Halo 2 is THE first person shooter.
Every aspect that makes any video game good, Bungie have taken and perfected it in their latest instalment of the Halo trilogy.
Halo 2 takes place... well, everywhere. While the first Halo game was mainly limited to one ring-shaped planet, Halo 2 has the player travelling from Earth, to a Halo, To a Forerunner facility to the Enemy Homeland. This is part of what makes this game the best first person shooter ever, that it is unlimited in it's settings.
Halo 2 has the player in the midst of exciting battles using imaginative weapons and following a brilliant storyline. Anyone who has read the 3 novels (soon to be 4) or will see the film will know of Halo's epic storyline about a genetically-enhanced soldier's journey to save humanity from a vicious enemy, who are fighting a Holy war against the human race.
The single-player campaign of Halo 2 isn't long, but is dramatic and intense. It is is no doubt an achievement in gaming visuals. Bungie obviously paid attention to making the environments beautiful in order to enhance game-play.
The main problems with todays first-person shooters is that they lack depth, they're shallow. They can create a situation in which you must fire a gun to kill an enemy but they can't give the player a good reason to kill the enemy. Halo 2, using it's poetic battles, artistic scenery and spectacular storyline, gives the player a strong intent to stop the covenant (human's enemy) and save humanity.
This video game has inspired tons of beautiful artwork, masses of elegant poetry and endless pages of intense fan fiction stories.
All this... from one video game? doesn't seem possible, does it? Play Halo 2. And find out for yourself.
But i'm not done yet, because if the campaign of Halo 2 is the turkey, it's multi-player is it's stuffing.
Halo 2's multi-player has up to sixteen players fighting amongst a creative landscape, with 18 weapons and 7 vehicles at their disposal. You can choose to fight on an island or a train station with a sword or a sniper. And with constant updates courtesy of Bungie, the multi-player only gets better! From the inspired campaign mode to the intense multi-player mode, there is several reasons why Halo 2 is the Best Game Ever...
...at least until Halo 3 releases :-)
Every aspect that makes any video game good, Bungie have taken and perfected it in their latest instalment of the Halo trilogy.
Halo 2 takes place... well, everywhere. While the first Halo game was mainly limited to one ring-shaped planet, Halo 2 has the player travelling from Earth, to a Halo, To a Forerunner facility to the Enemy Homeland. This is part of what makes this game the best first person shooter ever, that it is unlimited in it's settings.
Halo 2 has the player in the midst of exciting battles using imaginative weapons and following a brilliant storyline. Anyone who has read the 3 novels (soon to be 4) or will see the film will know of Halo's epic storyline about a genetically-enhanced soldier's journey to save humanity from a vicious enemy, who are fighting a Holy war against the human race.
The single-player campaign of Halo 2 isn't long, but is dramatic and intense. It is is no doubt an achievement in gaming visuals. Bungie obviously paid attention to making the environments beautiful in order to enhance game-play.
The main problems with todays first-person shooters is that they lack depth, they're shallow. They can create a situation in which you must fire a gun to kill an enemy but they can't give the player a good reason to kill the enemy. Halo 2, using it's poetic battles, artistic scenery and spectacular storyline, gives the player a strong intent to stop the covenant (human's enemy) and save humanity.
This video game has inspired tons of beautiful artwork, masses of elegant poetry and endless pages of intense fan fiction stories.
All this... from one video game? doesn't seem possible, does it? Play Halo 2. And find out for yourself.
But i'm not done yet, because if the campaign of Halo 2 is the turkey, it's multi-player is it's stuffing.
Halo 2's multi-player has up to sixteen players fighting amongst a creative landscape, with 18 weapons and 7 vehicles at their disposal. You can choose to fight on an island or a train station with a sword or a sniper. And with constant updates courtesy of Bungie, the multi-player only gets better! From the inspired campaign mode to the intense multi-player mode, there is several reasons why Halo 2 is the Best Game Ever...
...at least until Halo 3 releases :-)