The Halo series has reinvented first-person shooters. Even though Halo: Combat Evolved was only released in 2003, it is considered a classic. It has a really good story, and great graphics and sound. However, there are some serious problems. Sometimes, when enemies drop their guns, they'll get stuck inside environmental objects, spin around slowly and emit a horrible grinding noise that can be heard quite a distance away. Plus, Master Chief (the protagonist) scarcely talks. I'm halfway through the game and he's said about 120 words. Despite being rated M, halo isn't that inappropriate. The blood is ULTRA unrealistic, even that of humans. The thing that parents should be worried about is The Flood, a parasitic life form. The Flood starts out as cat-sized insect-shaped blobs, and when it infects someone, the effects are pretty gruesome. When The Flood infects a type of enemy called an Elite, the Elite's skin turns pale greenish brown. It's left hand is replaced by a whip-like cluster of red veins which it uses as a secondary weapon. The Elite's neck is lengthened and it's head is curled backwards, and another whiplike cluster of veins sprouts out of the chest. The really gruesome thing is, when you shoot them, it spurts out dark green blood and, if you place your shots correctly, you can shoot it's limbs off, and I've seen tiny chunks of flesh fall off, too. There isn't much sexual content in the game, but the holographic representation of the A.I. Cortana can get to be a little much. She's completely naked except for black lines covering up her bad parts. The only people who ever swear in the game are the Marines, and they only say mild words. However, Sgt. Avery Johnson described the space station/superweapon Halo as "God's own anti-son-of-a-b**** machine". One more comment is that CSM got the platforms wrong. It's available for windows, PC, Xbox and Xbox 360.

this is one of the first halos so the graohics are not that good wich means that the volience is not that bad but there is blood and a little bit of swearing but not a lot if i where to let my kids play any of the halo games this one would be it because all of the other ones have more swearing and more volience

This first Halo game is AW3S0M3!!!!!

My kid is 11 and really wants to play it. I say it's iffy to the point where he can be mature enough. Right now, he is, but I can't promise your 11 year old is. He plays it at home on his Xbox. Even though I do NOT let him play the other and newer Halo games such as Halo Reach or Halo 3, I let him play this "older one". Anyways, it is very iffy but parents make the decision. Also, you can go online (Multiplayer) and there can be some bad screen names. Such as, I was walking by in the kitchen and saw an opponent screen name's "Yellow-F**ker" And such sexual content people can use. But you dont see it much.

I LOVE Halo. It is my fav to do when I'm done w/ my homework. It has a little violence, but not very bad. u are only killing aliens anyway.

I don't really know why it's rated M. People say its because of the blood but there isn't really anything too graphic until you get to the flood, and if you think the flood is bad check out dead space: extraction (which is also rated M). Loved it anyway

This game is absolutely fine for kids. There is no reason it should be rated M for Mature at all. I played it when I was 9, and I can tell you: there's just as much blood when you fall down in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater than there is in this game. It's very clear that you should only shoot the aliens, there's no type of gore at all, and the only marginally scary portions occur when fighting the flood.

Themistocles2 is very right! If ya want details, read his review!

First of all, i would like to suggest this game be rerated. Nowadays, with the level of desensitization (ThrillKill was going to be rated AO, yet Postal 2 was rated M) this game deserves a T rating. The game in itself is very fun. The games creators use multiple things to lure players into the decent story. the game itself is very easy to learn and play. It has some blood, but the blood can be turned off on the PC.