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'''''Halo: Combat Evolved''''', or simply '''''Halo''''', is a [[science fiction]] [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]] developed by [[Bungie Studios]], and the first installment of the [[Halo (video game series)|''Halo'' trilogy]]. It was released on [[November 15]], [[2001]] as a [[launch title]] for the [[Xbox]] gaming system,<ref name="metacritic"/> and is considered that platform's "[[killer application]]".<ref name=egmreview>''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' issue 150, pg 224</ref> With more than five million copies sold worldwide, ''Halo'' is second only to its sequel, ''[[Halo 2]]'', in sales for the Xbox video game console.<ref name=anniversary>{{cite web | url=http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=h2anniversary | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060216053628/http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=h2anniversary | archivedate=February 16, 2006 | title=''Halo 2'' Anniversary Special | work=[[Bungie.net]] | acessdate=October 13 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>
The titular, [[Halo (megastructure)|Halo]] is an enormous, ring-shaped artificial [[space habitat]], and, according to Bungie Studios, has a diameter of ten thousand kilometers.<ref name=bungie>{{cite web | last=Errera | first=Claude | date=January 10, 2000|url=http://www.bungie.org/matt.interview.html | title= Interview with Matt Soell | work=Bungie.org | accessdate=August 4 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Halo sits at a [[Lagrangian point|Lagrange point]] between a planet and its moon. Rotation provides the station's gravity.<ref name=gravity>{{cite web | last=Perry | first=Douglass | date=May 11, 2000 | url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/134/134552p1.html | title=Bungie's ambitious first-person shooter is coming... | work=[[IGN]] | accessdate=September 7 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> In the game, the player assumes the role of the [[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], a [[cyborg]] "super-soldier" with [[MJOLNIR battle armor|battle armor]]. The Master Chief is accompanied by [[Cortana]], an [[artificial intelligence]] who occupies the neural implant between the battle armor and the Master Chief's brain. Players battle various types of aliens on foot or in vehicles as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the Halo. The game has been called "easy to learn,"<ref name=dreamstation>{{cite web |date=September 13, 2003 | url=http://www.dreamstation.cc/reviews/xbox/halo/ | title= ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' review at DreamStation.cc | work=DreamStation | accessdate=August 5 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> and has been praised for its "engaging story".<ref name=gamespyreview>{{cite web | last=Accardo | first=Sal | date=November 15, 2001| url=http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/november01/halo/| title=GameSpy's review of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' for the Xbox |work=GameSpy | accessdate=September 2 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>
Widely considered to be one of the best, and most influential, first-person shooters of all time, ''Halo''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s acclaim rivals that of ''[[GoldenEye 007]]'' and ''[[Half-Life]]''. For example, ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' gave ''Halo'' a full score of ten out of ten, only the fourth such designation in the magazine's 12-year history.<ref name=edgereview>''Edge'' issue 105, pg 1 <small>([http://halo.bungie.org/pressscans/display.html?scan=edge.promomag review scans])</small></ref> Nevertheless, ''Halo'' has its critics. The game was tenth on [[GameSpy]]'s "Top 25 Most Overrated Games of All Time"; one reviewer stated that the game "recycl[ed] the same areas over and over until you were bored to tears."<ref name=gamespy>{{cite web| date=September 15, 2003 | url=http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25overrated/index17.shtml|title=Top 25 Most Overrated Games of All Time| work=GameSpy | accessdate=June 26 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>
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