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Halo 2

2004 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox console Website

Approval Rate: 65%

65%Approval ratio

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    sagedarkhorse

    Wed Jun 10 2009

    All around great game. Much better than Halo 1 which the dual wielding implementation etc. DOwnfall is the fact that they totally redid the oldschool pistol and made it a piece of shit. Insanely fun online play - once again unlimited replayability value.

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    ilikepie

    Sun Dec 23 2007

    The campaign had a couple of dull moments, but it is more than made up for by the stellar multiplayer mode. I'm not sure anything will ever beat Swat...

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    diprosopus

    Sun Jul 08 2007

    Didn't live up to the hype. It's fun, but only the first time around while the original had a few levels that are still fun to me.

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    playeditall

    Tue May 30 2006

    this is a very good game except i didnt like playing as an alien cause it took me out of the game a little but i can deal. great game

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    popwarbunny10

    Tue May 30 2006

    P-E-R-F-E-C-T. BEST GAME EVER INVENTED...NOW WE GOTTA JUST WAIT FOR HALO 3...AH YEAH SON! AH YEAH!

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    bruteshot99

    Sat May 06 2006

    good game.

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    bruteforce101

    Sun Apr 30 2006

    I am rating this game OK becuase of how the game repeats it's self a lot to me. On xbox live i see the people doing the same thing and so do i all the time. I hate the campain so much. The campain is so boring and i hate playing as the elite. I highly recomend Bruteforce it's a much better game.

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    crhayes7

    Tue Feb 28 2006

    pretty good game but not to what i was expecting it to be. the guns are ok the story line is ok. and you dont get the crazy physics that was in the first one. in the first one i liked playing destruction derby. you take 2 wart hogs and run them into each other head on and one of them goes flying. plus i liked taking a ghost and pulling some sick tricks off of the tanks. just typing this makes me miss it even more. i did like having the fuel rod canon for once and being able to fly the banshee was pretty cool(multiplayer).

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    manti5

    Mon Feb 27 2006

    There's too many balancing flaws to make this game perfect, or maybe I just had too much fun with the first.

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    spencinator

    Sat Feb 11 2006

    best shooter evere if you dont like this game then you must not like shooters. i cant wait to try xbox live but the campain is cool and very indepth but it may take a bit to understand.very good ai's cortana is cool buy it you'll love it and if you dont then thats ok but i love it best weapons: smg sniper rifle neeler plasma rifle sword (the best) shotgun

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    coloneloneill

    Tue Jan 31 2006

    Why are the ratings for this lower than Halo 1? The ending is dissapointing but otherwise its much better. (I do miss "Hang 'Em High" though)

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    abeno506

    Tue Jan 24 2006

    This Game pwns all others it is the holy grail!

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    mezosoicmaniac

    Sun Jan 15 2006

    Perfect by nature. Must i say more?

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    veralynn

    Fri Jan 06 2006

    My rating would be better if those in charge of XBox Live would do more to prevent cheaters in the games. It would not be difficult to hire people in different areas to log on and experience firsthand the abuse some of the players dole out. They also need to be tougher on quitters. The game is rated M for Mature, yet many of the players on XBL sound a LOT younger than 18.

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    thebestgameeve_rmadei

    Sat Dec 31 2005

    THE BEST GAME EVER MADE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    hansonontheloo_se

    Fri Dec 30 2005

    I'm Chris. I LOVE this game! If you get this game then get Xbox Live because it's HELLA fun. The Campaign in Halo 2 wasn't all that fun and i heted playing as Elites. (it's sooo stupid) but if you play with ur friends it's the funnest game in the WHOLE world!!!!! RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!

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    urkevitz

    Sun Dec 11 2005

    Xbox LIVE is great, but the single player is so bad it brings down the score. The campaign put me to sleep, no where near as good as Halo 1 which got boring at times. I hated playing as the Arbiter, and the ending goes without explanation.

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    crunchbite58

    Wed Nov 30 2005

    This is definitely one of the best games of any type ever. It has everything you could want, a great singleplayer, multiplayer with great maps, and the best online play of any game.

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    louiethe20th

    Thu Oct 20 2005

    This game and the original carried XBox in my opinion. Were it not for these titles PS2 would have crushed XBox.

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    ecko_4_19

    Wed Oct 19 2005

    Ok im Sam (The greatis Halo 2 player of all time) if you have never heard of this game lisen to me now. U lisening? OK, this first person shooter game is a GOD for me i worship it. And you know why? The guns, dual weild, tanks, warwogs, the maham, the chaos, the destruction, the XBOX LIVE, the glory and the pride of beating your friends online... did i say guns yet anyway multiplayer get 140% although the story it self, the starting all good and fun but about half way though a litle boring, around the end confused and very boring because it the same thing all over again and confusing because this giant plant guy comes out of nowhere and its just confusing so i give 60%. In conclusion this game is not exacly fun when it comes to the story but the multiplayer is so freaken awsome its worth it.

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    supercoolguy

    Tue Sep 13 2005

    off the hinges

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    kyle6893

    Mon Sep 12 2005

    exelt game

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    jukeboxhero

    Thu Jun 16 2005

    HAHAHAHA thats a good ClassicTVFAN47!!

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    jagan8f7

    Sun Jun 05 2005

    This is the best game i have ever played. It has everything you want in a shooter. I can't wait to see what Halo 3 will be!

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    jamez560

    Sat Apr 30 2005

    first of all i own over one hundred xbox games alone and halo 2 is on the baddest list! awsome game play sort of long too i love the main theme music ive learnd how to play it on the guitar! and most incerdable (sorry cant spell that) made game next to doom 3! great story and the same and more awsome vhecles as the first one! this is only a few things i can say ok let me just say it your supied and retared and evil barsterd not to buy this GAME! o yeh i forgot the only bad thing about this game is NOTHING!!

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    tortoisehead

    Tue Mar 29 2005

    Hmmm... just like Halo 1. Fun but nothing too fantastic. Some bots in multiplayed mode would have been alright since I'm not enough of a dork to hook up to XBOX live and none of my friends really enjoy video games.

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    heartless_bastard

    Sun Mar 20 2005

    The multiplayer for this game is top notch except for all the bugs, glitches,and cheaters online. As for the story I have to say the game sucked and did not live up to the hype; also I don't give two large craps about what rock band did the music or what hollywood stars did the voice acting. Halo 2 is nothing more than a wanna-be starcraft, independence day starwars with medievil roman catholicism thrown in. The campiagn is boring and slightly exciting at some parts and since when did the alien guys learn how to speak sophisticated english. Suck a dick Bungie!!!

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    1256inuyasha

    Sat Mar 12 2005

    This game is so friking awesome. The multi-player awesome the storyline is awesome. This is the best shooting game since the first halo.

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    charlstonhesto_n

    Fri Feb 11 2005

    Charlston Heston (me) says this game is better than the first because of the online multiplayer. He also says it is better than half-life2 because hl2 is too has crapy multiplayer and just isnt all that fun. halo 1 is 4 and half while halo 2 is 5 (from my cold dead hand)

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    rtrim5

    Wed Feb 09 2005

    I Charlie Murphy am the KING OF STICKS. If there is any close combat you can kiss your life goodbye. I will hit your bitch ass in the face and leave you with the sound of explosion. You have been stuck by Charlie Murphy.

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    classictvfan47

    Sat Dec 25 2004

    Will fail in the face of upcoming Nintendo GameCube releases such as Starfox: Assault and Mario Baseball.

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    the_slacker

    Sat Dec 18 2004

    I really didnt like this game, story was boring as hell, the new warthogs and ghosts werent worth a damn, the guns werent as useful as in the original, the duel wield was useless, and they held hardly any ammu.After beating it two days after I rented it, I started playing Halo 1 and actually having fun. the only reason I gave it a 2 is because split screen was slightly better. Not Recommened.

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    independant

    Wed Dec 08 2004

    I loved this game but legendary was way to easy(I like the covenantlevels better than Master Chief levels.) but it has the best graphics ive seen on Xbox

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    helmut

    Sun Dec 05 2004

    Doesn't quite live up to all the hype. Don't get me wrong. XBOX live is pretty darned cool. However, if it were possible, I would much rather play halo 1 on xbox live. It has better gameplay. Halo 2 offers more customizaion of just about every feature but it is hard to judge this soon as far as gameplay goes. The story line is pretty lame for a game that was said to Re-invent what it means to have a story line in a game. Not anything amazing, although playing as the covenant was pretty cool. There was just too much of it. I mean, you don't even finish the game as the master cheif. The flood weren't cool enough for a reprise. All you have to do is point and shoot and avoid the exploding guys. I also can't tell much difference in the AI's if there is any at all. Multiplayer gets a four. Single player gets a two.

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    cartman117

    Sun Dec 05 2004

    Personally in School i cant wait to get home and play this great action game marines really respond to you. I need a nurse NO A FEMALE NURSE!

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    pepe_le_peu

    Sun Nov 28 2004

    SICKLY AWESOME!!! The following are the AWESOMENESS OF AWESOME WEAPONS in Halo 2: M6C PISTOL (DUAL WIELD) BR55 RIFLE (HELL YEAH!!!) M7/CASELESS SUB MACHINE GUN (SMG) (DUAL WIELD) S2 AM SNIPER RIFLE (HELL YEAH!!!) M19 SSM ROCKET LAUNCHER (HOMING...SUPER HELL YEAH!!!!!) M90 SHOTGUN (COOL!!!) M9 HE-DP FRAGMENTATION GRENADE (MUCH BETTER THAN HALO 1'S) M41 LAAG (MOUNTED ON WARTHOG)(COOL!!!) M68 GAUSS CANNON (MOUNTED ON GAUSS WARTHOG) (SUPER COOL!!!) PLASMA PISTOL (DUAL WIELD) PLASMA RIFLE (DUAL WIELD) BRUTE PLASMA RIFLE (DUAL WIELD) (NOT AS GOOD AS REGULAR PLASMA RIFLE) NEEDLER (DUAL WIELD) (YEAH!!!) COVENANT CARBINE (GREAT!!!) (I THINK THE BR55 RIFLE IS BETTER, THOUGH) PARTICLE BEAM RIFLE (EQUIVALENT TO S2 AM SNIPER RIFLE) BRUTE SHOT (GOOD MELEE ATTACK) (GOOD GRENADE ATTACK) The following is a list of AWESOME vehicles in Halo 2: GHOST BANSHEE WRAITH (COVENANT TANK) SPECTRE (COVENANT M12 WARTHOG LRV) SHADOW (COVENANT GROUND TRANSPORT) M12 WARTHOG LRV (LIGHT RECON. VE... Read more

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    kamylienne

    Sat Nov 13 2004

    One of the most highly-anticipated games ever, its release date pushed back so many times, it had BETTER be worthwhile. And, judging from preliminary play, it's at least as good as the original. I'm not a big fan of FPS's (first-person shooters), but hell, I'll give it a shot. Graphics are excellent, though it's not that much greater than the original Halo game. The customization is a nice touch, but it's just bells 'n' whistles. Because I'm NOT big on FPS's in general, it's kind of hard to get the controls down, but it's not that much different than other games of its genre as far as that goes. And for storyline? Well, I'll tell you when I get there. As it stands now, it's a 4: At least as good as the original, but hasn't shown me anything too new . . . yet. We'll see if it gets a 5 as gameplay goes on.

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    smackdowner

    Thu Nov 11 2004

    Halo 2 is all that and more it is the game to have.Its the best game ever to come out peroid.The graphics are awsome and the control is as good as ever.The story is great the only bad thing is the single player has to end but thats where xbox live comes in.Halo 2 sold over 2.4 million copys and made over 125 million in the first day.Thats the biggest for any game or movies released.The only people who well put this game down is ps2 owners because they cant play it on their crappy ps2 and pc owners are mad because halo is the biggest FPS of all time.So let them cry while us xbox owners play the biggest game of all time

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    originalchief

    Wed Nov 10 2004

    Dude, Bungie screwed the world with Halo 2. The multiplayer is totally messed, there is no skill required, and the graphics in multplayer (especially the textures) arent even as good as the original halos. Xbox live is its best feature, because the campaign still sucks. Expect to see many of these in the USED section in your local gamestore. I hate the super high jumping and the invincibility to falls of any height. The graphics, even when you play alone, look more cartoony than realistic. Don't buy it, just play it at your friends house and decide.

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    gamerdude

    Thu Sep 02 2004

    piece of crap i tested it a horrible game.

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    boonta23

    Thu Sep 02 2004

    It's not even out yet, but I'll give it a five based on what its predecesor has shown me.

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    byrdiohead

    Mon Jan 19 2004

    The anticipation for this game is killing me. I pre-ordered it last September and I'm going to be at Gamestop the morning it arrives to pick up my copy.

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    mrmcduff

    Thu Jan 15 2004

    Awsome game everyone should try this one out.