Finally ran through this on Legendary with a friend. A really good proof of concept for what the series would "evolve" into overtime, but really rusty when playing it in 2020. I have my fair share of issues with some of the level design, a generally weak weapon sandbox, and neither graphics options available for this remaster being particularly ideal (classic is too dark in many places and a tad bland, while the remastered graphics are often overdesigned and straining on the eyes). I still appreciate Combat Evolved for its advancements in the console FPS genre, essentially being the Half-Life of console shooters as opposed to PC shooters, but it hasn't aged as well as its later entries. Even with its problems accounted for, Halo: Combat Evolved has still aged better than plenty of other games from the early 2000s and is still a blast to play to this day.

The Library still sucks, though.