Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios, Macsoft
Developer: Bungie, Gearbox Software, Westlake Interactive
Platforms: Xbox, Xbox 360, Windows, Mac OS X
Release Date: November 2001
This is the best first-person sci-fi shooter on the original Xbox.
Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios really hit it big when they released
Halo: Combat Evolved. In November of 2001, we were introduced to an
armoued-clad SPARTAN-II supersoldier, John-117 the Master Chief. For
console gamers who were fans of the FPS genre found an amazing title. To
this day, it remains to be the standard for console shooters.
People like shooting guns. People like wearing space armor. People
like being a supersoldier known as the SPARTAN-II. We are getting Halo 4
this holiday season and the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition
came out awhile ago. But lets think back to where it all started. On the
Original Xbox, you got this magnificent sci-fi shooter. It didn't take
long till gamers were lugging their Xbox to their friends house for a
night of system link.
Taking place shortly after the Fall of Reach, the Pillar of Autumn
drops out of a slipspace jump. It isn’t long until a Covenant fleet
attacks the human starship. The game begins with Master Chief coming out
of a cryogenic sleep. The spartan makes his way to the main deck to
speak with Captain Keyes and Cortana. The Covenant begins to board the
Pillar of Autumn leaving Keyes with no choice. It is there, the captain
initiates The Cole Protocol to prevent the Covenant from learning the
whereabouts of planet Earth.
Master Chief arms himself as he must fight his way to the escape pods
with a band of marine soldiers. He is a spartan. Hence, making it to
the escape pod and being the sole survivor of the rough landing on the
Halo ring is expected. From that point on, his mission is to find marine
soldiers, form a resistance, and rescue Captain Keyes held on the Truth
and Reconciliation.
With the captain back, they set their sights on the finding the
silent cartographer before the Covenant does. They find the control room
and Cortana enters the system to learn what she can. Somehow, Keyes
gets captured again and Master Chief sets out to rescue him again. On
his search, he finds an ancient evil known as The Flood and the Halo’s
AI monitor 343 Guilty Spark.
Story aside, the gameplay and campaign is amazing. Many FPS games
before were rigid and had their own distinct feel. That changed when
Halo: Combat Evolved came along. The game felt so smooth on that xbox
controller. The missions were filling and so well thought out. It is sad
that it should end, but only to begin again in the inevitable sequel,
Halo 2.
This first-person shooter plays unbelieveably well on a console, not
to mention a gamepad. Although the jumping mechanics were overly
exaggerated, the game plays smoothly whether you are on foot, in a
vehicle, or banshee. You simply felt as though you were Master Chief
himself. They are that tight.
Pull out your Magnum and zoom into the scope to pop a few grunts in
the head is so satisfying. Yes, the collision detection is spot on here.
Elites and their energy shields are helpless against a well-placed S2
AM sniper rifle shell or the Hunters with their exposed pink tissue. But
somehow, it felt as though the Elites energy shield was better than the
Chief's. Who doesn't like sneaking up on an Elite and throwing a plasma
grenade on them or melee them from behind? It is the little things
that make a game solid.
The music to this game is very iconic. No game is complete without a
great original soundtrack. To the opening choir piece at the select
screen to the opening cutscenes to The Cartographer mission, it is
fantastic. It is no surprise that music in the Halo series has grown in
past titles.
Where the game really shines is the Multiplayer mode. Every
multiplayer map featured on this video game is iconic to the die hard
fans of the series. It is one of the few games that took advantage of
the Xbox’s system link feature. It is where you can connect 2 to 4 Xbox
systems together for massive 16-player bouts on Halo: Combat Evolved.
It is a perfect sci-fi first-person shooter. It is a decade old and
holds up today. The controls, the campaign, the music, and multiplayer
are timeless. If you don’t agree with the last gen graphics, the
anniversary edition features a new updated graphical look on the Xbox
360. Its only weakness, it didn’t have the online multiplayer on the
Xbox version. That is what the Windows and Mac versions are for! You can
thank Bungie for bringing us this masterpiece.
System Requirements :
- Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/XP/2000
- PC with 733 MHz equivalent or higher processor
- 128 MB of system RAM
- 1.2 GB available hard disk space
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