8.9 out of 10

Halo 2

 

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  • User Score (2236)
    8.9 8.9 from 2236 reviewers
  • Expert Score (101)
    8.9 8.9 from 101 reviewers
  • Value for money (13)
    9.6 9.6 from 13 reviewers
  • Ease of use (22)
    8.9 8.9 from 22 reviewers
  • Gameplay (116)
    9.1 9.1 from 116 reviewers
  • Graphics (137)
    9.2 9.2 from 137 reviewers
  • Sound (138)
    9.4 9.4 from 138 reviewers
  • Storyline (3)
    9.3 9.3 from 3 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (4)
    9.4 9.4 from 4 reviewers
  • Control (5)
    9.5 9.5 from 5 reviewers
  • Addiction (5)
    9.7 9.7 from 5 reviewers
  • Lifespan (86)
    8.6 8.6 from 86 reviewers
  • Overall quality (2)
    9.1 9.1 from 2 reviewers
  • Playability (3)
    9.8 9.8 from 3 reviewers
  • Functionality (2)
    9.1 9.1 from 2 reviewers
  • Audio & image quality (2)
    8.7 8.7 from 2 reviewers
  • Appearance (2)
    9.2 9.2 from 2 reviewers
  • Replay value (2)
    10 10 from 2 reviewers
  • Funfactor (23)
    9.5 9.5 from 23 reviewers
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7-8
(16)
5-6
(1)
3-4
(3)
1-2
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Users:
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7-8
(349)
5-6
(146)
3-4
(45)
1-2
(116)

  • Expert Reviews

  1. Empire

    10/10
    1 October 2005

    Every new console launches with at least one killer title, but in Halo Microsoft had found one that would not only ensure the future of its fledgling machine, but raise the bar for games on every platform. This now-legendary first-person shooter even converted people who wouldn’t normally look at a gamepad, winning them over with accessible gameplay, an involving story and the xenocidal charms of its protagonist, the enigmatic Master Chief. Read more

  2. Web Wombat

    Web Wombat
    9.0/10
    25 August 2005

    Like Halo before it, Halo 2 will help Microsoft sell consoles and rightly so. It will go down in the annals of gaming history as one of the best sequels ever, and stands to do for the online Xbox community what Counter-Strike did for those on their PCs. Read more

  3. Xbox World Australia

    11 December 2004

    Let's build the hype machine up just a little bit further shall we? Goldeneye, Timesplitters, XIII, Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein, Return to Wolfenstein, Rainbow Six, Soldier of Fortune, Medal of Honour and of course, the original Halo. It's time to dismiss all these and the other great first person shooters from your game collection because Halo 2 is finally here and with it comes a new age of enlightenment and dreams of a perfect game fulfilled. Read more

  4. PALGN

    9.0/10
    12 November 2004

    PALGN is willing to bet that at least 90% of readers have scrolled to the end of this review before reading this sentence, to digest the numerical data at the bottom of the page. So, for those that are still here, let PALGN save you five seconds by confirming that no, Halo 2 is not to be the first 10 this site has ever awarded. Read more

  5. Atomic Maximum Power Computing

    9.5/10
    22 September 2005

    9.5/10 Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. Halo 2

    CNET
    Reviewer: CNET
    10 October 2005

    the game that saves games Read more

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Halo 2 continues the story of the Master Chief, a genetically enhanced super-soldier who is the only human ever to successfully defy the Covenant — a coalition of alien races on a murderous march toward Earth. To the mysterious leaders of the Covenant, the human victory at the ancient ring structure known as Halo was an unacceptable failure. They will not fail again.

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