I had some problems with the original version of Halo on the PC, though I loved the storyline. I'd even read a few of the related books that added further depth and back story to the game's plot. When Halo 2 was announced for the PC, albeit on Windows Vista only, I didn't think that I would be interested enough this time around to play it. However, with Christmas cash burning a hole in my pocket and few A-list titles in my genre of choice (first person shooter or FPS) unplayed, Halo2 was the only real option. Halo 2 is a game that offers a quick play method called "Tray and Play" which means that, in theory, you can stick the DVD into your ...  Read the complete review

Halo 2 is one of the most succesful games on the original XBox Console, to this day it is one of the most played games on Xbox live. However, PC gamers should beware, this port is really just clever marketing. For those that haven't played the Xbox version or the first game, Halo 2 stars an armour clad soldier at the forefront of earth's war with The Covenant, a highly religious collective of alien species. The Covenant believe humans to be heretics and much of the action takes place on a giant ring shaped space station named Halo. The surface of the station is like an artificial planet and so there are beautiful roaming landscapes dividing up the usual ...  Read the complete review

Well I will be honest, I used to own this for Xbox and I loved it then but my disc broke. So rather than buy it for my Xbox again I thought I would get the achievements and get it for Vista Live. This is amazing! The campaign is great, and although some have said it's a little short I've not had any problems with the length of myself. The campaign mode has all the same good features of the Xbox version (as expected, it's exactly the same), but the graphics look much nicer, and it doesn't have those glitchy textures when first loading a new scene (any Xbox owner of the game will know what I mean). Maybe that's just my high spec machine, but I think it looks ...  Read the complete review

Today I will be reviewing Halo 2 for Windows vista. I bought this a few months ago for around £17 of amazon.co.uk as i had just bought the Microsoft Wireless receiver with a wireless controller and this had been recommended to go with. Story line As this is the same as the original Xbox version released years ago the story is the same. Halo 2 carries on where the first halo left of and adds a new character called the arbiter. Exclusive to windows Updated graphics New maps for online multiplayer Achievements (1000 GamerScore) Map editor Updated Graphics - The weapons look basically the same I.E. the ...  Read the complete review

Halo 2. The game that would end all games. I'm gonna get blasted to pieces for saying this, but: What a disappointment. I should make it clear right now that i'm not some kind of Halo hater, nor am I a Halo fanboy. I'm someone that heard all the hype, and was totally disappointed with the game because people had built it up so much from me. I'll start with the good of the game. The AI isn't perfect, but it's much improved from Halo 1. Enemies will actually react to you a lot better, and work far better in teams to take you down. The game itself seems to have been made more challenging, even on the easier difficulty ...  Read the complete review