When I launched HALO: Campaign Evolved, that same sound returned, only now renovated, deeper, richer. For a moment, I forgot that I was sitting in my living room at my desk with my child on my lap. Instead, I found myself in a room where chaos from a torn-open box was decorated with the hum of cables and the terrible guilt of an approaching December exam period.

Right from the start, the game makes it clear that this is a title unafraid to tell its story at a measured pace, with hundreds of interesting side quests and sandbox activities that can offer players hours upon hours of additional gameplay.