"Halo is a near-perfect combination of sheer action, story and strategic-thinking combined with some excellent AI and great multiplayer action."

"In all areas, Halo excels where so many console FPS games fall flat on their faces."

"Exquisite control, a great single player mode (with co-op!) and a multiplayer that’s good enough to satisfy the most demanding FPS fan have all been polished to within an inch of their lives to deliver this: the best console FPS ever, and one of the top FPSes made, period. "

"After playing this game, you will want to strap a machine gun to your dune buggy's crossbar and drive around Blackpool Beach looking for aliens. And so will your best friend!"

"Fans of the FPS genre are a finicky bunch. With fierce competition, the PC has always been leaps and bounds above consoles for this type of game... until now."

"It shows off the Xbox's true potential and should set the standards for all future FPS. "

"The single player is epic, the multiplay the best yet on a console and the asthetics of the sound and vision unbelievable. "

"Halo: Combat Evolved probably is going to be the best known Xbox game and there is a reason for that."

"Every living thing moves so realistically that you'll swear you are watching a movie, and, in a sense, you are. "

"Something good in Finnish..."

"Graphics like this make me wonder why all the other console FPS have to look so dad-gum bad."

"Halo alone makes the Xbox worth the price of admission."

"Will you still be playing it in six months time? The four difficulty ratings Ð the hardest akin to scraping Mike Tyson with your hands tied behind you back, suggest yes. "

"This is the best FPS on a console without a doubt - it doesn't have that poor "PC game converted to console" feel about it, nor does it "feel" like a console game....or even a PC game...it's totally unique."

"Never have I seen so much personality in the characters of a game during actual gameplay, not just in the cut-scenes."

"If you don't have an Xbox, Halo is without doubt, a good enough reason to buy one."

"as many shocking and exciting plot twists as Metal Gear Solid 2, Halo sheds the ultra-stealth focus of that title and replaces it with white-knuckle intensity Goldeneye wishes it had."

"If you get a Xbox and don't at least give this game a go, you're committing a gaming offence and should be locked up."

"Halo delivers upon it’s potential in a number of wondrous and delightful ways."

"This is a game that will still be played years from now, due in part to the Team-based combat coupled with the revolutionary on-line functionality that will receive an adrenaline boost once Microsoft unveils their on-line network some time this summer."