Halo: Combat Evolved reviews

Publisher: Microsoft Corporation

Developer: Bungie Software

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 11/05/2001

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Halo: Combat Evolved Reviews

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9.1

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9

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9.7

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9.7

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10

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9.5

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Forget everything you have read about Halo being a typical First Person Shoot-em Up !! This is not your typical FPS, and after you have read this review, you will understand why !!So, now I've got you

9.5

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Any console released nowadays requires that one game that sets it apart from the pack, a 'killer app' if you will. Traditionally these games are either platformers (read Super Mario 64) or fighting ga

9.5

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When I first heard about this game for the X-Box way back in the day, it was probably one of the key points to me buying the system. What I found with the game when I first played it was a set of exce

8

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First-person shooters are just getting started on consoles with the release of Quake 3, Unreal Tournament and Half-Life on other consoles, Halo has to put up quite a fight really if it want's to get s

8.5

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9

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9.6

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9

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10
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ESRB Rating

Mature
Blood and Gore
Violence

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9.5

GZ Rating

Gameplay9.9
Graphics9
Sound9
Difficulty9.5
Concept8.5
Multiplayer9
Overall9.5

Bungie Takes the Xbox by Storm

Reviewer: The Badger

Review Date: 01/11/2002

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