Halo 2 is one of the best FPS games. The great multiplayer aspects overwhelm the good but short single player game.

User Rating: 10 | Halo 2 XBOX
By DrVenkman | Review Date:
First off the single player campaign is a good addition to the story. The game starts you off against Master Chief's favorite foe, the Covenant. As the Master Chief is fighting his way through the Covenant we learn about the Elite responsible for the Covenant's failure at the first Halo. This Elite called the Arbiter is given a chance to redeem some of his lost respect from the Covenant prophets. He is sent on a mission to kill an Elite traitor that has been causing trouble. The single player goes back and forth between the Master Chief's and Arbiter's perspectives. Many Halo fans believed that Halo 2 would be the last installment to the epic story of the Human V. Covenant war. The single player finished with plenty of story yet to be told. Hopefully Halo 3 will clear up the story.
The multiplayer is very familiar and has many new features to go along with it. The controls are the same but with a few new features in the game comes more controls to learn. A few of the new features are dual-wielding, vehicle hijacking, and of course online capabilities. The new dual-wielding aspect of the game is basically being able to hold and shoot 2 one-handed guns at the same time. This feature obviously will allow players to kill thier opponents much faster. Vehicle hijacking is self-explanitory. You can steal vehicles from other players in multiplayer. This is very useful in online games. You can also throw grenades into tanks to removes your enemies from them. The Xbox Live setup for Halo 2 is very well done. Bungie was definately thinking of options when they made the online capabilities. Bungie also incorporated the use of clans. Clans are groups of people online that have matches together. The ranking system is very much like that of an RPG leveling system. For instance if you are just begining you will only play people that have the same level as you. If you beat people that have a higher level than you you get more expirience than if you were to beat someone that has a lower level than you.
Halo 2 is a great game. The multiplayer is the best of it's time since Goldeneye: 007(N64). The online options and capabilities are the most numerous that I have seen in any Xbox Live game. Halo 2 is a very good game and I'm sure Bungie will continue to go in the right direction with this soon to be gaming dynasty.

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