"Halo is without a doubt the most awaited phenomenon on the Xbox."

"Halo takes all of the positive elements of past first-person shooters and manages to meld them into one cohesive title that has the atmosphere to back up its outstanding gameplay. "

"Halo is everything you never thought a console FPS could be."

"Plain and simple, Halo is Perfect Dark taking place on a different world with a slightly modified story."

"Odds are, Halo is going to end up in most Xbox owners' collection, and with good reason."

"Halo is the best title that the Xbox has on the market right now."

"Halo is the must have title for this year - end of story!"

"[Halo] is without a doubt one of the most satisfying experiences I have ever had with a video game. "

"Halo proves that first-generation titles can actually live up to their console's full potential."

"Halo is a captivating action game that truly brings the first-person shooting genre to the console format successfully for the first time."

"The levels of the game are incredibly deep and there's no one way to finish a level, which adds immensely to the replay value.  "

"Halo is a game that will become the new benchmark for first person shooters."

"Halo is a masterpiece that just has to be experienced to be believed."

"I literally can’t stop playing this game."

"FPS's have always been far superior on a PC than on a console, but Bungie has changed that. They have created the best first person shooter that I have ever played."

"Halo is possibly the best-looking FPS in existence, and is without a doubt the most impressive looking one ever to appear on a console."

"Halo is the kind of landmark, epic game that will lure droves of gamers to the Xbox."

"HALO is an excellent benchmark for future Xbox FPS titles, but it is not unbeatable."

"I literally can't stop playing this game."

"It just very well may be the best FPS of all time on any platform. "

"Halo has totally revolutionized how we look at console FPS games."

"If the Xbox has a killer app this is it. Halo is simply the best action game to surface since Half-Life was released for the PC in 1998."

"If there is any game that is a system seller, it is this one. You need to have this game. Now."

"Halo contains everything that makes a great videogame, great."

"There are a number of innovations and truly brilliant moments throughout Halo, but for the most part, we've seen a lot of this before."

"an excellent, sophisticated, and mature game that will appeal to sci-fi and action fans"

"I could go on and on about Halo's graphics and give you all kinds of technical babble, but it all leads to the same conclusion...Halo's graphics owns us all."

"After playing through Halo a couple times I can safely say with no repentance that it's one of the most engrossing games I've ever played in my entire life."

"Not only is this easily the best of the Xbox launch games, but it's easily one of the best shooters ever, on any platform."

"Halo is the perfect example of what next-generation is about, in all forms, and why the Xbox isn't just going to make it, it's going to amaze you."