In these giant human hives, only the rich feel the rays of the sun and breathe the cleanest air. The city's condition declines as its levels descend. Below the slums is an underworld of criminals, cultists and worse. 2000 Halo is a third-person action epic that takes place indoors, outdoors, in the sky and beneath the surface of a world. Its hallmark is a fantastic graphics engine that provides the game with a level of visual detail that hasn't been seen before.
Players become a military recon unit of a human planetary empire.
Alien warships chase the unit to a massive and ancient ring construct in space. Game play requires players to improvise a guerrilla war over land, sea and air, using the weapons and vehicles of three distinct cultures, and will include weapons as diverse as composite swords and orbital bombardment. Play as the Federation, Klingons, Cardassians or JemHad'ar and control up to six ships at once in real-time space combat. The game's 30 missions are spread across three campaigns, and players will play as all four species in the game. Also look forward to 20 classes of starships, including favorites like the Defiant, Galaxy and Sovereign classes, and some new designs created exclusively for Dominion Wars.