Reviews from

in the past


Just look at my CE review for a general overview of the campaign but in terms of it's own game CEA sits in a weird spot.

The new visuals feel pretty neat at best and incredibly out of place at worst, a big mixed bag on that front. Although the feature to switch between new and old graphics is incredibly good.

The multiplayer map pack for Reach was very nice though, added a ton more maps to play and all felt very good while having interesting renditions of the classics.

I unironically went through the entire game using the graphics toggle as a flashlight. Fun game though. Even if there were long ass sections of EXTREMELY repetitive level design.

Great game, but with some big flaws. The combat is great, and the story is good, but the levels are pretty bad. They’re so repetitive and uninspired in many cases. I knew going into it that “The Library” was bad, but it’s awful. Overall though, it’s a great start to the series.

me when a bad bitch (cortana) tells me what to do🫡


Overall great game that holds up well. there are some annoyingly harsh spots you can find yourself in during Heroic difficulty depending on what guns and grenades you have on you at that time but action is still punchy, and story is still very entertaining.

Great fun with a friend, kinda loses something if not, but is still worth your time.
Physics are a bit broken sometimes, game shows its age other times, game's really fun most of the time.
I played this game WAY too much on the Master Chief Collection version because of the achievements for par scores. Can't lie, that adds a ton of replayability, with the amount of skulls. If it was the original version I'd probably go lower, but that level of replayability definitely helps this release's case.
The story's meh, the level design is great in the first half then the second half is backtracking, the final level's kind of annoying with the Warthog physics. Getting thrown around by an exploding Flood is pretty funny though.
I can still recommend this one in 2024 for the most part.

Pretty fun at times, pretty monotonous at times. Felt like there was too much backtracking especially during the last few missions. Navigation sucks as a result. Heroic difficulty felt way much easier compared to Reach. I would have worshipped the game had I played it at the time of its og release cuz it's a remarkable thing to make something like this in 2001. My rating would've really been higher if not for the repeated segments in latter part of the game, I understand older game almost always reuse multiple segments via backtracking like resident evil but this felt like the game could've been really short if not for the repeated segments. Music was good I guess but the placement was very random. Also the most satisfying thing about the game is it's shotgun 🤌🏼, had so much fun blasting enemies with it and it's a shame the 2nd game's shotgun sucks in comparison.

I played the Xbox 360 but I remember feeling the game as a mixed bag. I'll return to play it with the Master Chief collection for a proper better judgement, but I had some issues with the progression of the game and remembering the level design being average.

I didn't expect to love the veichles in this game but honestly enjoyed the sections with them more than the claustrophobic, endlessly repeating levels (yes I'm referring to the library)

Played it with my wife. She likes!

Years later and it still holds up. Level design, music, dialogue and pacing are top notch. It's really amazing how gameplay holds up and I'm kinda surprised at how some design conventions present here are still used in modern games.

Il aurait plutôt fallu faire une retouche sur le gameplay et de Level-Design parce que, putain, le jeu est bordel de vieux...

It was being such a great game up until it decided to be annoying. hopefully later entries will be better

This cave is not a natural formation

I bought the Master Chief collection but will be logging the games to their respective titles separately.

Halo 1 is an amazing FPS shooter, I have some nostalgia covered glasses on as this was one of the very first video games I played on the original Xbox way back when.

I played on Heroic and man the Library still sucks ass. I want to review this game but from the perspective of both from someone who has played it for the first time and have accumulated knowledge and skill of other FPS shooters that have come after it.

Halo itself is a very simple but great FPS game design wise. But it definitely is one of those games that you can definitely feel that its a product of it's time. With only 10 levels (with 3 levels being reused/reskinned environment assets, which was commonplace for games developed at the time, and still today) it does feel a bit short for someone who has sufficient enough skill to finish a first person game on that difficulty, possibly even worse on easy ones.

On a different level, the quality of the visuals when tabbing in to the "remastered" version, feels so different, but on some parts I find myself staying on one version than the other. Sometimes the remastered version makes it difficult to see enemies as they blend with the environment and it all becomes a blurry mesh of blasts, panel lines, and drab colors. Making it hard to see enemy, ally and pickups.

While the "classic versions" does offer some visual clarity and relief, it does feel a bit dated, and most of the times, hard to see some specific things. While it does use these old timey game development techniques with the classical version, even on a bright monitor, it's difficult to make out stuff because it's either too dark or it hasn't rendered in yet.

With all of that being said, Halo: CE is an overall good FPS game to start with.

Remastered graphics clutter the screen, resulting in an aesthetic and environment that is visually too busy, and takes away from the simple and clean designs of the original.

The tab button is the best button

The Library is one of the worst levels of all time.

Revolutionary title that aged like mayonnaise in the sun. The game's re-use of levels alongside fragrant copy-and-paste makes this game kind weak compared to other games in the series.
Additionally, the remastered levels look like ass lmaoooooo

Remastered graphics don’t capture the atmosphere of the levels. Better to simply play in the old graphics mode once again.

The start was good, but as the game continued, I became increasingly disoriented trying to traverse levels and figure out where I needed to go. Once I'd find my way, I would frequently perish and the checkpoints were the entire pathing back so levels became longer than anticipated, which killed some of my joy with it :/


I wish i had played on OG graphics from get go, not a remastered mess

Holds up super well (played for the first time in 2022) even tho some of the level design kinda ass

I played on the Master Chief collection with a friend of mine, on Legendary difficulty. Played like I remembered as a kid and the story was fun to go through again having little memory of the events that occur. Definitely would recommend if you have a Saturday to kill and just want something fun to do for the day.

Very influential game, and was interesting to look back on what games used to be like. There are very creative choices, such as weapons like the needler. The enemy AI and open world were revolutionary at the time, and have somewhat held up. The gunplay is basic, but enjoyable. My biggest problem with this game is the map and level design, as in the later parts of the game they drag on. Many of the areas are the exact same, and the game can become a chore to get through. The final level's escape scene was grueling, as the vehicle controls were terrible and every time the Warthog crashed, I misclicked and got into the side or gunner seat instead of the driver. It's a nitpick, but it significantly dampered my excitement of the end. If you're like me, ABSOLUTELY DO NOT binge play this game, you'll get burnt out. I believe the best way to play is in bursts, as there is still enjoyment to be found. I am disapointed by this game, as I expected a classic, and it may be for others but absolutely isn't for me. I wanted to like it, but there was so much that ruined it for me. Lots of people grew up with this game, and I believe if I did as well I'd love it. If you've read this whole thing and are a Halo fan, are the other games any better? Halo 2 and Reach are the only ones I'd play afterword, but I'm so burnt out on shooters and this game left such a poor taste I'm not gonna for a WHILE. have a good day:D