It's a lot like the other Halo games. Same weapons and moves. You're just not as resilient as the original hero. Still fun with gorgeous maps. The online experience can be somewhat annoying though with all the trash talking, but fortunately there's a function in the xbox that allows you to mute anyone that's not on your friends list.

Really violent and bloody. Really fun though. Not a long game. I bought this used for 35.00. And i only got six missions in the whole game. To quick of missions. Final mission is soooo long.

its great for kids 12 and up, vilolence is an issue in a way but the blood is blue from aliens no language issue barley any. i have 2 twin 12 yr. olds they love playing multiplayer.

it is good for ten year olds but it does have coarse languge.

The entire game is great, but there are some major and minor components that just aren't for kids. First, a minor component is one part where the protagonist is required to kill a crazed ally to proceed through a passage. Second, a major component is that there are telephones scattered throughout the world for the protagonist to find. When he does, it plays a recording and tells the story of some young girl trying to escape the razed city. There are certain parts where the player can hear the girl getting beaten and raped. Soon after, the player is meant to assume that she is saved from any other harm. Overall, I think this is inappropriate for most kids.

It's an amazing game with amazing gameplay. Younger teens tend not to LIKE the game as much as more "experienced" gamers but that doesn't mean that it is too inappropriate for anyone over the age of thirteen or fourteen. It all depends on the maturity of your children.

Here's the rundown, I hate this series and this game. Especially this one. It is a complete waste of time and money. It has a dryer than dry storyline, and a complete joke of a multiplayer. The multiplayer is virtually the same as Halo 3. It was as if the producers just wanted to get away with doing as little as possible. If you have played any halo game other than wars, you would be a fool to have you or your kids play this game.

This is a great game, and M rating isn't too far off, but T would be more accurate. First off, its not a good choice for 11-, but 12 is a good age to think about it. Commonsense had a decent review of it, but exagerated the violence. The violence is like Star Wars Battlefront 2 meets COD 3, and the blood is always discolored, unless you shoot your teammates. But even the youngest kids know thats wrong. The langauge is probably why it was rated M, because they do use some strong langauge such as bullsh*t, a**hole, and b*stard, but thats nothing compared to Gearsof War, Black Ops, or Bad company 2. And yes it does have online chat, but you can mute people if they cuss, but only about one in every twelve people cuss, which is about 8% out of 100.

This is a game where you shoot aliens but no people. The aliens are violent and may be disturbing to some kids. There is quite a spill of blood but 90% of it is alien blood. It is blue green, orange, and sometimes red. when u shoot the certain aliens that have red blood there is ALOT! when you shoot a dead PERSON blood flies out and dripps on the ground. You can also kill your own guys and there will be blood. You can also go up to aliens and whack them with your gun, or hammer. There is alot of H*LL. I mean ALOT! you almost always hear what the H*LL. *ssh*ole is used. And so is Sh*t a couple times. B**tards is used maybe about 15 times in the game. Son of a B*t*h is used only once or twice. D*MN is used quite a bit... D*MN the aliens! is yelled a couple few times. I WAANNA SHOOT IM IN A REAL BAD MOOD! is used sometimes, angrily. die Die DIE! is used alot angrily too. If you go on Xbox Live with a headset you CERTANLY will hear the F word ALOT! and other curse words. The violence is not that intense either. But it mostly just depends on your kids' attitudes. If your kids run around the house cursing and screaming DIE!!!! don't get this game for them