10th November 2004, 5:26 PM
I'm just going to copy and paste a post I made at another forums, hope nobody minds.
As far as the games story is concerned, I don't care for it. Here's a post by.. well I think Weltall would know who he is, and maybe even Smoke.
Quote:I have to say that the more I play the single player campaign the more disappointed I become. Even in co-op I'm just not finding that my enjoyment is sustained for long periods of time. As fun as using twin-needlers while your friend runs up ahead with the energy sword is, it just doesn't last long. Even battling it out in the vehicles feels remarkably similar.
As far as the single player is concerned, I would go as far as to call it a rehash. It feels just like an extension pack with a few little features added. It makes me smile thinking about all the zealots on TeamXBox who used to bag Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (and most likely San Andreas) for not being a complete sequal, relative to how much of a sequal Halo 2 would be.
I'm genuinly surprised that Kasavin didn't tear this game to shreds.
Having said all this, I still have not played the game multiplayer (other than co-op) and have already commenced plans with a friend at work for a fairly large LAN game.
As far as the games story is concerned, I don't care for it. Here's a post by.. well I think Weltall would know who he is, and maybe even Smoke.
Quote:Speaking as someone who loves the Halo universe, having read both The Fall of Reach and First Strike novels and beating the original on normal, heroic, and legendary, I can easily say the story in Halo 2 is, regretfully, garbage. It's easily the worst story in the series and it is also one of the most dissapointing overhyped experiences I've had in my gaming history.
With that being said, I have not played the multiplayer. However, if a game is advertised as the next part in the series, denoting some type of continuation in the story, this game failed miserably. This feels more like Halo 2, the continuation of better multiplayer. Though many of you know the game for that and agree that it is very good, that's not why I bought this game. For me, it is an utter dissapointment.
If i had a dollar for every time i ran out of hair in the middle of a spoon making contest id only eat your children with a side of slaw and THOSE ARENT PILLOWS!!