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To a game that needs no introduction, Halo is truly the killer app for the original. Halo 2 was good, but it didnt capture
the magic of the original Halo. It was the must play game. It took the gaming world by storm.
This game came totally out of the blue and took over LAN parties everywhere. It won with its wonderful story mode, its
very fun multiplayer and it's accesibility. Halo, for it's time was a very good game, graphics wise. It was no eye sore, but
it wasn't Call of Duty 2. The physics engine was wonderful, allowing you to bounce grenades anywhere. The guns are wonderfully
balanced. This rounds out why Halo is good game, for just the presentation.
The story is wonderful part of the entire package. It's story is set in the not-so-distant futuer. After a major colony,
Reach, is destroyed, the one remaning (space)ship, The Pillar of Autumn, makes a blind jump through space (it accordance to
the Cole protocal(stating you must (hyspace)jump somewhere else before coming to Earth, so the Convenant(your enemy) can not
follow you)). As you can see, this a very deep story that requires Reading to understand fully. Anyway, you then crash land
on a ring, Halo. It is a forerunner(first runner(so the first people))(an ancient race of machines)))facility. The reasons
for the facility is unclear, which is what you are trying to unravel. This game is, by story, is a survival game. But it plays
like a shooter. It's story keeps you guessing, and ends perfectly, unlike Halo 2.The thing that really puts Halo up there
as one of the best games ever is that there vechicles. They are fully useable, and there is a wide variety of them. They make
the game what it is.
The multiplayer is equally good. Since it is an old game, there is no Xbox Live support. But, it does support system
link. The multiplayer is so good becuase it can either be a fast paced, crazy game. Or, it could be a stalemate. It can go
either way. There are several multiplayer modes(including CTF, slayer and King of the Hill), and several maps, each being
completly different. The games are different everytime, forcing firefights on different chokepoints every time. One of the
good parts of multiplayer is the inclusion of veichles. It is fun to ram people with Warthogs, or slide over them in a Ghost.
There are not very bad things about this game. Maybe the graphics, if you are nitpicky.
Pros- Story
- Music
- Veichles
- Multiplayer
- The
magic...
Final score:
9.9/10. There is not much bad about this game. Buy it if
you dont have it.
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