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I've done it, after about 6/7 hours of gameplay...and I don't think I died more than 10 times on normal (straight to legendary for the real game, methinks) - what a breeze. Only had about 4 "sessions" too. The fighting on Earth bits were practically non-existant, and the level from the E3 demo is completely different - much less fun than that one looked. Hated the pointless flying aliens, but they seemed a bit tacked on anyway.
Most of the levels seemed identical to the first game, and to each other in general. Flood - again! Why, why, why? Everyone hated them in the first game! Seymour's cameo from Little Shop of Horrors was cool though - "Feed MEEEEEE!". The ending was crap too, they didn't even finish the battle. Master Chief rides an "Ark" to Earth, there's a massive space battle, "I've come to F1N15H 1T!!!311", then it cuts straight to the credits! You get a small bit of Cortana and Seymour after the credits (yes, I'm that sad that I waited), and they've blatantly left it open for a third game.
All in all, it's a very, very good game, but it lacked the replay value of the first one. I'll probably use Halo 1 for single player, and Halo 2 for multiplayer. None of the levels were as fun as the beach one, or the snow ones from Halo 1 - and people complained about level design back then!
And how did the Sergeant and the Arbiter get off the Halo in the first game? I assume they're the same people from the special Legendary ending? That part of the story was quite interesting...shame the rest was about as fun as washing dishes.
Most of the levels seemed identical to the first game, and to each other in general. Flood - again! Why, why, why? Everyone hated them in the first game! Seymour's cameo from Little Shop of Horrors was cool though - "Feed MEEEEEE!". The ending was crap too, they didn't even finish the battle. Master Chief rides an "Ark" to Earth, there's a massive space battle, "I've come to F1N15H 1T!!!311", then it cuts straight to the credits! You get a small bit of Cortana and Seymour after the credits (yes, I'm that sad that I waited), and they've blatantly left it open for a third game.
All in all, it's a very, very good game, but it lacked the replay value of the first one. I'll probably use Halo 1 for single player, and Halo 2 for multiplayer. None of the levels were as fun as the beach one, or the snow ones from Halo 1 - and people complained about level design back then!
And how did the Sergeant and the Arbiter get off the Halo in the first game? I assume they're the same people from the special Legendary ending? That part of the story was quite interesting...shame the rest was about as fun as washing dishes.
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fragout123 wrote:
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> -However i do want a spin-off with Johnson:) We know what the lady
> likes!
>
Heh, Johnson had some good lines to say in Halo 2.
> Anyhew, getting live this week, so hopefully that will make up for a
> bit of it! PS- are the graphic pop-ups as annoying on multiplayer, i
> haven't got chance to check it out yet?
Nope.
>
> -However i do want a spin-off with Johnson:) We know what the lady
> likes!
>
Heh, Johnson had some good lines to say in Halo 2.
> Anyhew, getting live this week, so hopefully that will make up for a
> bit of it! PS- are the graphic pop-ups as annoying on multiplayer, i
> haven't got chance to check it out yet?
Nope.
The multiplayer is excellent. I can't wait to play system link team slayer though - drooling at the thought of it.
Shame about the single player though. Tried to play it again today, but none of the levels have that...thing...that the first game did.
Shame about the single player though. Tried to play it again today, but none of the levels have that...thing...that the first game did.
Cyclone wrote:
> Flower power wrote:
> Cyclone...Halo 2 really is that short
>
> No, it really isn't. F**king Pikmin is short, not Halo 2.
>
I completed Halo 2 in half the time it took me to complete Pikmin 2.
> Flower power wrote:
> Cyclone...Halo 2 really is that short
>
> No, it really isn't. F**king Pikmin is short, not Halo 2.
>
I completed Halo 2 in half the time it took me to complete Pikmin 2.
Cyclone wrote:
> Dante: right vergil! wrote:
> Cyclone wrote:
> It's not that short. Just we've all played it massively. The ending
> was as everyone said, a brick wall - another level?
>
> You really are a fool.
>
> Why?
Because you say random rubbish to my replies so how do you like it. If you don't like my opinion then fine, but don't bother calling me a spastic because it *ing pees me off.
> Dante: right vergil! wrote:
> Cyclone wrote:
> It's not that short. Just we've all played it massively. The ending
> was as everyone said, a brick wall - another level?
>
> You really are a fool.
>
> Why?
Because you say random rubbish to my replies so how do you like it. If you don't like my opinion then fine, but don't bother calling me a spastic because it *ing pees me off.
No, because you make points about the most idiotic things - most people have fair gripes about the game, yet you wish that decent features were removed because you can't play with them anymore.
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You suck. Simple.
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You suck. Simple.
Sorry if it's already been said but has anyone else heard the rumours that when Halo 2 was made it was too long a game (such a thing?) and so they split it into two seperate games. And that's why the ending is such a cliff hanger. So the second half of Halo 2 would be Halo 3.
Sounds extremely unlikely to me. :-/
Sounds extremely unlikely to me. :-/
Silent Thunder wrote:
> Sorry if it's already been said but has anyone else heard the rumours
> that when Halo 2 was made it was too long a game (such a thing?) and
> so they split it into two seperate games. And that's why the ending
> is such a cliff hanger. So the second half of Halo 2 would be Halo 3.
>
>
> Sounds extremely unlikely to me. :-/
I remember them saying that one level could easily fit into the whole Halo original campaign, Bungie are hiding something...bring out Halo 3 now
> Sorry if it's already been said but has anyone else heard the rumours
> that when Halo 2 was made it was too long a game (such a thing?) and
> so they split it into two seperate games. And that's why the ending
> is such a cliff hanger. So the second half of Halo 2 would be Halo 3.
>
>
> Sounds extremely unlikely to me. :-/
I remember them saying that one level could easily fit into the whole Halo original campaign, Bungie are hiding something...bring out Halo 3 now
halo 2 realy easy on medium i finished it on sunday and i disapionted
Silent Thunder wrote:
> Sorry if it's already been said but has anyone else heard the rumours
> that when Halo 2 was made it was too long a game (such a thing?) and
> so they split it into two seperate games. And that's why the ending
> is such a cliff hanger. So the second half of Halo 2 would be Halo 3.
>
>
> Sounds extremely unlikely to me. :-/
Just watch the Making Of on the bonus DVD if you have it. It would appear they were really pushed for time [...even though they had 2/3 years :S]
> Sorry if it's already been said but has anyone else heard the rumours
> that when Halo 2 was made it was too long a game (such a thing?) and
> so they split it into two seperate games. And that's why the ending
> is such a cliff hanger. So the second half of Halo 2 would be Halo 3.
>
>
> Sounds extremely unlikely to me. :-/
Just watch the Making Of on the bonus DVD if you have it. It would appear they were really pushed for time [...even though they had 2/3 years :S]
Cyclone wrote:
> No, because you make points about the most idiotic things - most
> people have fair gripes about the game, yet you wish that decent
> features were removed because you can't play with them anymore.
>
> +
>
> You suck. Simple.
Err you have got it wrong fool. I wanted the good bouncy vehicles to come back, not the other way round.
God you suck.
> No, because you make points about the most idiotic things - most
> people have fair gripes about the game, yet you wish that decent
> features were removed because you can't play with them anymore.
>
> +
>
> You suck. Simple.
Err you have got it wrong fool. I wanted the good bouncy vehicles to come back, not the other way round.
God you suck.
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