Halo: Combat Evolved changed everything. That sort of hyperbole is thrown around a lot when we mention influential games, but with Halo it’s actually true for once. This shooter created a blueprint that dozens would copy, making it so shooters didn’t control like absolute garbage on console while single-handedly launching the Xbox brand.
Bungie’s shooter began life as a third-person experience in development for Mac, but an unexpected purchase from Microsoft saw Master Chief’s debut morph
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