Reviews from

in the past


Replay ⏪
4.25 / 5.
Another brilliant game but I can't help but think this was more made to set up Halo 3. As well as this, Master Chief is kind of useless in this game? With Arbiter doing much more than he did.

Blow Me Away plays without vocals in the game, actually unplayable

Halo 2 is one of the biggest messes of a game that I enjoy. The singleplayer campaign is ridiculously imbalanced, inconsistent, and yet fun. The usual pillars of Halo combat are still there: great AI, great weapons, great enemies, great (albeit inconsistent) missions. The story is also extremely good, easily my second or third-favorite story in a shooter. Co-op play is also still really fun, as per usual in Halo. However the game's difficulty and encounter balancing is astonishingly bad, especially on the highest difficulty where the game is borderline unplayable at moments. Those are what hold the game back from anything higher.


not as good as 3 but better than 4 i think

this is TRUE shooter gaming!!

What a step up from Halo 1 - this game took everything Halo did right, and amplified it, and improved upon most of the flaws. The story was much larger in scope, with the added worldbuilding elements attaching me to the world and the characters in a way the first game just couldn't quite get right. Not only this, but the missions felt much tighter in their design - not completely missing out on the choices of weapons and the different feel that choice would give the level - but refining it so that no matter the choice you made, you'd have an absolute blast along the way.

I loved the two separate stories converging into one, and the new weapon choices were a lot of fun to play with (energy swords are still one of my most nostalgic video game weapons.) The vehicle controls felt much better, and more enjoyable, and the variety of enemies was also much more fun.

The only reason this didn't quite get the 5stars from me was some slight level design issues towards the end, and the cliffhanger ending after quite a disappointing final level (the level was fun, it just didn't quite feel like an endgame encounter).

I can see myself replaying this again certainly, very glad I went back to explore this series properly after only playing around on multiplayer as a teenager. Much recommended!

Best game in the series in my opinion.

Halo 2's multiplayer walked, so Halo 3's multiplayer could run.

Halo 2 improves a lot about what I liked about Combat Evolved while adding a lot more meat to areas that I thought needed it. The big improvement comes from the story. Combat Evolved had a story, though it wasn't what I was mainly looking forward to for the most part. I knew Halo had some good lore, and Combat Evolved had some interesting parts but that wasn't the highlight for me (though the Keyes mission was really good). In Halo 2, the story takes more importance, even going as far as to have a second playable character and that was a really cool perspective. The other elements of the game are also improved like the level design, music, and graphics, though I feel like some missions were a little weaker than in Combat Evolved (though that's a minority of missions). Still, I had a lot of fun playing this and it definitely was a step up from Combat Evolved, though I wouldn't say it's perfect, just really great. Overall, very great game with improved elements to its predecessor.

first half to the greatest video game ever made

Gameplay is vastly improved from the first. Duel wielding is a gift from god. The only downside is the fact that Legendary is the most untested difficulty curve I've ever experienced in a game. Other than that, it's fantastic. The most quotable game ever made.

I was deep in Half-Life mods still, playing Firearms and DoD and stuff. This was the multiplayer shooter my brother and his friends played. I tried it a few times, and honestly, I don't understand how it took off other than being a Big Franchise. I don't know if a first person shooter's multiplayer experience has ever made me more actively miserable than spawning with the SMG, moving slow and turning slow and firing a peashooter. Cultural forces are the only explanation my young mind could accept for the success of such a bad time.

Messy and bloated, while some of the core mechanics are quite fun, Halo 2 creates far too many annoying and frustrating moments to make this an overall good experience. While you can appreciate much of what it what for its time, the irritating checkpoint system, inconsistent battle mechanics, overly long waiting periods, and redundant gunplay make it not quite worth one's time. Moments of fun, but pretty big disappointment overall.

-"Que pasa si fallas?"

-"No lo hare"

Johnson y el Inquisidor carrean la campaña

best story out of the bungie games

Imo I feel like this is a big step from halo ce. While I can understand why some would like the first. This one has done so many things right. Like the set pieces early in the game were crazy fun.the dual wielding, the grenades

The original Halo felt quite clunky at times, and the level design in some areas was really bad, asking you to walk through very similar looking areas a lot. Halo 2 was the game that really made me feel like I was experiencing a journey unfold, the first game to make me feel like I was getting the Halo experience. The game still frustratred me a fair bit here and there, but I think I'll look back on it fondly.

this windows vista exclusive did not Blow Me Away (instead half the time it blew), not the strongest and thus will not survive....................

Ps: my favorit master chef quoteS? "YOU WANT A PIECE OF MEAT BOY?" and "JACKED OFF AND GOOD 2 GO!" of course
pps: the smg sounds like a sped-up fart on repeat and there's a good reason for that (they bring it up in one of the books)

BRUTES! The faster you can kill those brutes the better.

Arbiter and master chief slowly crossing paths was so awesome

Don't have access to my original xbox at the moment. Overall the campaign feels weaker than CE so far, with too many holdout sequences reminiscent of The Library.


Miles better than the first one, the levels are much more enjoyable and the gunplay is way more fun.
That's how a sequel should be made.

One of my most hyped games, I remember watching trailers and gameplay releases in Year 6.

Campaign was a smash hit, I played through many times and was bewildered when I first played as the Arbiter and got to see inside the Covenant society.
One of the most ambitious turning points in the Halo series, to have elites uprise and see through the prophets’ lies.

Gameplay-wise, I loved all the new inclusions such as the Battle Rifle, duel wielding and stealing vehicles. Legendary was hard but I prefer it to Halo 1 and 3’s easier legendary.

MP cannot be understated in how groundbreaking it was for console gaming and online gaming in general. I didn’t have good internet at the time and didn’t play until late Halo 3, but I played plenty of custom games.

10/10, Halo 2 feels a bit quirkier and unique to others in the series.

very solid, i miss double weapons and the maps are almost perfectly crafted for competitive matches, and thats to say nothing about the amazing campaign

this game might be the cure to insomnia for some people out there