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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Halo Combat Evolved was released in 2003 for the PC and is an science fiction first person shooter game. It was originally made for the Xbox as a release game in 2001. You can play the game both single player and multiplayer. Game Play Set in the future , you play as the Master chief a genetically engineered super soldier, part of a secret military project known as the Spartan Project. The war with a collection of alien races know as the Convent has been fought for over 30 years, the war has since been magnified and is in full swing and Earth is losing the war even with the Spartans the war is not going well, after a crushing defeat at the colony ...  Read the complete review

Halo: one of the best rated first person shooter games of the pre next gen gaming consoles and still remains largely popular. First thing you are in controll of the master chief a super soldier that has been trained from a child and has been augmented to improve speed power intelligence to basically make him super human. He is fitted in the MJOLNIR mark 2 suit which adds armor and gives him extra speed and power, The suit itself is so powerful that only the "spartans" can use them because of their augmentation they can handle the pressures that the suit puts on the body. The back story to the game comes from the halo novels. When you first ...  Read the complete review