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2nd only to original Halo IMO

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Excellent game. Only 2 minor criticisms.
- 1) Game is very long, but seems to be unfinished
- 1a) last level is not w/Master Chief, which seems odd.
- 1b) the cut-scenes (which are of minimal importance anyway) seem to have glitches where some parts of the animation appear, then others (not all at once).
- 1c) multiplayer maps were released later for more money. these should have been released free. some of them were merely levels from the game.
- 2) no multiplayer bots. they can do this, they just won't, forcing you to go online to spend more money if you want to play at home against someone else and no friends are over.

Other than these minor gripes, the game is flawless and one of the best games for any system. arguably 2nd only to the original halo. I'd give this a 4.8 or 4.9 if it were possible.

I still wish MS had splintered off a Bungi team and had them develop Halo2 based on the original Halo engine so we wouldn't have to wait so long for the release, while simultaneously developing a new Halo game with the new engine.

An odd appeal...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Is this game's appeal 50% hype and only 50% value? Well, I was never a real fan of a shooting game, but prudence had me buy an X Box, this game, and a headset, and I never looked back. The biggest appeal of this game is the control. It is not revolutionary or ground-breaking, but the feel of it is such that attracts. It isn't the response but, say, the speed and timing of it. Other shooters have been either too fast (Quake III), or too slow (James Bond series). This game has fine-tuned the control of a shooting game. Even at first you'll notice how user-friendly they are. After a while you really start to get intuitive. You'll be switching weapons like tools, and shooting to your right or throwing a grenade to your left while heading for a target up ahead. Last but not least is the multiplayer factor. Tons of replay value. The campaign is OK, but online gaming with the ability to communicate and form teams with a game this easy to control has to be seen to be believed. The only downsides are just edges that'll be smoothed out for part 3, which include a lack of characters (only 2), bail-out option for when you're in a vehicle and someone has you locked with the rocket launcher (certain demise), weapons that're unstoppable at close range one on one (sword, shotgun, rocket launcher and plasma-battle rifle combo), broad maps with only two sniper rifles (rules the match if in good hands), and the inability to custom-color your character (paint, not just selecting a few available), which one would assume 744MHz could handle easily. May seem like a lot, but when the downsides can be identified this easily, you're not far from a perfect game.

not as good as the first one but still great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good game but no game is ever gonna be as good as the first halo. In this game the story line just like the last game it is really good. The graphics rule and im about to give away a spoiler but this game is different cause now you can play as the covenete you play against the flood. The game has a good ending because it sets up for the sequal witch is supose to come out on the xbox 360 so if you like halo 1 then definetly get this game.

The Best Game ever....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Say no more, this is it and it has delivered, don't waste your time reading this, buy it and know that it is the sequel to the best ever console game made.... and Halo 2 is better!!
Buy it.
Game on!
CYA LIVE

Just plain sick!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If your a parent looking at this game to buy your kids or maybe even yourself, look no further. I am a college student and this game is so entertaining you could play it for hours. I do however recommend the online feature. Playing online will ensure that a person never get bored with the game. Parents buy it, every other gamer in the world buy it b/c it's worth it. I'm sure everyone over 18 that plays XB already has it.

Took me by surprise this one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'll mention this straight out: I don't have an Xbox and never played Halo 1 besides a multiplayer match but recently a relative of mine is staying with us and he has an Xbox and Halo 2 so I checked out single player. Didn't realize how fun it was but one thing bugged me.

Story: I played the game a second time so I understood it more so it here it is. The Covenant are attacking Earth under orders from one of the Prophets. Didn't catch the reason why. A group of creatures called Brutes led by Tarturus want to activate Halo without the knowledge Halo kills all life within a 15-000 light year radius.

Sound/Music: This I can speak of. The music is downright catchy. They'll be moments of utter nothingness besides game sounds than some catchy techno-esque thing comes on. The voices are good too, but again, see above comment about aliens. The marines are good with some celebrity voices, but since one of them is David Cross, who played Zero in San Andreas who has the most annoying mission ever, I kind of hate the guy automatically.

Gameplay: This game is quite fun. Now given the option to Duel wield, you can have a Magnum in one hand and a SMG in the other. You can't throw grenades during this though which sucks cause I love throwing them and the enemy catches it. You can ride some vehicles with my favorite being the Ghost, this kind of futuristic motor bike almost.

The AI for the marines is also great too, no longer just shoot haphazardly, although I found myself without marines several times. The enemy AI is nice too, with enemies dodging attacks or crouching to avoid gunfire. One enemy I hate is these Brutes, this rhino-like things who either like to charge or fire grenades, hard to dodge those things.

Also cool is you play as the Arbiter, one of the Covenant who's maybe not as bad as his buddies. While Master Chief's black button move is flashlight, Arbiter goes invisible Predator-style, which is just downright fun to get the drop on them. My favorite weapon has to be the Energy Sword, you can do a mad dash and kill them in one hit(except Brutes and these other massive things). And in a have-to-kill-them-but-so-cute way are the Grunts, these little midget things that like to yell at you or if they're on your team, thank you for saving them.

Since we don't have 2 controllers, I can't comment on multiplayer but it does give plenty of options and with the addition of Xbox Live, you probably won't leave the house much but with single player, since it's so short, you probably will but you'll kick ass while doing it.

Possibly the best console FPS out there to date!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I just wanted to say that this game rocks!! No matter if your playing single player or online this is no doubt one of the better FPS ever created!!

Halo 2 Review:

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

At first I was unhappy with Halo 2's campaign due to it's sort length. But after playing it a year, i've found it to be quiet enjoyable. When people talk about comparing Halo:CE to Halo 2. i tell them to reconsider there debate about one being better than the other. I tell them that it is impossible to compare two totally diffrent games. sure Halo:CE has one of the best singleplayer exsperiances, but Halo 2 has the greatest Mulitplayer exsperiance. So in the end, after having played Halo CE for five years and Halo 2 for one. i have to say that if you buy Halo 2, you should check out where it all started. But regarding Halo 2 it is one of two reasons to own as Xbox.

*Yawns*

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was psyched about Halo2 coming out but when I saw some bull**** program on MTV with Hillary Duff and that queer punk boyband Good Charlotte jumping on the Halo2 bandwagon it made me sick. I bought the game yesterday and Im not impressed. The new weapons and sound is awesome but that's about it.

*it's rated M because of all the so called violence and alien blood. Compared to Shellshock67 this game is nothing*

Phenomonal!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The multiplayer for this game is incredible! It's alot of fun. The singleplayer is also fun to play through and there are a ton of easter eggs and glitches.

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