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    Halo: Combat Evolved

    Game » consists of 17 releases. Released Nov 15, 2001

    One of the launch titles of the original Xbox, Halo: Combat Evolved is a sci-fi first-person shooter telling the tale of an advanced cybernetic super-soldier known as the "Master Chief".

    ishoturface's Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) review

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    The best FPS for xbox

    Now when I say best shooter ever I mean it, With a hardcore campaign and awesome multiplayer halo has something for everybody.
    Im going to start with the campaign so here goes nothing.

    Halo's campaign starts you out in your ship (or base) somewhere in outerspace while the covenant is attacking, Which makes for some pretty exciting and intense action in the first mission while in most other shooters the first mission is slow paced. But thats not the case in halo sure there are sometimes where the action slows down but thats because you just fought in a big hard battle and you deserve a break from kicking Covenant Butt. There are Vehicles in the campaign mode Ranging from the almighty Scorpion tank to the fast yet lethal warthog ( a jeep like vehicle) giving it a even more fun experience in the campaign.

    There is a story and its pretty basic the story goes as The covenant (your enemies) Are searching for "Halo" which is a very big weapon capable of destroying an entire solar system (or more).
    And the reason they are attacking you is in order to find "Halo they have to get rid of the humans so that they can do as they please (meaning use "Halo" as a weapon to take over the universe or something).
    There are Quite a few missions in Halo making for about at least 12 or more hours on the easiest difficulty setting.
    But there is co-op for up to two players meaning more covenant butt kicking for you and a buddy giving it a lot a replay value.

    There is multiplayer in Halo for up to four players making its already lots of replay value even more. There are lots of game modes in Halo's mutliplayer around 20 (no im not kidding) and about 12 maps, making for lots of different combination's meaning almost endless amounts of gameplay. There are also vehicle sin two of the maps in multiplayer But only warthogs which is rather disappointing since the Pc version can have scorpions and banshee's in the mutliplayer. In the mutliplayer each player can customize his or her color so you can tell each other apart.

    There are not a lot of weapons in Halo but each one is fun to use none the less. The most common weapon in the campaign is the assault rifle but you can still find other weapons along the way and trade them if you would like. but still from the Human pistol (which is pretty dang powerful even for a pistol) To the rocket launcher each weapon is useful and fun to use.


    The graphics are pretty amazing For a console game even though it was made in 2001 I still am amazed by the graphics.

    The sound is simply put "awesome" and no other game can even reach the ranks of Halo's sound from the music (which is pretty dang awesome) to the sound of the guns and the shouts of the covenant grunts (They are really funny) So once again no other game will ever reach the ranks of Halo's sound till the end of man (or even E.T.).


    Im just going to say this very simple No matter who you are, even if you just hate shooters YOU need to get this game.

    Campaign: 10/10
    Co-op: 10/10
    Multiplayer: 9.8/10
    Gameplay: 10/10
    Tilt: 10/10
    Funnessfactor: 10/10
    Sound: 10/10
    Graphics: 10/10
    Replay value: 10/10

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      A console FPS that has stood the test of time. 0

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