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dtc1102
- Dec 29, 2005
halo 2Strengths: great for xbox live very fun Weakness: none!!!! this game has a great set up for xbox live i highly recomend this game. the single player is ok but still fun all that i do is play xbox live 67% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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spooty333
- Nov 13, 2004
Halo 2Strengths: the high graphics and quality of game play. The non-respawning on legendary Weakness: a rubish ending and the lengh of the game is to short congradulations to the guys at bungie for making another sucessfull game but making it to short made half life 2 the better game by far but still 1 of the best games ever made. Any way at least it lasted two days instead of one, like the other (on normal of course). 50% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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usunghero
- Dec 2, 2004
Halo 2Strengths: All around the greatest FPS and maybe game ever. As always, awsome graphics, nonstop action, and the beam sword! Weakness: Still can't get bots in multiplayer... XBOX live compensates for that small fact. also, it had the worst ending possible. Please, all of you who are complaining about this game, shut up. The only flaw in this masterpiece is the ending, which is gay, but it just means that you will be forced to purchase Halo 3. This is unfourtunate, but it means that about the time this game dies out of the limelight, Halo 3 will be released, giving us all something more to talk about. It will give us one more way to compete and brag, and one more chance to claim to be able to drop an army with a handgun. For those who have just purchased this game, I pity you for not having reaped the fruits yet. But you are about to experience a gaming phenomenon. If you begin in normal, a 10-16 hour playing time will be normal. On legendary, things can take as long as you are skilled. Either way, you will hate the ending. Fair Warning. You might as well Pre-order Halo 3 because you will need it to maintain your sanity. 17% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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Mazimus
- Dec 12, 2004
Halo 2Strengths: -New weapons -Excellent Physics -Online Play Weakness: -Poor Story -Short Game -No Computer AI in multiplayer -Replay Value Halo 2 is by far the most realistic FPS to date. You can actually feel every bullet. And with a new arsenal that is doubled that of the first, thats a lot of bullets. The gameplay goes into more depth with the Arbiter becoming a playable character giving players the weilding power of a vibrosword. But above all is Master Chief back in action whoopin as$. The games awesome when it comes to graphics, feel, and sound. The legendary mode is great for hardcore fans but might bore players who play for fun. Vehicle hopping is a lot of fun as well in multiplayer mode. But despite these new additions, the game may have taken a little too long to come out. 0% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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xPunisher71x
- Nov 24, 2004
Halo 2Strengths: The strengths for Halo 2 is the muilt- player mode. Plus, now it can connect to XBOX Live, it makes its even better. I love how, you can play as an Elite and you see their side of the story. Weakness: The only weakness that Halo 2 had was that the cut- sences were dropped and not long effort. Just get this game, you will not feel sorry about it. If you do, I'll pay for the game. Remember in it's 1st 24 hours Halo 2 sold about 1.5 million copies, making about 125 million dollars. 0% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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Doughboy0434
- May 17, 2005
Halo 2Strengths: fun, has xbox live and of course,... marines Weakness: the story is short,& the ending sucks you can disagree with me but i am right halo 2 sucks it can be fun, if you know a good game the you know that halo 2 is ok, when u get out of the pause menu you can see the textures in the game which is retarded. the xbox live is cool though. 0% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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masterchief16
- Nov 18, 2004
Halo 2Strengths: graphics are great. covenant are harded to fight on legendary.that are so good that i still cant beat the first level on legendary Weakness: stary line needs a little work well, got to tell ya, this game is just as good as the first, if not better. i love the duel weilding of the plasma rifles.they have seriously downgraded the the pistol though...i was very depressed when i pulled out my pistol and got my Butt kicked when it didnt have enough ammo and it didnt have the scope.all in all though...this game is a must have!!!! get it if u want to keep up with the bling bling of things....i got a question though....r they gonna put out a halo three?? 0% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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ronstanza
- Jun 22, 2007
Sweet story lineStrengths: Complex story, great graphics Weakness: objectives not obvious at times incredible web of parallel perspectives of good and evil. what you believed was the enemy had it's own side to the story and what you though was your friend was something else. great action sequences and imaginative weapons. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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luffy115
- Dec 18, 2005
the greatest game everStrengths: multiplayer,story,weapons,characters,vehicles,levels,enemys Weakness: few glitches If you want to have the greatest game ever created get this game. Its alsome I love it. you will fall in love with this game. But by the first one before you get the second one. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
testseek.com - Oct 29, 2008
Halo 2
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TopTenREVIEWS.com - Mar 17, 2008
Halo 2
Halo 2 receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 3.85 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #23 game of all time, #1 game of 2004 for the Xbox and #1 Xbox game of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 161 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the game ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other games ranked, click on the link below. Top
GameZone - Nov 18, 2004
Halo 2
The most anticipated. The most talked about. The most pre-ordered. The fastest selling. Halo 2 has become the game that everyone wanted it to be: the most important reason to ignore reality and escape to a world that's 100% better than your own. Everyone waited for Halo 2 because of its multiplayer gameplay. That's the reason why it has a chance at becoming the most played game of this console... Top
about.com - Nov 7, 2004
Halo 2
Halo 2 is a bigger, more feature filled, and much more polished game than the original Halo. It might seem similar to the original at first glance, but the already great gameplay has been improved and the level designs are much better. This is everything a sequel should be: Bigger and better in every way. Hype is a dangerous thing, and Halo 2 might not live up to the massive expectations placed... Top
IGN.com - Nov 7, 2004
Halo 2 (xbox)
In the history of videogames, each system invariably lands its super-mega winner, it's system-seller, it's Barry Bonds. On Genesis, you rolled with Sonic the Hedgehog, on Nintendo 64, you got Super Mario 64, on PlayStation you had Final Fantasy VII, and on Dreamcast you loved Soul Calibur. On Xbox, Halo has become the MVP for three years. But there is a new kid in town, and you've known it's name... Top 
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Halo 2 wheee
Strengths: Improved graphics, well implemented dual weilding, great same gameplay, additional vehicles, true multiplayer, vehicle jacking, co-op mode is still great to play, continuation of a good story.
Weakness: Still suffers from repetitive level syndrome, no more than 2 player co-op or system or online co-op, Campaign mode is kind of short, texture pop-in delay is noticeable, Dissapointing ending
Seeing as how there are so many non-reviews on here I thought i'd write an actual review (from somone who owns all 3 consoles and has no console bias whatsoever) instead of all the useless stuff from fanboys and haters.
Well it's been quite awhile since Halo 1 which I played for countless hours (always in co-op) with a friend. Sometimes we'd be attacking covenant forces and sometimes we'd be killing each other endlessly for fun. The good news is Halo 2 retains all of the greatness from the first and essentially adds more. Some of the more noteable new features is the removal of the health, increased action, a harder legendary mode, more multiplayer capabilities, more vehicles, ability to steal vehicles from opponents, and dual wielding, and new weapons (especially the sword). I can't say much for the multiplayer xbox live element since I do not have xbox live but I can imagine it adds a whole lot of value to the game. I am mainly a PC FPS player so I could never play a console FPS competitively unless it had keyboard and mouse. Anyway the main reason why I was looking forward to halo 2 is the co-op mode which was a total blast in halo 1. The good news is all the new additions to the game serve to make the co-op experience more fun than the original. I honestly believe that more first person shooters need to implement a co-op mode in thier games and is a seriously lacking feature in most FPS, especially in PC ones. As a stand alone game when not comparing to Halo 1, nothing about it except the dissapointing ending has degraded. The story development in the game has more character development than the first with looking at the war from both the human and elite (covenant) perspective. You spend about half the game playing as an elite covenant which is a nice change. However in both parts as master chief and as the elite you find yourself reliving some of the repetitive level gameplay that you experienced in halo 1. Given they have improved it signifigantly it still occurs and me and my friend found ourselves getting bored on occasions. If you own an Xbox and you liked the first halo I would definetly recommend it as a buy regardless of it's flaws. And if you havent played the first halo I recommend you rent this game to see how it sticks with you because I realize alot of people don't like first person shooters. I find however that many people tend to like halo 2 regardless of them not fully appreciating the genre. And even though the campaign experience is not totally fulfilling, the gameplay and balancing elements in the campaign (especially in co-op) make it the best Player VS Computer first person shooter games I have played. (tempted to call it single player but I guess co-op wouldnt fall under that ^_^)
Breakdown:
Graphics: 9 (got to take away some for the pop-in textures)
Music: 9 (well placed)
Control/Gameplay: 10
Length/Replay: 9 (If you don't have Xbox live i'd say 7-8)
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Jan 18, 2005
I just got a Vizio 42" HDTV Plasma TV to test out Halo 2. turns out there is no native widescreen resolution for halo 2 singleplayer campaign =(. I heard that if you do splitscreen however it goes widescreen. I have yet to test this out.
Jan 28, 2005
n/m turns out I was smoking crack or something. It supports 16:9 widescreen and does it look pretty :).
Apr 21, 2005
I am a XBOX CHAMPION and I have playde Halo 2 a dozen of times it still gets to me that when I play the game (oringinal) it had flaws but halo 2 has none that I have saw when you are arriving back to a torn earth and every action at every corner is mine boggling.
Dec 28, 2005
I like Halo 2 also I LOVE the hijacking every thing you see, and the energy swords are simply beast. Xbox live also amazing because you can talk with friends while killing each other it is simple amazing.