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Halo is a packaged product very well and proves, if proof were ever really need, goodness Microsoft hardware: graphics and sound at the highest levels will not fail to strike even the most demanding player. But it is deepening the experience of Halo game that puts into play his cards better: high artificial intelligence will also force players to take more daring assault and fighting techniques that go far beyond the use of brute force, significantly increasing the level of challenge that the game offers .

We will forgive you, for once, the self-quotation in question, but the advent of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition is for those who wrote one of those rare events in which the heart's passion overpowers reason and ends up having the best . After almost ten years, various sequels / prequels, loads of copies sold, and more, put the disk in this remake DVD compartment is not only a purely mechanical exercise, but due to an act of love. Because if the world of video games is what is currently a piece of the credit surely goes to the work undertaken by Bungie in that distant November 15, 2001. Dear old Spartan how much water has passed under the bridge since then and how many hours of fun we've been able to give? It is time to settle, as far as possible, this sweet debt.

Loaded the game (we recommend the installation for optimal use), it'll take a few seconds to figure out why 343 Industries, responsible for the implementation, has decided to give birth to Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition: providing a total contribution Bungie at work and all those who have always put their trust in a range capable of scoring in a profound way the age of first person shooter. And so, against a trivial presentation immediately able to put light on the new layout, takes its place alongside the classic text "loading" with a blue glow that beckons the net the first episode of the series. Old and new come together, giving way to an experience so well taken care of and attention to detail as to pour a few genuine tears of emotion.

But it is only the beginning of something which, although already known and played in agony, unable in any so as to fascinate the first time. Indeed, more than before, because now it's time to play the undisputed founder abandoning 50/60hz synchronization problems, or worse yet those damn black bars on the TV side due to emulation code clearly not suited to today's technologies. It's time to put that on the track for so long, and who knows even though, Final Fantasy 7 fans have always wanted: to enjoy their great love after a sound whipping to the beautician. Why deny such a pleasure?

The beginning of the game, as everyone knows by now, sees the arrival of the ship Pillar of Autumn, commanded by Captain Keys, on a mysterious planet that ring, after a sudden escape from the attack of the Covenant. A situation that, after the release of several episodes of the series - particularly Halo: Reach - comes not at all new to fans who now know almost by heart the story of the universe Bungie (of which we here at terminals from juicy advances analyze, but we bring you nothing). What dominates the scene is of course the teacher, the thawing of Master Chief from his cell (in this regard: enjoy the scene and then restart the game by changing the level of difficulty: the game from its best level of heroic) , with the next set of game controls.

Everything was as it should be: damn damn unchanged and equal to ten years ago. But this is not enough to make the idea of the immense deja vu that instantly stifle the player's brain ... a few more steps and it is already time to dodge the blows of the assault on the Covenant ship, talk to the captain, load the old helmet and Cortana's memory jump on board a boat on the mysterious Halo in order to understand what's going on. The time for a few minutes and realize immediately that we are just damn ... no one survived the crash and regroup with our comrades of war will not be easy undertaking. Because there are dozens out there ... ribs ... damn thousands of aliens willing to do anything to keep control and send the creator of Halo. In a few simple words: quintal of cannon fodder to satisfy the ego of our great hero.

Ten years ago the first episode of Halo was able, on the Xbox, to dictate new graphics standards for the time. However, the public made a sharer, in fact, was not so simple. Many, unfortunately, they stopped too early in the game, giving only a handful of minutes to it and, of course, only for the first short side. Let's be clear: the initial level at the edge of our armored certainly did not shine technical construction and style. All too flat to make a miracle but, above all, too hasty judgments to be really realistic. Because the game was enough to devote more space to see those narrow spaces become enormous and fascinating scenery with majestic mountains, forests, and breathtaking views. A continuous Rossini crescendo, able to amplify even more the feeling of total addictive game that could give, only having the foresight to give it the right time to get going as it should. And the same happens here too, albeit in a slightly different key. Aficionados of the series for sure in mind the evolution of the graphics engine in the world of Halo, and the differences with this remake of the first episode we see them all. It lacks the complexity of polygonal achieved in recent episodes, making it clear from the outset the fact that time passes for everyone mercilessly.