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Halo: Combat Evolved for Xbox Videos >>
Rating Reviewed By Joe HowardFrom kentucky Review Date 11/15/2001 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 1.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary I was skeptical at first due to the game starting off on your spaceship as it is being attacked, i thought "ok this looks great but ive seen all this in halflife and other games" Well that was quickly dispelled once me and some troops escaped in an escape pod and reached the planets surface. I remember cussing out loud when i seen the lush grass , giant waterfalls and the beauty of the planet. A one of a kind game, it deserves all the great hype its gotten, this should be your first game hands down.Sound Unbeleivable sound, you really do get immersed in the HALO universe.Gameplay Didnt take long at all to get the hang of it , the dune buggy takes just a little bit to get used to but gameplay is fantasticWould you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Vennie PayneFrom Oakland,California Review Date 11/15/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Halo is the first must buy for the XBOX..The graphics are outstanding and the sound and controlls are all the best i have played ever..And that is saying alot..The games A.I.is also superb with enemies hiding and jumping and rolling and charging you to take you out..IF you own an Xbox you must buy this game.Sound The sound is just outstanding you can hear the enemies talking saying where you are and your allies will state different funny things also..The music in the game also changes during different events and times..Gameplay The basic gameplay will involve you going through different environments and using the Xbox analogs pads to move..One pad is used to move while the other pad is used to look up and down or left and right..All the buttons displays are setup perfect and being able to crutch down is a very nice touch..Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Jeff sFrom san antonio, tx Review Date 11/15/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary This game is nothing short of spectacular!!!! Its got everything a great game should have. Great graphics, great sound, addictive play, intense hardcore action, and just about everything else. This game was the only reason i bought an xbox and its worth every penny. Truly amazing.....Sound The sound is incredible. The music is very cool and the sound effects are perfect.Gameplay Halo is a FPS and its bar none the best FPS on either console or PC....I've played just about every FPS made and this is the most intense and addictive one to date. It truly feels like you're part of a team and the cpu characters work with you to defeat the hordes of enemies.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Excellent!!This game immerses you into the world of HALO. An incredible trip into a thriller that lets you go anywhere and do anything. It's like playing an intense movie that keeps you wanting to find out "what's coming next". I can't remember when last I played a game like this that hooked me in. I think it was the original Legend of Zelda on the NES. WOW, games have come a long way. The thing the excites me the most is that this is a first generation launch title. Can any sane person not be crazy not to buy an XBOX? Knowing that first gen is like this!! This is a must have for all XBOX users. Sound Perfect. The movie like sound tracks give the game depth and meaning. Invoking emotion in you that will have you catching yourself twisting and rolling with the action. The sound was definately not a component that was over looked.Gameplay Game play is fast and thought provoking. You have to think, and pay attention or you'll miss something. That's what keeps your total attention. I heard of controler problems with the XBOX, but I have no idea what they were talking about. The controler is great for me. Allows for a range of motion/action that has just the right amount of tweeking to pick it up fast and easy.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Tom SmithFrom San Diego, CAlifornia Review Date 11/16/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary I walked into Compusa expecting to buy myself a router for my PC and it was bannanas in their. I was wonderin why so I walked to the crazy spot. And there it was Halo and the X-box. I immediately jump into the madness and get out of the store speeding to my home to play this tremendous game. If you are any sort of a gamer (i am not a huge fan of fps) you have to buy this game. YOU KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO RUSH THIS REVIEW SO I CAN PLAY IT AGAIN.Sound Everybody sounds real. The grass the Warthog all sounds real. YOU MUST GET THIS GAMEGameplay THis is probably the best part of the game. The AI is so intelligent. There are also so lifelike. I was so immersed into the game and felt like i was in this war that i found myself sacrificing myself cursing to save a marine. Even though you can't give out commands there usually barking out orders.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Happy NinjaFrom Ottawa, ON,Canada Review Date 11/16/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Halo so far has been by far one of the best gaming experiences in a while. This one easily lived up to the hype in my opinion. Its starts of slow but when the action begins, and when you finally land on the planet, it really is a fantastic experience. The opening was kind of weak with pale textures and a very poorly animated general but as you play the game, it seems that they made the intro campy on purpose. What you see later in the game is leagues better graphically than what you see in the opening.Sound Even without a dolby setup, the effects are excellent with decent pumping tunes when the action gets hairy. The banter between our fellow soldiers is excellent and comical.I wish I haad dolby as I am sure it would be much better. Gameplay Gameply with the xbox controller is actually quite good, and very responsive. Movement is via dual anolg sticks, with each stick acting as a button as well. I found the default aim speed to be slow but quickly remedied that in the options.Halo's begining guides you on how to play through smart use of game explanations. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This game is the best shooting game out there? So far, it could be!Sound Sound is also great in this game, you can hear the Aliens chanting in their own voice around the corner, so your know there coming! Watchout!Gameplay Gameplay is great in this game, I like how the other guys talk in this game, examples: "Hey, You scared me! Im glade to see you, I thought we were the only ones alive here." "LETS GET THOSE DIRTY BASTARDS" "LOOKS LIKE WE GOT THEM ALL....OH NO.....THERES MORE OVER THERE!"Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Beleive it or not this game is a break thru like none other since Half Life. Half Life was good but way over hyped in my opinion. This game really deserves the hype it has received.Sound the sound is something that I would like to burn a cd from and listen to it in my car. It really sets the mood for the game. Explosion effects and weapon effects sound very good.Gameplay The gameplay is astounding. I have played just about every FPS ever made for the pc and consoles. And bar none this is the best fps I have ever played. Playing a FPS with a gamepad has never been an FPS strong point but Bungie has done the best job ever with the xbox gamepad. The AI is astounding the gamepad works fluidly. You'll almost forget your playing with a gamepad. Your squad mates actually are intelligent. The story directly influences the gameplay experiance. You've never ran from rock to rock taking cover like this before. The weapons all work excellent. Snipering is awesome. But the one true effect I love more than any other is the grenade explosions. If an enemy is any where near the grenade you'll see a body flying through the air with arms and legs wailing all over the place. You'll never get sick of seeing this happen. Sometimes they get blown against the wall and it is just so cool. Also the gamepad has the best rumble effects I have ever felt in a game.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Finally, after 2 years of waiting Halo has arrived and I am very pleased with it. For a flagship title this game really shines. Its the FPS game that has taken Half-Life's crown, something I did not expect when I bought this game. I cant wait till this game ports to PC, the possibilties of PC play will be groundbreaking. GO BUY THIS GAME!Sound The sound was exceptional, great effects and music. The music added to the feel of the game, lots of energy.Gameplay The gameplay is just amazing for a console system, I'm impressed at how well Bungie put it all together on a console. The atmosphere was done so well it felt like was on an alien world fighting a real war. Its the most immersive FPS I've played yet. The controls will take a while to get used to if you're PC gamer but they do work very well. The friendly and enemy AI is excellent, best AI I've seen yet. No baby-sitting was necessary. The vehicles were fun to use and very refreshing. The human weapon design could have used some better design I think, its 2552 and we're still using machine guns and shotguns?Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This is the best game ever! I've never had such an immersive experiance, nor ever had so much fun in 1 player mode on any game out there! The environments are the biggest around, nothing comes close to this game...Sound Gorgeous orchestrial score...aliens are humorous with their effects as well...but as humorous as they are, you will be making your own sound effects, cursing at them as they kick your butt unrelentlessly!Gameplay Tight controls, superior AI, wonderful2 player modes, including the awesome cooperative split screen... nothing comes close to this game!!!Put it on easy the 1st time to see what to do, but any difficulty "normal" and up will challenge you more than any game of this type, and you will love every minute of it! NTM the driving, once you get used to it, is like getting 2 games in 1!!! Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This game is a joy,and savior of the launch.I won't say crazy stuff ,like it is better than Half-Life,but it is awesome.Sound Sound is great.Gameplay Gameplay is great ,but not without flaws.The controller sucks.On PS2 you can use shoulder buttons to jump.On Halo you have to let go of the right stick to press jump button.Also the buttons are too close together,which leads to accidental button pressing.The analog sticks are great.The action is nonstop.When the Flood first appear it will totally flip you out.The levels are also way too repetitious.You will run through many rooms that look exactly alike.Not good for game that has been in production so long.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By ApocolyptusFrom New Jersey Review Date 11/24/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Finally a worthy heir to Half Life and Perfect Dark. The multiplayer alone is better then squashed titles such as Soldier of Fortune and (cough, cough) Red Faction. For the first ten minutes my fiance' thought she was watching a computer animated movie as opposed to a game. This is THE reason to shell out the bucks for X-box, not DOA 3.Sound I actually reset the game a couple of times just to hear the intro chanting tune. The music seems to follow the game and it's progression and it really mimics a multi-million blockbuster motion picture soundtrack. The marines and their comments during missions brings them to life like no other game has ever done. The Covenant sound decent but I was expecting a more dark and sinister tone of voice from grunts. The sound like a mix between Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.Gameplay At first I hated the way the controls were laid out. I kept hitting walls and burning myself on fires jumping out of consoles. But after like an hour, it felt as natural as Turok did. Where other games (Resident Evil, Final Fantasy series) depend heavily on their in game cinema sequences, Halo's simply compliments the fast-paced, butt kicking action you will be immersed in. Halo runs smoother then any other FPS I've encountered and makes you realize how far we've come since Doom and Wolfenstein.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Its the best FPS ever made so far. To make it better they could have added more options in multiplayer mode. Perfect Dark had way more options. But Multiplayer is still very fun. Plus you cant link up to 4 xboxs and play with 16 people at once! You can drive vehicles and have up to 3 people in it at once. Very cool idea. I would definatly buy this game if you own an Xbox. If you dont own an Xbox, dont buy Gamecube, buy Xbox. Seriously, youl miss out if you dontSound Sound is definatly a 5. I like the music in the game and very rarely you find that in a game thats not Bond or Star Wars. Guns sound cool, and grenades sound cool. All around great soundGameplay Gameplay is pretty much perfect. I cant find anything wrong with it. Not too easy, not too hard. I personaly would rather have a more realistic shooter, without aliens, but this is still a fun game.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Dan HallFrom Marshall,Michigan Review Date 11/20/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Ahhhh, its good to have the hype back on a first person shooter. Remembering the days of Wolfenstien, and the countless hours spent drooling at what appeared to be an actuall 3D engine. The hours of wondering around the vast dungeons of the castle only to escape to be the survivor. Ahh those were the days. Now though Games have came a long long way. People have changed and the criticism for games have rose. With all these fps clones out there its easy to get your self lost in what to choose. And in most times then one a bad clone can leave people anti fps. But Not Halo! Halo is by far the best fps I have ever and I mean ever played. Its simply amazing and I will tell you why.Sound Now in alot of games sound doesnt make a HUGE inpacked on games, but thats just because we have never been introduced to sound like Halo can dish out, going back and playing games now, its just like what you call this sound????? I could make better sound then this with a boombox and a mic. No for real though, its amazing, each marine has his own personality it seems like, you hear accents, taunts, put downs, congradulations, You accidently shoot a marine you hear, HEY forget your glasses today? or if a marine shoots you, sorry my bad, in a fight you might here Im going in cover me, or we will stand point here while you make your way up I mean there is so much voice acting its to much to remember, throw a gernade at an alien they scream GERNADE! and run away. Its great, the music also is nice for the setting.HALO is defently the game to get for the Xbox, thanks for reading my review. Gameplay First we start out with Gameplay. I must admit at first the Xbox controller was a bit weird compared to my hours of using the PS controller. But after 30 mins or so of playing the game I got the hang of it. Wow its amazing what the gameplay is like actually, you can croutch, side step, jump, the whole works. So far I have yet to notice any flaws in the game as far as bugs, or glitches. As the frame rates are smooth and no matter how many monsters or characters are on the screen the game never slows down. Not to mention the intense vehicles you get to drive in this game. The AI in this game is also intense, Marines roll, dodge, hide, loose moral and run, have bursts of frenzies and charge the enemy, its nuts the Aliens AI also is incredible, they will hide behind their shields, seek refuge under or behind things, charge you, taunt you, even communicate with eacother.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By -=Siege=- -=Siege=-[BD]From Bath, PA Review Date 11/21/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary This is simply the best FPS ever to grace a console, possibly even the PC. Simply amazing.Sound Perfect. Music is perfect for each situation... sometimes Gregorian chant when you are alone on some of the darker levels.... rocking drums and fast paced classical when you are cruising around in the Warthog lighting up enemies with a mounted machine gun... doing donuts on the beaches of some far away planet... reminds me of Star Wars in a perverted sort of way.Gameplay In a word... it ROCKS. Everyone in the game talks to you... sometimes serious, hysterical, and even humorous. This is the first game I can say is better than Half-Life and TFC. If you have logged 10,000 hours of TFC like me, then you KNOW I am serious... Buy it. That is all :)Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Halo is a total action fps that should not be missed! It's hard to believe that this is a first generation title on a new console. Everything is the best I've ever seen and heard on any console.The graphics, gameplay, and THE SOUND! Simply the best. I never cared too much for FPS type games but I can't put this one down! If you're not sure what new system to get, It's a NO BRAINER XBOX is the only choice!!!!! Sound AWESOME!!! NO OTHER SYSTEM DOES GAMES IN DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1. If you never heard a DVD in Dolby Digital you won't know what I'm talking about.The sound in this game is TOTALLY KICKIN @SSSS. Super clean, detailed ,great music that changes to the action on the screen. If you have an XBOX you HAVE TO GET A DOLBY 5.1 receiver. You can hear Where the enemies are coming from, left ,right, behind you. You hear them laughing, telling each other where you are, when a grenade explodes close to you ,You hear the dirt from the explosion falling all around you. The sound separation in each speaker is the Best I've heard ,even in some of the best DVD movies. Your fellow fighters yell every line imaginable giving the feeling your not alone in this fight. To really check out the Dolby effect I just stood in one spot and turned my character slowly around and around. As my troops spoke to me and I turned I could hear his voice move from one speaker to the next, front left to right, rear right to left. Everything on the game from explosions to enemies rushing you, to even a single bullet whizzing by your left ear and hitting the rock behind you is heard in BEAUTIFUL DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 Over half of Xbox launch games are in 5.1 . I'm sure that it will be a standard on every XBOX game to come. It add SO MUCH to the game experience that it has to be heard to really know how far games have come. Now it can be said that FINALLY,3D enviroment games have 3D enviroment SOUND!!!!! Gameplay This game gives you the feeling you are in actual combat, fighting along side your fellowcombatants. The enemy a.i. is the best in any game so far. The aliens duck,hide,flank you from all sides, using all tactics to GET YOU DEAD. You throw a grenade, some will run, dive and roll to get the hell out of the area. Some of the less fortunate will go flying through the air to their deaths. There is nothing more fun than throwing a grenade behind a rock and watching 3 or 4 enemies flying through the air,It's so AWESOME. One minor complaint is the speed of your movement. It's not too slow but there is no way to run faster, but it does keep the action flowing.The gameplay variety with the excellent enemy A.I.not to mention the multi-player games gives HALO UNLIMITED REPLAY VALUE. FUN,FUN,FUN!!! Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Mark KobrickFrom Livonia Mi USA Review Date 11/24/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary I have been thinkin of getting a system for a long time. It wasent untill about Aug that i decided i wanted an Xbox so on the 15th i got one and picked up Halo and DoA3. I am so damn glad i fell into the Hype of Halo! this game is so tight i dont know what to say. This game can easly rivle the Half Life series!if your an Xbox guy, i HIGHlY recomend this game! Sound Sound is great! using 5.1 Dolby with halo is really a treat. But i do have to mark it down because it can be hard to hear people talk because voices only come from the center channal. Other than that its sweet!(ps, sorry i was typin fast so there are probably alot of spelling problems in this review) Gameplay The Game is the shiznit! The AI is very smart, the enemy wont just stand and shoot. He will run and dodge your shots, jump from granaids, and shoot from behind things if he has to. They also know when there over powerd. Controlls took me alittle getting used to but im used to a Keyboard and mouse so its understandable, the Hog took me about 20min to get used to then driving was easy. Its a great shooter with great controlls. Another bonus is that you get to use other artillery like Banchees, That huge tank, stationary guns, ect.(one problem i have is that the 7th mission was not very fun and some parts of the game could get repetitive, the 7th was really bad with that) -Multiplay- we did a 8 player match with 2 36in tv's. All i can say is DAMN!!! i hope that HDD is put to use and Halo goes online! (CoOp is pretty damn sweet too. Me and my bro are workin threw it right now and its better than doin it alone) Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary If you like first person action games and rated this game less than a 4 you have never played this game or you do not like 1st person action games. It does not get any better than this on a console.Sound 5.1 is all you will ever need to get a great sounding game.Gameplay In the beginning it takes a little getting use to the controller, but as you play it becomes second nature. 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