Parents need to know Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is a violent first-person shooter that has players killing thousands of aliens with all kinds of weapons of both the modern (shotguns, pistols, sniper rifles) and futuristic/alien (plasma cannons and needle guns) varieties.

Halo's 10th anniversary certainly deserves celebrating but a HD remake only serves to underline how little the series has moved forward over the years.

An excellent remake with a loving attention to detail and a useful range of extras, including full online multiplayer; Classic gameplay and levels for a very reasonable price

Too much of the game looks indistinguishable from later sequels; New graphics are not top flight and the loading waits for them to cache are annoying

i bought this with high expectations.......,what a let down,this game is !! "yawn yawn" totally boring,just one pointless scene after another, i had read reviews from others who said it was the best game ever, you have got to be joking, obviously havnt played games like bioshock,skyrim,tombraider...

An ambitious remake of one of the most memorable campaigns in the history of first person shooters can now be relived with wonderful hd graphics with some of the best multiplayer maps from the first game.

In the end, Combat Evolved Anniversary is a strange package. Its campaign feels half hearted, neither fully remaking nor preserving the original game. The Reach multiplayer maps, while excellent, feel tacked on to the package to attempt to justify this being a full disc-based release.

Halo holds up. That's the main takeaway from Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary , a remastered re-release of the ten year old game that established console systems as a viable place for shooters.

Halo . Those four letters and three chords are more than just a game. It's a potent symbol of Microsoft's success, a global franchise and a banner behind which millions of gamers have rallied. We've had anime films. We've had novels.

Halo's singleplayer campaign is still peerless; Excellent graphical overhaul; Surprisingly solid Kinect integration

Performance problems and inexcusable crashes on older hardware; Half-hearted multiplayer options; Questionable value at RRP

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary confirms that the Xbox's original console-making killer title remains a work of expert gunsmanship that makes up for duplicative level design with an involving otherworldly setting and story as well as amazingly smooth gameplay.

Many entertainment items belong in the hallowed halls of retrospect where silver isn't merely limited to their linings. This is because of how beautifully our brains work in regards to treasured memories.

Halo enthusiasts will love returning to Combat Evolved, if not to remember how well-balanced the combat and weaponry are, then to see the game in an entirely new light. The new HD graphics engine brings the game into this generation, although the presentation on its own certainly won't blow you...