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for Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)

Rating Summary based on 84 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		70
  • 4 Stars
    		10
  • 3 Stars
    		4
  • 2 Stars
    		0
  • 1 Star
    		0

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  • Gameplay/Playability
  • Graphics
  • Sound
  • Value for Money
  		• 3.2
  		• 4.9
  		• 4.6
  		• 4.6
  		• 4.8
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  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    luke_001

    5 Stars Magnificent Halo! 18/07/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fantastic story and a great playable character.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It should have been possible to use the plasma sword.

    Well what can I say. At a launch of a new console, the flagship games are always vitally important. If they don't sell, the console won't sell. Luckily for Microsoft, Halo:Combat Evolved has become one of the greatest first-person shooters of all time, selling over five million copies worldwide. A personal favourite for me, a game I'll never be able to forget, and a game I'll never stop playing...EVER. A true masterpiece, no one can deny Halo's dominance and how it has changed first-person shooters. Minor Details: Developer - Bungie Studios Publisher - Microsoft Game Studios Release Date (NA) ... more
  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    SacredRaven

    5 Stars Halo - Xbox 01/02/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Solid FPS, clean graphics, original utilisation of weapons system, unique veichles and solid characters in storyline

    Disadvantages Disadvantages level design could have used more development, some graphic framerate glitches

    There are some people who regard Halo has the best thing to happen to FPS. Since the release of Halo the FPS genre has been revolutionised, with Halo becoming one of the most successful FPS in existance. Bungie and Microsoft have produced a real gem with Halo, an truly replayable game time after time. Halo puts you in control of Spartan 117 - a genetically and biologically enhanced super soldier fighting for the survival of humanity on the ring-world of Halo. the story begins with you fleeing the world of Reach which had previously been destroyed by the powerful and merciless Covenant armadas ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    SALAMANDA

    5 Stars Halo - Xbox Evolved 10/06/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Awesome graphics, gameplay and story

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Music is a little repetitive

    Halo – Combat Evolved The Story – “bent on Humankind’s extermination, a powerful fellowship of alien races known as the Covenant is wiping out Earth’s fledgling interstellar empire. You and the other surviving defenders of a devastated colony-world make a desperate attempt to lure the alien fleet away from Earth. Shot down and marooned on the ancient ring-world Halo, you begin a guerrilla-war against the Covenant. Fight for humanity against an alien onslaught as you race to uncover the mysteries of Halo”. The Main Screen – You are presented with a non-crowded and beautifully animated title ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Flash-Hammer

    5 Stars Combat just evolved into gaming greatness 12/12/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Graphics,Sound,Multiplayer,Single Player,the game is just great

    Disadvantages Disadvantages a few more vehicle multiplayer levels wouldnt have gone a miss

    While I am fully aware that the last thing the world needs is another Halo review, especially one that isn't anything dramatically different from the other ones out there in content, I feel like writing about what has become one of my favourite games in a relatively short amount of time when compared to the others that make up that list. In case you don't know, Halo is a First-Person-Shooter, or FPS, in the vein of games like Doom and Quake, this means that you see the game through the eyes of the character you are playing as, with only the weapon you have equipped visible. Where Halo stood ... more
  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    3rdRockSatan

    5 Stars Angelic 24/03/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great enemy A.I. | Graphics and sound

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some repetitive environments | Control issues

    It’s hard to know where to begin with a game like this. Many regard Halo as the best thing to happen to FPS (First Person Shooters) since Half-Life and some even say that it is the best FPS in history. When Bungie began to show the world the first glimpses of Halo people were interested, the story line was nothing new (battle mean space monsters in other world) but it looked different, the gameplay seemed interesting and it seemed Bungie were trying to advance the genre. It was predictably slated to appear on the PC but then along came Microsoft with their big black box and even bigger ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    potato_picker

    5 Stars Halo Review 21/07/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages FPS king, graphics, sounds, structure

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Quite old, no live capability

    HALO Every now and again a game comes along and blows everybody away. A game that sets a new standard for its particular genre or for games in general. Doom did it, Goldeneye did it and Gran Tourismo did it. Now its the turn of Halo. Setting a new standard of graphics and gameplay Halo stormed on to the scene as the flagship game for Microsofts big black box. It won awards, broke records and gained top reviews everywhere it went and became the biggest selling game worldwide. Halo became arguably one of the best games ever made. When I first hooked up my Xbox on release day I put in a copy of ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    slimtim

    5 Stars Fantastic game, especially for multi player 11/09/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great fun, easy to pick up, great ideas, fantastic movement and characters

    Disadvantages Disadvantages No bots in multi player mode, need more multiplayer maps

    I don't actually have an xbox and this is my first game review but I play Halo a lot with my friends on one of there xbox's. If we can't be arsed to go out, 4 or 5 of us sit in the lounge around a 25inch TV and play 4 player team games. A few beers and some Pringles tops off an enjoyable but nice and lazy evening! Some of you reading this may think this is a little sad and believe me I would've probably thought the same thing if were reading this review and hadn't discovered the wonders of Halo. The game is great. The controller is well designed to enable you to pick up the controls very ... more
  • 21 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    chanby

    5 Stars the pub Vs Halo 25/06/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages almost addictive, smooth game play,story

    Disadvantages Disadvantages destroys your social life

    Halo combat evolved Title sounds good, but what about the game? The year is 2552 and humans have been forced to colonize other planets because of overpopulation. 32 years ago a battle group sent to investigate a colony was all but destroyed buy an alien race called the “Covenant” A secret military project to create super solders is started “the Spartan-2 project” All but one of these cyborgs are destroyed, he and one ship the (Pillar of autumn) must save mankind. This cyborg is called the Master Chief. First load your player. Give him a name, pick a colour and in advanced options you can ... more
  • 20 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    vectrex001

    5 Stars Combat evolved 27/05/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages One of the finest first person shooters in history

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Over hyped

    As I’m sure you already know; Halo was a big word in the games industry at the time of the Xbox release and spelt trouble for Nintendo and Sony. Originally destined for Apple Mac and Playstation2 Microsoft bought the company Bungie taking the rights for this title with it. Halo became a really vital release for MS because it really did help to shift Xbox’s into peoples homes with all the media attention it received, although I feel it was a little over hyped its still a truly awesome title. What separates Halo from the masses of First Person Shooters flooding the market these days ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 Future77

    Member since 08/09/2002

    Reviews written: 41

    5 Stars Yes Master Chief 18/02/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Stunning graphics Great gameplay

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You won't leave home for weeks

    Tired of clogging up my PC hard drive with games that now seem to use over 1GB of my poor hard disk, I decided to buy an X-box. At about £160 with two games and boasting the specifications of a pretty good games PC, I happily parted with my cash and at the same time bought a copy of the highly acclaimed Halo - Combat evolved. Background ---------- Set in 2552, the game is a first person shooter where you take the role of the Master Chief. Stored in a cryosleep chamber (!!) upon the pillar of autumn, you are now tasked with the slight responsibility of saving humankind from the evil forces of ... more
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