Halo 2 Review by Gamespy

[ChiefFripp]

http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/halo-2/564301p1.html

Ok, I have looked over the first 7 pages on this site and didn't see this, so here it is. Halo 2 sounds like it actually EXCEDED the unreal hype it is garnering. Maybe this will erase some of the pains of that UGLY Chiefs game.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/...flashtop_story

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/557/557509p1.html

[ChiefFripp]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

You are saying it should be 9.7? IMO they all say it's a better game that it's predecessor, shouldn't it then get a better score?

Well I bet it won't blow you away like the first Halo did for a few reasons. This game isn't the launch title of the most powerful console, Halo 2 is XBOX's last hurrah as Halo was it's intitiator. Part of the reason Halo blew you away was becase you never saw the PS2 come close to what the XBOX delivered with Halo(it made you hope EVERY upcoming XBOX title would exibit the quality of Halo, we can laugh at that now) . 3 years later it looks like the XBOX has another game of this calibre, finaly. Also,while All of the characters, enviroments and story were completely new in halo, now they're pretty much reashed, improved but rehashed.
That's why I think Halo 2 is getting a somewhat lower score, it's just not jaw-droppingly revelutionary like the first one was. Add to the mix that PC games REALLY overshadow console games and you lose a fraction of a point because of that.

[Pants]

Dude, I'm getting the game for 10% single player and 90% multiplayer. So I don't really care about the single player component. The only way to make it better in that regard was better graphics, more customization, new weapons/vehicles/maps and of course LIVE. In that respect it improved as much as could (from what I read), so I'm stoked.

[David.]

there's a single player part too?

[Pants]

Originally Posted by ChiefFripp

Well I bet it won't blow you away like the first Halo did for a few reasons. This game isn't the launch title of the most powerful console, Halo 2 is XBOX's last hurrah as Halo was it's intitiator. Part of the reason Halo blew you away was becase you never saw the PS2 come close to what the XBOX delivered with Halo(it made you hope EVERY upcoming XBOX title would exibit the quality of Halo, we can laugh at that now) . 3 years later it looks like the XBOX has another game of this calibre, finaly. Also,while All of the characters, enviroments and story were completely new in halo, now they're pretty much reashed, improved but rehashed.
That's why I think Halo 2 is getting a somewhat lower score, it's just not jaw-droppingly revelutionary like the first one was. Add to the mix that PC games REALLY overshadow console games and you lose a fraction of a point because of that.

I've never had nearly as much fun playing any MP game on PC than Halo on XBOX. I've played CS and BF games.

[ChiefFripp]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

I've never had nearly as much fun playing any MP game on PC than Halo on XBOX. I've played CS and BF games.

Well to me nothing touches the Battlefield series but I see that as being a matter of taste not of it being better than Halo . I just love all the possibilities that game presents with vehicles, tactics and such. I play in clan matches so that helps, you see none of the tactics side in public servers.

Halo 2 sounds like it has a ton of ways to customize MP games so i'm sure that will add to its lifespan greatly.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by ChiefFripp

Well to me nothing touches the Battlefield series but I see that as being a matter of taste not of it being better than Halo . I just love all the possibilities that game presents with vehicles, tactics and such. I play in clan matches so that helps, you see none of the tactics side in public servers.

Halo 2 sounds like it has a ton of ways to customize MP games so i'm sure that will add to its lifespan greatly.

Yeah that's true, I've never played BF games competitively, I'd be probably of a different opinion had I done it. Played a lot of CS my sophomore year in highschool after being introduced to it. Had to stop, it was getting rediculous how much time I was spending playing that crack shit.