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HALO

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Really fun to play and wonderful location development. My only complaint would be the lack of being able to save a game when I want to instead of having to go through set accomplishments.

Looks good, plays good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Since I'm not into the multiplayer thing, I can not comment on that experience. But as far as single player goes, I haven't had any problems. The game runs fine on my modest machine. P4 2.26, 512 ram, radeon 9500 pro. The frame rate has been fine with all the settings set to the max, and at 1024x768 resolution. Having never seen the game on xbox, or actually never seen an xbox, I think the game is really good. It maybe a couple of years old, but the combat is definitly a different experience then most other fps, and just as exciting. Graphically it looks pretty good. The scenary is spectacular. It's definitly a good game.

Finally!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I first saw Halo at E3 in 1999 (or maybe 2000, it's been a while) and like everyone else at the show, I was completely blown away.

Then Microsoft bought Bungie (the game's developer) and used Halo to leverage their X-Box console, forcing PC gamers to wait an extra two years to get their hands on this game.

While I waited, my excitement waned. How could a four-year old game possibly compare with the stuff that's out there today? Dated graphics alone will leave it collecting dust on store shelves.

But man, was I wrong. Bungie didn't sit idly by for those two years, and it shows in Halo. Despite a relatively low polygon count, Halo demonstrates amazingly subtle texture and lighting effects unlike any game released to date.

Although it's the multiplayer game that will eventually hook most players with its infinite variety of challenging game types for teams or individuals, the single player campaign is worth the $50 alone. The storyline grabs you and won't let go, like you're in a blockbuster movie (somewhere between Aliens and Indiana Jones is the best way I can describe it).

The computer AI is uncannily ahead of its time. The first time I saw a Covenant trooper jump to avoid a grenade thrown at its feet, sidestep my machinegun fire as it charged toward me, then duck under my melee attack, I knew I was in for a treat.

With literally thousands of carefully placed and scripted creatures to fight, each encounter is different, and infinitely replayable. I'm currently on my way through the single-player game for the second time, and it's even better this time!

I would warn that this game requires a wickedly fast computer to run well with all the eye-candy on, and you'll need to update your drivers for your video card and such. Still, it's attractive and just as fun without all the glitzy special effects, so if you've got a system that meets the recommended specs, this game is a must-have.

Xbox game hits PC, finally.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First off, I have read tons of reviews that say this game will not run on their high-end CPU. Bull crap. This game runs fine on my 2.3 MGhz Pentium 2. Just wanted to clear that up.
The single-player is okay, not the best i've ever played. The AI is iffy, there's no co-op, and the levels get repetetive fast. The happy story is the multiplayer.
To put it short, the multiplayer is a blast. People have been complaining about teamkillers. They have autobanning, doy? With 6 new maps, 2 new weapons(should have added more), and 2 new vehicles, it'll keep you playing for hours.
At $20.00, this is a real deal.

Great Game, Great Story

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Halo: Combat Evolved is a great choice for FPS lovers. It is a great FPS that starts out with easy levels and gets harder and harder. It makes up for it's not-so-good graohics with its incredible story and sound. Halo is widely known to be an awesome computer game, and Halo: Combat Evolved is no exception. Overall, this game is good for everyone who likes shooting and FPS games and should only be rated T for teen.

The Best PC game ever since Dracula

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Halo is the best game ever on XBOX, but now, it is finally on PC!! The only problems is that the controls are a little hard to remember, and get use to, and the game requires a really high, strong video card to project the correct image. But everything else, is fine. I love to use the new weapons on the multiplayer, and the new warthog. My favorite new weapon personally is the Fuel Rod Gun. There is also a flamethrower too. Now their is a new warthog with a rocketlauncher and you can use Banshees on multiplayer. To make it project the correct image, you probably need to install a graphics PC card such as Radeon, etc. or just do what the other guy told you to do with the shortcut, and properties, etc. The campaign mode is about the same, except for new comments and putdowns by Cortana, the marines and I think the Grunts. It also includes about 6 new maps I think. The maps are more exciting to play in. I really recommend this game to anyone, who likes action/adventure games.

Halo Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Halo 9.6

Wow this is one of the best shooting games of all time. The Story Line is the best of any game I have ever played. The Music makes you feel like your in a movie. Sometimes this game get you to the eage of your chair woundering what is going to happen in the movies. I have a lot of star wars games (Battlefront I, II, Jedi academy, Jedi Outcast) and a few WWII games(Meadle of Hornor, Call of Duty). I was very inpressted with this game. The graphics aren't up to date but they aren't awful. That is probly the weakest link the graphics. Don't be like "oh the graphics stink I'm not buying this". No the graphics won't inpress you but there still pretty darn good. For those of you who have parents that don't like M rated games..... well you can tell them that it's not that bloody goary or whatever. You can even turn of the blood and Goar so it's a teen game. This was my first M rated game. And its not that bloody at all. The multiplayer is amazing. There are so many different modes and mapes it is awesome. Can't wait till Halo 2 is coming out on PC. It requires windows Vista so it will probley come out in feb 2007. There are also vehicles you can drive even an alian plane!

Bad stuff.

It has a great plot but it never fully explanse it. As I said the graphics aren't up to date. Another large problem are the leavle layout. You go in to a room kill all of the ailians and find a hall way to get out. The next room is THE EXACT SAME AS THE ONE YOU JUST WENT THOUGHT!!!! I mean come on how dumb is that? Also I think there should have been more wepons options. But other then that this game Rocks

Ratings are 10 best 1 worst.
Gameplay 9.7
Graphics 8.9
Sound 10
Plot 10
Replay vaul 9.1
Multiplayer 9.9
Over All 9.8

Mikey

4.5 would be my actually rating.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well, compared to other Multiplayer games like CounterStrike this does lack a few things but other than that the game is pure fun. Umm ... I agree with the previous reviewer about teamkillers on the Multiplayer online mode but it's hard to know which players are teammates and which aren't cuz we all look the same. But TKers are in every online based game even CounterStrike has a bunch of them. Overall this game has a really clean graphic and entertaining gameplay. I'd recommend you buy it.

Great game all around

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Halo is a must-have for the first-person shooter fanatic. The graphics are great, story-line interesting, and the controls the best i have experienced in a fps. The great thing about the PC version as opposed to the Xbox is how simple it is to play online. No matter what time you pick to play, there is always a good server to play on.

On the downside, online play will sometimes be a little slow, or populated by people who like to just make you angry any way they can. A little disappointing, but something you will have to deal with in pretty much any multiplayer environment. Also, it seems that the game is a little picky on which graphics cards it works on, so be warned that even if you have a decent one, it may cause the entire game to be unplayable (everything is just "shadows"). For the great gameplay, however, these downfalls are not so bad.

Overall, I would recommend anyone who hasn't played Halo should at least try it, and anyone who has probably already knows that they should own it.

Good Game, But Not As Good As The Xbox Version !!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm not the biggest PC gamer, I usually stick to my Xbox, but I must say this version has way better graphics, along with new weapons like the fuel rod cannon, and the flamethrower. Yet, the campaign mode is really no different from the Xbox version at all, and really you need some real advanced hardware as well, to play this game. The timing was off to now you have games like Half Life 2, Unreal, and Doom 3 out, on the PC as well as Far Cry and Call of Duty, really not the best timing since the Xbox version has been out now for 2 years.

Yes the multi player has lots of cool options, with online options. The problem is that the online system doesn't work that well at all, and they also eliminated co op from the multi player options. The multi player on the pc version is just terrible, and is stripped down compared too the console version. So all you have is the single player campaign mode which is only 10 levels and about 12-14 hours of gameplay unless you put the game in Heroic mode. So after you beat the game their is no multi player fun at all, and there is no way to set up LAN parties and such with the pc version.

Well, if you look past the flaws, the campaign mode is fun and has a edge graphic wise over the Xbox version, along with the Flamethrower and Fuel Rod Cannon, which were both nice toys. I will admit the controls on the PC version are easier than I would expect since I'm usually a system gamer. What can I say if you own a Pc and you don't own the Xbox, get the PC version, but if you are given a choice between the two I would still choose the Xbox version though, because it has more beyond the campaign mode. Halo is still a great game no matter what system it's on. The game will sometimes freeze up too which I didn't like.

Overall, I will give the PC version of Halo a 4/5,... great game but can't out shine the Xbox version!!!

-Rogue Fox "Rogue"

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