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Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy Used: $7.00
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New (12) Used (40) Collectible (1) from $7.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  243 reviews
Sales Rank: 3405
Platform: Xbox
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Limited
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Xbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: m41-00031
UPC: 805529884236
EAN: 0805529884236
ASIN: B0002A2S26
Release Date: November 9, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 good job Bungi February 27, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Excellent game. Only 2 minor criticisms.
- 1) Game is very long, but seems to be unfinished
- 1a) last level is not w/Master Chief, which seems odd.
- 1b) the cut-scenes (which are of minimal importance anyway) seem to have glitches where some parts of the animation appear, then others (not all at once).
- 1c) multiplayer maps were released later for more money. these should have been released free. some of them were merely levels from the game.
- 2) no multiplayer bots. they can do this, they just won't, forcing you to go online to spend more money if you want to play at home against someone else and no friends are over.
Other than these minor gripes, the game is flawless and one of the best games for any system. arguably 2nd only to the original halo. I'd give this a 4.8 or 4.9 if it were possible.
I still wish MS had splintered off a Bungi team and had them develop Halo2 based on the original Halo engine so we wouldn't have to wait so long for the release, while simultaneously developing a new Halo game with the new engine.
Best experience. December 27, 2006
Ok, I have to start off by saying that I wasn't at all interested in this game when it first came out, serveral reasons: first off; I could not afford an xbox at the time so I didn't even want to check it out for my fear of falling in love with it and HAVING to get an xbox somehow, second off ;) never really been a sci-fi-whatever lover; always loved and still love WW2 inspired games, third off ;) all the hype about halo 2 made me sick at first, everybody talking about it!!! god!! make it stop!!! I saw some screenshots and videos eventually and never really saw the big deal about it. Now; on to the good part, when I got my xbox (by the time I finally got my tax return) I bought dozens of games but never halo 2, one day I went to the mall and went into a games store and asked one of the guys: "what's a good game?" cuz I was already bored with what I had, boy, this guy said "ok, of course you've played halo 2 right?" and I'm like "no, and I'm not really looking for a sci-fi kinda game" he started going about how great and fun this game was and how I'm really missing on something special. well, the guy convinced me and got the damn game, I get home, popped the game in and started playing..............GOD DAMN HOW WRONG I WAS!!!! first: graphics, not the best certainly but some really nice touches bring out the effort that was put into it, from the shine on each weapon to the level design and character design, couldn't ask for better for the console, second: gameplay, this is it, this takes the cake, lots of games might be similar to halo 2, but the fun here is second to none, you never really realize when you've already learned the controls, it's that easy and intuitive, the speed of the game, the A.I, the weapons, the explosions, the control you have on you own arsenal, the dual wielding (which opened a whole new dimension of fun and possibilities), the cars, the carjackings, all this came together to blow me away, and I haven't even started on multiplayer, I finally beat the game on normal mode, I never touched the game again for about a year until I finally got my DSL internet and thought: "let's give halo 2 a try online", OMFG!!! this is NEVER ENDIND FUN, it really is, true, you have the same basic kind of games, capture the flag, slayer, etc, but it's the variety of ways and combat what'll keep you wanting to be better than everybody else and you can even create your own games, it doesn't get any better than that, it's the thrill of the chase, it's the satisfaction you get when you get a headshot with your sniper riffle and you see the body of the enemy slamming on the ground and you hear the other guy on your headset going "DAMN!!!", it's the excitement when you shoot your rocket launcher and you see the rocket whizzing through the air straight to a warthog with 3 guys in it and you get a "TRIPPLE KILL"
it's the fear you inflict on your enemy when you're three feet away from them with you energy sword out and you see them shooting like crazy or trying to escape, it's the fun of throwing granades with precision and you see the guy flying through the air from the explosion, it's the laugh it causes you when you stick somebody with a sticky bomb and they don't realize it and all you do is wait to see the BOOM and see them fly!!! it's the rush you feel when you're on your ghost running everybody over and you hear that scream: "AAHHHHH!!!!!!", it's the satisfaction, emotion you feel and fear you have to look behind when you're running away with the enemy flag and you depend on your teammates to defend you or when you meele someone with the flag itself..oh my god!! I wanna play right now!!!, GOD!! I can go on and on and on about this game but all I'm doing is wasting my time and yours when we both could be playing, go! go!! go get it, buy it, borrow it, steal it, do yourself a favor and get it somehow ok??? and if you don't like it or hate it, well, there's something obviously wrong with you...
 Not worth the limited edition December 18, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Maybe you'll disagree, I rather save the extra 10 bucks and get a regular than a limited edition... they only give you an aluminum case with behind the scenes cd which i could be less interested in.
real fun December 11, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this was a very good follow up to the first, hopefully the 3 will be mind blowing
Damn Perfect WITHOUT Multi-Player use!! August 24, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The title of this review says it all. I play this game on somewhat of a late-nightly-fighting-insomnia basis and I have NEVER played this game through XBOX live, just the damn "campaign" mode and it's become the needle in my arm I knew it would be, it's that good!
Where to begin? Let's start with the "cinematics" as they are so appropriately called. The game is worth it for just that! Their not quite TV movie quality, they just need a slight push to be that, but it does achieve the feeling of suddenly taking over in the middle of a scene rather a level within a game. An excellent voice cast: Robert Davi (My favorite choice.), Keith David as the excellent character Arbiter who actually has a strong character arc (movie lingo for a charcter that changes in one way or the other.), Miguel Ferrer, and Michael Wincott (my other favorite as the Prophet of Truth. His voice just resonates with evil!) However, David Cross as Marine is like Fat Albert as a marathon runner, it's a bit of a stretch. Michelle Rodriguez as a marine fits like a magnum round in a chamber, it just works. By the way, an enemy that as Gravemind says is "flesh and faith and is the more deluded!" Does that sound familiar? Promises of a "Great journey" promised to them by their religous leaders! Wanting to eradicate another species, essentialy because of their non belief! I'm just saying.
The Gameplay? What I look for in a good game is not only the quality of the graphics and bodycount, the two most important things I look for is the number things to do and when you beat the game is repeating it worth it. On both counts, HALO 2 OVER acheives both of these things. The number of weapons to use and the number of ways to try the missions, just keeping your fellow soldiers alive is a challenge, it works on every level. You get to do everything you wanted to do in the first game in this one (drive a Covenant Wraith, jump on and knock people of Ghosts, dual weld weapons, use weapons that you couldn't use in the first game, and shoot while other characters drive.) As far as the graphics go, everything is eye-achingly detailed. The Covenant and the much better looking than HALO Flood are more detailed than the humans, but that's expected, it seems logical that it would be easier to create something that doesn't exist(i.e. alien worlds, aircraft and weapons that don't exist, etc.) that you have no real examples of verses something like a realistic human faces, but even their it's amazing to see their movements and expressions (I love the guys with the Austrailian and Spanish accents.). The Covenant is more of a formidable enemy, with the addition of the Brutes, ape-like creatures with rhino-esque hides. At one point during the game, as the Chief, it becomes a four-way battle between you, the Flood, the Elites, and the Brutes! Stunning! There's also a moment when encountering all this that it's nearly pitch black and only a few lights are one. You are moving around with your flashlight on, hacking and blasting away at everything in your path! It's a real rush.
The weapons are somewhat better than HALO's, this time I think their more realistic. The assault rifle from the first game was full automatic but you could waste ammo, this one is more accurate as well. Not to worry though. The submachine guns, which you can dual-weld ala John Woo are, true to advertising, bullet-hoses. I miss the scope on the pistol but within the game there's really no need for weapon that weak. I love the energy sword, it's the ultimate anti-Flood weapon, give me that and a shotgun (also with a more realistic ammo carrying capacity than HALO) and no Flood, or Brute for that matter, will remain standing.
As far as the vehicles go, they've gotten some much needed upgrades. The Warthog is still my favorite. It's been improved with a power-slide feature that is murder against the Ghosts. They also had the thought to put in a horn, just a marvelous attention to detail. The Scorpion tank has less of a loading time between shots and the machine gun is more accurate than before. They've added a Spectre, which is the Covenant equivalant to the Warthog, although the Warthog is a better vehicle in my opinion. A boost feature has been added to the Ghost as well as the Banshee. The Wraith Mortar Tank is a mixed blessing. It's rounds are strong but their's not much of a close quarter accuracy as opposed to the Scorpions main gun. The best improvement however is that all of these vehicles aren't as indestructible as they were in the first game. When using The Warthog, for example, you can shatter the windshield, have the engine catch fire, knock out the tail lights, and even destroy the thing if it gets enough damage. Same thing with the tank. It all ads to the realism.
Also as far as complaints about the suit and the life meter being gone, it merely adds to the realism. Your sheilds do charge up faster in this game verses the first, but it puts you on the same level with the Elites you encounter. In other words, it's know somewhat more of a fair fight which makes it more challenging!
As I said, I haven't played the Multi-player mode yet, and I don't think I will. If I wanted to do something like that, I'd get Battlefield 2. I'm still way to involved with the story and the gameplay of the campaign mode to care about that stuff.
A damn exhausting, miracle of a game in every way!
Just a personal note: Damn you people at Bungie for making HALO 3 only available on the XBOX 360! Why would want to dissapoint the people who have made the previous games such success by letting the final chapter come out on a console that very few people have? Why make us spend more money than we have to? Oops! I just answered my own question! :)
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