It’s always been a classic and kickstarter for the Xbox it had many features that games today are implementing because of it. The story starts on the Pillar of Autumn which is a UNSC (human) ship, after it just escaped from the planet of Reach which was destroyed by the alien faction known as the Covenant. The Covenant consists of many species and are added to in later installments of the franchise. The ship comes across a weapon from an ancient society known as the Forrunners, this weapon is a giant artificial world in the shape of a ring as the Pillar of Autumn is attacked you escape to the ring in a life boat and the ship crash landed on the ring. This ring contains a multitude of creatures kept in containment but where accidentally released by the Covenant, the creatures are parasitic life forms and you must fight through it all and find a way to destroy the ring before it is used to wipe out all sentient life in the galaxy, it was designed to stop the flood by killing its food which is sentient life. Then there is the multiplayer which back in the day was incredible and allowed to have to be in the same room as a friend your playing with and it was very fun to play the whole campaign co-op with my best friends, those were the days back in 2001 this game is still incredible to this day as an anniversary version was released in 2010 or 2011 I believe that overhauled on the graphics and added some other features like audio improvement and it made Marty O’ Donnell’s incredible music a bit louder in gameplay. Overall this game was and still is a masterpiece and I think it’s always gonna be better than many games today and if you’ve never played this game I suggest you get to it because it is a true original that helped make Xbox what it is today.