Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo: Combat Evolved

November 15, 2001·Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
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Ratings

83
User Score
924 ratings
87
Critic Score
3 reviews
85
Total Score
927 combined

About

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 super-soldier, as 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.

Storyline

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 begin to drop towards the surface of the ring-world. The Chief is the only one in his escape pod to survive the impact, and sneaks away from the crash site. After gathering all the survivors from the Autumn, the Chief makes an attack run on a Covenant ship in order to save Captain Keyes. Keyes tells the Chief and Cortana that the Covenant call this world Halo. Cortana realizes that it has

Release Dates

PlatformDate
XboxNov 15, 2001
XboxMar 14, 2002
XboxApr 25, 2002
PC (Microsoft Windows)Sep 30, 2003
PC (Microsoft Windows)Oct 10, 2003
MacDec 03, 2003
MacDec 03, 2003
MacFeb 11, 2004
Xbox 360Dec 04, 2007

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Game Info

Developer
Bungie
Publisher
Microsoft Game Studios, MacSoft Games
Release Date
November 15, 2001
Porting
Gearbox Software, Westlake Interactive
Franchise
Halo
Collection
Halo
Perspective
First person, Third person

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Platforms

XboxPC (Microsoft Windows)MacXbox 360

Genres

Shooter

Themes

ActionScience fictionWarfare

Game Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operativeSplit screen

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