3.5/5 ★ – TheLostMan's review of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

Halo CE was one of the most groundbreaking shooters back in 2001, but how does it hold up today? Well, not too bad. The first 2/3s of the game are really fun to go through, with you being able to mess with tons of weapons, and still feel like you can have fun. The last section of the game to me feels almost like a slower Doom 2016, as I really only saw purpose in holding the AR and the Shotgun. The ending parts of the game are challenging but in all honesty, not very fun to run through. For most of my experience in the game, I played using the original graphics, since they were more consistent and at times looked better than the remasters. The new graphics went too much for style, and wanted to show that off with the constant brightness displayed throughout, for some reason. In the final parts of the game, however, I found it helped in terms of gameplay since you could just see the entire room you were in instead of using the flashlight and only seeing a small portion. I get I’m “destroying the mood” or whatever but who cares, it’s my playthrough. Overall it’s a solid title that can be outdated at times, but is still fun to run and gun through.