Halo: Combat Evolved
Bent on Humankind's extermination, a powerful fellowship of alien races known as the Covenant is wiping out Earth's fledgling interstellar empire. Climb into the boots of Master Chief, a biologically altered…
Halo: Combat Evolved is a shooter developed by Bungie, released 15 November 2001 on Xbox 360, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 10.3 hrs to finish.
What Halo: Combat Evolved is
Halo: Combat Evolved is a shooter game developed by Bungie and released in 2001. It was published by MacSoft Games. It is available on Xbox 360, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Blam! Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After the fall of Reach, The Pillar of Autumn, the only surviving human ship, makes a random slip-space jump away from the planet, so as not to lead the Covenant to Earth. When the Autumn drops out of slip-space, they find themselves next to a large, artificial, ring-world. A Covenant fleet hiding behind the adjacent planet engages the Autumn, the biologically augmented super-soldier John 117, or the Master Chief, is taken out of cryostasis. He proceeds to the bridge while fighting hordes of boarding Covenant forces. The Master Chief retrieves the ship-board AI (Artificial Intelligence) Cortana from the Captain of the vessel, Captain Keyes. The Chief and Cortana board an escape craft and…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Halo series
Halo: Combat Evolved is the first of 55 entries we hold in the Halo series. The next entry was Halo: Custom Edition in 2004. Its critic score of 87 is 6 points above the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Halo 3 at 91.
How it was received
Halo: Combat Evolved holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 934 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.3 hrs.
What it launched against
Halo: Combat Evolved launched on 15 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Halo: Combat Evolved yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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