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Halo | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
Buy New: CDN$ 9.99
New (10) Used (11) from CDN$ 8.99
Rating:  974 reviews
Sales Rank: 601
Platform: Xbox
Genre: shooter Action Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 17 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 0.6 x 7.5
MPN: F78-00002
Model: 659556745165
UPC: 659556745158
EAN: 0659556745158
ASIN: B00005NZ1G
Release Date: November 15, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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From Amazon.com
More often than not, when a game is in development for more than three years, it does not live up to the hype. Bungie's IHalo/I is the exception. Not only does it meet expectations, it greatly exceeds them. This sci-fi first-person shooter is a nearly perfect blend of gameplay, graphics, and sound. p The story revolves around the conflict between humans and an alien race known as the Covenant. The aliens have discovered a powerful artifact--on the ring-shaped planet called Halo--that will shift the balance of power, and it's up to the player to stop them. In addition to several first-person-shooter levels, the game offers numerous opportunities to engage in vehicular combat. Both the enemy and allied artificial intelligence are extremely impressive. Enemies will use the terrain and layout to put you in tight spots. Allies will know when to cover and aid you. For instance, if you hop into a jeep, an ally will know to jump in and man the turret on the back of it. p The graphics are exquisitely detailed, but only move at 30 frames per second rather than 60. The sound effects and voice acting are superb. The level design is among the best ever; most of the game is engaging and challenging without being frustrating. There's also high replay value thanks to the built-in single-player, cooperative, and deathmatch modes. p Much like the outstanding IGoldenEye 007/I for Nintendo 64, IHalo/I raises the bar for console first-person shooters. All console action games will be measured against IHalo/I for years to come. I--Raymond M. Padilla/I p BPros:/B ul liOutstanding game design liHigh replay value liImpressive AI /ul BCons:/B ul liSeveral maps are used multiple times liSave functions could have been better implemented liGraphics move at 30 frames per second, not 60 /ul
Amazon.ca Product Description
This action shooter takes place on a mysterious alien world. It offers a combination of team-based first-person-shooter gameplay (reminiscent of ITribes/I) and third-person vehicle combat elements. Gameplay kicks off with the player heading down to the planet's surface in a troop carrier, a la IAliens/I. As the player and fellow marines exit, the remaining troopers form a flank in reaction to an oncoming onslaught of human and alien enemies. pIt's this smart AI system that makes for a noticeably unique gameplay feel. Another very nice feature is the seamless transition into vehicular elements. As you venture through mission objectives, a variety of enemy flyers and on-ground buggies are yours for the taking. Come across a vehicle and the camera will pull back to a third-person view as you strap in and motor through crossfire. A co-op mode allows a friend to join you in the single-player missions. For chaotic fighting action, up to four players can duel in split-screen deathmatch mode or link systems for LAN play. However you choose to hero your way through IHalo: Combat Evolved/I, the action should break in your new Xbox in explosive style.
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 Can't F-k with Halo, baby! December 14, 2007
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This is the reason why the Xbox sold, the defintion of console FPS shooters is here. Unlike many games, Halo offers a sanbox style of play, while still focusing on the traditional genre that is belongs to. br / br /There is a lot of beautiful looking enviroments that look ok even today, with quite a few indoor. br / br /Vehicles are a must, you'll have a blast playing co-op with one player in the gunner seat, and another driving. br / br /Multiplayer is lacking however, only because of the size. There still is no online support, unless you use a thing that barley anybody knows about. You can always try to use system link, but microsoft is apparently not making these anymore... br / br /This is one of the least violent M rated games i've ever played, if i didn't know better, I would think this was rated T. br / br /You need to try this out man, you won't regret it. br /5/5
Excellent Game October 30, 2006
Michael M.
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is awesome! Ever tried getting 8 friends linking your xbox's together with 2 tv's and battling it out? hours and HOURS of fun. You can change the multiplayer settings to have different guns, same guns, change the spawn times, play capture the flag... SO many options! Working together to drive a vehicle and having another shoot from the back of it is always fun and jokes. It's a great multiplayer first person shooter! If you don't feel like going head to head, grab a friend and beat the different campaigns available! Have no friends? STILL GOOD! You can shoot every alien or bug in the single player campaign! Too easy you say? Well play it on hard or legendary if you feel like challenging yourself. I perfer Halo 1 over Halo 2 due to the brightness, clarity and overall feel. A must buy if you own an xbox console!
 Some people here really do talk garbage November 12, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a designer and AI programmer in the video games industry, let me set some people straight. There are plenty of reviewers here who appear to be talking far beyond their realm of expertise. This starts with the editorial review labelling as extremely impressive the AI that sees allied soldiers jumping on the back of a jeep to man the gun when you've stopped nearby. WOW! Do you know how long that would take to implement? About, ooo, a day and a half. You run a routine that checks for stopped vehicles nearby that have the main character in the driver's seat, you navigate towards it using the existing nav and collision avoidance routines, and you retarget a sit-down animation, locking it to a joint matrix on the vehicle. That's half a day. Then you spend a day working on the task to select and aim at the most viable enemy target when in turret mode (the same routine you use for operating fixed emplacements). It might look good to you, but it is absolutely simple. The hard stuff is co-ordinating group movement in a complex 3D environment. Halo does this reasonably well, although the friendly marines actually shoot each other quite frequently, and give little apologies as they do so, which sounds neat but is in fact something of an aesthetic fudge for suboptimal AI.pWhere Halo scores highly is in its use of a very limited palette of gameplay elements (small number of weapons and enemies) to create quite an absorbing, if repetitive, experience, and in its very cinematic presentation and large-scale feel. Of course, it rips off a slew of genre favourites such as Aliens, Starship Troopers, Ringworld, The Thing etc. Oh, and Half-Life, obviously. In fact, the really remarkable thing is that people don't seem to have noticed that Halo isn't actually anywhere near as good a game as Half-Life, despite being several years more recent. All that time available to try to top the previous FPS king, and they didn't manage it. Halo is Half-Life without the puzzles. It's only (ha ha) half the game Half-Life was. HL required you to solve some quite absorbing puzzles while fighting off various enemies. Halo requires only the latter part; it requires very little mental work that involves the cerebral cortex rather than the reptillian brain. pFor all that, it's good fun, and the different AI levels make for qualitatively different experiences. But make no mistake, this is most certainly *not* the best game ever made.
It -is- pretty good. July 20, 2004
A.N. Roman (Hillsboro, OR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After having my Xbox for 7 months, I gave in and finally got Halo to see what the big fuss was about. Reviews on here keep stating that this is the best game ever made. After going through Halo on normal and Legendary difficulties, it isn't anywhere near the best game ever made, but it is a pretty fun and good one. And I'd be willing to put this on a top 50 games list.pYou play as Master Chief, a top soldier whose job is to stop the Covenant from eliminating the human race with a weapon- Halo. Latear on, you find a new enemy- the Flood, who is also fighting the Covenant. For a FPS, the managed to put a few good story elements in. Halo's true use is revealed, and it turned out to be something new and not just there to eliminate x species. You don't have to be a pure FPS fan to enjoy the game. In fact, the only other FPS I've played are GoldenEye and XIII. Sad, I know.pGameplay was a blast. I had tons of fun doing just about everything. Taking down some of the bigger Covenant with a simple sniper shot, saving ammo by bashing enemies over the head with any weapon, throwing a plasma grenade into a large group, and much more. But some of the best parts are when you fight as a group with fellow marines. Sure they get blown away from a few shots of a Needler, but it was still cool the way they backed eachother up and complained if you killed an enemy they targeted. And getting a gunman while going all out in the Warthog is sweet. Though getting a few crew members when in the Scorpion tank is even better. Especially with its unlimited missiles.pThe graphics are pretty good. Outstanding for a launch game, but now you can see that a lot of models are pretty blocky and could've been better animated. It's obvious when you see some of the marines get up from the seats in the ship to deploy. And the level designs are extraordinary. The music, sound effects and voices are all top quality, and I'm tempted to get the soundtrack. Controls are simple to get used to, and it's easier if you have the Controller-S if only because you can change grenade types faster. There's pretty good replay too. Not near Panzer Dragoon Orta's standards, but good. Beating the game on Legendary difficulty gives you an extra little bit in the ending. It isn't that hard of a difficulty setting, as it just increases the damage you take. But I've heard of people giving up after the second level when playing like that. It just makes for challenge though, and god forbid we play a hard game.pHalo's main cons are that it runs at 30 fps instead of 60, and it's too short. The 30 fps thing doesn't really get noticable unless you're in the middle of a horde of enemies and explosions, so it doesn't get that bothersome. And people that spend a lot of time playing games will be able to breeze through this in 2-3 days. Also, I would've had a better selection of weapons. Here's what you get- a pistol, assault rifle, shotgun, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, two kinds of grenades, and then you can pick up a few enemy weapons. While the AI is very impressive (it still surprises me once in a while), there are times when it's questionable. An enemy with a rocket launcher shouldn't walk up and shoot you point-blank with it. That happened to me numerous times and got annoying.pI'm not too big on multiplayer games, but Halo has a huge following, and for good reason. Setting up any number of players in death matches doesn't get old. And unlike a number of other multiplayer FPS I can think of, you can actually use vehicles in them. Jumping a hill on the Warthog, only to land on two other people that were shooting eachother is priceless.pIt's safe to say that Halo does deserve most of the hype it gets, so I'm sure you'll enjoy Halo. Now I get why people are looking forward for the sequel so much. Everyone that keeps posting reviews going on about how this is the Xbox's worst is pretty much wrong. You could do a heck of a lot worse than Halo. Like Bruce Lee...or Malice.
Too easy............ July 19, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Too easy people say well maybe people shouldent just play the game on easy how about try hard or legendary or just hard. this game is great got it a year ago and still playing it. go out to the store and buy it. it's a hell of a bargen at $25.oo bucks
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