Dizzy Games

Set in the year 2252, mankind have mastered space travel and have colonised numerous planets. In their explorations mankind encounter a group of alien races known as the Covenant. The Covenant believe that Humanity is an affront to all they believe in and set about destroying mankind. Many planets are destroyed and billions of lives lost as the Covenant continue their campaign against mankind's colonies. In the destruction of a planet named Reach a sole human vessel, Pillar Of Autumn, makes a break from the planet, fleeing through the Covenants forces and eventually finding themselves in the middle of space, a giant ringworld (Halo) looming ahead of them, covenant close behind.

Halo is a First Person Shooter and it begins on Pillar Of Autumn as your character known as Master Chief, a Spartan (cybernetically enhanced humans created to assist in the war against the Covenant) and thought to be the only Spartan left after the destruction of the planet Reach. Master Chief has been given the task to protect the ships A.I system, known as Cortana, which is uploaded into his MJOLNIR armor systems.

Halo's Campaign mode can be played solo or you can have a friend join in and help in Cooperative mode. As Master Chief you fight your way from Pillar Of Autumn down to the surface of Halo where you find that Halo is actually a weapon crafted by an ancient race known as the Forerunners. The Covenant also know of Halo's capabilities as a weapon and want to use it to destroy mankind, you as Master Chief have to stop the Covenant from using Halo and destroying mankind using the weapons and vehicles you acquire along the way. Cooperative mode follows the exact same storyline as solo mode, the only difference is you have a bit of help, which is great when you play on harder difficulties but can be a pain if you want to explore because if your buddy goes too far ahead you get teleported to where they are.

Halo also has a Multiplayer mode in which you duke it out against friends in free for all of team matches staged on numerous indoor and outdoor maps. The outdoor maps allow the use of vehicles which is great fun if you can get in one fast enough (not so fun if you are getting chased down by a rather large tank).

Halo is a great game and I give it 9/10. It is great for beginner FPS (First Person Shooter) players as it is fairly easy to use and if you play campaign mode there are hints to show you how to play.