Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

For its time this was a 9/10 innovative incredible masterpiece. For today? Like a 7,8. If you are able to appreciate the game for its time, its just amazing. The vehicle handling, enemy AI, gunplay, sound design, the open level design, the 4 player split screen and the first popular online MP game (at least on console) makes it some of the best of its generation. For todays standards id say it feels rather basic but thats just because halo made the standard not because its bad. Its enjoyable today, the OST, open level design and atmosphere algonside its well designed gunplay will attract you, just dont think the story is otherworldly or dont be expexting something crazy that you havent seen before, its better than average but nothing crazy for today. The main critique id say is the campaign, the first 4-5 missions are good and interesting the rest feel like they recycled the game because they had no time Worth at 10$

It's the beginning **** saga, but the 1st halo show a bit it's age. Some world are repetitive and too much labirinth (and you haven't a map!!); enemy sometime stupids - sometime they kill themselves and sometime they have so strong weapons that you go from full energy to death. Veicle drive very difficult and physic is not realistic. Beside this it's a game worth to play for the story, the improved graphics and his heritage

C'est un peu plus qu'un simple Halo "HD", 343 Industries a fait un excellent travail de conversion sur la 360, à tel point qu'il est aussi beau qu'un Halo Reach, c'est-à-dire le plus beau des Halo (ou le moins laid c'est selon...) faits par Bungie. Mais le chirurgien ne fait pas de miracles et l'âge demeure quoi qu'on fasse... Difficile de comprendre de nos jours l'engouement qu'a suscité une telle série, car ce premier épisode accumule les erreurs de conception et de jouabilité. Des salles entières copiées/collées, des environnements qui se répètent sans cesse, des allers et retours jusqu'à la nausée (on se croirait sur une ligne de métro mais sans noms de stations tellement tout se ressemble). Et à cet égard, le niveau de la Bibliothèque est insupportable. D'autant plus insupportable que pour rallonger encore la durée de vie (qui n'en avait pas besoin), Bungie balance sans honte des hordes et des hordes d'ennemis jusqu'à la lie, ça en devient grotesque. L'univers Halo reste un space-opera sympathique, la musique est excellente, la VF correcte mais franchement ses lourdeurs et maladresses n'en font même pas un jeu moyen au final : les temps changent et ce que l'on pardonnait à l'époque ne passe plus aujourd'hui.

I liked this game quite a lot - the first pics i saw were awesome. But now, it looks just old. A cool game ... 10 years ago. Today it lacks a gripping story, drama and good graphics. The later I can accept - the first two not. Still good - the controls (except the driver controls of the warthog, they still ****).