Halo 2

[GavmatexD]

When the original Halo: combat evolved came out i was probably the only person in my circle of friend who had an original xbox and a copy of the gameand loved it. Thats why i never played anything after the original game but alas i moved house and my dad gave my my old xbox for entertainment and with a copy of halo 2, so yoiu see where this is going, I decided to play it after much hesitation and i actully loved it i think by the looks of the level select im about half way through it on heroic and i cant believe 343 guilty spark is the covenants " Oracle " and still alive ¬_¬. Anything the escapist halo fans would like to give me to assure me im not playing a slowly dying fps francise and just maybe ill get halo 3

 

[Cowabungaa]

I still really liked Halo 3, more so than Halo 2. If only because I was no longer forced to use the friggin' Battle Rifle. I want my Assault Rifle dammit! It also has some of the most epic moments of the Halo franchise.

Can't comment on ODST and Reach though. Never bothered with ODST (hoped it would bring some variation to the franchise, barely did) and my 360 died before I could try Reach.

 

[manythings]

I loved the original halo aswell, then halo 2 was just halo with extra gimmicks... then I played halo 3 for about 30 mins and... ugh...

 

[Zhukov]

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I'm going to assume this thread is serious.

So... Halo 2. Right.

In my not particularly humble opinion, the game had exactly two good moments.
a) Boarding a moving Scarab.
b) "Never make a girl a promise you know you can't keep."

Everything else was arse.

The end.

PS. Speaking of ends, the end of Halo 2 was extra arse.

 

[Berserker119]

Halo 2 was the best out of all of them, no contest.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Bear in mind if you're playing Halo 2 you will need to buy a 360 to play Halo 3 as well.

Spoiler: Very very very vague plot info

Halo 1's plot stands up on it's own as a stand alone story. Halo 2 ends with a "To be continued...." moment, basically forcing you to buy 3 (and therefore a 360) to find out what the hell happens.

Personally my two favourite Halo games are Combat Evolved and Reach. I didn't think much of the others, but hey, that's just my opinion.

 

[GavmatexD]

...

I'm going to assume this thread is serious.

So... Halo 2. Right.

In my not particularly humble opinion, the game had exactly two good moments.
a) Boarding a moving Scarab.
b) "Never make a girl a promise you know you can't keep."

Everything else was arse.

The end.

PS. Speaking of ends, the end of Halo 2 was extra arse.

Why wouldnt the thread be serious?!

 

[legion431]

Halo: CE introduced me to gaming. I loved Halo 2 nad i didn't really care about the cliffhanger, I just kept replaying it.

 

[GavmatexD]

well i agree its like they added more bulidings and more parts where your standing waiting on the enemy like they are attracted to the scent of humans .

 

[Shade184]

I enjoyed Halo 1 and 2. 3 was okay, but it just didn't have the feel that the previous two games had. Also, to me, all the weapons, worlds and enemies/allied in 3 felt and sounded like they were literally made of plastic. Dunno why.

Halo 1 is my favourite in terms of gameplay. You know that scene at the beginning of "The Silent Cartographer", where you and some Marines storm a beach? That was my favourite moment in any shooter, ever. It felt right. In the Halo 2 "making of" DVD, one of the developers said something like "making a good game isn't about making the whole thing fun, it's about finding 30 seconds of gameplay that are fun and doing that over and over again". Halo 1 nailed that.

I enjoyed Halo 2 as well, with the introduction of new enemies and weapons. The Battle Rifle and Energy Sword both hold a place in my heart, and I was pissed off when they removed the BR in 3 and nerfed the Energy Sword to near-uselessness.

There was a lot of fun moments for me in 2 - not as many as in 1, and there certainly wasn't another awesome "storm the beach" moment, but the Scarab was almost as good (not to mention Earth City, one of Martin O'Donnell's finest pieces!), and the first two Arbiter missions are among my favourites.

Which reminds me, the introduction of gameplay as The Arbiter, which I hear was quite a controversy for many players, was very interesting to me. While the gameplay itself varied little, I quite enjoyed the unusual environment and supporting characters.

Halo 3 was my least favourite. It felt like it had taken all the good bits of the first and second games, changed them so that they weren't good anymore, and mashed them all together. Also, nerfing the weapons was a BAD idea.

 

[vehystrix]

well, jackals do have a strong sense of smell...

anyway, I loved ever halo game thusfar, but I've gotten most replay out of the first 2. Halo 3 was the wort of them, but I'm not saying it's bad it's just, average, I guess.

My most memorable moment actually comes from Halo 2, when you're fighting in hich charity and you enter a 3 way battle between you, brutes and elites, and blow me away begins to play. Best moment in video games ever.