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Halo: Combat Evolved for Xbox Videos >>
Summary Possibly the best video game ever. The world of Halo takes you by storm, not letting you know hat's over the next ridge or around the corner. An extraordinary campaign mode that will leave you begging for more. Every aspect of the game is among the best I have ever seen. There is more action and suspense than your daily recommended intake. This is a no harse crap game that should be taken serious because of the incredible action and suspense. Danger lurks everywhere. The multiplayer modes rival only those of TIme Splitters 2. Sound, graphics, and gameplay are the best in the business. The difficulty levels test amateurs and professionals in all aspects of the game.Sound It's like you're right there as the Master Chief himself.Gameplay Gameplay was the best I've ever played and all my friends would agree. The multiplayer modes are the most fun you can have on any multiplayer game. Playing with only 2 players is fun but gets boring after a while. 4-8 players is much more fun and 16 players is the most insane mode of any type of gameplay of any game that you will ever play.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Greg Greg TaylorFrom Westampton Review Date 01/16/2003 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary I am a big first person shooter fan and I must say that Halo is a near perfect game. Everything from the action, to the story...Halo is the game to buy. You cannot be an Xbox owner without owning a copy of Halo.Sound Sound is amazing. I found myself downloading all the songs on KaZaA shortly after. The music goes great with the action, so much that you feel powerful and just play the game naturally. The Sound is definitly one of the best parts of the game. TRUST ME! BUY THIS GAME! IT IS TRULEY THE GREATEST GAME EVER MADE!Gameplay Game Play is excellent for Halo. The gore and the action is superb. The moment I played this game, I could not put it down. The game is even coming out with a sequal and and a book prequal! The book: Halo: Fall of Reach, informed my on everything in the game. The story is simple. You are a highly advanced soldier in the year 2500. Your job is to keep the enemy from finding the location of earth. But before you can start, you crash land on Halo. Then you...Well, You have to play the game to experience the game. Let's just say the ending was AMAZING! There are no glitches what so ever and Halo is a game you definitley buy. Don't evern rent it, Buy it! You'll be glad you did!Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Excellent game. Get it if you don't have it.Sound Great, realistic sound fx. I even like most of the music.Gameplay I'm only up to the 4th chapter. It's very exciting to play. Cool and varied landscapes, etc. Kinda easy on normal.Best to use alien weapons or any human weapon w/scope. Wider variety of aliens would be better. I use the alternate control setting where you strafe w/the right stick. I also use a PS1 controller (better than the s controller), but had to reduce the sensitivity one notch. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary I found this to be the best game I have ever played. Everything was great, most of all the story line and gameplay. In multiplayer mode me and my friends do what we like to call Car Wars. By crashing the cars in avalable levels that can support cars into each other we try to see how high the cars can jump into the air. This is a lot of fun with rocket guns because the cars can't be damaged.Sound Could use some better music. Other than that it is great.Gameplay The gameplay is great, needless to say. The fact that many players can play the game itself is helpful because you can get their imput without fighting over the conntroler.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Halo is an oustanding game. Outside of the usual and obvious factors of graphics, sound, and gameplay, Halo offers an interesting and intense plot that gives purpose to your missions. It's an impressevely well-balanced game. There is a fair variety in weapons and enemies strategically placed throughout the entire game. The weapons all have strengths and weaknesses, and compensate well for one another. The game limits you to caryying only 2 weapons; an interesting twist that most FPS games don't offer, but forces you to budget your ammo and think ahead for the situations that you anticipate you may be engaging.Weapons are logically placed as well. You won't find a stray gun or med pack without some logical explanation for its placement. For example, you may stumble upon a fallen comrade and pick up an extra clip or grenade, also giving you the opportunity to switch weapons, if he was carrying something that may have suited the situation better than what you are currently toting. Both the enemy and friendly AI is stunning. Your troops will flank enemies when you are laying down cover-fire, or request cover-fire if they need it. If they can see you are moving in for a kill, they'll cover you. They're also smart enough to jump out of the way of your fire, or duck under it. If they throw a grenade, they'll call it out to the team. The smart team-mates don't come without a consequence: the enemy is every bit as cunning. Enemies will also duck under your fire, hit you in the face to blur your vision so they can drop a grenade by you and run. Sometimes, enemies will die clutching a grenade. As they fall, the grenade will engage and as you run by their dead bodies, it'll detonate. Vehicles add another nice perspective to the game that many other FPS games don't offer. You can pilot several different vehicles. Friendly soldiers will often come with you in your vehicles, firing at enemies as you drive past. As the game progresses, the plot takes a few twists, and the degree of difficulty increases. If multi-player is your thing, Halo has kept you in mind. There are several different multi-player modes, all of which are customizable and can be saved for later play. Sound The sound is also top-notch. The game supports surround-sound. The ambient sounds are impressive, as are all of the incidental and regular sounds. You'll hear a large variety of extra phrases which your comrades will utter... everything from taunts to combat commands, as well as panic-struck utterances.Sound is an element in most media that goes unnoticed, unless it's bad. Chances are very good that you won't even notice the sound in Halo. Gameplay The controls are easy to learn. It may take PC gamers a little wihle to get used to playing with a controller, rather than a mouse, but in time, the controls will feel comfortable.The levels are well-designed and take you in and out of doors often. The level design makes good use of real-estate in that the plot may force you to cover ground you've already been over later in the game, but you'll find that the second time through will present new challenges and goals, such that the level may look familiar, but feel quite a bit different. Vehicles are easy to control, once you understand how they work. They all pilot similarly. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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