This is nominated for Chris's Xbox Game of the Year. It's so coool that you would catch a cold from a stray bullet. It's Halo: The Game of all Xbox Games. I only made it past Level 1. I can't beat level 2. Level 1 is called the Pillar of Autumn. You start in what they call a cryo-tube. You were made by some scienctists and you were made to save the world. 1st you have to do all of this testing stuff. 2nd the enemy break in the upper level room. They kill a scientist up there. After that will run with the scientist to safety. Don't run with him for too long or else you will get injured. Whoops! I got a little carried away there. Anyway it's a great game and you should try it before you buy it. Rated M for Mature.
I first played this at a friend's house and I realized that this is a great game. The graphics are awesome; this is one of the few games in which objects become clearer as you get really close instead of blurry. It also has some great music and sound effects. It is also extremely realistic e.g. if you are in a firefight not only do you see the spent cartages come out of your gun, you also see tem on the ground. This has great game play with really fun levels. The only problem is that it tends to get a little repetitive in some parts. Over all this is a great game. If you have read this much of the review you clearly have some spare time get Halo.
I have to preface my review by saying that my computer of choice is the Macintosh and I am 36 years old. If you wanted to game on the Mac in the 90s, you had to buy the Bungie Marathon and Myth series. Marathon was fantastic, it incorporated great action with strategy and epic story telling and the graphics were pretty good for the time. The multiplayer action was incredibly addictive. I worked for a biotech company where we would have 5 guys playing until midnight a few times a week. Captain Keyes in Halo has a Marathon emblem on his uniform; I thought that was a cool touch added by Bungie. And when Myth came out we did the same thing. Bungie just builds incredibly fun and immersive games.
When I heard Microsoft bought Bungie, I was broken hearted. I was really looking forward to Halo on the Mac. In fact, Jason Jones of Bungie gave the first public peak of Halo at the MacWorld conference.
Well, I was getting sick of consistently having to upgrade my Mac (or purchase a new one) to play the latest games like Unreal. So I broke down and bought the Xbox. Paying [the price] for the Xbox is cheap; I have bought video cards that were more expensive than that.
The first game I bought was Halo and I am still playing it 9 months later. The game is fantastic. The graphics are incredibly detailed. The enemies are intelligent and tough to kill. The soundtrack is excellent. The game is state of the art.
To go from being a foot soldier to actually driving or piloting a vehicle is seamless. I was actually a bit unnerved when a new enemy appeared two thirds of the way through the game. The game has that sort of visceral hit where you actually feel like you are in the world of the Master Chief.
I do have some complaints such as when there are lots of enemies and Marines in a fight the game seems to slow down and it feels like you are doing little or no damage to whom you are shooting at and there always seems to be a lack of ammo hanging around (although you can pick up any weapon you want, I just love using the pistol!). And the game is brutal to play at the Legendary skill level, but I guess that is the point.
If you are a fan of first person shooters, you must get this game.
"I bought it to play on xbox 360 and it works perfectly, must have for all halo fans."
"The people who say its bad are just angry because they have no friends to play it whith! Very sad. Not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
