Topic: Was Halo 2 Overhyped, And Not Worth It? (Read 254 times)

da_shiznit · « **on:** November 13, 2004, 09:50:00 AM »

i think they could have made halo 2 multiplayer better but halo (and halo 2) is, in my opinion the best multiplayer game(16 players)

IronestMaiden · « **Reply #1 on:** November 13, 2004, 09:50:00 AM »

very true dude and let me say some words of great wisdom as well. the halo games bring a great story as well as good multiplayer and in my minds eye the reason the first one was so successful was then no other game companies where putting team manned vehicles in fps's i mean it was unheard of,but the warthog i truly believe was the single piece of gameplay that attracted me to that game as well as countless others.but in teh end all the halo games where to me is a well rounded game,a game with good campaign(which has co-op not many games do),as well as very good mp.

Infamous_One · « **Reply #2 on:** November 13, 2004, 11:53:00 PM »

i think it was overhyped and didnt deliver , look at Coagulation , Water Works and Burial something , they are the same map only different territory , but is the same thing.

Morglum · « **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2004, 12:04:00 AM »

Halo2 is shit, thats all there is to say about it. Halo original is much better, but as far as FPS games go, halo is nothing more than a run of the mill game, there are worse and there are certainly much better games.

ipodder2003 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 14, 2004, 12:06:00 AM »

To me, it was overhyped but still worth it. It's fun on kai and xbc.

Rooble · « **Reply #5 on:** November 14, 2004, 12:10:00 AM »

ive not even played Halo in my gaming life

, so i went and got halo2 because of all the fuss and good reviews its had. i was expecting a bit more really.. the multiplayer gets a tad boring after a while, and with the amount of bandwidth this game use's

the campaign mode is pretty good i must admit, its kept me going and ive still to finish it

jesusphreak · « **Reply #6 on:** November 14, 2004, 12:24:00 AM »

SupaDawg · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2004, 12:37:00 PM »

Obviosly the bulk of you dont play on LiVE.

I was disappointed when i was handed a copy of the leak around a month back... wasnt 100% impressed, but now that i've played it on live and on a huge lan (we had 15 xboxes here last nite) it shows that its a great games.

not many other games offer a nearly lagless experience on live, but this ones does.

and the tracking on bungie.net is unreal.... you can even get a graphical representation of every one of your games online.

It is BY FAR the BEST online multiplayer game i have ever played. I've played blenty of PC multiplayer(farcry, Doom3, Battlefield....), but felt like quite a loser sitting in front of a monitor alone in my room playing games... PS2 offers nothing anywhere near comparable.

so get off your ass and dont bitch till you've tried it all. its "ok" on kai and xbc, but you really havent played this game till u play on live.

speaking of which i have a clanmatch planned.

-out

jesusphreak · « **Reply #8 on:** November 14, 2004, 01:28:00 PM »

gnutellafan · « **Reply #9 on:** November 14, 2004, 04:36:00 PM »

good game, but over hyped and not a significant improvement from halo (which was already a great game)

Rattled_by_the_Rush · « **Reply #10 on:** November 14, 2004, 05:14:00 PM »

Errant · « **Reply #11 on:** November 14, 2004, 07:39:00 PM »

Halo 2 was too short.

Finished it in less than 12 hours of play (approximately)

But it was a fun game none the less.

doompatroller · « **Reply #12 on:** November 14, 2004, 07:50:00 PM »

The game definitely did not live up to the hype. Not to give anything away...but the ending in the single player campaign...enraged me. Three years for this?!!

While I am sure many of you will wax on about the incredible multiplayer benefits and the addtion of playing the game on Live, but consider this:

Wouldn't you have been just as well served with a Halo Expansion Pack with new multiplayer maps and Live support?

Because Gents...this is exactly what you got.

Halo was a GREAT game not only because of the multiplayer experience, but because the single player campaign was engrossing, well written, and something that a lot of other games could only aspire to...

This..."Halo 2"...appears (at least to me, before the personal attacks begin...), to be nothing more than a MS attempt to further entrench it's Xbox Live program into gaming.

Not worth the $59.99 I spent on the game.

As a result of this I will be highly suspcious of the inevitable "Halo 3" when it arrives...

(Note: Was it just my Xbox or did anyone else have a problem with "layering" of textures during cut scenes? The game would cut to scene and for like the first second or so...I literally watched the textures applied?! This is unforgivable in a game in development this long....)

Mr Clown · « **Reply #13 on:** November 14, 2004, 09:29:00 PM »

neverwill · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2004, 02:05:00 AM »

Halo 2 is way better than the first one, the single player campaign is much more exciting and intense, plus the way they tell the story is much more ahead of anything Halo 1 did.
I don't understand all these people that say they loved Halo 1 but don't like Halo2, that just sounds crazy to me...I don't know, maybe it's because bungie took away your god pistol. The riffle is a much better alternative anyway. I will agree that the game is too short though, but I'm replaying it now on Heroic and I'm about half way through, and it's a much better experience on the harder difficulty levels.

As far as multiplayer, I can't get enough of it on XBLive, I never had bothered to purchase live before, but this game came with a free two month trial, so I gave it a shot, and wow...perfect, I think I'll probably keep my subscription after the two months is up just because of how much fun it is.

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