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 game is amazing w/ only occasional swearing and blue alien blood splatters on the walls. Otherwise, it is extremely fun to play. I play Halo and Halo 2, 3, and 3 ODST all the time with my cousins. It's like family bonding trying to stop the Covenant and the Flood. The Flood was pretty creepy at first tho, so if ur kids get freaked out about parasitic aliens, I would wait until they're older.

An amazing game that I could play forever. It is no worse than the Call of Duty games or Battlefield games: The language is about the same, the violence is about the same, and in Halo the blood is blue, and you're shooting aliens not real people. It should definetly be teen not mature.

Its really not that violent. I love halo and out of all of them there may be a level or two between them that is a little iffy. These games are fun and anyone over twelve should be able to play them. The aliens dont really spurt out gore or anything, they just die and a bit of blue or orange hits the ground

Halo is an excellent game. Great environments, widely-varied weapons, and a great story all come together and it's awesome. I suppose it is a little violent but its really not nearly as bad or graphic as everyone and their uncle makes it out to be (remember that it is a GAME, a metaphor for problem solving and real time reaction skills, not real life). Really the biggest issue for me is the language. You hear d**n, h*ll, b**ch, and a*s sprinkle in the background dialog and in cutscenes. While not anywhere close to being gratuitous in this area, I still think that it should be noted. (I suppose my real issue here is with the ESRB) One final note on the violence is that it's all for a good cause. An alien alliance known as the Covenant are trying to wipe out humanity down the last man, woman, and child and it's basically up to you to stop them from getting control of Halo or finding Earth.

this halo is the most violent of all the halo games; when you hit an alien blood sprays out. despite this, halo is a grreat game for preteens who can handle fantasy violence

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buy it for any 8 year old kid!!! they saay da-- he-- and su-- but its a great game!!! only thing is the flood there like zombies so they are gross and coould giv your kid nightmars

This game can be both entertaining and addictive, but I honestly don't know why everyone went so crazy about it. It's got great AI, but that's the only thing in it that you don't see in other games. In any case, a lot of people think that it is too violent for teens. Of course, they'll say that about any shooter game that gets this popular. The fact of the matter is, it deserved a T rating. The violence in it is entirely sci-fi epic action violence, and it isn't even very gory, not to mention the fact that you aren't shooting at humans anyway. There's also some minor swearing. I can kind of understand parents' concern with games like the "Grand Theft Auto" games (even though I do love them), but this game really doesn't have anything in it that you won't find in your average T-rated game.