"'Halo' is one of the most impressive video game offerings that I've ever seen. The game is tense, thrilling and downright creepy at times. The game's graphics may not push the XBOX completely, but they're often brilliantly crafted, with worlds and interior environments that I would love to see realized in a film."

"We think part of the reason Halo excels is due to the fact that Bungie have thankfully ignored some unwritten rules that have ingrained themselves in FPS titles of the last few years."

"Graphically, Halo is all eye-candy, as long as you don’t use the 10x zoom on the sniper rifle to look at all of the things that no one really cares about."

"This game combines a great plot with amazing gameplay and graphics, to create one of the best first person shooters ever made."

"Simply put, Halo is the best console FPS ever made."

"Two words - Absolutely fantastic."

"This is by far one of the most appealing titles to play over, and over, and over!"

"Everything, ranging from a large variety of texture-maps to well-detailed buildings and environements help pull together a complete visual concept that doesn't deter from the solid gameplay."

"In the end, while Halo is a bit of an achievement, it does suffer from far too many drawbacks to deserve all the praise its received."

"While the game soars in some aspects, it fails to deliver in others. Overall, a good game, but not all it was hyped up to be months ago. "

"You really have to play it for hours to really understand the enjoyment it can bring you. "

" This is undeniably the best game you can get for the Xbox (still), and stands as one of the finest shooters ever crafted. "

"All in all halo is very solid, but with little innovative or impressive play."

"Every console that gets released has a game that is automatically associated with it. Halo is the Xbox game. "

"The dynamic score makes you feel as if you are truly on Halo."

"Every gamer should make it a point to play this game, as it will be the standard by which all future console FPS games are judged."

"This game is a finally tuned war machine. "

"There's nothing I really would take points off for.  I was very pleased with the overall gaming experience Halo provided, and I highly recommend it to everyone.   If you don't have it, get it.  It really is that good."

"It's only a matter of time before every new FPS tries to call itself a "Halo killer"."

"The more I wanted to write and the more I wanted to say, the more I just wanted to stop and go back to wiping the Covenant off the face of Halo. "