. Never been to school and learned how to write or spell? Or put together a cohesive sentence that accurately represents a coherent thought? And you think Halo offers tactics? Buddy, tactics involves more than deciding what direction to walk in or having to make choices. It's about constructing a plan and following it through as YOUR ACTIONS HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. You cannot possibly have a linear tactical game. If you do, then what you're getting might look like tactics, but it ain't. … Expand
  86. JH.
    Dec 18, 2007
    1
    And they said Assassin's Creed was repetitive? As FPS games go, this is atrocious. Particularly multiplayer where it's like fighting in a cardboard box... "Where are they hiding? Oh. Over there. That's because the levels are so small"
  87. Delta_Assault
    Sep 28, 2011
    1
    Halo isn't a very good first person shooter. I know, I know. You're a Halo fanboy and you think I'm just a mindless hater. You think I'm just going along with the crowd. That I'm some sort of dude who enjoys hopping on bandwagons. Well, no... that's not really the case. I've thought about this for a long while. I've never liked Halo. Even back when it first came out in 2000, it didn'tHalo isn't a very good first person shooter. I know, I know. You're a Halo fanboy and you think I'm just a mindless hater. You think I'm just going along with the crowd. That I'm some sort of dude who enjoys hopping on bandwagons. Well, no... that's not really the case. I've thought about this for a long while. I've never liked Halo. Even back when it first came out in 2000, it didn't impress me. I'm not a guy who likes to be counter-culture, or go against popular opinion for its own sake. There are many popular games I do enjoy. It's not that at all. And here right now, I'm going to explain in detail why Halo is terrible, so you can't accuse me of being a mindless hater. The HUD of Halo is just annoying. Instead of being like other contemporary FPSs, Halo insists on representing all of its ammo onscreen as lots and lots of tiny bullets, instead of simple easy to read numbers. This is lame. There is no need to fill up the top corner of the screen with rows and rows of bullet symbols, just show us a **** number. Like... if it said 60 in the corner? That would be fine, that would work for me. I can read and count, I know what 60 means. 60 means that there are 60 rounds in my magazine, I don't need to see a ton of tiny **** bullets up there. Halo's universe is a complete ripoff of Aliens and various other scifi properties. This shows a startling dearth of imagination on Bungie's part. Seriously, it's not an homage, it's a straight ripoff. This is not subtle, this is hitting you over your head with a sledgehammer. The right way to do it would be something along the lines of Mass Effect. With ME, you can tell that the creators at BioWare had an appreciation and respect for scifi and were influenced by all those works, while creating their own unique and imaginative new universe. They had influences, they did not outright copy. Halo does not do this, Halo is the result of Bungie ripping off other scifi works and cobbling them all together. I find this deeply objectionable.

    Let's look at Master Chief. Master Chief as a super soldier is a ripoff of a lot of stuff like BattleTech and Warhammer 40K. He has been surgically engineered to be a superhuman warrior, just like the Space Marines of the Imperium in WH40k. He is physically much larger then a normal human being and possesses much greater strength and athletic capabilities, just like Space Marines and also the genetically engineered Clan Elementals in BattleTech. Then he dons the advanced Mjolnir power armor. This power armor further enhances his strength and survivability in combat, just like Space Marine armor and Elemental suits. Starship Troopers is another example of scifi power armor. His training and origin story in "The Fall of Reach" novel even reads just like Robert Thurston's classic "The Way of the Clans" BattleTech novel. In the Halo novel, the Spartan program takes children and forms them into training cadres to teach them how to become highly capable and skilled soldiers. Their sole purpose is to become the best warrior mankind can produce. This is almost identical to the sibkos, or sibling companies, that the Clans use in BattleTech. If you liked The Fall of Reach, I recommend you go and check out "The Jade Phoenix Trilogy" omnibus edition, which contains "The Way of the Clans." You'll find that The Fall of Reach is simply a pale shadow of Thurston's work.

    Most of what Halo rips off is Aliens, however. That's really the core complaint. Bungie just decided to watch Aliens a lot and uh... rip off the entire film. If they were making an Aliens FPS, this wouldn't be a problem. In fact, that would be great. However, I find it appalling that they ripped off this great film to create their brand new IP. That's incredibly distasteful. And no, it wasn't just ripping off the vague concept of a "space marine." Doom did that and that was fine. There is nothing wrong with taking a general concept like a "space marine" and doing your own thing with it. However, Bungie went far beyond just using that idea. They ripped off almost every element of Aliens. Let's take a closer look at the stuff they ripped off. Master Chief's cryo chamber at the beginning of Halo is a ripoff of the cryostasis chamber in Aliens. Same exact design and function. The Pelican dropship is a clear ripoff of Aliens' UD4L Cheyenne dropship. In Halo 3, there's even a cinematic cutscene that shows the **** layout of the Pelican, which has two seats, one lower down and to the right, with another elevated position on the left. This is almost identical to the **** positions on the Cheyenne. I'm not sure if any dropship pilot in a Halo game ever uttered the line, "We're in the pipe, 5 by 5." but it would not surprise me at all if they did.    … Expand
  88. Naxotrollxdwtf
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I feel the game a little boring, but the horse for all is not bailable on macOS
  89. Elanonimous
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Nunca he entendido a los fans de esta saga al sobre valorar los juegos de esta franquisia pienso que es un shooter como cualquier otro aunque admito que bastante bien hecho pero no lo consideraría de culto
  90. JayP.
    Jul 19, 2006
    0
    Poor. Atrocious selection of weapons, and very limited unique enemies. The scenery has simply been multiplied a thousand times, so when you're playing campaign it feels like you're running through the same area again and again. Inferior shooter. Buy half-life instead.
  91. AdamN.
    Jan 30, 2007
    0
    How rubbish is this? Where is this big hype about it gone? Oh yes, its shite. This is like another game, so ok it is a good game and can be fun, but it still isn't a amazing game that I should have been so its a let down so the vote should be a let down as well!
  92. robun
    Aug 10, 2007
    0
    Yeah... no. This game was not at all that great, i cant believe people compare it to the half life titles. The game offers no variety whatsoever, the multiplayer gets repetitive immediately after you finish your first match.
  93. Vire
    Jan 6, 2009
    0
    I'm been an FPS gamer for years and I figured Halo would be good when it came out. I heard a lot of good talk about it. Unfortunately, it was really just... crap. Some of the vehicles were fun for a few minutes, but beyond that the story is boring, the actual fighting is completely crap and really, it's just a poor game in general. This game is so hyped it's incredible. It I'm been an FPS gamer for years and I figured Halo would be good when it came out. I heard a lot of good talk about it. Unfortunately, it was really just... crap. Some of the vehicles were fun for a few minutes, but beyond that the story is boring, the actual fighting is completely crap and really, it's just a poor game in general. This game is so hyped it's incredible. It has a rating of 83 on PC as opposed to 97 on Xbox. Given that ALL FPS games are better on PCs, due to differences in controllers, I think this speaks for how smart console gamers are.… Expand
  94. JohnH.
    Mar 14, 2003
    0
    This game is not much fun. Ok so every one may like it but I think it sucks.
  95. [AnonymousHater]
    Oct 17, 2004
    0
    People keep on talking about how this is the best game ever. The only good part is the multiplayer and the only good level in multiplayer is blood gulch. I was bored after one day.
  96. BenS.
    Jul 19, 2006
    0
    How is this considered good?it was boring!
  97. Dave
    Jul 26, 2007
    0
    Oh... My... God people... this game SUCKS. Its not fun... they put absolutely no thought into this game. theres like 5 weapons, and 5 eneimies the whole game. WOW such good variety. Why does everyone like it.. it sucks. the graphics are good and all but its super-repetitive and not fun.
  98. Sablicious
    Dec 20, 2009
    0
    Halo either deserves a '10' or a '0': '10' if you base the score on sales; the game's capacity in attracting new gamers to this form of electronic entertainment; on the measure of how much of a camoufalging influence 'hype' can have on the actual quality of a product; and on the potential for single game to save a video game console. However, Halo either deserves a '10' or a '0': '10' if you base the score on sales; the game's capacity in attracting new gamers to this form of electronic entertainment; on the measure of how much of a camoufalging influence 'hype' can have on the actual quality of a product; and on the potential for single game to save a video game console. However, it's '0' if you predicate your score on gameplay, originality, grpahics, sound and replay value. Given McDonald's and 50 Cent sell like hotcakes, have fans up the yin-yang and account for the livelyhoods of inumerable people, it's obvious success and popularity don't always equate to quality. As a game, Halo fails horribly. As a marketing tool, Halo literally HAS a halo!… Expand
  99. Ragderal
    Dec 17, 2008
    0
    This game sucks, Brett is right nothing original. How can this game is one of the best fps, oh yeah i remember money makes every single human change their minds and guess what... MICROSOFT=Money.
  100. Brett
    Sep 28, 2008
    0
    Come on. This game was second rate at best. Plain enemies, boring weapons with no orginality (oh a rocket laucher WOW) and vehicles that have the steering of a blind guy in a truck. Tell me one thing about this game that was original. At least Gears of War tried new things, they changed combat from the 'run directly at you foe, strafing from left to right to 'dodge' Come on. This game was second rate at best. Plain enemies, boring weapons with no orginality (oh a rocket laucher WOW) and vehicles that have the steering of a blind guy in a truck. Tell me one thing about this game that was original. At least Gears of War tried new things, they changed combat from the 'run directly at you foe, strafing from left to right to 'dodge' bullets' gameplay, to something original. As for Halo 2, who wants to play as the guys you fought in the previous game. FPS died when this game was released, yet it will live on in Half-Life, Doom and Team Fortress.… Expand
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#1 Best Xbox Game of 2001
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#1 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2001
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Metascore
97

Universal acclaim - based on 68 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 68
  3. Negative: 0 out of 68
  1. Xbox Nation Magazine
    100
    Halo is quite simply the closest thing we have ever experienced to a living, breathing alternate universe. [Jan 2002, p.72]
  2. GMR Magazine
    100
    The definitive reason to own an Xbox. [Feb 2003, p.95]
  3. Gamestyle
    100
    When you finally set down the controller the first time, and eventually hunger or exhaustion do force all of us to take a break, Halo has pulled you completely into its world and started one of the best sci-fi gaming adventures of all time.
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