Halo 2 for Xbox

Pros: engaging campaign mode, many online game modes, good AI
Cons: online setup, maps too symetrical, not PC FPS quality, introduces nothing new to the genre

Console first person shooters (or FPSes) have always paled in comparison to their PC counterparts. This is mostly because the PC was always on the cutting edge of graphical speed and beauty. In addition, the console never adopted the mouse as the ...

Pros: new weapons, new enemies, graphics and audio, Xbox Live multi-player action, Halo 3 is coming
Cons: short campaign, cliffhanger ending

After all of the rumors, pushed back release dates, screenshots, movies, articles, previews and lofty expectations; it is finally here. It’s been three long years since the release of H alo: Combat Evolved, the ...

Pros: Great gameplay, great story.
Cons: The whole "defend Earth" thing is a bit misleading.

Three years ago, Microsoft entered the world of console gaming with a gargantuan machine known simply as the Xbox—expectations were not particularly high amongst the gaming mainstream. While MS fought the uphill battle against industry leader Sony ...

Pros: New weapons, enemies, graphics, stats, maps, and options!
Cons: Short campaign, Halo 2 whimperers

Enter any person's home and if you find an X-box, you're likely to find a copy of Halo. If you don't, those people are really human imposters. Report them, please. So I just finished beating the game for a third time, and have played multiplayer for ...

Pros: online, engaging story, new weapons, dual wield
Cons: heck of a cliff hanger in single player, needs more multiplayer maps!

I didn't get an Xbox when it first came out, as I had no interest in it whatsoever. It was new, I didn't really like Microsoft in the first place, and I was much more interested in Nintendo's Gamecube. The Xbox had one killer app that the Gamecube (and ...

Pros: Nice graphics, good sound, tight controls, cool new twists, fun multiplayer.
Cons: Waiting forever to start a game online, server hiccups, anemic sound effects, ending.

“Halo 2 is a lot like Halo 1, only it's Halo 1 on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas ... And, the ninjas are all on fire, too.” That quote from Bungie Studios head Jason Jones ...

Pros: Better Graphics, More In Depth Story-line, Interactive Environments
Cons: New Weapons, Sound Effects, Plot Holes

Well it's finally here, one of the most anticipated game releases of all time, Halo 2. If you need a refresher course for the first Halo, check out my review on it H ere. Just a brief warning, this review will spoil the ...

Pros: Shoot-em-up-fun.
Cons: It's not fun, the morning after.

*UPDATED VERSION 2.1! Wow!* Okay. Any college student knows how popular Halo is among the geeky kinds of kids that do nothing but play video games all weekend. But even some cool kids play it. Halo was the game that made the X-Box popular...it ...

Pros: solid fps action
Cons: boring story, online needs some work

Halo 2 begins where the first left off. Master Chief (the character you control) and the military must protect Earth from an invasion by the Covenant. The Covenant is a bunch of plasma gun carrying aliens trying to get revenge on humans for ...

Pros: more of the same
Cons: more of the same

Those of you who have read my various art attacks, that is reviews, will probably not have me pegged as a console gamer, and in general Im not. However I first experienced the original Halo a few years ago and found it to be one of the most fun ways of ...

Pros: Fighting, graphics, sounds, & voices
Cons: To dark at times, not enough improvements, & weaponry

I bought Halo 2 about a month ago for my oldest son. I have been hesitant to buy "M" rated games for him because of the violence. After reading "epinions" on the game, I felt a little better about buying it knowing that you are hunting down an alien ...

Pros: Excellent audio/graphics/soundtrack/storyline, good levels/missions, very excellent multiplayer options, greater flexability with settings menu.
Cons: Pretty short levels, some spikes in the cinematics, cliffhanger ending.

Well.. as November 9th hit, people called in sick from work, students came down with "severe headaches", and Halo 2 hit the streets. I pre-ordered my Limited Edition copy in May and picked it up when I got home from school. I was amazed with the ...

Pros: Bump-mapping looks great, more Halo, just like Halo only more content
Cons: Some graphical glitches, standard A.I.

The simple answer to the question "Should I buy this or not?" is: if you loved Halo, BUY IT! If you hated Halo, DON'T BUY IT, or possibly rent it! If you have never played Halo, try it or try this game; Halo 2. But, there is more to it than "How you ...

Pros:

Wide screen graphics, more weapons and better stage design

Cons: cliff hanger ending

I got Halo 2 last month when I bought FF4 and Fight Night. It was at the bottom of the pile and I just started playing it a little over a week ago. To my surprised enjoy it a lot more then I thought I would, I thought the original Halo was worth the ...

Pros: Excellent improvements over the already great game.
Cons: Some graphical problems, the overall speed feels slower.

HALO 2 (Microsoft/Bungie, November 9, 2004) We all waited a long time for this but here it is. Halo 2 finally came out in 2004. I remember that day well. After standing in my first 30 minute line up for a video game and 80 bucks later, I was ...