Halo 2 Official Topic
 

Well since my San Andreas topic was made official I figured I'd give it a shot.

I have been playing this game for about 2 hours and I must say it is amazing.

*SPOILER*
I tihk it's cool how there are 2 simultanious story lines that you play as both the Master Chief and as the Heritic Alien Covenant.
The graphics in the game are very well done and better than the first game.
The duel weapons are very convenient seeing as how the enemies are smarter and faster than they were in Halo and the new aliens are pretty sweet with the flying and what not.
I love how the vehicles actually take damage in the game now aswell.
The addition of the E-brake on the Warthog is a welcome addition.
The cut scenes are magnificent.
And it seems that the Halo isn't really fully destroyed either.

I went to the store to get it, I had no idea where I sat in the pre-order que. I walk in and the place is deserted. Not good. The first thing they say to me is they have no copies of Halo 2 left! LOL
So, I find out I won't recieve my pre-order for at least two more weeks. I drove all over the place to find a copy. I never found one. None of the stores at the Mall OF America had it either.

I'm bummed. :|

If your desperate try a Blockbuster they sell games and alot of people don't realise that.

Hey, one of my friends got it today, so we spent like 3 hours or so playing it, great game, graphics are amazing, story is ok, weapons kick ass, thats about all I have to say, definately picking up a XBox from X-Mas, and Halo 1 and 2.

i was supposed to get mine today too.... but the game is in spanish- i mean all of it, the dialog, box, etc., so that sucks.... i mean i want the LE, with the box, manuals, etc in english, and a xbox representative told me it was coming like that but it didnt, so i had to return it, then buy one in the US, and now i have to wait till its shipped to Texas, then shipped here... ETA... at least one more week !!!! it sucks !!!!!

i bought it last night at 1201am ! best soundtrack in a video game ever, great story line... (if anybody can make it to Lincoln Park, MI... the Meijer store there is having 25% off all video games, and they have tons of copies of Halo 2. ) ill be there all this week...

I went there, they were out!

But, I was chatting with gis and my friend showed up with a copy and said they had a bunch more. So I totally ditched Dan and went to a Best Buy store 45 minutes away and got a copy! YAY! LOL

So far it's great. My friend and I were doing the campiagn together for the hell of it. The story so far has been pretty good. And all the new features are pretty cool.

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The vehicles seem a bit more sluggish. The ghost and banshee seem slow compared to Halo 1. Of course, you have the booster dealy, which works, but you can't shoot while using it.
The tank is super duper slow! But it reloads the cannon much quicker.
The Banshee (thats teh one that flys right?) It doesn't haver by pushing down anymore. But the ability to do backflips and barrel rolls is pretty sweet.

The weapons are sweet. The new needler is actually worth picking up, especially if duel wielded with a machine gun.
I like the new battle rifle! The three shot burst is very effective with headshots. It also works well for those bastards with the shields. You can get them right in the little cutout.

Human sniper rifle is basically the same. The Covenant sniper rifle rocks. It's super accurate and powerfull. I had a lot of fun picking people off with it.
The machine gun is awesome. Especially when using two of them. I didn't even think about how it would affect you aiming when using it though. The reticule actually moves up from whatever you are shooting. So, if you just mash the triggers, you have to fight it to hit the target.
I love the ability to zoom in no matter what weapon you have. It's very helpfull.
Grenades are the same, but the explosions seems a bit smaller and you can't throw them nearly as far. I found out the hard way when I planted one on my friends head. I expected it to soar right over him! LOL

Dual wielding weapons is tricky at first, trying to switch weapons and stuff. Whatever the second weapon you have while holding two at once will be dropped if you switch guns. You also frop one if you get into a vehicle.
The Sword (aka noob stick) is pretty damn cool and super effective. You can kill just about anything in one swipe. It's very easy to use as well. It's almost a letdown, considering how easy it is to use. It's almost too effective! LOL
The Covenant seem much much smarter. They run and hide, not just sit in the open waiting to get killed. The rivalry in the ranks of the Covenant is funny to watch as well.

The graphics are great. I was amazed at how detailed everything is. Anyone elses Xbox make a lot of noise playing this game? Mine does, like it's constantly streaming stuff off the hard drive. I'm guessing this is pushiong the limit of what the Xbox is capable of.

We never even touched the multiplayer, but I expect it to be awesome.

no one realizes the best place to buy games is at Fred Meyer i just came back from buying it it was all in stock. btw right now its 10:36 so yeah they didnt sell out and they over stock them so it might help to go there instead :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: im so damn happy but no time to play today i gotta wait until tomorrow to play! :P

we had 2 LE's and 5 regulars when we closed at midnight tonight so there are still LE's out there. they made over 100 million USD today

is the LE really worth it? cuz i didnt buy it and how much more does it cost?

Yes T-Bird, good idea.. always better to have a single topic for every top game at least ;)

yeah you bastard..just left me sat there saying "tra lalalalalala" on the screen thinkin he had gone to the toilet or watching the simpsons.......but no..just ditched me :(

anyway,ill be goin for my copy at midnight 2nite like the shop did with GTA SA......i hate that,but if i want my copy and not wait weeks after its release i have to go,so ill post a review of what i think of it 2nite probably

well i was out there at midnight,i had the whole idea of not bothering and just comin straight home,drove past the store and saw the lights on and huge posters of master chief and thoguht no way i have to stop.so i got it YAY and the limited edition one aswell.

i was lookin at my receipt and saw sumthin funny,check out the name (cashier) of the dude who served me :lol:

http://img102.exs.cx/img102/1002/000_0726.th.jpg

I just can't put the game down...

yesterday, i got home from school at 3:30, played until 6:30, had to stop and do my hw and what's new on the JW forums :wink: , and then at 7:30 after a small meal, I kept playing until 11:00pm.

This game owns me....

lol....
i cant wait for my copy !!!!