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McHack said:
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Eric Cameron said:Well, I've been playing for the last 5 days (the reason that I have been away for so long) and I can say that I'm not impressed. Yeah, the graphics are way cool. And the story line is pretty cool. But the game doesn't seem to have the fluidity of HALO 1. You go from space station to earth to covanent ship in just three levels. Orginal HALO had a small story line, but it was all connected. This seems disjointed.
The new weapons are cool, but they changed how things sound!! The plasma rifle, pistol, needler, and even the fusion cannon all sound different and even operate differently. Was there a huge time gap that I missed? A lot of my play is done on Surround sound, and I could tell by the sound if the attack to my left was something I could take or needed to dodge. Now I have to learn a whole new round of sounds, and it's getting me confused.
I also don't like how they changed the vehicles. The warthog is much harder to drive now, cause you can't swing the back end around. I used to be able to run people over left and right by doing these cool side-to-side swings, but you can't do that now. Yes, I know that there is a powerslide feature, but that isn't the same, and it slows you down.
My rating for this isMeh+. Not great, and I kinda thing I was ripped of at $50, but I'll keep it and finish the game.
Rock on
Eric
reasonbass said:
Dr. PhunkyPants said:1.) The two-handed thing doesn't do it for me, and here's why. First, it's unwieldy--I hate having to go through a series of button pushes when the gun I want to keep is in my left hand. Second, it takes grenades out play, which--to me--were a HUGE part of Halo 1 tactics. Third, many of the enemies are so much tougher in Halo 2, you can't hope to kill them with a single pistol, essentially mandating that if you are going to have a sidearm equipped, you HAVE to have two or you WILL die.
2.) I don't think the variety of weapons is an improvement. In the first game, the limited number of weapons was part of the fun (e.g. if the other guy had a shotgun, you got a stand off weapon, etc) I mean the pistol and the energy pistol are now completely neutered--you can't kill anything with either. If you wait all day to charge a plasma pistol power shot, the things don't home in worth a damn. What's up with that?
As far as I can tell, the only human weapons worth having are the rocket launcher, shotgun, and sniper rifle. All the others suck--the pistol is pure ass, the semi's have dubious stopping power and are slow to reload, the new assault rifle is also lame.
The new covenant weapons are better--the plasma sniper rifle, the fuel rod cannon I can live with. I think the one-hit kill sword is overrated because you get so few kills with it. The carbine seems to suffer the same problem that the human assault rifle does--too little ammo.
In fact I have to say that overall, you don't seem to get nearly as far with one weapon in this game as you did in the original and that's a shame. There's simply no reason why it should take two head shots to kill those armored grunts.
Dr. PhunkyPants said:Wow, I never thought I'd say this, but I actually agree that in summation, the experience is.....okay. I don't think this stuff counts as "spoilers" because it's stuff you notice from the start.
1.) The two-handed thing doesn't do it for me, and here's why. First, it's unwieldy--I hate having to go through a series of button pushes when the gun I want to keep is in my left hand. Second, it takes grenades out play, which--to me--were a HUGE part of Halo 1 tactics. Third, many of the enemies are so much tougher in Halo 2, you can't hope to kill them with a single pistol, essentially mandating that if you are going to have a sidearm equipped, you HAVE to have two or you WILL die.
2.) I don't think the variety of weapons is an improvement. In the first game, the limited number of weapons was part of the fun (e.g. if the other guy had a shotgun, you got a stand off weapon, etc) I mean the pistol and the energy pistol are now completely neutered--you can't kill anything with either. If you wait all day to charge a plasma pistol power shot, the things don't home in worth a damn. What's up with that?
As far as I can tell, the only human weapons worth having are the rocket launcher, shotgun, and sniper rifle. All the others suck--the pistol is pure ass, the semi's have dubious stopping power and are slow to reload, the new assault rifle is also lame.
The new covenant weapons are better--the plasma sniper rifle, the fuel rod cannon I can live with. I think the one-hit kill sword is overrated because you get so few kills with it. The carbine seems to suffer the same problem that the human assault rifle does--too little ammo.
In fact I have to say that overall, you don't seem to get nearly as far with one weapon in this game as you did in the original and that's a shame. There's simply no reason why it should take two head shots to kill those armored grunts.
I dunno, I'm coming off negative and I don't mean to, because overall the game is a net positive. I like the new art, though many of the levels were too dark. The vehicle rides got a little boring at times. The story tended to skip around a bit more than I would have liked, but there's no way around that I suppose. The main criticism I have is that the new controls detract a little from the magic of the original. We bassists know that less is more.
Well, off to the real reason we all bought this bad boy in the first place--online play. See you in the ring.
One reviewer said that Halo2 heroic was close to Halo1 legendary, and Halo2 legendary is just ridiculous. Apparently that is the case, so don't feel bad!metron said:
Eric Cameron said:
