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good for mac
More often than not, when a game is in development for more than three years, it does not live up to the hype. Bungie's Halo is the exception. Not only does it meet expectations, it greatly exceeds them. This sci-fi first-person shooter is a nearly perfect blend of gameplay, graphics, and sound.
The story revolves around the conflict between humans and an alien race known as the Covenant. The aliens have discovered a powerful artifact--on the ring-shaped planet called Halo--that will shift the balance of power, and it's up to the player to stop them. In addition to several first-person-shooter levels, the game offers numerous opportunities to engage in vehicular combat. Both the enemy and allied artificial intelligence are extremely impressive. Enemies will use the terrain and layout to put you in tight spots. Allies will know when to cover and aid you. For instance, if you hop into a jeep, an ally will know to jump in and man the turret on the back of it.
The graphics are exquisitely detailed, but only move at 30 frames per second rather than 60. The sound effects and voice acting are superb. The level design is among the best ever; most of the game is engaging and challenging without being frustrating. There's also high replay value thanks to the built-in single-player, cooperative, and deathmatch modes.Read full review...
**Halo: Beginning Review **
When you get past all of the chatter about the potential of Halo looking better on a PC, and all of the yip-yap about Halo being "just another" first person shooter, and all of the lip-flapping about Halo not being able to compete with the very best games on PS2 or GameCube and you actually sit down and play the game on your Xbox...you're in for one hell of a game.
The only thing people need to be concerned about when it comes to Halo is how soon they're going to get it and where they're going to find the time to play. With a story good enough for a full length novel, audio and visual elements as detailed as any you've ever seen and excellent pacing, Halo is the reason for Xbox and vice versa. Bungie has brought to the Xbox the game that will prove hundreds of thousands of naysayers wrong (about the system and thegame) and bring sweet relief and joy to those who've been biting their nails and pacing in circles waiting for Microsoft's machine to arrive. Hype is one thing; reality is another; Halo on Xbox is one of the best things to happen in videogames.
Features:
* Situational First and Third Person perspectives.
* Role-based, cooperative multiplayer team game
* Play story mode as a single player or cooperatively with another player.
* Choose from a variety of conventional human and powerful alien weaponry
* Vehicles include marine jeeps and tanks to alien flyers and hovercrafts.
* Squad based combat.
* Enjoy the action with 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound and Widescreen playback features.
The Story
Halo takes place in the far future where mankind is locked into a brutal war against a race of aliens known as the Covenant. These dudes are seriously evil. They wipe out entire planets at a time, and they are so fast at doing so that we poor humans are unable to get much information on them before they nuke us into oblivion.
The horde of aliens is getting closer and closer to Earth with the clock quickly ticking down before they completely annihilate our race. Finally the line is drawn. In a massive battle near a human planet, only one ship survives: Pillar of Autumn. The commander of the ship decides to lure the Covenant as far away from Earth as possible so she programs the ship's AI to jump to some random location in the opposite direction of the home system.
Eventually the ship arrives at a distant area or space where they find both a gas giant called Threshold and its small moon known as Basis. This wouldn't be so strange except for the fact that they find a giant ring construct floating between the two objects, which is about 10,000 miles in diameter. Unfortunately for the small ship, the entire Covenant battle fleet had followed them and arrived in the system shortly before.
When you boot up the game, you're knee deep in the middle of the Autumn being evacuated. That giant ring construct is Halo and the secret that it holds is the part of the story that will be up to you to discover.
Gameplay
Before we get into the nuts and bolts of how Halo plays, I'd like to share a few of the quotes blurted out in and around the IGN offices and other places as passers-by were enraptured by a glimpse of Bungie's first person superstar.
"Are those guys fighting with you?"
"Drive the Jeep! I wanna see the Jeep!"
"Damn, this feels like a movie!"
"I thought the fun part happened already."
"How come the enemies speak English?"
Lol it's pretty funny and entertaining.
Overall Rating- 10/10Read full review...
One of the best games for OS X
Definatly one of the best games for Mac OS X. It has intense campaign levels and tons of online multiplayer. If you're sceptical about buying it, I suggest downloading the demo from the Apple website (www.apple.com), which includes the first campaign level and most of the multiplayer features. You can also create internet multiplayer games, or games on your LAN (Local Area Network) for when you're friends are over, that is, if your friends are smart enough to buy this game.Read full review...
(¯`'•.¸(¯`'•.¸(¯`'•.¸ * OLD CLASSIC
Halo is an original first person shooter that made Microsoft's Xbox platform successful. If you are moderaltely interested in sci-fi story line, or just want to shoot something. Give this one a try.
5 out of 5
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Great game, but it has some quirks...
It would have been nice if I had known that sometimes the graphics don't work on a MacBook G4 running 10.3.9; under certain conditions models and textures won't show up at all and if you're very unlucky, you'll find yourself running completely blind. Looks like I get to buy 10.4 now...Read full review...
Halo: Mac Version
Halo has to be one of the best all time classic games. If you like a good shooter with a great story and a lot of funny dialoge this is the game for you. Not for younger children teen and above.
Great
Awesome game. Finally can play it on the Mac. The real experience lies on Xbox and Xbox 360 with Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, and Reach. Great series, best in the world.
Great game
Its the halo that i have wanted for awhile. i can now play my halo on trips which is a great thing in itself. im glad that i waited to buy it for when i got the mac runs great and smooth on it.
Awesome
There is nothing like this game, It has a great plot and even though there are new Halo games for 360, none of the new ones are like this one.