#HALO COMBAT EVOLVED ORIGINAL PC#

The big Elite troopers (in a variety of colors, no less) begin to offer more of a challenge as they're protected by armor and capable of beating the crap out of you if you get too close. The shield-carrying Jackals are next on the list and their forward-facing protection and tendency to roll from side-to-side while dodging your fire forces you to adopt entirely different tactics when facing them. Left alone on the battlefield, these grunts will scurry off to gather their courage before attacking you again. You can even intimidate these tiny guys by taking out the large enemies first. The basic grunt units of the Covenant are small, chicken-like aliens who rely on numbers to overwhelm the player. Along the way you'll meet a range of enemies who all exhibit very distinct behaviors. Suffice it to say that the whole style and presentation of the story is good enough to stand on its own - a quality few game plots possess. The player is forced to crash land on an alien ring world and uncover the secret of its purpose.

The player steps into the shoes of an elite soldier just as his ship is attacked by an alien force known as the Covenant. Boasting a story that draws the player in to an alien world, Halo presents us with enough information and background to keep things interesting while still allowing for real surprises. Most video game science-fiction is of fairly low quality and, thankfully, Halo is the exception to the rule.

#HALO COMBAT EVOLVED ORIGINAL PC#

That, as you'll see later in the review, is both a blessing and a curse for the PC version of Halo: Combat Evolved. The pacing, the weapons, the enemies and, in fact, the entire content of the game, is exactly as it was when we played it a couple of years ago. Gearbox's conversion (which is a nicer word than 'port') preserves much of what I loved about the original game. To further bare my soul, I suppose I should also tell you that I've been excited about this game since it was first demoed to us four years ago (as a PC-only Tribes-killer, no less). I'll try to straddle the fence as best I can in the review but, just so my bias is out in the open right away, I'll tell you that I'm a definite fan of the Xbox version of the game. One is as a fan of the Xbox version another is as a player completely unaware that the game even existed. So there are a few ways to approach the review of Halo: Combat Evolved.

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