Yeah,I guess he is kinda a boss.

Halo doesn't have any space for bosses. It's just not the right kind of game. The bosses for Halo are those huge moments where you find yourself in an open field, with 80 Covenant soldiers rushing from one side of the field, right out to you. Although it's at that moment when you realize you only have 60 rounds in your weapon, and only 4 frag grenades...

Jaime is quoted saying something like, "There are 30 seconds of fun that you have, and if you can stretch that 30 seconds out, you can pretty much have a full game."

I might edit in the complete quote later, but the abstract is there. Halo 1 had many moments where there was more than 30 seconds of fun. Or fear, or even moments where you were really pissed off. Moments where you kicked some serious ass, or where you barely survived to have your shields recharge. Halo 2, for me, didn't have any of that. I found myself fighting and shooting, just to see what happened next. When the ending came, I felt betrayed, somehow lost. I kept expecting another loading screen to appear, showing me that there was another level I still had to go through. And then the credits ended and it went back to the main screen...

I never paused to ponder what just happened in the story, like I did with the first game. I never paused to think about what just happened, or how that Elite managed to blow himself up. I just didn't have fun. :-\

did any body else here have a LOT of trouble on that part with all the brutes where it is really dark? it is so hard!

The brutes are hard,cause you don't get any good weapons at first,but I canned their @$$es

They aren't hard... They're just tough. A Plasma Grenade deals with them pretty well, if you know how to throw them. So does lots and lots of ammo, or Brute Shot grenades. Oh, and you always should have a Sword, just in case they get too close...

HALO 2 is awsome. Halo CE was awsome but here are the problems in H2.

1. the health. you would think not having health would not be a big deal and having infinite shields that recharge would be better its not. You really only feel it in multiplayer when the dude your blasting hides then recharges his shields then you gotta do it again.

2. the radar is useless and inaccurate when someone is on your screen. "the radar says hes behind me but behold hes in front of me.

3. the tank is too good. it was perfectly balanced before. now in multiplayer you can rack up so many kill with it...its not funny. in HALO Ce the tank was easily taken out.

4. The stunning. the ghost no longer stuns and if the plasma pistol and rifle still do i dont notice it.

5. Sniper, rocket launcher nerds still dominate the game if not dealt with. Some of the weapons need rebalancing and the Assault rifle needs back in. Pistol is better balanced now.

6. the new maps almost all suck to much time was spent on making them XBL but they forgot to make good maps for us who dont have many friends to play with.
the remakes of blood gulch and battle creek rock.

Alot of the other complaints i have are small. like no bots in multiplayer to practice with. and ive beat heroic on co-op after i beat it on normal by myself and i didnt get credit for it while my brother did. Legendary sucks. if one of you dies then they start you both over. do you know how much harder that makes the game. sure those of use who could beat legendary on HAlo CE in like a few hours needed the challenge but sheesh it didnt need to be that much harder. heck my borther beat the first halo on legendary first in two days. he cant even get past the first level on legendary on this one. I reccomend playing it on normal by yourself then playing co-op on other modes. i found it a little more fun that way. right now im doing heroic (again) by myslef this time hoping to get credit for it. oh and for a spoiler the last boss is dumb i suggest we petition bungie to never put a stupid giant monkey boss with a hammer in halo again. heck how about no boss fights at all they dont belong in FPS...well that my opinion anyway.

Despite the complaints it's a good story. though sometimes the balancing seems a little off and you seem to be under powered and under gunned alot. Its over all still a 10 out of 10 despite the flaws. NOt everything that was promised but still able to satisfy until 3 comes out.

hmmm my bro wants to buy it tomorrow, so should i take him to the store and buy it or not?

im on the 14th level in legendary, and i broke a ps2 controller by throwing it

because i didnt want to break an xbox one

Playing legendary is INSANE!!! This is a great game, I got tired of shooting at the same 4 characters in Halo with the same 6 weapons.

I found legendary on halo to be quite easy.On halo 2,it is near impossible.When you have the plasma sword,you can kick some serious @$$.My favorite weapon on halo 2 is the plasma sword

Most of these have been addressed on HBO. I'll just take it apart here.



The new health system is amazing. No longer do you chase someone down, barely survive the fight with one red bar left, and then have some person throw a grenade and wipe you out, when you could only take down half their health. The new system puts everyone on a level playing field. Besides, if you both run away, you both come back with the same amount of health. The only thing to worry about now is ammo. ;)



The motion tracker is SEVERELY cut down. It came down from around 15 meters to what seems like three. It's highly accurate, though, and I've never heard anyone say that it malfunctions. You have to remember that it's three-dimensional: It will also show people above and below you.



That's bull. The tank is so amazingly slow because Bungie decided to cover the driver. It really didn't need much changes. All you have to do with someone in a tank is to sneak up behind them and board it. Smack the crap out of it and toss a grenade in.



I believe it does stun, it's just really subtle now. The Plasma Rifle fires so quickly you wouldn't notice it if you were firing it. They die when you hit them a lot, too. ;)



Once again, that's completely untrue. The Rocket Launcher doesn't have that much ammo anymore, and it still moves a bit slowly. If they have a Rocket Launcher and you have a single SMG, you're pretty much screwed.

The Assault Rifle has now changed to the SMG, and that's a positive thing. The AR was so unrealistic that it never had a real purpose. I'm glad to see it gone.

All of the weapons are perfectly balanced.



You don't have that many friends? Play on XBL, build a nice list of people. Matchmaking builds a party with random people, just find ones that you like and send them invites. Before you know it your list will be full.

Midship and Ivory Tower are very small, but if you don't appreciate them there's not much you can do. Ascension is also very nicely sized.



Like Frankie had said, there are only two levels of bots. Those that are as dumb as rocks, and those that seem to kick your ass just by sneezing on you. I'm glad they didn't try that.



It updates the profile on whoever played for Player One.


Legendary is going to kick your ass whatever you do. Either get better or learn to function as a team. Preferably both.



They said they needed a challenge. They got it. If you have such a problem with it, try Heroic until you get much better.



Gotta think on your feet. Learn to adapt and dominate. They're not AI for nothing, you know. ;)



I played through normal by myself, just to have the whole screen. Co-op is a blast, though.



I don't know who decided on doing bosses, but I agree. Bosses and Halo just don't work together. :(



Underpower and undergunned? Hardly. Just adapt and survive. ;)

I have no complaints about the weapons. They're all perfectly balanced.

must.... get..... Halo 2.....

i am still extremely satisfied with this game. its so rad

Bungie really loves their fans. They put a special weapon into the game just for those that like to explore

http://maphawk.ontv.com/utfoo/video/%5B05%...is/ban_pwn4.mov

Wow, what weapon was that? It looked like blue plasma ions .

It's the Scarab's main weapon, which is shown throughout that entire level. That Plasma Rifle was discovered by modders looking at the offset lists and seeing that there is a new weapon, and later the location was also discovered by modders who made all the Warthogs Banshees. It took three days for the community's tricksters to get up there, without modding.

The entire explanation can be found here.

hehe, wow. making new weapons, they should create like gigantic cannons or plasma bombs . Those big weapons appease me .

I got Halo 2 for Christmas... still playing. I actually haven't played the first Halo, but am enjoying every minute of Halo 2.

compared to halo, halo 2's multi sucks...the energy swords are the only things goin for it...its campaign, i havent played much, but from what ive seen, halo beats it on that, too...o well

From a person who has played over 100 hours of halo 1 multiplayer, and many many hours of number 2..... They dont even compare.... 2 is far better.