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Rating Reviewed By MattFrom South Dakota Review Date 08/22/2003 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary Halo is one of the best FPS games in history. I normaly dont like FPS games unless there are elements of stealth involved, but the thrill of Halo more than compensates for it. Halo is a game where your ship is being attacked and you must abandon ship and arive on an ancient enviorment called Halo. You must fight your way though the game with a limited amount of weapons.Sound Sound was increadbly loud, but was good nonethelessGameplay The gameplay is extremly well done. You are limited to two weapons at at time, giving it a more realistic edge, and more of a challenge. Althought its mostly a streightforward FPS, it is tough to find some objectives and be able to use tactics to fight your way in . Some negative things i found about the game is that the vehicles are indestructable, you find guys just dead on random parts of the field to get a refill on supplies which i thought was unrealistic, and low variety of enimeies.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By JklhFrom USA Review Date 08/20/2003 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 2.33 of 5, 3 votes Rate this review? Summary Halo. Yes, Halo. Probably the best FPS (First-Person Shooter) money can buy. Some people (Off of this site) say it doesn't compare to Goldeneye. They just don't realize how wrong they are. Halo, my friends, is THE best FPS to grace a console. The whole reason I bought the X-Box was because of this game.Let me tell you how it all started. My brother was telling me that his friends bought an X-Box, and bought it only for Halo. At first I was really skeptical about the X-box, and how much it was praised, so I just shrugged, and said, "Whatever." After a while, my brother visited his friend, and said he played Halo. My first question was, "How was it?" My brother gave it just as much praise as most people give it. I was still slightly skeptical, despite all of the praise he poured onto it. Soon after, My brother told me that his friends were coming over to my house, and they were bringing the X-box. To make a long story short, I was excited. Once they came over, and I was blown away to say the least. After that, I wanted to buy the X-box, and Halo, but we were short on funds, so I gave it a rest. About five months afterwards, I almost lost interest in ever getting the X-box. Then my brother made a whole lot of money, and we got the X-box, and Halo. I love that game. Sure, I don't like the X-box as much as some other systems, but its worth getting just for Halo. Game of the Year indeed. So let me say this, Halo dosen't compete with Goldeneye, it tops it... Tenfold. Sound Sound is really nice. The gun firing sounds just like it should. Nice and agressive.The musical score is really good too. Nobou Uematsu (Composer of the Final Fantasies) must be behind this! I love the chorous at the menu screen. Yes, just very very good. Gameplay Swift, easy, and fun. The button layout is so simple, yet so fun, you won't be able to play any other game for quite a while.It's just that fun. The vehicles are just so much fun to use, and the physics are... somewhat... realistic. Just simple, just fun. Also challenging at times. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Josiah TerenoFrom Spokane,Wa Review Date 08/17/2003 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary Well, im not sure how I really got Halo (or my Xbox, for that matter). I had been sittin in my family room watching TV and playing with my dogs, when my father brings this huge box into the room.He handed it to me and started to tear it up(literally). It was my Xbox. It had 2 remotes with it, and three games (Halo, Oddworld:Munches oddyssey, and NFL Fever 2002). First, I played NFL Fever. It was p[retty fun. Next, Halo. I never knew ANYTHING about Halo or the Xbox. I was hooked. I couldnt stop playing it. I pulled an all nighter from lunch time. Ive been playing only Halo on the Xbox ever since. I STILL haven't played Oddworld: Munches Oddyssey. But, i have been playing GameCube and PS2 and N64 and dreamcast, but I still think that Xbox is the best console. Sound The sound? Its great. you can here everything from someone walking a mile away to the vehicle thats about to run over you.Gameplay The gamplay is awesome. You start out on a ship and go through a tutorial-like thing. Then you fight your way out of the Pillar Of Autumn. then the level Halo comes up. the weapons are what I suggest for each type of enemy:Covenant grunts-purple: Pistol Covenant grunts-red: Pistol(head shots work best) Covenant elites-blue: Assualt rifle Covenant elites-red: Needler, melee attacks, Assualt rifle covenant elites-silver camo: sniper rifle, needler, assualt rifle Covenant elites-swordsmen: Sniper rifle Covenant hunter:Pistol(i know, i know, a pistol??? simply shoot him in the small orange spot on his back. Or, when swings his metal shield, shoot his stomach) Flood brains(the small things)-Shotgun, assualt rifle Flood men: Shotgun Flood cargo-men(the things that explode): Shotgun Flugs: Shotgun, Rocket launcher Robot defense ships: Plasma grenades, assualt rifle, Shotgun Glass: any weapon In multiplayer mode for poeple who's friends are real tank whores(Hi Ryan), these are the vehicles that are best against other vehicles: Ghost is best angainst Scorpion Scorpion is best against Warthog Warthog is best against Ghost(the trick is to make the ghost flip, then run over the enemy). Read my review on Smuggler's Run: Warzones! Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Halo is my favorite game of all time. I love the fact that you have the AI marines helping you. The enemy AI makes the game much more challenging and allows for a lot of replay. I had been waiting for a long time for them to come out with a FPS of this quality. The controls, music and gameplay are all quite good too.Sound The music in the game is very good. The in-game sounds are great too.Gameplay I heard a lot of complaints about the controls in the game. I really don't know what that's all about. The controls are fine to me. You use both joysticks, and it makes use of every button on the controller. It's very easy to pick up. The game has very good AI so you can play the same part numerous times and have different experiences.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By RichardFrom NZ Review Date 08/10/2003 Overall Rating 4 of 5 Visitors rate this review 1.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary An excellent tho over-rated game. Excellent graphics and smooth gameplay, but incredibly repetitive and a much smaller game than it seems as you cover the same ground twice.Sound The sound effects are very good, but the music is generally poor. Some terrible music amongst one or two good tunes. Also, it's virtually impossible to hear Cortana when she speaks during a battle. When she does talk I have to crank up the sound and then shut it down for a fight - very badly done.Gameplay The controller is superb and easy to play. The idea of 2 weapons is good tactically, tho I would prefer it if the pistol could be carried at all times with 2 other weapons. Being able to shoot and throw a grenade is great.If you like run-and-shoot games this is perfect. The AI is very well done, the shoot-outs are gripping and the Flood darn creepy. I got so involved that I almost felt sorry for the Covenant forces when fighting with the Flood and floaty lazer things. However, the game is very very repetitive, boringly so in places. There is one level where you basically fight the enemy in a circular room, kill everyone, collect weapons before moving through a zig-zag corridor in which the screen stops to load and register and then move into the next circular room. And this goes on and on. SO repetitive! And when you get halfway through the game effectively turns tail and makes you go back through most of the levels again which is repetitive and a bit of a cheat. There should have been more variety in levels and there wasn't enough in the swamp. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary No doubt about it, by far, no questions asked, Halo is the best game made and the best game that will never die down. The main reason why I purchased XBOX. I dont think that Halo has anything to worry aobut Halo 2, because no matter how much of a hit Halo 2 is, Halo will still be the original and will always be played 'till the end of video gaming days.Sound The music is what drives you to play the game over and over every day. When you are nearing the end of a board or encountering many enemies the music starts to get faster and louder makin the gameplay much better. Each Marine speaks and has his own personality. Each gun has a unique making you match any gun only by the sound they make.Gameplay Where can I start? First and foremost the characters. Where would Halo be today with that brave and famous Master Chief. Captain Keyes, Cortana, The Covenant, The Flodd, The Marianes, Foehammer, and the whole crew of marians make the gameplay a phenominan. The boards are fantastic, giving you a variety of atmospheres and weathers. I would have to say prbobably the best part of Halo is the Multiplayer. There is nothing better than sitting home on a cold day and layin down a nice little whoop A$S. The hidden glitches are just an added feature that still bring you back to playing Halo no matter how many games you have.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Mantra_cFrom Campbell, CA Review Date 08/05/2003 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary HALO is a Sci-fi action/adventure game that takes you to different places.In the very start of the game you are awaken from your ship as you play thru the eyes of Master Chief when all of a sudden your ship gets attacked by aliens (the Covenant). From here your journey begins as you find out what the Covenant is looking for and why they want it. Along the way you will gain knowledge all about HALO and what it really is. Many twist that will leave you question marks, but still many answers come that gives alot of surprises. What is HALO? What is its purpose? All of this will be answered. You. Soldier, will be the one who chooses the fate of humankind! Overall (With Gameplay,Graphics,Music,etc): HALO will change the way you look at FPS (First-Person-Shooter) genre. The epic story,the action,the freedom,the sounds,the action,the ai or whatever it is that you like, HALO is the comeplete package and it delivers. This game is a MUST BUY and all the high score reviews of HALO is not mistake, when you play it you will know exactly why this game is an instant classic. Sound Sounds on HALO must be just the other great feature!Never in my gaming experience not until HALO have i experienced the sounds playing with my thoughts and actions. For one example is when soldiers talk to you. If you turn your characters head left,YOU (the person who controls the character) will hear the soldier speaking more clearly on your right ear. I think that is very cool because detecting sounds from aliens in a room by using your ears can be very effective! And so i give this category another high score. Gameplay The gameplay and freedom in HALO is just unreal.You can attack ANY way you want. With so many weapons with different strengths and weakness the weapons you choose to go through your goals is comepletely up to you. Whether its attacking with your fellow Marines or just doing the damage by yourself is all in your choice. Another feature that must be talked about is the vehicles. The vehicles on this game range from a wide variety, like the guns they all have their weakness and strenghts, some are slow yet powerful some are fast yet not too effective. They have flying to ground vehicles to choose from. Anything you see can be driven and thats what give HALO another point on being so great. Finally the AI (Artificial Intelligence) of the enemies. The AI of the enemies is another huge part of HALO's sucess. No matter what day it is the battle will always be different. This right here is what its all about - Action! The action of HALO will give you awesome and always different battles everytime. And so, with all of this combined you will be lost for hours with reality and world of HALO. And that right there darn it is what gaming is all about! Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By taylor kaplanFrom united states Review Date 07/31/2003 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Halo is a great game with great potential. This game is an action packed shooters with alot of booms and bangs. The reasone why this is such a great game is because its something a little bit new because you have all these cool futeristic weapons and enemies so let me tell you whats it's about. This game is about halo, a super weapon that can destroy any galaxy and ya. Well any way the machines want o acivate halo to destroy the floods. The only way to destroy the floods is to starve them. So the machines want to destroy human and the covenet with halo. So you try to destroy it. Thats basically the outline of the story. Well anyway you can drive 4 sweet vehicles called a geep, scorpion( its a tank), ghost, and a banshi. Every vehicle has a weapon mounted on it. The geep can hold 3 people on it at a time and the scorpion can hold 9 people at a time. There 3 main enemies. The flood, machines, and the covenet. The flood more dealier than the covenet becuase they are so many of them and there hard as hell to kill, but they do come in the middle. The machines are the easiest people to kill and they lack numbers. The covenet havea variety of people. Some are deadly and some easy. The easy ones are the grunts and jackals, the hard ones are the elites and hunters. Hunters are easy to kill only if you know how to kill them. what i like about this game the most is the multiplayer and xbox live.Sound The sound good and realistic enough. Its fun hearing the characters yell at eachother and hearing the explosions.Gameplay The controls are sweet because you can customise yor controlls and your player. The game runs great and smoothly, but it has a few glitches hear and there. I've only encountered 3 glitches. But thats ok. There not major. The A.I on the enemies is fantastic and the same for the marines. I think that it was a good idea to add in check points. That improved the gameplay. The phisics of the game is very high tech. This is a highly realistic game.Another good thing about this game is that you can customise you multiplayer game. You can do alot of fun thing in the multiplayer games. You can also play with 2 players in campaign. Oh yeah and the little side movies are fun to watch. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary what can i say great game i t was the first x box game i ever boughtSound sound is great it matches the the sots when they hit and the explosions the talking is cool as wellGameplay easy controls and straight up first person shooter except for vehicles there awsomeWould you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Ah, the whole reason I bought an Xbox. And well... it was well worth it. This is by far the best game I've ever played. Great gameplay, graphics, sounds, everything about this game is good! It's a must-have for any gamer. This is a game anyone can play. Ive played with my nephew thats four years old, and even my mom! I LOVE THIS GAME!!Sound The sound is awesome. Realistic gun shots, great voices, very realistic sounds when colliding into something while in a vehicle. It is great!Gameplay Gameplay is great! Campaign is very good. I havent seen any other game that has as fun of a campaign mode as this one. The multiplayer is very fun, especially when you have alot of friends to play with.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Jack the X-Box Critic JackFrom Tennessee Review Date 07/23/2003 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Halo... I loved it, It's still one of the the best games I have EVER played. The story is like a movie, this game is what inspired me to get an X-Box. This game is ahead of it's time even for an X-Box game! Its worth the game of the year award! I advise that anyone who owns an X-Box should love this game, anyone who doesnt should be thrown out in the street and beaten with a rubber stick! I give Halo overall a 5/5.Sound The sound is awesome and the music matches the game. You can hear your own footsteps. When you throw grenades you hear the pin drop and the explosion is realistic. When you fire you weopon, you hear the shells dropping and hitting the ground. I give the sound a 4/5.Gameplay The controls for this game are awsome! They are a great idea for the game, especially for a first person shooter! The shooting button is perfect since you pull a trigger, the mayleh is convenient in case your out of ammo (its also really funny when you mayleh the little aliens) I love the gameplay. I give Halo's gameplay a 5/5.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Mitchell ShermanFrom Portland, MA Review Date 07/18/2003 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary It is a extremly awsome and challenging game.I love the great multi-player and cooperative play. System link adds so much more definition and challenge to the game, I enjoy it as a group activity with all my friends and see it as a truly brilliant game. The graphics are soo amazing!Sound Try it with surround sound on! It sooo great, when an explosion happens it is so real you jump wondering where it was. The Sound quality is of extreme movie standards it seems.Gameplay Challenging, but fun. Explains it simply and well. It can be as simple as the single player Easy levels to the highly challenging Legendary Levels(meant only for Two Players, Though it is possible for a highly skilled individual to suceed at beating a legendary level alone).Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Okay, i basically bought an xbox bcause of this game and for the first half of it it was the best game I have ever played. Bungie did an excellent job on the first half of the levels making them interesting, challenging, and tons of fun. But like many things this hyped up giant definitely has another side, a very very bad side. #spoiler#Sound nothing special, dolby 5.1Gameplay Like I said before, the first half of the levels are completely awesome. Storming the beach, driving the jeep, rolling in the tank, all outstanding. Later though, once you release the flood about halfway through the game, the levels become very repetative. You see the same rooms and environments over and over and all the coolness just drains right out of the game. When i first started to play the game i thought it was the best thing since sliced bread but maybe the lead level designer was taking a crap during the second half because thats certainly where the game went.Halo's multiplayer experience is excellent, especially co-op. Riding in a Warthog with your best friend next to you is about the most fun you can have in the game. Split screen is also a lot of fun if you have four people but otherwise its not too great (no bots). Gameplay was a serious letdown for the most part. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary If you don't know what this game is about by now(read the 300+ reviews) then you have been living under a rock. SO I will just put my two cents in as to what I liked and in some cases didnt like about the game.Sound To be honest with you, I really don't listen to the sound, even though you hear some funny things being said on the hardest level. But the sound is still above par.Gameplay This by far is the best FPS I have ever played. But the funny thing about the game is when I first played it, I liked it, but I played it on easy. After finally beating it on the hardest setting(and believe me it took me a while) I begain to really dig this game. My reasons are for one the AI. Now don't get me wrong on the harder levels the game is hard, but not frustrating hard, but challenging hard. For example, on the hardest level of Timesplitters 2 if the computer has a sniper, you're dead in the water, you feel like you don't have a chance, where as in Halo, if you face an Elite you have a chance, mind you it will be hard, but if you die you died having a fighting chance. Yes, I'll admit some parts of the game get repeative, but you are having so much fun that you really aren't thinking about it. Lastly multiplayer is fun. IF you can get a couple of good players together than you can kill hours at a time. Now this is where I have a problem, and I guess you can say it is nit picking. With exception of one or two, the multiplayer levels are very boring to me. They seem to be plucked out of Doom or Unreal.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Giving a 1 for a ranking is just fruitless and probably out of spite (see review below). 300+ reviews and still going says something about how good a game is, so I'll be brief and to the point because so much has been said already. This is a great game. The definitive first person shooter on all console systems, not just the XBOX. Single player and Co-op mode are a blast. This game will keep you busy for hours. To sum it up, this game alone is worth buying an XBOX for!Sound BOOM! This game sounds great on Dolby Surround alone, but if you have Dolby Digital 5.1, WOW! The sound will totally immerse you into the game.Gameplay Addictive and fun as hell. Everchanging environments, and new vehicles you strive to aquire because they are so darn fun to use, and they are not indestructible as said in the review below. In this game you can: Troop around everywhere on foot, but not necessarily the fastest :) Drive multiple types of alien vehicles, with passengers mind you. Cruise around in the flying vehicles, yes you can fly in this game. Mount stationary guns and blast the competition away! And this is the most fluid FPS on any console system. Is it a mouse and keyboard, no, but the controls are so fluid you become extremely adept at your new controls in a matter of no time.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By AllenFrom CT Review Date 07/05/2003 Overall Rating  1 of 5 Visitors rate this review 1.00 of 5, 3 votes Rate this review? Summary In an incredible move, Microsoft deleivers a new high price system with an incredibly lackluster selection of games.Sound The sound is just crap. The gunshots don't sound like gunshots at all. The voices are terrible and poorly acted, andGameplay This is THE most overratted game in history. The guns are stupid, monsters-dull, scenery-repetative, vehicles-indestructible, graphics-acceptable, sound-mediocre, in an unrealistic and jumbled catastrophe.I have never seen so many people swooning over such a peice of crap. This game must have impressed the dullest people on the planet because the most intelligent gamers i now dont like it at all. The dumb ones love it (hey mike). Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Holy magozos! This game is amazing. It's your not-so-typical, first-person shooter. The story, graphics, sound, controls, gameplay options.... EVERYTHING about this game is awesome! Hands down, the best shooter I have every played.Sound One word....excellent!Gameplay A great single-player mode, a great multiplayer mode, a great everything mode! The controls are so incredibly smooth, it's unbelievable! I can't imagine how going around shooting Covenant Forces(some of the baddies in the game) could be more fun.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Halo, a great first person shooter created by the ever famous Bungie game studios.Sound Sound went perfectly along with the great graphics and great gameplay.. every concept of sound that a weapon in the game should have, has...Great game!!! Cant wait till Halo 2!! That will be a 5 out of 5 for sure, just by the looks of the first...Gameplay Gameplay is by far the best ive experienced so far in any game on Xbox or Ps2. as of now id say unmatched, yet.. AI is great, they react to everything and nothing... almost realistic to the point where its scary enough to make you think if that alien is stalking you or just on a guard run...Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary OK, a quick summary of Halo. A ship by the name of the Pillar of Autumn falls under attack from a fanatically religious alien race known as the Covenant. The Autumn is carrying one of the few super-soldiers known only by his rank as Master Chief. The Autumn is forced to evacuate the ship and Master Chief and Cortana, a sophisticated AI, board a lifeboat and crash-land on the nearby Covenant ring-world by the name of Halo. Cortana discovers that the ring contains some super-powerful weapon. You'll have to play the game to get the rest of the story.Sound Good. The music is done well, but as other reviewers have mentioned, sometimes during a firefight Cortana will speak but you can't hear her because of the deafening s sound of the battle. The best part of the sound is the exclamations of the Covenant grunts, especially when you throw a plasma grenade on one.Overall, the game is a very good game. The rock-solid multiplayer makes up for the sub-par single player. If you don't already have Halo, I suggest waiting for the release on PC with 2 new weapons (I think) and online multiplayer. Also if you want a good system link game for your big, black box, this is a great LAN game. Gameplay The gameplay is good, but not excellent. I like the way you can only carry 2 weapons at once; it gives it a realism factor that is not present in FPS's where you keep all the weapons you pick up (Come on, how can a person store 7-10 guns, 2 of them being a rocket launcher and a grenade launcher). I also adds a strategy element that makes you decide if you really need to switch out weapons. My favorite weapon is the human piston. Anyway, the story is one of the best I have seen in a FPS. It kind of reminds me of Star Trek meets Babylon 5. That said, the single player mode gets boring after you beat it once. Sure it's challenging to try to beat it on the Legendary difficulty, but it's just not very fun once you've already beat it. This is really sad, because I would like to be interested in beating it several times. The redeeming factor in the gameplay department is the multiplayer. The multiplayer levels are cleverly designed with enough large and small maps to keep every LAN party happy. The system link compatiblity is by far the best part of the multiplayer. There's nothing better than playing a CTF game with each team having their own TV's and seperate room. Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch are also 2 extremely fun experiences over a LAN.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. | |||||||||||||||
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