Halo: Combat Evolved Review

I remember those days. Playing XBox with my buddy back at his house until we decided that we needed sleep to survive. Of course, the only game we ever played was Halo. We spent ages on that campaign, trying desperately to defeat the armies of Aliens. I remember those happy days, shooting Flood with shotguns, spamming that assault rifle, gunning in the back of the warthog in that final Warthog run, the laughter when we saw Sergent Johnson hug that Elite and the disappointment of seeing Chief take his helmet off, only to be blocked by a part of the ship. but, that was 10 years ago (more or less) And playing Combat Evolved nowadays feels difference to what is was. For starters, I'm playing on Mac. While the controls are fine, give me a controller any day. I was glad I was able to customize the controls, otherwise I don't think I'd be able to have kept playing it for long. Anyway, I like the graphics a lot actually. Despite the age, it's pretty well done for its time. But the only problem I have with it is that the world feels too much like planet Earth. Halo is an immense Megastructure, not our spinning blue ball. The environments look as though they were ripped from the countryside. I may be picky, but I've played Metroid Prime and seen what gaming has to offer alien locals. Anyhoo, as a regular player of Halo Reach, (my personal favourite Halo game, I was a little taken aback by what the game did, or didn't do. There were so few weapons that I almost felt lonely. I rarely differed from the combo of the Assault rifle and the Pistol, unless I had to. Not only that, the guns feel so overpowered that they're all you really need. I also miss the Armour Abilities. If I was "stuck" in reach, I had a chance of survival thanks to my trusty Armour lock, but in Combat Evolved, there is an agonising few seconds as you realiase and accept "Oh. Dead man walking" I hate that feeling. While that Campagin is heaps of fun, I do have to take breaks every now and then, because I occasionally feel as though I'm doing the same thing over and over. Still, maybe it isn't fair comparing it to Reach, but then again, it's hard not to. I enjoyed Combat Evolved and I do recommend it to anyone. 
(Note: The multiplayer is broken in the Mac version, so there's not going to be any news on that)