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I was primarily a nintendo fan...maybe you could even call me a fanboy per say. Evenually the gamecube started to get less and less games. Even with my gameboy and Nintendo DS i became VERY bored with nintendo. Right around March-April 2005, I wanted to get another system and picked the Xbox due to the fact I don't trust Sony with system quality (had my PSX die 3 times; this is IMO by the way so no flames).

anyways, so all my friends told me to buy Halo 2 and I knew it was a very popular game and I remember loving Halo 1 when i played it over a friend's house. I bought Halo 1 first and loved the campaign and the mulitplayer. Then I bought Halo 2 and played on live...

I became disguisted...i had to deal with 9 year old kids mocking me due to the fact that my "level" was too low and I had kids calling me names...need I say more? i continually got my ass handed to me so and it just wasent fun to be killed 10 times in a minute or being spawn killed (i know i suck ) I decided to stop playing Halo 2 and I went onto other games and other FPS. At the moment, I thought Timesplitters FP was better due to the perfect dark gameplay and map maker...

But recently my friends begged me to get into Halo 2 so I tried it again. After some coaching from my friends, I started to get better and now I finally see what the fuss was all about. Its a great fps, not the best...IMO but still great nonetheless...I just had to give it a chance.

What do you guys think of Halo 2? Did any of you go through the growing pains I went through?

NOTE: I'm refering to the multiplayer...not single player

It sucks. Pretty okay multiplayer, I like messing with it over friend's house, sometimes. But there aren't any bots, so 2 player is out of the question. (Unless you want to spend ten minutes to find your opponent.)

And I hate the story. Its just nothing special.


And MOST of all, it's overrated. It's a good game, nothing close to the best.

I got it when it was brand new, so I didn't have much growing pains at all. Just those first few hours, I just a little off. And I didn't know all the maps and weapons too well.\

The people who hate the game are usually fans of another fps. Or just want to sound cool.

i hate the campaign and the story does suck...im talking about multiplayer

I talked about multiplayer too. I just decided on a total [short] overview.


I like craploads of fps's. Im pretty open-minded on them. (I have to be, because alot of people I know dont have a good taste for games.)

o ok i read it kinda quickily. the whole point of this topic is to point out that people who say halo 2 sucks (like you) might have "another reason" for hating it. but you obviously played it and i respect you're opinion.

im just saying this game is better than I thought it was based on a first impression so bad that i didnt touch it for a year

For a FPS, the storyline is decent. Also, don't judge the campaign mode until you spend a couple hours in legendary.

But the multiplayer does kick the single player's ass.

my complaint isnt the difficulty. the level design sucks IMO and i just dont even wanna finish it. im sure its tough but i like halo 1's campaign better. In other words...

HALO 1 CAMPAIGN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HALO 2 CAMPAIGN
HALO 2 MULTIPLAYER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HALO 1 MULTIPLAYER

why did i type that in all caps? idk

I did. (Not on "legendary", though.) Then I got impatient and shut it off, because it was annoying.

I got pretty far. It was just a pain in the ass. I mean, I dont feel like going into a whole rant about it. (Im tired of it) Its just nothing special.

i agree. the first level was almost IDENTICAL to the first one in halo 1. they dropped the ball with the campaign IMHO

IMO, the halo 2 campaign is better. (especially on co-op due to the non reviving thing on legendary) The only thing that pisses me off about it, is the damn snipers on legendary. God they pissed me off. 1 hit, you're dead.

Hmm.. Ice, I'm glad to see SOMEONE who doesnt kiss Halo's ass for a living. Your probably the first person who has said something FAIRLY (BARELY!!) negative about it.
Now Ima have a burger.

what makes it better? the only levels worth mentioning are the ones on earth then the mission go into crapfest mode. H1'S missions were original and fun...but I respect your opinion but please explain why its better?

Halo 1 missions weren't that original. Hell, it didn't even have bosses.

Also, you don't have to respect some one's opinion. You just have to respect their right for saying it.

i feel like we're getting into a flame war...just wait till the halo fanboys come out. my point is...H2'S mission design SUCKED! H1 design was better IMO and you didnt tell me why u like h2 campaign better except the no revive thing whcih makes the horrible levels harder...

Halo 1 had no bosses.
Some of the levels were repetitive as hell. Such as the library and snow place. (The 2nd time u go back there, u just go backwards on the map. Brilliant design)

There was much less vehicles in part 1 campaign.

Part 2 had more different kinds of guys to fight.

Part 2 has very little repetitiveness. The closest thing to to it, is the last 2 levels w/ master cheif.

Since part 2 is harder, you have to be a little bit more sneaky on it.

Part 1 did have a great campaign, but part 2 is slighty better imo.

Wow...ok you're not understanding me. ever heard of the saying the best of the worst?

i think the halo franchaise depends on its multiplayer. OVERALL halo 1's campaign had 3 REALLY good missions and I had the patience to finish it. Halo 2's campaign had ONE good mission IF even that. The story sucked and the level design was inferior.

As for the bosses, who cares? the bosses sucked. I saw each of them and only saw a few that even merit the term boss IMO. and the more enemies to fight? well props to Bungie for making the enemies good but that doesn't excuse the CRAPPY level design.

can we both agree level 1 in both halos are almost identical?

They are very identical quality wise. In my honest to god opinion, 2nd campaign is slightly better. I get laughed at from the hardcore halo fans whenever I say that. Which is kinda ironic really.

lol well there is one thing I REALLY HATED...why the hell did we need to see the story from the ALIEN'S perspective....that KILLED alot of the story for me! Why the *%^& are they speaking english?

I had np w/ the alien's pov. Made the storyline more thick. And the english didn't get me, cause I got used to it from part 1.

lol well we're kinda getting off topic now...i dont want any die hard halo fanboys to see our discussion.