Halo 2 Pc Revisiting a classic (Halo 2 (PC))

Member Name: adammcd09

Product:	Halo 2 (PC)
Date:	29/03/09 (100 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: New features

Disadvantages: Some online people dont have good computers!

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 shotgun still looks extremely thin but the levels look a lot nicer
New Maps - You get 2 new maps to use on multiplayer
Achievements - Requires a Games for Windows Live account or Xbox Live account these are a mixture of online and offline level completion achievements
Map Editor - Edit the map and share it online with other players

Minimum requirements
You NEED Windows Vista
2GHz Processor
1GB Ram and 7GB free space
And a decent video card

I use Vista, have 1.8GHz Processor, 2GB Ram, the full 7GB space, an ok video card and it runs fine as with most games that can't be said for the other people who play online!

Online Play
Uses server type play where you search through a list of games and join one you like there is a few dedicated servers where companies host the games and they are on most of the day. There is also some user hosted games as well with personally created maps and game types.

Game types
Slayer - A free for all shoot everyone you see game mode
Team slayer - same as above but in teams
King of the hill - Fight to control the hill
Team king of the hill - same as above but with teams
Capture the flag - there is different types of this but they are all teams
Oddball - Fight to control the ball for the longest time
Team Oddball - Same as above but teams
Assault - Get the bomb and run to the other base arm it and you win this is always a team game
User created game types - These include zombies which is like team slayer but one team has special abilities like travel super fast and jump super high
There may be other game modes but I haven't played halo 2 in a while as I've been on halo 3 :)

Maps
There are 23 multiplayer maps including the two exclusive to windows maps. This isn't including user created maps

Controls
As I stated earlier on I use the Xbox 360 controller to play this and the controls are exactly the same as on the original Xbox. I believe the keyboard controls are more complicated but I'm sure you could get used to them.

I would recommend checking your system specifications before buying it as with any other PC game it is quiet hard to play it properly when its running extremely slow. Before buying it remember to check if you have windows Vista as it needs to have it, it won't run on XP!

I personally love this game being a halo fan and since my xbox broke it seemed like a good option to buy. I would rate this 4 out of 5 because the graphics and levels look alot nicer now but the guns still look too thin!

I would recommend this to any halo fan or a first person shooter fan.

I had no problems installing the game just hard disk space.

Thanks for reading if there is anything else you want to know about this game or if there's something you think I've missed please comment or message me. Thanks :)

Summary: Great game just check your computers specs before buying!