Halo: Combat Evolved (PC)

---Intro---- Halo is one of the more "alternative" first person shooters I have encountered. Basically, the Halo is an alien weapon in outer space. A floating ring the size of a planet. And quite frankly, it makes the atom bomb look like a toddler's toy. You have to stop the evil aliens from getting their claws on it, and thus insure the survival of the universe. This tasks rests on your shoulders, Master Chief. ---Gameplay---- You start out aboard a ship. You are re-animated from a cryo-chamber to evacuate, erm, defend the ship. You can only carry two weapons at a time, so don't expect to be Rambo reincarnated. The aliens aren't quite ...

OK so Halo is big, and its popular. You can buy all sorts of merchindice, books and comics, and theres an array of websites all based around this game. I don't see why. I recently finished Halo on the PC and was sorly dissapointed throughout. Now i know it's been a fair few years since it came out for the first time, so it has gathered some age, but even at the time i can't see it being as good as people make out. I collect and play retro games, and so i do believe i can understand when a game was good for its time. The story is a pretty weak one, involving a religious group of aliens and a ring planet called Halo. I hated the Aliens that you are ...

Halo: Combat Evolved. There are several meanings of 'evolved' on Dictionary.com, but the ones I assume are used in the title of this game is "To develop or achieve gradually" or "To undergo gradual change". People often interpret evolution to mean that something changes for the better, and I think that is definitely the case of whoever came up with the title of this game. Immediately, you're launched into the thick of the action. The obligatory animated introduction indicates that the plot of the game is actually only a small part of a larger story. You are Master Chief, some kind of elite soldier who is called out of ...