3/5 ★ – hunkypet's review of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

Played as part of the Master Chief Collection on my XONE. Played mostly using remastered graphics. Now that it has a Series X patch which will lock it to 60FPS and in glorious 4K I shall be revisiting it soon. I will be replaying it through with original graphics and then remastered. A few comments on gameplay. I never experienced Halo during the height of its fame, I joined late... my first proper experience being Halo 3 - which I thought was excellent. The original halo, still very playable but does start to feel it’s age. My main problem which I’m sure will upset most people is I hate the level design. Huge, sprawling maps with sometimes little to no clue on where to go next.. this was probably amplified by the fact I was playing it co-op with someone who likes to rush through games and talk during every cutscene. So, frankly if I’m honest I had no idea what was really going on half the time. My rating isn’t a great reflection on the game just my first experience. I will be replaying soon. Played on XONE