Jason MacIsaac has written a Halo review for the electric playground, and it's glowingly positive. In fact, they even liked the controls:

Halo has the best control of any console shooter I've ever played. I can't quite put my finger on what it is. Maybe it's the responsiveness of the controls, maybe it's the joystick placement on the Xbox controller, I don't know. In just about every console shooter I've played, I've always been conscious of the controls, because I was always fighting with them. After about 10 minutes with Halo, I forgot all about it. I could track enemies with ease, picking them off from different elevations. The only challenge in tagging them came from their slippery moves, the control always remained precise. I could easily switch weapons, toss a grenade, reload, jump, crouch, zoom in with a sniper rifle... I have never, repeat never, felt this level of comfort with a console shooter.

The reviewer gushed over the vehicles, the graphics, the attention to detail; about the only thing he didn't like was the lack of bots. Still, the overall rating was only 89%. Tough grader.