Battle the Covenant in this thrilling FPS
Halo: Combat Evolved, also known as Halo 1, is a very successful first person shooter (FPS) for Microsoft's Xbox. This Mac port is a faithful adaption of Halo: Combat Evolved to the Mac OS platform.
In Halo: Combat Evolved, as Master Chief Petty Office John-117, one of the remaining super-soldiers of the Spartan II project, you take on the Covenant alien race in a holy war which might determine whether or not the human races survives.
The controls in Halo: Combat Evolved are as good as any FPS and you'll immediately feel at ease blasting away alien intruders, launching grenades and strafing behind pillars and walls. As you proceed through the game you are joined by other Spartan II super soldiers who help you annihilate the aliens.
The graphics are a little outdated, after all this is a game released in 2003, yet you won't suffer any lags and scenery and little details are on the whole satisfactory. At least it won't distract you whilst on your various missions.
One of the great features of Halo: Combat Evolved is the number of vehicles and weapons at your disposal like the Warthog or Banshee.
The artificial intelligence (AI) in Halo: Combat Evolved is well developed and the three levels of difficulty should keep you well occupied.
Another great feature in Halo: Combat Evolved is the multiplayer, with classic deathmatch, capture the flag and king of the hill games great fun among friends.
Although it's certainly aged a little (check the graphics) Halo: Combat Evolved is still great fun and an excellent fps.
User reviews about Halo: Combat Evolved
by Anonymous
Excellent online and campaign.
Ive played both the online and campaign versions - both really good!!
It was the only game we could play on a Mac at school that was ffun - super addictive! The campaign is long too compared to other demo examples. Highly recommend considering its free. In my opinion the graphics are so bad that they are good... dont need a good computer to play plus its retro and loads of people play.
Pros:
Great game
Fun/online
Cons:
sometimes drops out More
by Anonymous
The best $0 I've ever spent.
Very fun game, and I've been playing the demo version of Halo: Combat Evolved for two years. Even though it only comes with one level and one multiplayer map, it is very engaging and has a moderately large online community. Provides enough time to satisfy those who have yet to buy the full game, and even having the demo alone is large enough to be worth a download.
Pros:
Includes 'The Silent Cartographer,' one of the better campaign levels in Halo: CE.
Includes 'Bloodgulch,' the most popular Halo: CE Multiplayer map
Moderately large online community
Cons:
It took a second for me to realize that on the Mac, one had to press function-F1 to see the players stats and function-Enter to restart a game. More
by Anonymous
The most epic game on mac!.
Best series on the mac? Atleast the first one. And believe me its epic. And you can create mods, play online, campaign. EPIC!!! I have the full game and its EPIC MODE!! :D And still many playing!
Pros:
Everything, many playing, mods and much more! EVERYTHING!! :D
Cons:
Stop looking here! Its nothing here! More
by Anonymous
Halo demo= great.
I have only played the Halo demo so I cannot rate the campaign but you can play online with other people in the demo, there is also a way to chat while playing (the key is 'f'). The only 2 problems for me is that 'cause I have a 'Mac OSX' the 'checking score' key does not work',the other problem is that the connection online sometimes does not work. As I said, I have only played the demo but I am sure that the campaign would also be awesome! More
by Anonymous
Does it work in OS X Lion?.
Does it work in OS X Lion? dammit i just wanna ask that but softonic forces me to write more words so here they are.. More
by Anonymous
Halo.
Halo has got to be the best first person shooter ever to hit Mac. It has rather simple controls and has plenty of action. One thing that could be improved is that there is only one map for the multi-player, also on the multi-player, you can't get into all the games, just some of them. All in all, a game that is tops. More