Pran
02-01-2005, 02:12 PM
For the Xbox
You've probably read a lot of reviews for this, but I'll try to be as unbiast as possible.
When I first picked this game up I was very excited to play it. This is the follow up to Halo, which is one of the greatest first person shooters ever. The game exceeds the first in most, if not every way. There are changes to the gameplay itself. The most noticable feature is the fact that there is no health meter. This takes away the constant worrying about low health and searching around for medpacks. It also takes away any disadvantage you might have against someone you're in a firefight with. Another important feature is the ability to hold a combination of any two one-handed weapons. This gives a great sense of variety to the shooting aspect of the game, and you're always picking up a new second weapon rather than just blasting away with one.
The missions and level design have been greatly improved. In the first game, when you went through the levels again there was a sense of "Been there, done that." That feeling is not present on Halo 2, and the levels will always be a great challenge on the higher difficulties no matter how much you think you have mastered it.
The multiplayer is where the game really exceeds. If you don't have Xbox Live, you're really missing out. Split screen is fun to a limit. There is nothing like playing a 16-player capture the flag match over Live. The new gametypes and levels are brilliantly made.
The graphics and sound in this game are awesome. The graphics live up to the expected high standards. The landscapes are beautiful. The soundtrack is, as was the case with the first game, brilliant. There are many modern rock tunes, along with the classical atmospheric music that really sets it apart from other game sountracks.
This game does, however, lack a few things. First of all, you do not have the ability to play cooperative over Xbox Live. This mode is one of the greatest aspects of the game, but it could be fixed with a future update. The story is the main drawback. While the story is not exactly "bad", the game ends abruptly and unexpectedly, but does however give room for new expectations.
This is one of the greatest games I have ever owned or played. It lived up to the hype in my opinion.
9.5/10
You've probably read a lot of reviews for this, but I'll try to be as unbiast as possible.
When I first picked this game up I was very excited to play it. This is the follow up to Halo, which is one of the greatest first person shooters ever. The game exceeds the first in most, if not every way. There are changes to the gameplay itself. The most noticable feature is the fact that there is no health meter. This takes away the constant worrying about low health and searching around for medpacks. It also takes away any disadvantage you might have against someone you're in a firefight with. Another important feature is the ability to hold a combination of any two one-handed weapons. This gives a great sense of variety to the shooting aspect of the game, and you're always picking up a new second weapon rather than just blasting away with one.
The missions and level design have been greatly improved. In the first game, when you went through the levels again there was a sense of "Been there, done that." That feeling is not present on Halo 2, and the levels will always be a great challenge on the higher difficulties no matter how much you think you have mastered it.
The multiplayer is where the game really exceeds. If you don't have Xbox Live, you're really missing out. Split screen is fun to a limit. There is nothing like playing a 16-player capture the flag match over Live. The new gametypes and levels are brilliantly made.
The graphics and sound in this game are awesome. The graphics live up to the expected high standards. The landscapes are beautiful. The soundtrack is, as was the case with the first game, brilliant. There are many modern rock tunes, along with the classical atmospheric music that really sets it apart from other game sountracks.
This game does, however, lack a few things. First of all, you do not have the ability to play cooperative over Xbox Live. This mode is one of the greatest aspects of the game, but it could be fixed with a future update. The story is the main drawback. While the story is not exactly "bad", the game ends abruptly and unexpectedly, but does however give room for new expectations.
This is one of the greatest games I have ever owned or played. It lived up to the hype in my opinion.
9.5/10