
Level design is dated, with an over-reliance on labyrinthine corridors, especially in the infamous Library level. Voice acting is passable, but pretty rough circa 2020. Meanwhile the humble Pistol has a 2x zoom and can one-shot through the Covenant with ease. The Assault Rifle is equivalent to sneezing on most enemies. Fan-favorite weapons like the battle rifle and sword don’t exist here, and the rest of the roster is either highly situational or near-useless.

Following Microsoft's nice new policy of actually releasing games on PC, the new-new Halo Infinite is coming later this year.And if you’ve played Halo: Combat Evolved before, you doubtless know the starting Pistol is the only gun worth using. Josh Fortune will tell you Reach is the best Halo so it's just gravy from here.

That's why the first game from it was the fourth in the series, the prequel Halo: Reach. Microsoft are releasing games from the Master Chief Collection in the in-universe chronological order. Or comes with a big lump of more Halo in the Master Chief Collection if you buy that.

It's also covered by Xbox Game Pass For PC subscription. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is out now for £7/€10/$10 on Steam and Microsoft's Store. It was missing some features and had serious performance problems. Ye olde Combat Evolved was actually released on PC, in a 2003 port from Gearbox Software. Additionally, we're happy to introduce community-requested features such as the option to use 'classic' audio in multiplayer and improvements to Spartan customisation." And you can still toggle between the original Xbox look and the remade.

Microsoft say the PC release "looks and plays better than ever at 60 frames-per-second (or greater) with 4K UHD support, and players can fine-tune their experience with a vast array of options including variable framerate, native mouse/keyboard support and the ability to rebind controls, support for ultra-wide displays and different aspect rations, updated texture/shadow quality and more. If it looks a little old for a remake, that'll be because Anniversary was first revamped for Xbox 360 in 2011. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. You can snook a look in the launch trailer below. I never played it but my god, the things I've heard about its powerful pistol. This is the remake of Bungie's very first game in the first-person shooter series, the one which started Master Ian Chief's adventures on Xbox way back in 2001. Surprise! With little warning, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary launched on PC today.
