Halo: Combat Evolved Review (gizmoob)
As crazy as it sounds, Halo CE is underated for today. Obviously on release Halo CE was appraised highly and everyone loved it but it is most definitely slept on for just having fun on. Especially with the community support with a bunch of silly mods that make it still a different experience.
The Master Chief story starts here and it isn't much in terms of climax but it is a nice, chill story to play through. It's fair that not much develops since the world hasn't been explored yet. It's a little goofy to look at Halo CE campaign critically considering it was a predecessor to the standard for gaming as well as it is a first installment in a franchise of games.
Halo CE feels clunky, admittedly, but again it is a first installment as well as a game from 2001. Halo CE movement is understandable since they intended to do a arena-style multiplayer experience. If you made the movement rapid and quick, Halo would have been a completely different game.
The most enjoyable thing about CE was probably the 4v4 Classic Slayer on the original maps. That gamemode is a classic and encompasses what CE was. Generally, there was not many gamemodes since the game, as stated previously was made in 2001 and was a first installment. During that year, games did not hold that many features and Halo CE was definitely exceeding for its time.
I would argue that Halo CE is respected, Halo CE Anniversary is a major flop. For starters, the "better graphics" create fake barriers and overlap walls, when you start to notice the defects you begin to not enjoy the anniversary graphics and would prefer the original 2001 graphics. I would also like to add they did nothing in terms of new content to Halo CE, which is criminal considering they were coming back to a game after ten years. Halo CE Anniversary was most likely intended to give new players to the franchise a chance to experience the game in a more appealing fashion but just ended up doing nothing for the classic.
Regardless of what Halo CE Anniversary is, Halo CE is a fun game that you should play while also trying out different workshop items.