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Okay, but not worth it for the single player campain

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 16
Date: September 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Okay, but not worth it for the single player campaign
I don't play online, but I enjoyed Halo for what it was, as short as it was and really wanted to see where it was going. The answer, nowhere, really.
Halo 2 is more of a re-hash than a sequel. The computer voice admits it at the end "yeah, sounds familiar, I know" she says telling you how you are going to once again blow up the enemy by overloading something. Yea! Great?
What Halo 2 does do is offer some tighter controls (the vehicle improvements are vast if not perfect) though you drive and aim with the same movement, so you are always flying or driving towards your target, but you feel at least some control as you kamikaze! What I really hate is the zoom - aim feature, because if you take a hit it un-zooms and you have to zoom back, it's very annoying if you play like me and try to take out as many bad-guys as possible before moving in.
There's some issues with the dual-play feature as well, you are both Master Chief and some alien called Arbiter whom Master Chief defeated in the first Halo. The problem with Arbiter is that he plays just like Master Chief, so you don't care that it's different, his stats are purple, MC's are Blue! The issue is I keep forgetting who to shoot at and keep killing Arbiter's allies out of habit. Since he fights just like MC, why play as him at all?
The cut scenes are rendered to cinematic levels, but the actual graphics range from slick to badly pixilated and blurry. Too often I felt claustrophobic and ended up having no idea which way was up, or out.
As for the Campaign, I have no idea what online play is like, but if you don't play online borrow, do not buy this game for $50.00. This game will take a maximum of 8hrs for a novice player. You never go back more than a few minutes when you die, which is great, but that there are no puzzles, no searching, no tactics to work out here, just point, shoot, collect, move! The game forces you in each direction, you never have anywhere to go but where you have to. There are no extra areas to explore, no secrets to find, no hidden treasures or mysteries.
The end, once again, is uneventful. Worse, it's a cliffhanger! I felt like the game barely began and it was over and unresolved. What a massive disappointment.
I have to wait for H3 to come out on PC because I am not buying an Xbox360. Oh, well. If they combine the three games into one, it might be worth $50.00.
As to technical issues, I had none. I'm running a HP PV9000 custom laptop. Vista Ultimate 64, 2gig ram, 100 & 150gig sata hard drives, 2gig ready boost SD card, with a AMD 64 Turion x2 @1.8ghz. I had to use 1280 X 768 resolution because the full 1680 X 1050 my screen uses made the mouse move too slow. The game ran fine at all settings to max but the mouse movement was too slow even at level 10 speed, lowering the resolution made no difference in how the game looked, none, so it didn't matter at all.

Good PC version of the X Box game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: November 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Same as the X Box version, only runs on Vista however. As usual, several start up screens to wade through. Game play, both on-line and local, is smooth and fluid on a modern computer with a good video adapter. Possible to use a gamepad or mouse/keyboard.

Wow Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 16
Date: May 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Hands down, i dont know what the hell the other reviewer was thinking when he wrote that review, but this is no doubt one of the best pc gmaes ever made. And it came out for windows vista!!!!!! yahhhhhh! this version looks 1100000000 times better than the xbox halo 2 and the multiplayer kills the xbox live version. the story line is amazing, a little short but who cares? and the multiplayer blew me away. millions of hours of the coolest new maps! buy this game!!!!!!

Halo 2 Windows Vista Version

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Way better than console version. Awesome graphics with very smooth gameplay. Need to have a very stong system for optimal performance. Must have if a Halo fan.

so awsome if your computer runs fast

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this game is really fun even my friend loves it and he has an x box 360 with live, but i do warn you better have a fast computer

Worse than 1, but still OK

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well, where to begin...the story is short, i beat it in 2 days, the HUD is simplified for the console kiddies, the is no HEALTH, you have your shields then 4 or 5 hits then your dead, and the worst thing of all, online play is NOT FREE! The best thing about Halo 1 is that you could go online all the time and fight it out...but now with PAY multi player? Its sad to see this game sink so low...The graphics are alright at best, nothing to exciting...considering this is a game for windows VISTA i expected DirectX 10 but nope, its Dx9...i wish wal-mart had a return period on games if you weren't satisfied, I'd take it back in a heartbeat...AVOID THIS GAME! The two-prong storyline is good, but that can't make up for the downfalls...

Great Experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

the interface was much easier than the first version and the special effects are great well worth the price

Halo issues

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: January 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really love the Halo game, but haven't played it yet, because it isn't loading on my PC. Starting to get upset. Is there supposed to be more than one disc with this? If I get this thing running I may change this review, but until then... not happening. Or an exchange or refund.

Halo 2 Ed's review

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Halo 2 This s/w can only be used with Windows Vista and I do not have windows vista, I have Windows XP. Thus I waisted my money on a product I can not use.

Wait a minute....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Activation? ACTIVATION??
C'mon.... I paid you my money, so now I should be able to install/uninstall as I need to. Take a lesson from Valves Steam... with them I dont feel like I'm being punished.
I played the 1st couple minutes that MS allows you with out activation and decided it wasnt worth it.
Uninstall, goodbye!

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