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Another Great X-Box, Halo Game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The first Halo was very overrated in terms of gameplay because it just wasn't what people said it was. Halo 2 though, lived up to its excellence. It lived up to the hype. Even though I wasn't that excited about getting it, and if I didn't get it I didn't care, but now when I finally played it I realized how good it is.

The first player game is great, but harder then the first one. Not that much improvements, except some new weapons like the SMG, but you can now hold two weapons at a time! I don't know why they didn't have that in the first game. The same old vehicles are still in it like the Ghost and the Warthog. A new cool weapon is the energy sword and the fact you can turn into an alien on the third level.

But the first player has its flaws. It is extremely hard game if you aren't a Halo master. I had trouble beating the first level on Normal, but I beat Halo 1 on Legendary. Thats why co-op is the best in this game. Having another Master Cheif aside blasting away those retarded aliens really helps sometimes.

This ganme goes to show you how everything doesn;t have to be a Playstation2 exclusive to be good. This is definatly an X-Box classic, which will never be on Ps2 (thank God) and reminds us of older shooters. Better then Halo 1, better then alot of other X-Box games, but nothing to go pee your pants over.

The BEST GAME IN THE UNIVERSE! AND IS BETTER THAT GTA -SA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Creators of Halo 2 have put in all there minds, to make an absolutly outstanding game. The only flaws are some minor graphical glitches on the cutscenes, and Campaign is a little short on the Easy and Normal setting. There is non stop action wich will keep you on the edge of your seat! Overall this is a very good, in other words... the best!

10/10

Loved it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I loved this game so much. It had an excellent story and great graphics. It was so much fun. This game is a must have for any X box owner. It has a deep immersive story which keeps you on the edge. This is a great game.

Fun....and more fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My friends and I all had a lot of fun w/ the game. I would buy it for family for Christmas if they didn't already have it (who doesn't).
Pros:Graphics good except sometimes slow in loading.
Weapons are very cool and there are lots of 'em.
Xbox live just has to be on the pros.
the new vehicles are just pure fun. You can custimize your guy and there are tons of other cool things i dont have time to list.
Cons: I dont know why but something seems to be missing that was in Halo 1. They could use more levels like sidewinder which is very open and big. Too much "stuff" on the ground like rocks crates, and broken vehicles. They get in your way all the time. There is also the fact that Banshees are too good.

I could go on saying a ton of stuff just as a last commet BUY THIS GAME!

Xbox Owners- Buy It Now!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is so awesome! Instead of writing a long review, I'll simply have you read my title again. You won't regret it!!!

Kick Ass

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is so awesome it is un describable The graphics are literaly real the weapons are above and beond this game truely
KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An in depth review by a Halo freak

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Before I played this game, I was skeptical. By the looks of some of the pics, it looked like they had changed a LOT of stuff. The thing is, they didn't really change anything, they just added to the old game and made what was already there better. It breaks down like this.

Graphics- Absolutely amazing. I couldn't possibly see how they could improve from the first Halo, but they did. The Most noticible things are the attention to detail of the charecters, weapons, and interactable objects. Also the scenery is just as beautiful as ever, if not, better.

Gameplay- TWENTY times better than the first Halo. Like I said, they didn't change anything, they simply enhanced it. In Halo 2, you can weild two weapons at once, with some restrictions of course. You can hold down both the L and R triggers and fire both weapons simultaneously, or for instance, fire one plasma rife until it overheats, then fire the other until that one overheats, and by the time the second one overheats the first one is cooled off. The only down side, once you press Y the switch weapons, you loose your secondary weapon, and when you press B to do melee damage, you loose the second weapon. But a skilled Halo player would know when to dual weild and when not to. Also, you can hijack vehicles. You'll find that you wont be able to do this a whole lot, but it's a lot better than trying to aim your gun solely on the driver just to take it from him. Another thing is your sheilds have improved, but you have no health. when your sheild is down you can only be hit like 5 or six times before you die. All in all, it has the same feel as the original Halo, which is a very good thing.

Levels- The levels are also way better in this sequel. In the campaign mode in the first Halo, a lot of times you may feel the dungeons get a little repetitive and boring after a while. But not here. You hardly see the same room twice and when you do it's a pattern that doesnt repeat for long. The environment is more interactive than it was, and the level just basically feel more interesting and complex rather than repetitive and generic.

Weapons- Halo wouldn't be Halo without the weapons. In the first one, we get a pretty generic selection. Human weapons: Assault rifle, pistol, shotgun, sniper rifle, grenade launcher. Covenant weapons: plasma rifle, plasma pistol, needler. In Halo 2, we have all our old favorites back (except the assault rifle and pistol, although the pistol does make rare appearances) and also a bunch of new ones. New human weapons: The Battle Rifle, which is a semi-automatic that kinda replaces the pistol and The SMG, which replaces the assault rifle. New covenant weapons: (im not too familiar with the names) there is a plasma sniper rifle that you will use a lot in place of the human sniper rifle and it is better in my opinion, the energy sword from the first halo (which works wonders against the flood), some kind of beam rifle that isn't really effective...or maybe i havent discovered it's true use yet, a Brute plasma rifle, which is like an advanced plasma rifle. theres also the a brute gun which shoots gernades but the gernades arent as powerful as the ones in the gernade launcher. the benefit is you can shoot more of them and you can get closer when you shoot and not have to worry about killing yourself. You can also use the sentinal laser the sentinal's use...but's it's not that great.

Vehicles- Not a whole lot of original vehicles here, just an enhancement to the old ones and the opportunity to operate all the ones you never could before. There's one and i dont know its neame but it's the alien eqivilent of the warthog. Also, thanks to the hijack feature, you can pilot the wraith (the covenant tank) which is pretty cool. Also, some enhancements were made to all the original vehichles. The cannon on the scorpion reloads faster, so you can do more damage. The ghost and the banshee now have a boost feature, so you can move faster with the only restriction of not being able to fire. Also, i think the warthog has a connon on it now, i think anyway.

Plot- The Story line is probably the most enhanced thing about Halo 2. In the first halo, you follow the master cheif and unlock the secrets of Halo. In this one, there's more to the story than just the story of Halo. You follow the story of both covenant and the humans. I dont wanna give too much away but let's just say the story is great, and we can look forward to Halo 3 sometime in the future. I will say this though, the game is a little short, i beat it in like two or three days and one of those days i didn't even play it at all. That's really my biggest complaint, they went for a "matrix reloaded" kind of ending here.

All in all, the game is beautiful and is much better than the first one. I know, people say that you can't ever top the original, and the classics will always be the best. Well, in most cases, that is true, but here...i have to admit, going back to play the original halo is gonna be hard after playing Halo 2.

shoutout to anchorman "ron"!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: August 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

...........you're a bully! yeah, that's right! you're obviously over 13 since you have a username. look at the author of the review you called wimp. a kid! someone under 13! what else do you do, slap a pregnant woman's stomach?

p.s. a b-day is a BIRTHday, seems like you never celebrated yours. o_0?

Great... but different from Halo 1

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was a very hardcore Halo 1 player and hated this game initially. The engine seems slower, the interface more crowded, and the absence of the pistol as a starting weapon made me really not enjoy playing this game because it cut out simple first person shooter standards such as aiming and quick reflexes that normally separate great players from good players.

This game has significantly more auto-aim than Halo 1, making it more accessible to mainstream gamers. It also has an SMG weapon spawn (a weapon like Halo 1's assault rifle), meaning that if an opponent has a sniper, you're dead because your gun doesn't have the range to reach him. This game is great fun if you are playing against other mainstream gamers, but when playing on Xboxlive, you will eventually get paired against players who abuse power weapons and camp with them due to the matchmaking playlist. This makes for a very poor experience at higher levels.

Luckily, you can create custom games with your friends. It is probably the most enjoyable Xbox Live game out there right now, but I prefer Halo 1's balance more. Halo 2 encourages "cheap" tactics like camping (because of the presence of radar) and abuse of power weapons, but once you get over these differences, its not a bad multiplayer game.

Oh, and the single player was kinda a let-down too... but most buy it for the multiplayer experience. If you don't have Live, you aren't going to have much fun with it after beating the campaign.

Just take everything you thought you knew about the Halo series and throw it out the window before you try this out. Then you won't feel let-down and you'll be left with a better than average shooter.

better then halo 1

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

halo 2 is a heck of a lot better then halo dont get me wrong halo 1 still is a good game but halo 2 is better then halo 1 by along shot i went to the gamerush in foothill it was only 30 bucks i was surprised i was thinking it would be 50 bucks and it worked and the new guns and alien weapons are great so get halo 2 its better and harder

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