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Halo: Combat Evolved (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Shooter/First-Person Shooter

RELEASE DATE

30/SEP/03

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Blood and Gore, Violence

DEVELOPER

Gearbox Software

PUBLISHER

Microsoft Corporation

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Xbox, Macintosh

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

FPS 310
tactics 77
Lan parties 75

GENERAL TONE #USES

war 117
Energized 85
epic 58

DESCRIPTION

In the most obvious sense, the "Halo" is a space station built in the shape of an enormous rotating wheel. As the wheel spins, it creates centrifugal force that mimics gravity on its inner rim. An entire world exists inside this wheel, with huge developed structures and vast, open landscapes. But something else exists in the Halo as well - something mysterious and powerful. All that is really known is that a force of alien invaders is desperate to find it and they are leaving death and destruction in the wake of their search. This mystery of Halo must be solved and the aliens must be vanquished, before they find what they are looking for and destroy us all.

The action in Halo is squad-based. While gamers have lots of options when making decisions about the individual characters they will play, many missions are best accomplished through teamwork and certain multiplayer capabilities are supported with this in mind. The 3D engine's default view switches between first-person and third person, depending on the situation. Much of the action takes place in the wide open spaces inside the mammoth space station, with no level breaks or load times as the player moves from one place to another.

Some of the basic themes and plot points in Halo may be familiar to gamers who have played Marathon, Bungie's successful first-person shooter which was released in 1992 for the Macintosh platform. Among other elements, Marathon is known for intelligent level design and a deep, intriguing story. Though Halo should not be considered a sequel to Marathon, the two share common plot elements and have related back-stories. Initial development of Halo was done simultaneously for the Macintosh, the PC, and the Xbox. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Shooter/First-Person Shooter
RELEASE DATE:

30/SEP/03
TOP TRAITS:

FPS, Master Chief, sci-fi
DESCRIPTION:

In the most obvious sense, the "Halo" is a space station built in the shape of an enormous rotating wheel. As the whe... more

players 2,535

followers 2

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POPULARITY: PC PLATFORM

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Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: Epsynus

“AWESOME GAME GO BUY IT PLOX!”

created 10/NOV/2009

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: ShadowXForever

“Classic...nuff said”

created 01/NOV/2009

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: GrammarNazi

“Coooompleted!”

created 29/OCT/2009

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: SuperKiller

“HALO.............”

created 28/OCT/2009

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: Lenwe

“What can I say, HALO Rocks. They could however release it on PC at the same time as XBox, that is my only complaint.”

created 27/OCT/2009

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Added by: bettadud
Date: 18/OCT/2009
Views: 1
Votes: 0

created 18/OCT/2009

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: lzodl

“All around original may be copied but who says things go outta style. 6/10”

created 16/OCT/2009

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: ChristRock

“Very fun for an FPS, particularly on multiplayer. 4/5 stars, lacking 1 for the multiplayer leaving some to be desired, which is picked up and made awesome in future halo games of the series.”

created 02/OCT/2009

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: MythosEngineer

“The Halo series never fails to be great. I love Halo & this game is awesome!”

created 06/SEP/2009

DevinShadowV played Halo: Combat Evolved on 24/AUG/09

“hell of alot of fun for a classic”

created 26/AUG/2009

killthenerd5 played Halo: Combat Evolved on 22/AUG/09

“not much”

created 22/AUG/2009

DevinShadowV played Halo: Combat Evolved on 18/AUG/09

“bored”

created 18/AUG/2009

Halo: Combat Evolved (PC) by: Fattimus

“This game is a modern cornerstone of first-person shooting LAN games, PC or XBOX. Countless hours can be easily and happily dumped into the multiplayer mode. The Campaign mode isn't too bad either.”

created 10/AUG/2009