Halo 2 is a major success for its time and basically started the competitive online gaming as opposed to the "couch gaming" competition. Does it deserve all the praise and scores it got and is it as good if not better than its predecessor Halo Combat Evolved? Lets take look then.

Graphics: Graphics are very good for its time and can still somewhat hold up to this day. They are a massive improvement from Halo Combat Evolved graphics.

Sound: Awesome and a huge improvement from Halo Combat Evolved. The new soundtrack is a masterpiece composed by Marty O'Donnel. The soundtrack includes all new tracks and each track from Halo CE is improved and one of their best tracks (i cant recall the name) is given a rock cover of it.

Addictiveness: if you like Halo and its multiplayer you will be hooked with the new online muliplayer component

Story: Takes place after Halo Combat Evolved with the covenant invading Earth but instead of playing as the Master Chief for the entire game you can play as The Arbiter for a half of the game. The Arbiter was a former elite ordered to stop the Master Chief from destroying Halo but became the Arbiter due to his failure. People knock on the story for being a bit boring but its pretty good


Depth: the game has a good bit to offer
Campaign, Online Multiplayer (sadly shut down for Xbox and Xbox 360) and local multiplayer wth all the game modes from Halo Combat Evolved, Team Slayer, Slayer, Capture The Flag, King Of The Hill, etc


Difficulty: the game is not hard due to regenerated health but the Legendary Difficulty will be unforgiving.
Compared the other difficulties, legendary is very difficult due to enemies causing more damage, AI is smarter, snipers nearly never miss and enemy shields are stronger.

TIP: To survive Legendary this combo called the "Noob Combo" is the best to murder your enemies. The Noob Combo includes a plasma pistol, a gun you cn charge up and release its burst to take down enemy shields and a battle rifle or human pistol which both can take out enemies with a single headshot

Overall: The game is awesome and is well deserved its given scores and is a massive improvement from Halo Combat Evolved and is a game you should play

Great review! Short, but sweet. Unfortunitly online is gone, I never got to expeirence it. Luckily, I lives on (sort of) with LAN tunneling. I still (in a cometitive stand point) like CE better, but Halo 2 is still a great party game.

bigger0gamer : Thank you for the kind words on the review and yes its sad the multiplayer gone but thanks to a LAN service you can play it on PC and if im not mistaken, Xbox as well but sadly the only way we can play Halo 2 with a ton of people is the Master Chief Collection.

TristinTehGamer1: Yes XBox can too, but yeah the only people I can find to play with on XBox never stop playing all rifles (or snipes) FFA on Lockout (I hate Lockout now). If only someone would run fan/custom servers for XBox Live/Halo 2.

bigger0gamer : Omg i know right its annoying, and i always can never connect to these games :-: Idk about xbox but the pc has 1 or 2 games open at the most and one is always Lockout and the other is Ascension.
Ugh i would love to play Big Team Slayer on Halo 2's blood gulch or Zanzibar

I own it, I really don't care for multiplayer, but when my friend wanted to play, I'd join. I used to do really well, despite my hate of pvp though. I usually used the Marine Sniper rifle with the Energy sword, and could snipe people's head in mid-air. I don't like multiplayer, but I played the campaign mode to death. To the point where I could tell how many, of what color, of enemies are in the next room. Freaked all my friends out. I've sniped people out of Banshees too.

   I did like the graphic upgrade from the first game, with one exception... The people's faces. In one they weren't as detailed, but in 2, they look freaky. I did love how the grass in Halo 1 was like someone took a picture of grass, and copy and pasted it all over the ground. XD

   I also had problems with switching between Master Chief and the Arbiter, I'd switch to the Arbiter and start shooting my allies. XD

   Fun game though, good memories. Nice review.

F. Starr : Yeah i didnt care much for the multiplayer till i played it on MCC online xP honestly i didnt even play multiplayer much until Master Chief Collection xP i know the campaign to heart, every nook and cranny, anything campaign wise i know

Such a fun game, the remake is good too but for some reason i see myself switching to old graphics most of the time

Ah, Halo 2. This game really pushed the limits of the original Xbox in every way, and it's still one of the best, if not the best, game for the entire console. I never got to play it, but I watched a relative of mine play it a bit, and I could tell that it looked awesome. At least, from my younger self's point of view.

You did a pretty decent job for the review, honestly. It could use a little bit more detail, but otherwise it gives a short but decent description of the game. Just keep writing and you'll improve with time and practice.

NovemberJoy : Im a bit new to this review writing i wrote it out of boredom and its my second review if im correct

TristanTehGamer1 : Do not worry, all reviewers get through The same phase, i.e. writing something very short (and usually condensed). I know I did, and now my reviews are all 1500 words or more.

One trick I can give you: get into details! How has The soundtrack improved from The previous game? How does it compare to other work from The composer? How difficult is Legendary compared to The other modes?