5 stars (good) - Halo 2 is the sequel to the best selling xbox game Halo, which sold over 4million copies with unbeliveable graphics, gameplay, sound and a stoyline that left you in suspence wanting to know what will happen next. Halo 2 offers unbelivble graphics and sound, but lacks alittle on the stroyline and gameplay that made Halo so great. You do swich between the Master Cheif and a Covenant Elite durring the gameplay, but the storyline goes nowhere new. You fight on a ship in space in the first level (sound familer) but then you go and crash land on Earth this time and not on Halo. But when you leave Earth, you go and fight on another Halo world. (sound familer) and then you go and get the index(sound familer) and then go to the control center to stop it from being activated (sound familer). There is nothing new in the storyline for Halo 2, its all the same, Halo2 is mainly an expansion for Halo1.
4 stars (Halo 2 lacks in Campaign and Storyline) - With the introduction of Xbox live and the online play that it offers, one game stands above the rest, Halo 2. Multiplayer on Halo 2 is a completely mind-blowing experience. It is possible to play anything from capture the flag to a completely custom game and still have it be entertaining for hours, days, or even months on end.
The area of online play is where Halo 2 far surpasses the original Halo. Halo could be played online, but it was no where near as extensive as it is today, and as widely played. Halo 2 offers many new weapons: Battle Rifle, fires a three round burst with 2x zoom; the M6C pistol, a major downgrade from the original with the loss of its zoom and power; Beam Rifle, the Covenant's version of a sniper rifle. Not to mention the Plasma Sword, a weapon that can kill in one swing, which some view as a highly controversial weapon (mainly the unexperienced gamers). As with any other weapon this can be countered quite effectively.
Unfortunately the campaign play suffered incredibally in the transition. When discussing with fellow gamers a conclusion was made that the developers decided to almost completely disregard single-player from the game. Gone are the amazing levels that could be played over and over using different stratagies. Halo left an incredibal legacy with its campaign mode. It had an amazing storyline for a FPS and was no more extensive than it needed to be. Halo 2 loses all of its grandeur in its extremely lackluster story. It instills a sense of apathy so much so that it is hard to find a purpose to even complete the campaign mode.
The Covenant, the enemy aliens in the first game, recieve a huge new role in the new storyline. This could be understandable move but they failed miserably. They focus so much on the covenant that Master Chief becomes some erroneous character. So for some reason the developers chose not to stay true to the original Halo. Now gamers play as the Arbiter, an elevated Elite in the Covenant forces.
In the original Halo the introduction of the Flood was a major plot twist, and was also quite scary. It left gamers feeling like they were living the life of Master Chief instead of playing him in a video game. The current Halo offers no such things and it was just a major disappointment, in regards to the storyline and campaign mode. As far as multiplayer though I yet again praise the game that is Halo 2. And if you allready have or are contemplating purchasing an Xbox Live subscription this game is a must have solely based on its online multiplayer abilities.
5 stars (The Best Game In The World!!!) - Halo2 is the best game in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
