Author:
MicroSoft
Official Website:
Microsoft.com
Description
(from GameSpot):
When Microsoft released its
Xbox game console in late 2001, easily the best launch
title for the system was Halo. Originally announced way
back in 1999 and slated for release on the PC and
Macintosh, this first-person shooter became an Xbox
exclusive after Microsoft bought the developer, Bungie.
Halo for the Xbox has gone on to sell more than 3
million copies worldwide--which isn't proof of the
game's superior quality, but certainly is evidence of
it. Yet, the game was never officially canceled for its
originally intended platforms, and at long last, it's
available for the PC
For
the most part, this new version of Halo is a straight port
of the 2-year-old Xbox game. You'd think a high-end PC could
handle such a game easily, but this port, which was done by
Gearbox Software, is surprisingly taxing even on very fast
PCs with tons of RAM and the latest video cards. Halo for
the PC also loses the original version's much-vaunted
cooperative play mode. But in spite of all that, and in
spite of the very high standards for first-person shooters
on the PC, Halo is still an incredible action game. It's a
true classic--a game that hasn't lost any of its impact and
intensity over time.
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