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Mulit-player great, story a disappointment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As hard as it is in getting your friends together to play Halo, the multi-player live was great. Any hour of the day I get the urge to play, there is always someone on.

As for the story, not enough play time at being MC, it isnt as fun playing as the alien. As for the ending, well I wont spoil it for you, but the ending was a very big disapointment.

Halo 2 the Game Rocks !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game Halo 2 rocks it is so cool when you have to kick alein butt while being chased by the flood. It is cool and volient and scary and there is little things called Grunts and they say funny things like "Demon!" and "Come out and fight!" but what is more funny is that after you kill them the overreat.

Great game, but just shy of perfection

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I never liked FPS games, until I played the original Halo. And I couldnt wait for Halo 2. Pros - The graphics are amazing. I love that more objects are movable/destroyable. The comments from allies/enemies are hilarious. The cutscenes are beautiful. The sound is just as good as the first. More weapons/vehicles/enemies. Gatta love the sword! Halo 2 gave more info. from the Covenant point of view. Halo 2 on xbox live is so addictive! Cons (not many) - Story was too short. Too much playing as the arbiter. I beat the first Halo on Legendary. Legendary on Halo2 is almost impossible to beat.

Bungie made a lot of improvements, but not perfect. I could play the first Halo over and over again. I cant say the same for Halo2. But Halo 2 makes that up with xbox live. Still one of the best games of all time.

A 30 year old noob

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Greetings. I was a video game junky when I was a kid. I had Atari, intellivision, Amiga, etc before anyone else had even heard of them. However, in my advanced dotage I have fallen a bit behind the curve. So this is not a review of a pimply faced teen who will exclaim that XBox if for 30 YO noobs because, well because I AM one.

Anyway, on to the game. I have to admit that I am hard pressed to write a review of this game that would differ appreciably from the first iteration of Halo. Halo 2 simply extends the story and adds a few tweaks around the edges. But don't take this as a criticism because it isn't. If you are like me it is worthwhile to throw down 40 or so bux for some more of the Halo storyline. For people who were expecting some revolution in game play all I can say is that it is the same hardware so home much different CAN it be. What you really hope for are some refinements ain the game play and a good plot and on both those fronts Halo 2 scores.

I could go into the marginal improvements but they have been addressed in detail already. I think my favorite improvement is the locking-on feature of the energy sword. You just have to hold the reticule on an enemy and when it turns red you can strike and you'll deliver a devastating blow. My second favorite incremental improvement is that they did not just duplicate the playing space over and over. In Halo it seemed like they just strung together bunches of the same rooms together in many places. Halo 2 really adds a lot of depth and imagery to the gamescape.

Now, having said all that I'd like to talk about Xbox live. This is where Halo 2 really is a quantum leap past Halo. If you are like me you thought many times that it would be cool to play against other players but the whole set-up seemed like too much of a bother. Well if you get the Xbox live kit (with the headset) you'll be playing online in just minutes. All I did was plug the xbox into my broadband router via an RJ-45 cable, entered a few details, and it was multiplayer all the way. Once in multiplayer the game takes on a whole new dimension. All of a sudden you are playing with teammates against other teams and you can hear everybody! (I swear the best part is often the inane comments people make). I think I'd need 10 pages to detail all the cool stuff about Xbox live.

To recap:

Game itself, marginally better than Halo.
Online play, way better and practically like buying a whole new system for the price of a subscription (reasonable cost).

This game is really...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Addictive! You have to un-glue me from my seat to get me away from the TV. It's really that enticing. I agree with most reviews that the single-player story line is weak, and the ending leaves a lot to be desired, but this game shines most where it's supposed to...the action. This is arguably the most fun and exciting first-person shooter to be played on any console. I haven't played any other game that gives you such an enormous sense of satisfaction when you stick covenant with a plasma grenade, or get that perfect sniper head shot (If you're new to Halo, the manual explains everything about the weapons and gadgets, so there's no need to worry).

The single-player campaign is nothing out of the ordinary. You get to play as the infamous Master Chief, who goes on a host of missions to save the Earth from destruction, etc... In between the Chief's missions, however, you also get to play as a shamed Covenant Elite who is pretty-much the anti-hero up to a certain point in the game. It's really confusing to follow the story, and how they intertwine both the characters' paths is not very creative, but it's not a movie, and again, it's the action that counts most and makes it a wildly-entertaining experience.

Here is something critical when it comes to this game...if you have Xbox Live service, you will add about 70% more fun to the gameplay. In fact, if you do have XBL, and you finish single-player, there is not much reason to replay the campaign (except for a bit of grunt-shooting fun). Even though this game is not one of those massive multi-player games, the multi-player itself is like a game on its own.

The interface is easy to use and the simplicity with which you can set up a party makes the multi-player all the more attractive. Sending voice messages and party invites is a snap (on some games you have to read the manual to find out how to send an invite). You can also set up your character to look like an elite, or a spartan, and design your own custom icon that identifies you on people's screens. The options are countless, and may sound intimidating, but tweaking the game to fit yourself is a lot of fun.

Unfortunately, as with any ranked multi-player, there are problems. Cheating in matchmade sessions has become a problem that might deter some from playing anything but custom games. But, from slayer matches to some incredible glitching parties, rest assured that the custom games have so much to offer you'll never be bored (Every map is detailed, well-designed, and visually stunning, more so if you are playing on a High Definition TV). And if that's not enough, there is also an expansion pack available now.

In a library of all the best-rated Xbox games, this one is probably played the most. It would be a shame not to play this game, if not for Xbox Live, then for the single-player action.

Halo Live is a giant sandbox for the world to play in.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

People are so creative. I love how gamers will take a set game and make their own fun with it.
Last night I got into a room with a bunch of guys my age who had come up with their own Halo variant called Zombie.
In short, everybody joins the red team except for one guy who makes himself the sole member of the green team.
He is the zombie, and he goes and hides in a dark place, while the red team spreads out and looks for him.
Usually, the zombie manages to kill a member of the red team, who then must switch to the green team and become a zombie himself. After a few minutes of this, the zombies begin to outnumber the red team and the tables are turned as the hunters become the hunted. Often this results in the last few red team members getting trapped up on a rooftop while all the zombies mill around below, trying to figure a way to get at them. To heighten the suspense, the guys who are zombies actually run around moaning, "brains, brains, brains" like in the zombie movies.
In one epic match from last night, I was one of the few remaining red team members and I was trapped high on top of a pitched roof. The two other reds were also stuck up a tree, but we could see each other with our binoculars and talk to each other through our headsets, so I would worn them if I saw zombies approaching their positions, and of course they would do the same for me.

They warned me that all the zombies had grouped together and were rushing my position, and sure enough, "brains, brains, brains" and the greens started swarming below my hold out, they could only come at me one at a time so I used a shotgun to blow them off the roof, and the tossed a grenade into a group of them and killed three in one blast. All the while, the other reds were watching with their binoculars and cheering me on.

The zombies always win in the end, ammo runs out or they manage to rush you, but it's great fun and I'm sure far beyond what the original designers intended.
It's fun to see how the public comes up with their own ideas, and then a group of total strangers can all agree to the rules.

There is a website for Halo players over 30 called geezergamers.com and it is perfect for those who wish to go online and enjoy this incredible Halo experience without getting cussed out by an 11 yr. old. If you have an xbox and a Live subscription, Halo2 is really a game you shouldn't be without. The online multiplayer alone is worth the $50, but then the campaign with co-op play just doubles the value. More please!

Whats not to love

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Halo 2 is one of the best games EVER. Halo 2 is in touch and kicks ass good. Halo 2 is perfect to the State of the art graphics to almost real lifeway physics. The characters seem real. Halo 2 is like War of the worlds on a disk. Execpt without Tom Curse but who needs him. Halo 2 is Outstanding and the story is great. It is great you get to play as the other alien dude. Yea, you dont just play as Master cheif anymore. Halo 2 is just what the Xbox needed. The weapons are same ol same ol which is a good thing. Anyway there is another halo spotted and Mastrer Chief has to save the world along with his partners in succses. Halo will have you playing for hours and hours untill you beat the game, witch brings us to our first and only negative of this game. The game is way to short, There are only a 14 levels. Unless you but it on extra hard. Halo 2 has the qualities of being the best game this year. Which has a hard battle with Resident evil 4 and Half life 2 and the ever popular World of warcraft. But halo 2 gets 5 stars no problem. It is that good

Halo 2...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Halo 2 is, of course, the follow up to the great Halo. I've decided to split this review into two different reviews (both pretty short) one for the single player/co-op and one for the multiplayer (Over X-Box Live).

Single Player/Co-op: Halo 2's campaign mode is, in comparison to Halo 1, terrible. Halo 2's campaign is one leads you down one of the worst first person shooter adventures ever created. Bungie totally butchered the story and ACTUALLY managed to make the gameplay terrible as well. Campaign mode could - no - SHOULD have been much better than the finished product, which only has better graphics, and new guns - and the new guns is also a terrible mistake. Most of the weapons that worked so well in the game were replaced by crappier guns. For instance, the once excellent pistol has been traded for a crapped up magnum that has no zoom and simply fires quicker and does less damage than the pistol. The Assault Rifle has been traded for a close range, fast-firing SMG and a burst-fire battle rifle, both of which slouch in comparison to the Assault Rifle. The story is also extremely predictable and uncreative, also, being forced to play as the "Aribiter" (a covenant Elite) was extremely painful and boring. All in all, Halo 2's single player and co-op campaign stink and should not have been this way.

Halo 2's multiplayer over X-Box live, however, is extremely entertaining and is a blast to play, even with the newer, crappier weapons. All of the new features that don't work in the Single-Player mode seem to blend in and work magnificently in the multiplayer mode. It's a blast to be playing over X-Box live. There isn't much more that I can say about the game than that, you just have to play it to believe it.

Overall, Halo 2 is only fun if you have X-Box Live, if you have X-Box live, you don't have any excuse to not buy this game, if you don't have X-Box live, maybe just rent it if you want to keep up with the story.

HALO:BEST GAME EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For starters, if you don't like this game, you're out of your right mind. It features great single-and-multi-player and has a somewhat compelling story. The story doesn't quite beat the first Halo, but it come pretty dang close. Dual wielding can be extremely useful at times (and rather cheap) and is an easy thing for noobs on X-box Live. It barely ever lags and beats all other FPS's. It even out-does 007 Goldeneye for the N64. You cannot beat its multiplayer and you almost can't beat its single player. Its got great weapons effects, though its graphics aren't the best. It sometimes lags in cut-scenes. It is UNBEATABLE. Bad graphics don't matter as long as they don't interfere with the gameplay so I don't care if it has occasional lags. It works great and is a for-sure buy for anyone who has an Xbox. If you don't have an Xbox, buy one for Halo 2

Amazing Game,

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an amazing game to say the least.I have read some bad reviews but if you have played the game for atleast a week you will notice that everyone who has given a bad review was simply bad at the game. I love Halo 1 and Halo 2... the only problem i have with halo 2 is that the pistol is no longer a desert eagle.... its just a 45 now but other than that it is ... well for lack of a better word, perfect.

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