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After many moons of playing...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you have played the first Halo video game by bungie, Halo 2 will not bring many big surprises. Features include:

1) Better Graphics. Although currently games such as half-life 2 have surpassed Halo 2 in graphics, it is one of the most well done games on the xbox, almost never experiences graphical glitches, and features well done textures and models.

2) New weapons. Everything has been changed with weapons. Most noticeably for most veterans will be the relative weakness of the pistol. The rocket launcher now tracks vehicles, and the human automatic weapon is now the smg. There are a mulititude of added weapons, most noticeably the plasma sword and several covenant weapons (sniper rifle, carbine, brute shot)

3) Dual wielding. Whether you like it or not, dual wielding changes the game of Halo 2. Needlers, sub machine guns, pistols, plasma rifles and plasma pistols are the most common dual wielded weapons. This really adds another element to the game, and opens up more strategies for you to use.

4) New vehicles. Nice, but nothing extremely innovative. I wanted the ATV! All vehicles work well and are a joy to drive, like in the original, but not alot hugely new added.

5) New camaign: i liked the original better, but this one is still excellent.

6) New multiplayer maps. The maps are soooo much better, i simply love them. RIP blood gulch. RIP sidewinder. Long live Zanzibar. Good maps are gone, but good maps have replaced them.

7) Sound. Uhh... new sound... i don't really know because i dont use sound that much when i am playing. Except for Land parties. All noises work well. All gun noises are appropriate, if not realistic. Most are satisfying. The plasma sword *swish* and thed sniper *bang* *woof* either make you grin or start running in fear. Sry i couldn't tell you more.

8)Customization options. You can customize your character more. You can play as an elite. You can have several colors. You can make your own emblem. Everyone loves custmization.

9)Replayability. Very high. Best console multiplayer + Great Campaign + Lots of "extra content" (special skulls you can find) make you keep on playing.

Even after a long long time of playing, i still love each and every match i play. The tight controls and multitude of features make gameplay fantastic. The mutiplayer mode is huge with literally hundreds of options to set up games. I recommend this game to anyone who has an xbox and who is allowed to play violent games. I recommend the xbox to anyone who has this game.

GREAT EVEN WHEN HALO 3 IS A FEW DAYS AWAY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i had a ps2 and was thinking of getting the ps3. instead i got a 360 and im happy. i got halo 2 i beat single player and then got live. this game is great i love this game. the one part i hate about this game is there is no assault rifle. i recently got halo 1 and even though i was really late in getting it still amazed me. halo 2 does have more weapons which is cool. halo 1 didnt have a br which pissed me off but the pistol is beast. also in halo 3 my two weapons in single player are br and assault rifle possibly two of the best guns(besides the chainsaw gun in gears but nothing beats the chainsaw gun) if you have a xbox or xbox 360 and dont have halo your missing out.

Lived up to my hype!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is coming from a PS2 fan, I have been playing socom 2 since it came out, and i havent bothered playing my xbox since none of the titles seemed interesting to me. Believe it or not, i didnt like the first halo at all, it was an OK game, but just like the rest. I was "Made" to get this game actually by a couple of friends, Boy do I thank them now. This game is unbelievable! I only played the first campaign level, and didnt think much of it, it was ok, pretty much the same as the first. HOWEVER, the online part is amazing! As ive said, ive played games such as socom 1 + 2, rainbow six 3, Full Spectrum Warrior, and many more online, and this game beats them all! Very very happy with this game, I do advise you to only get this game if you are going to play online, because the online game is easily worth the price, but i could see the campaign becoming very old and boring, (no wonder i didnt like halo 1)
overall: 5 stars
Campaign: 3 stars
Online: 6 out of 5 stars

get this game!

Sucks compared to the original

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: August 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Halo 2 is an awesome game, but it sucks when compared to the original. In Halo the weapons and vehicles were better, and the levels were more challenging. Oh yeah, and the battle rifle in Halo 2 is a very crappy weapon. The machine gun in the original was much better. But overall, this game rocks like Ted Rockson.

I spend a lot of time playing this game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing computer/video games since 1980, a long time. In that time I've gone through all the consoles (except the turbo grafix 16) and play tons of computer games. Halo and Halo 2 are great games. In both, there are things to dislike. The first is too short and the levels repeat. In the second the field of view seems a bit too tight. This game is great, it looks great and runs very fluidly. The game has perhaps the most annoying ending ever for a game (it makes me want to burn bungie studios down). It has much better level design, and the ability to finally get to play as an elite. I have spent thousands of hours playing Halo at LAN parties with my friends and am having one (my first) for Halo 2 on Dec 4th. If you are in the Lacey area, drop me a line and swing on by. The multiplayer options for Live need work, badly, but the game is so much fun to play with others that I can live with them. Lots of people, especially fan boys for other systems are going to bash the game, but if you have an Xbox and like FPS games, then give Halo 2 a whirl.

see you online, right before I kill you
gamertag Munkeeone
feel free to add me to your friends list.

Blows you away

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Halo is the best game ever. Not enough hours in a day to play it. Highly addictive, fun MP experience, smart single player AI, wonderful graphics, interesting plot, everything right in the right proportion. Can't get any better, but I suspect Bungie/MS will pull a miracle in H3.

Fun Enough To Recommed, But Dosn't Live Up To The Hype

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ever since X- Box released Halo like 4 years ago everyone was talking about how awsome Halo 2 would be. I played Halo over a dozen times, and the finaly talked my self into buying it when it was only 20 bucks. On the first day Halo 2 came out, being impressed by the original and beong hyped up about all the chat thats been going on about it, I bought it. I played it, and was blown away by the graphics, and suprisingly the story was good. The weapons where cool, and the sound was of the hizzle. I felt like I was in a war with the people in the game. It really isnt everday a game can do that to you, so I guess I liked Halo 2. I just was expecting it to be a tad bit better than it was, I don't know why I just wasn't plaesed 100% with it, but a good 98%. I'd recommed buying this game now, or renting it. It's pretty fun, and if you'r a loser with nothing else better to do you proboly will like it.

Halo 2 is ausome!!! But Halo is still to be surpassed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

1.0-1.9 abysmal

2.0-2.9 terrible

3.0-3.9 bad

4.0-4.9 poor

5.0-5.9 medicor

6.0-6.9 fair

7.0-7.9 good

8.0-8.9 great

9.0-9.9 superb

10 perfect

Halo 2 is ausome!!!!! one of the best games all year!!! I was one of the first people to resurve it and it was worth it!!!! But Halo 2 has its downsides Like the levels they are really fun and have wepons everywere but sometimes I had no clue of were I was going.second of all the bad storyline.But halo is the most fun game of the year.I liked how when ghosts or tanks were coming at you you could jack them. Overall Halo 2 is ausome!!!! I give it a 9.4-10 supurb game. by it as soon as possible!!!

Great but you can buy it for cheaper elsewhere.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: August 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an amazing game with stellar multiplayer and a well done single-player. That being said, you can find this for $10 cheaper at multiple other places including EBGames. Hopefully Amazon will read this and lower this price. Buy this game, just buy it somewhere else.

The Candyman

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alright it's The Candyman Again i want to congradulate microsoft on playing a game everyone can except if THEY DON'T HAVE AN X- BOX i'm a PS2 person and i like good games i've played halo once or twice in my day at my friends house and i love but it isn't for PS2 and that ticks me off. Microsoft sell Sony the rights to have Halo 2 on PS2...

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