>>538272975
No it wasn't.
>>538272908
Halo looked fucking amazing in 1999, and the physics behind it, especially the vehicles, were mind blowing. I had never seen a game that mixed running around on foot and vehicles to that level of fidelity before, and honestly, it wasn't until Halo (and Operation Flashpoint) came out in 2001 that you could play a game like that. Tribes had vehicles, but nothing like Halo. All that said, personally I think Halo's visual style peaked with Halo CE, and it's been all downhill since, with some literal bright spots here and there.