Halo Combat Evolved

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Title : Halo Combat Evolved
Author : Microsoft
Release Date : 20030930
Binding : CD-ROM
Regular Price : $49.99
Amazon.com Price : $44.99 (10 %)
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Editorial Reviews :
Halo, the award-winning and critically acclaimed science fiction epic adventure, is coming to the PC courtesy of Bungie and Gearbox Software. Packed with action, Halo contains all the thrilling gameplay and rich story that made it a smash hit with gamers all over the world. Now you can take the battle online with all new multiplayer including new maps, weapons and vehicles available only on your PC!
Bent on Humankind's extermination, a powerful fellowship of alien races known as the Covenant is wiping out the Earth's fledgling interstellar empire. You and the other surviving defenders of a devastated colony-world make a desperate attempt to lure the alien fleet away from Earth. Shot down and marooned on the ancient ring-world Halo, you begin a guerilla-war against the Covenant. Fight for humanity against an alien onslaught as you race to uncover the mysteries of Halo.

* New to Halo for the PC: Halo allows you to take the battle online with gamers from all over the world in a variety of customizable individual and team based games. Experience the all new multiplayer with the addition of new maps, weapons and vehicles. Halo's been enhanced for play on the PC with the precision offered by the mouse and keyboard and the support of high-end hardware allowing up to 1600x1200 resolution!
* Rich sci-fi experience: Halo transports you into a science fiction universe fresh out of a Hollywood movie. With a detailed, twisting storyline, complex characters and cunning enemies, Halo will fulfill every sci-fi enthusiast's dreams.
* Vehicle and foot-based action: Tackle missions any way you choose, be it storming an enemy base or taking the wheel or gunnery position in a variety of powerful vehicles. Vehicles range from stolen Covenant flyers to human tanks and more.
* Intense online multiplayer shootouts: Take the battle online with gamers from all over the world in a variety of individual and team-based games such as King of the Hill, Capture the Flag, Race, Oddball, Death Match, and more
* Huge Weapon Variety: Enemies can be crushed with a vast array of human or Covenant weaponry, ranging from the stealthy semiautomatic pistols and needler guns to the fierce rocket launchers and fuel-rod gun.
* Incredible mission variety: Fight the Covenant in a variety of missions as they uncover the dark secrets of Halo. Among the many objectives: to attack enemy outposts, raid underground labs for advanced technology, rescue fallen comrades, steal alien vehicles and weaponry, and snipe at enemy forces.
* Indoor and outdoor combat: Fights are seamless in Halo's ultrarealistic indoor and outdoor environments as gamers hunt the Covenant in a variety of single-player and multiplayer battles.
* Optimized for the PC: With the precision of mouse and keyboard support, playing Halo is like never before. Take advantage of their high-end graphic cards and see Halo in superhigh 1,600 x 1,200 resolution.
* 5.1 compatible: Enjoy a complete surround-sound experience! Enemy troops yell out the front speakers, while friendly troops yell assistance from the right. Meanwhile, hear bullets fired from behind and watch them strike targets in front of you.

Buyer Reviews :
Huge props for the designers of Halo to put it in such a creative invironment. My biggest beef with so many FPS games is that the designers can take us ANYWHERE...so why do we so often end up in the same tired corridors and battlefields? With its sci-fi, ring-world setting, Halo joins the few other truly creative games like Half-Life and Alice that bother coming up with original, high concept settings.

Now the bad part:
For a combat-evolved super warrior in bad*ss power armor, Master Chief is a wimp. There, someone had to say it, so I'll take the 'not helpful review' heat from the Halo fanboys. I keep hearing that Halo is the best FPS ever and it just plain isn't. Not even close and it's mostly due to the lame character abilities. His sole superhuman power is the ability regenerate from a heck of a pounding. His super hero name would be Take-A-Lot-Of-Cr*p Man. Or Timex Boy. Gordon Freeman was more powerful in the first Half-Life and he was a science geek in an eviro suit.

Master Chief can't jump particularly high or carry more than two guns and he's slower than snot. This last point is particularly irritating because Halo is full of huge sprawling landscapes for you to explore...at a tedious 5 MPH. But what about the vehicles? Well they go brisk 7 to 10 MPH and handle so badly it's a relief to get out of them (except for the flying Banshee which rules). If you get lost it can be a ten minute trek just to get back to familiar territory with no Quick Save to 'unmake' your wrong turn. Going from Jedi Academy to Halo (like I did) was like going from the body of super ninja to an arthritic old man.

I know the book was based on the game, but having read 'The Fall Of Reach' first, I have to say the the book got it 'right' even if it was retroactively. Read the novel if you want to see what a hyped-up super warrior Master Chief really ought to have been.

(by A gamer)

Features/Technical Specs :
* The award-winning and critically acclaimed science fiction epic adventure comes to the PC
* You and a handful of survivors attempt to lure an alien fleet away from Earth, only to discover an ancient artificial planet
* Experience the ultimate Halo challenge with all new online multiplayer for up to 16 players
* 15 multiplayer maps including 6 brand new, never before seen maps
* Unleash multiplayer destruction with new vehicles and aircraft, and new weapons such as the fuel-rod cannon and flamethrower

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