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Game Details

Release Date 11/8/2001
Publisher Microsoft
Platform Xbox
Genre Shooter

Number of Players 4

Blood and Gore, Violence

Game Description

The ring-shaped planet called Halo is ground zero for an epic struggle between humanity and a hostile alien species known as the Covenant. Now it's up to you to stop the Covenant from attaining a powerful artifact that could tip the war in their favor. Halo blends the action of a first-person shooter with vehicular combat featuring hovercraft, jeeps, and tanks. Human and Covenant weaponry will aid you as you fight to save humanity. With captivating sound effects and voice acting, excellent graphics, and multiplayer cooperative and deathmatch modes, Halo is the ultimate sci-fi shooter.

Critic Reviews

GameSpot Review (9.7 out of 10)

Even if you bear in mind the company's well-earned reputation for creating excellent games for the Mac and PC, Bungie's epic Xbox first-person shooter is of such a staggeringly high level of quality that you can't help but be surprised. Halo is a complete thrill ride from beginning to end, an ex...more

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Average Member Rating: 9.0 out of 10

What more can I say. (10 out of 10)

posted by GFounder (LOS ANGELES, CA) on Apr 11, 2006
Member since Oct 2002
89 out of 94 gamers (95%) found this review helpful

I was playing this game into the wee hours of the night when the GameFly concept was hatched. That's right - Halo was part of the inspiration for GameFly, so I have special affinity for it. It's so good it single-handedly made the Xbox. Halo is one of the - if not the - best shooters ever made, mos...more

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