Balder
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Post by Balder on Jul 24, 2017 15:04:47 GMT
This week: Halo 2 Chosen by: Balder Year: 2004 Developer: Bungie Publisher: Microsoft Platforms: Xbox, Xbox One, PC Send me suggestions to Balder. Next suggestions: meleemaestro, stratogustav, meleemaestro |
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Post by ModeratorNumber2 on Jul 24, 2017 15:21:39 GMT
Added and stickied.
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scipioafricanus
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Post by scipioafricanus on Jul 24, 2017 22:06:50 GMT
Never played them.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Jul 24, 2017 22:26:55 GMT
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Cervantes
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Post by Cervantes on Jul 25, 2017 0:07:54 GMT
I also never played any Halo game. I know they're supposed to be good (at least considering they're well realized fps on consoles), so maybe I'll get around to playing them someday.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Jul 25, 2017 7:06:44 GMT
I only played this particular Halo a couple times at my friend Bob Sacamano's house, and it was pretty fun. I'm not a big "Halo guy" though.
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MeleeMonk
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Post by MeleeMonk on Jul 25, 2017 8:34:39 GMT
Balder, WTF!!?!?!?! I specifically told you to do Halo 2 as a CGR Reviews thread, NOT a weekly discussion thread! How could you mess that up so badly??
Uggh. Well, at any rate, Halo 2 is definitely what I consider a disappointing sequel. Many aspects about it feel rushed, like the graphics and campaign for example. And I never really cared for the majority of the multiplayer maps, either, many of which I see as having a trashy design (like Zanzibar for instance). Halo 2 also didn't get the vehicles and weapons right at all; none of the returning vehicles were as fun to drive, and they royally fucked up the pistol and shotgun. Plus, they (Bungie) removed the autofire option for all semi-autos, making semi-auto guns like the pistol much more tedious to use. Most of the new weapons weren't that fun to use, either.
Halo CE was a legendary game with a winning gameplay formula, and Halo 2 just feels so...meh by comparison. If you want a good version of Halo 2, just play Halo 3 instead, because as Mark perfectly illistrated in his review, Halo 2 is essentially just a rough-draft of 3, except it usually costs more than 3 these days. BTW here is Mark's excellent review of Halo 2 for everyone to see:
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MeleeMonk
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Post by MeleeMonk on Jul 25, 2017 8:38:11 GMT
Balder, please move this thread to the Xbox sub-forum, re-title it "CGR REVIEWS: Halo 2", and do another recommended series for the weekly game discussion, please and thank you.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Jul 25, 2017 10:08:14 GMT
Balder, please move this thread to the Xbox sub-forum, re-title it "CGR REVIEWS: Halo 2", and do another recommended series for the weekly game discussion, please and thank you. Oops, I guess I forgot to double check. Anyways, I'll just replace your name with mine and we'll take your suggestion next week whatever it was again. And no, I'm not moving the thread as we already have a Halo 2 thread there. |
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Cervantes
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Post by Cervantes on Jul 25, 2017 14:27:06 GMT
I don't see any problem with having it as this week's discussion, it's nice to have an AAA game to discuss once in awhile. I haven't played, but I like to read your opinions on it.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Jul 25, 2017 15:04:44 GMT
This is copied from a Xbox thread about Halo 2:
«What can I say about Halo 2? It's my least played Halo title in the main series. Not because it's worse than the others, but I played it so close to when Halo 3 came out. It really deserves a lot of praise for being a sequel to the killer app of Microsoft. It did everything right and is an overall improvement of the original game. Even though it hasn't got the same quality of tone as the original has, it's level design still amazes me to this day.»
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Jul 25, 2017 15:32:47 GMT
Balder, please move this thread to the Xbox sub-forum, re-title it "CGR REVIEWS: Halo 2", and do another recommended series for the weekly game discussion, please and thank you.  |
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MeleeMonk
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Post by MeleeMonk on Jul 26, 2017 1:34:11 GMT
Balder, please move this thread to the Xbox sub-forum, re-title it "CGR REVIEWS: Halo 2", and do another recommended series for the weekly game discussion, please and thank you. Oops, I guess I forgot to double check. Anyways, I'll just replace your name with mine and we'll take your suggestion next week whatever it was again. And no, I'm not moving the thread as we already have a Halo 2 thread there. Fair enough. |
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Post by teddykongcountry on Aug 6, 2017 12:50:37 GMT
Don't we talk about this game every other week? I sense some fanboyism going on here.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Aug 6, 2017 14:46:01 GMT
Don't we talk about this game every other week? I sense some fanboyism going on here. Halo is great okay? |
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