Halo: Combat Evolved

 Xbox
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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3080 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,658 out of 3080
  2. Mixed: 180 out of 3080
  3. Negative: 242 out of 3080
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  1. ERNESTOZ.
    Apr 14, 2003
    10
    The best first person shooter on earth, halo should be name the game of the decade, not stupid gang and mafia games like grand thef auto that look like crap.
  2. KevinM.
    Apr 23, 2003
    10
    This game is soo awesome the game is so good you should just buy xbox just for the game and multiplayer is even better just wait until Halo 2 come out!!
  3. MasterChief
    Apr 4, 2003
    10
    Who ever gives this game a bad rating is still living with there parents and does'nt know any thing you should never be allowed to talk again.
  4. HaloMC
    Apr 4, 2003
    10
    Rick and John H suck. Just cause their lives suck they hate every thing else. Halo is simply the best game to exist. And yes i do have a life besides video games unlike these two.
  5. Halogod
    Apr 7, 2003
    10
    This is the best game ever i will kill any of u in this game xbox is #1.
  6. EduardoP.
    May 12, 2003
    10
    Should i even speak?
  7. JosephC.
    May 16, 2003
    10
    AUSUM! the banshes are the best.
  8. AndrewA.
    Jul 18, 2003
    10
    Awesome! I mean really what can beat this game! I bought this game a long time ago 2years and i am still playing it. Better than any game on sell. Cant wait for halo 2. Buy it!!!!!!
  9. EricS.
    Jul 6, 2003
    10
    Get this game it will be the best game you will ever play. Until Halo 2 comes out.......
  10. JohnS.
    Aug 11, 2003
    10
    The best game ever.
  11. JamieS.
    Aug 14, 2003
    10
    This game really is the best youll ever play. (Until Halo 2)
  12. DanielC.
    Aug 15, 2003
    10
    This is the best game ever created. I dont own this game but ive played it. I want it so bad!!! Halo is da best and anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron!!!!!!!!!
  13. JoeB.
    Sep 28, 2003
    10
    I played this game for the first time last week and got hooked. I play in literally every spare second i have and cannot put the controller down. A must have great game.
  14. DavidM.
    Sep 30, 2003
    10
    There is no point in time where I will ever cease to throw a Halo party at my house, I own more than one copy myself, just to make SURE nobody is left out at a halo party, anyone who says this game sucks just because the idea has been done before of a first person shooter, holy crap games have been out for how long? how the heck do you expect ANY game to be "new" by those standards. and There is no point in time where I will ever cease to throw a Halo party at my house, I own more than one copy myself, just to make SURE nobody is left out at a halo party, anyone who says this game sucks just because the idea has been done before of a first person shooter, holy crap games have been out for how long? how the heck do you expect ANY game to be "new" by those standards. and people who say it sucks because it has marines just like in halflife, and creatures just like in halflife, OMG THEIR PEOPLE WITH GUNS, IN EVERY GAME WITH GUNS THEIR EITHER GOING TO BE MARINES NAVY OR ARMY ETC, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO CALL THEM, GIRL SCOUTS? this game is by far the greatest in gameplay, depth, story, and is extreamly innovative, and is by far the most anticipated game ever as of the announcment of halo 2, hands down, master chief, is the stud of the universe, if the answer to your question of the most gorgeous things in the world is not, gods love, than its halo.… Expand
  15. GHolmberg
    Sep 30, 2003
    10
    Michael K E.A.D This is the best game EVER!!!!
  16. TimN.
    Nov 23, 2004
    10
    This game is tight. what would many kids do with out this game? i know i would be crazy.
  17. Mr.Chicken
    Oct 9, 2004
    10
    I've owned Halo for 2 years now and I still play it and love every moment of it. My all-time favorite game.
  18. Bob.B.
    Feb 9, 2004
    10
    Best game ever. Too many haters!
  19. CameronS.
    Mar 1, 2004
    10
    Just the best game ever!
  20. AndresM.
    Mar 13, 2004
    10
    Just awesome!!!
  21. AlanA.
    Mar 28, 2004
    10
    Great Game. Just saw E3 gameplay trailer for Halo2 (Bungie.net) and its going to be better. I can see someone giving this game a 7 or 8 if there blind, or deaf, or not into first person shooter. Anyone else played it on easy and never got past lvl 3. Kill Every Cove' B**tard!
  22. MikeR.
    Mar 4, 2004
    10
    Awesome game!!! worth getting xbox system for halo. cant wait till Halo 2!!
  23. JohnC.
    Mar 5, 2004
    10
    I rated this 10 because Halo is seriously the best game ever designed, there are enjoying levels outstanding guns and a multiplayer game which you and a friend can be together. Cant wait till Halo 2 comes out.
  24. KeithF.
    Apr 23, 2004
    10
    I have a tip. When you are on the library after 343 guilty spark, if you see the sentinals looking at the dead flood, shoot and it will look at you. Quickly jump on it and it will lift you up high in the air and give you a ride!! Dont do this when they go down to the bottom of the elevator though!!
  25. CraigW.
    Apr 29, 2004
    10
    The best game in the history of the world. Can't wait for Halo 2 to come out.........yea bill gates ur the man....this game is absolutely flawless.... the graphics are amazing, the gameplay is amazing and the total 2-player mode is amazing... a very fun game.
  26. BloodAngel
    Jun 15, 2004
    10
    Hey Fink, first off any FPS has those problems. I can think of several games like Unreal where you just hog the power ups and stay in an area where you can kill the most amount of people. That is the point of multiplayer. Fink, I could kill you in two hits with a plasma pistol. If you grand a shotgun expect to kill someone in one hit...if you get close enough. Plus if you get in close Hey Fink, first off any FPS has those problems. I can think of several games like Unreal where you just hog the power ups and stay in an area where you can kill the most amount of people. That is the point of multiplayer. Fink, I could kill you in two hits with a plasma pistol. If you grand a shotgun expect to kill someone in one hit...if you get close enough. Plus if you get in close enough doesn't it make sense that you could shoot them and hit them with that shoty? If you get in a tank, you will run over people/kill the pretty easy. It's a fucking tank. I can gauge gernades perfectly and kill you with it. You just don't have skills, thats why you bitch! Instead of ripping on the game, pick on the people like me who spend too much time with the game. I mean the Founder guy is right. I can't think of another game save for the old GoldenEye 64, and GTA 3 where you can get tanks, but you can't cantrol them as finely as Halo. In fact I cannot think of any game with more of a selection of vehicles for multiplayer games.... Everything about this game seems acurate to me. Yes, some of the levels where long, yeah there where a lot of enemies! To Hate Founder.Try playing on Legendary. The Founder spoke brashly. I've seen it in a lot of Halo Fanatic's. Halo does involve tactic on this level: you have to think where you'll shoot, and how you'll get from point a to b, with out being torn apart by the three Jackels, and two Elites to the left, and the Hunter to the right. True you don't have team tactics, but the whole plot of the game is the fact that you are the Master Chief, a one cyborg army by himself... I guess I love this game. I have had every system since Atari. I cannot think of a more enjoyable FPS save Golden Eye and Perfect Dark, which will always be in my heart. If you folks want a reliable and accurate FPS then Halo is your game. If you are looking for realistic movement (most FPS move past human speeds), realistic carrying (youcan carry only two weapons at a time in Holo, which is more realistic since you couldn't carry 9 guns one oneself like other FPS), bad ass vehicles, cool enemies, then Halo is for you...… Expand
  27. HaloFan
    Jun 28, 2004
    10
    Possably my all favorite game game.... EVER!
  28. TimL.
    Jun 8, 2004
    10
    Awesome, cant wait till halo 2.
  29. MichaelB.
    Jul 1, 2004
    10
    Frink, you will pie. Best single player FPS I've ever played, and best multiplayer on any console game, FPS or not.
  30. BatmanMonkeyman
    Jul 24, 2004
    10
    Halo is awesome...It is still a good game...that guy that said the Health is too low in multiplayer...WHAT???? you can set your armor and health...its like the most armor in any game...and sniping isnt cheap you can dodge easily...and you cant sit in a corner and use the shotgun they can throw grenades there...u must have played for like 10mins...
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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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#1 Most Shared 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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