Also via Louis Wu at HBO comes word of this report from Hyperium about a Halo review at TechTV.

Apparently, they preferred Oddworld over Halo, rating the former a perfect 5 and calling it a must-have while giving Halo only a 4 in the Gameplay and Sound categories.

Although there's no rating category for it, it looks as if one of their major problems with the game were the controls:

The first thing you will notice when playing the game is that it takes a while to adjust to the controls, which make use of every button on the Xbox controller. Moving is controlled via the left analog stick, and your camera (i.e. your character's head) is controlled with the right. Getting the hang of moving around like this can take anywhere from a few minutes to an hour, and it only becomes more complex when faced with an enemy, trying to fire with the controller's right trigger, and reload with the x-button. Thankfully, most levels offer plenty of stuff to hide behind while you get your bearings. One major gripe some players may have is that you cannot run, which at times gives the game a lethargic feel.

The rest of the review is mostly positive, although it does have a few minor inaccuracies; it erroneously seems to indicate that the game's AI drives the jeep during solo play, when it can't, and refers to the developers as Bungie Software rather than the appropriate Bungie Studios . The review also includes a video clip.