Great for Multiplayer only..........
355776
For the most part I enjoyed this game. I gave it a rating of 1 star to get your attention and to point out that this is only HALF a game. It offers both single player and online multiplay.
If you love multiplayer games and have a broadband connection...this game is awesome. WARNING - Most of the Halo Multiplayer servers, groups and games I played were filled with immature 14 year olds that curse 4 letter words at you and accuse you of cheating all the time because they can't shoot straight. I prefer more mature surroundings!
If you are looking for a great single player experience...forget it.
First of all the graphics are pretty...but dated. Look at UT 2003 on a high end vid card and compare it to Halo. Halo is bland, the levels are redundant. The outside levels are pretty but nothing impressive.
Even on the hardest settings this game is way too scripted, the enemy AI is pathetic and predictable. It is not intelligent AI. All the programmers did was setup scripted actions and triggers to generate hoardes and hoardes of enemies to come at you at set intervals as you proceed through a level.

Want to beat them easily? Say your in a level exploring...just walk slowly until you trigger some enemies to appear, back track a bit for protection and keep your back to a wall. Kill the enemies as they approach, then step back to where you triggered the enemies, see if you can trigger more and repeat these instructions until you are clear. Proceed and investigate further until you trigger more enemies. Repeat this strategy throughout the level and the rest of the game.
If you get into a heated, heavy battle, just use cover...pop out, shot some aliens and duck again. They almost never pursue you. Only the weird, mutants chase you. Just shotgun them. Nice and simple.
There are some tiny little parasite style aliens that are more annoying than dangerous. Don't waste your ammo on them, just let them crash into your shield, let your shield recharge and proceed. PIECE OF CAKE. I walked through this game on the hardest settings, without breaking a sweat, the AI is disappointing. Not horrible, but very PREDICTABLE.
Online Multiplay is where this game shines...the weapons are so-so...but having vehicles to drive around is a blast.
If you are thinking of buying this title...I would wait. February 3rd, 2004 is the release of Unreal Tournament 2004.
************ Unreal Tournament 2004 **********
It has vehicles, awesome weapons, a huge online following and BOT AI that will bring you to your knees. I have sampled the beta versions of it and all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
355984
Avoid this game for now. If they get their act together then take a look at it.

Graphics are just average (at best), game play seems very close to BC2 and MP is almost unplayable during prime time. Actually, it is unplayable since you simply cannot connect during primetime... it's like playing the lottery just to get in a game.

Wait to see if they get these things ironed out and then purchase. Especially if you are purchasing it primarily for multiplayer.
4555463
No 4 player split screen play, no purchase from me.  I've owned every HALO game since the first system and have had great times with my brother, friends and now my children on the coach all playing together locally or via xbox live.  343 decided graphics were more important than the game play that made the franchise great.  I guess I'll wait for HALO 6... hopefully 4 players on one screen will return.
2539807
Game is fun to play but the online multiplayer does not work. You get a passcode but it no longer works. There's nothing that can be done about it either. Very disappointing. That was the main reason for getting this game was for the multiplayer gameplay
2352846
Is there a lawsuit filed yet?? Purchased this game a few months ago. Multiplayer was a bit slow to find games, but for the last month or so...pretty much non existent (unless you have 4 or 5 hours to wait for one....if you're LUCKY, you just might after that wait. You would think that with the amount of problems, they would go ahead and patch so dedicated servers could be added. Paid 50 dollars for this. I would feel as if I stole money. Guess Activision and Sledgehammer games are fine with this. How this is even for sale still boggles the mind....what a complete waste. Take that 39.00 your about to spend on this and wipe your butt with it.....
657380
I'm deployed to Afghanistan, thanks for wasting my money with this online only BS! How about allowing single player and LAN play? All Blizzard can think about is how to squeeze more money out of it!
1552061
I purchased this game four months after launch because of the bugs I kept reading about. I read they had finally fixed the multiplayer bugs so I purchased it based on my love for BF3. Well, if this is what they consider fixed I'd hate to see what they consider broken. When the multiplayer works it's fun. Problem is it only works half the time. Rubberbanding, dropped sessions and non responsive controls. I would recommend avoiding this one on XBOX 360. Not sure how it's acting on the other platforms.
1125978
The single player campaign is a loud swirled mass of clown puke. Some of the set pieces were really cool, but IW has jumped the shark on this one...or maybe, giant snow canyon.

Spec ops is the only place where you will get a decent multi (by that, I mean, two player) game in, because...

Multiplayer is riddled with hackers and cheaters using aimbots and other things. I would say in the last week I've played 3 hours a day during US primetime, and in about 85% of games there was at least one if not two players using cheats of some sort. Note, I am NOT talking about speed builds, and glitching in the maps. I am talking about straight up cheating with 3rd party utilities. Things that basically lock you on people's heads with no user input needed. And that's REALLY easy to see with the nice new killcam feature that is in MW2.

Great, you see a hacker. What can you do? Report him? Tell or email the server admin? Instant message your admin? Votekick?

No, none of those. Nothing. NOTHING. Worse yet, in those Hardcore multiplayer modes, there is NO killcam, and no replays (and this is by design, and GOOD), so you have no idea if that 45 kill-0 death guy really is that awesome, or if you're getting scammed.

So, the game is fun. But you know what? If you can't play the game as it was designed to be played, it's no longer fun. Therefore, 1 star. I'll move on to PC devs. Even ValvE's move to release L4D2 so soon after the first game was seen poorly at first, but you know what? They're actually dedicated and know how treat their playerbase.
3916616
Absolutely the worst online multiplayer CoD ever made!  If Sledgehammer was out to make an online experience worse than Black Ops II then they have succeeded!  I mean if you like top be shot in the back within the first 2 steps of spawning then you will love this game!  I have already seen both teams spawn in the exact same spawn point inches apart!!!  And lag or yeah, you gotta love the CoD lag!!  Just another step backwards for CoD!!
2533884
I am not at all happy with the online multiplayer experience of Battlefield 4 on Xbox One.  The game play is fun, the graphics are great, but the problem is that you can't get to multiplayer games.  I also don't like EA's approach to making this game "super premium" at launch.  If you pay $60 for a game at release, then I expect to get be able to use all of the features and content of the game at launch.  If new maps and content come out later, then I would expect to pay for those.

Here are my issues with multiplayer:
1) Can't get into any servers
2) Servers all show 0 players
3) Random game selection - press "Conquest" game type, get placed in a "team deathmatch" game

I expected so much more from EA with this game and from DICE and this franchise.
4977630
Gamespy apparently doesn't support this game, so take it to a LAN party. But don't get 'bugged' if they play Battlefield 1942 all night, because it is much better. In Razor Unit, you just run around shooting. It can be tricky at times, because it's hard to tell where they're shooting from. I didn't notice any bugs but I never played it without the patch. I have a P4 2.4GHZ with a GeForce 4 440. Seems to be compatible with everything. But nobody is ever onlne to play multiplayer.
1439899
Well ... is a great game ...

First... don't wasted your time searching ubi downloader ... plz download from amazon .. directly ... it's work fine ... i has tasted multiplayer... and works fine .... it take a little bit time to get online but ... when you are inn .. you are in ... jajaja ... great multiplayer game .. .many hours of funn
1420093
Bought this game recently and was shocked how fun it is (especially playing with others). This is one of my most played games at this time, I can play for hours. Horde mode is cool (once you learn the maps) but campaign mode is awesome.  If you like shooting hordes of undead with friends this is the game for you. Update: was trying to connect to a game this morning and some guy with 10 dollar dsl (or a bad sony) had a lobby up. No one could connect (you could watch people try to connect and then leave) and there's no way to connect to another game, the 90's match making system just keeps connecting to the same lobby (even though it doesn't work). Knocking off 2 stars for lame game matching.
3714147
I bought the game without knowing anything about it at all. I didn't know this game would be only for multiplayer. I still think it should have had a singe player with a story. Of course there is a skirmish that lasts 8 rounds only for the in-game throne, but it wasn't enough for me. I prefer single player to multiplayer when it comes to rpg or rts games. The game has great characters, fine battles, and you don't build anything. You manipulate only one unit in-game. Sounds like it should be a fail, but it's not. Once you try it, you'll probably like it. I did. I hope sequel will have A LOT MORE to offer. I don't want to depend only on multiplayer and 8 rounds of single player game. MORE, MORE, MORE!
4148031
Why?  Because on a 56k modem it runs damn near flawlessly.  AoE and AoK [was bad]for this reason, IMO.  I dunno why I am reading all these great reviews about the single player campaign, although it was good.  The best part of this game is the competition with other players on Battle.netm be it 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, or FFA, this game is amazing online.  I give the single player campaign 3 1/2 stars, but the online play will beat any preivious Blizzard RTS title hands down, and make Microsoft's garbage look like a joke.
I never realized it until I bought this game, but Blizzard pwns.  You play this game and know it was a labor of love.  Keep em coming, guys, unless, that is, you lose the feeling, then stop pls.  This game rules.
SlyyDaugg
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4606883
Origin is awful.  Want to load the game?  Launch it and go make dinner.
Single Player.  ***Spoiler Alert*** at the end it is [SPACE] the E then LMB then E.  I was on the edge of my seat.  Way to go ripping of CoD even to the point of making the ending a cutscene where you only hit a few random keys to "play".  I feel cheated.  EA has lost my business.
Multiplayer is a joke.  Well might be good when they finally figure out how to get it to work.
2228746
I had a lot of fun playing the online multiplayer demo, so with its modest price tag, I bought it online and thought I would have a lot more fun. Something in the controls just doesn't feel as sharp as it does in the Call of Duty series, of which I am a huge fan. The sound in this game is great, so if you have some nice speakers, it would be fun just to take them "for a spin" with this game. Overall, another option if you're looking for a first person shooter, but definitely not as good as the Call of Duty series.