Halo 2 Review PC
Halo 2 Review - PC
The original Halo was a total phenomenon on the Xbox and the Halo series is the subject of much discussion and feverish speculation among gamers generally, with its fantastic graphics, engaging plot and many, many guns. Despite this, Halo made a disappointing transition onto the PC, but nonetheless, Halo 2 is now making its way across and PC gamers can get a piece of the sequel action. So, how does this one measure up? Will Halo 2 survive the transition and live up to its potential on the PC? We've played Halo 2 extensively and we have a three page review in this issue: read it now to find out what we think.
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Halo 2 Review - PC
Los Angeles, May 2003, and Xbox
FPS sequel Halo 2 is unveiled to
the world in an amphitheatre full
of games journalists. The crowd goes
wild. Grown men scream like teenage
Elvis fangirls at sights like the game’s
star, Master Chief, dragging enemies off
their vehicles and taking the wheel
himself, or a giant spider-bot stomping
through city streets. Then the Chief’s
shown wielding two guns at once, and
these same men just lose it. They’re
yelling “oh my god, oh my god,”
waving hands in the air like they’ve just
been cured of blindness, standing up in
their seats then immediately collapsing
back into them, knees weak, eyes
clouded with ecstatic delirium.
This, dear reader, was the exact
moment Halo died.
Former glories
While the first Halo game defaulted to
painful repetition in its twilight hours,
its first half was a triumph of fauxopenness,
scale, sci-fi imagination and
thoughtful reconsideration of how an
FPS should work. With such an
unhinged response to the sight of dualwielded
weapons, it was clear that such
things no longer mattered. Only the
shooting mattered, the dumbest of
action, and Halo 1’s more cerebral
achievements were abandoned.
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