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Microsoft Halo 2 (Full Product, DVD-ROM, PC)

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• Reviewed by: whatuphomey

  Updated: 05-07-08

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

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  Strengths: Good gameplay, lots of weapons

  Weaknesses: For Vista only, not XP

  Overall Evaluation: Great story to the game, and great gameplay. Graphics look great. Lots of weapons and action. Only problem is it will only run on Vista, not XP (what's up with that). So, I bought this, but had to wait until I got my new PC with Vista later. In spite of that, I'd recommend this game if you're looking for a really good FPS game with a good story line.

• Reviewed by: edhoo

  Updated: 09-01-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

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  Strengths: Fun gameplay

  Weaknesses: Nothing really new

  Overall Evaluation: Halo 2 is now released on the PC after enjoying major success on the original Xbox years ago. Basically it is still the same game it was back then, not to say that is a bad thing. It remains a very fun game, even if it doesn't offer anything new. It looks good running on my computer in high resolution and is probably overall a better version then the XBox version. Recommended to fans of FPSs everywhere,

• Reviewed by: kevineugenius

  Updated: 08-28-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: Great game, graphics are way better than Xbox graphics, even using a 360 to upscale.

  Weaknesses: Requires Vista, not much added content (same game though, who can blame them).

  Overall Evaluation: There will be a patch released that will update Halo 2 to directx10!! There is an official list of DX10 games, and Halo 2 appears under the (patch) section. This game will likely have better graphics on PC with DX10 than Halo 3 will have on Xbox 360. I can't say that for sure, because it hasn't happened yet.

• Reviewed by: ehk2005

  Updated: 07-25-07

  Overall Rating: 3 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: Interesting storyline and good gameplay

  Weaknesses: Vista required without having DX10...

  Overall Evaluation: Since I enjoy playing Halo PC, I bought this Halo 2 PC. For me, it is not a big deal that there is no difference between PC and Xbox360 versions, because I don't have Xbox360. I think its storyline is very good and game is fun to play. But I don't like that fact that it requires Vista without DX10 working. It means that there is no better graphic quality than in XP DX9 and only Vista needed for giving MS a big profit... I cannot recommend people to buy Vista to play this game, even though I like this game...

• Reviewed by: ready2run2

  Updated: 07-21-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Weeks

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  Overall Evaluation: Halo 2 is a decent First Person Shooter for the PC. You take on the role of Master Chief as you fight on the alien invasion of the Covenant. The single player campaign mode is pretty good, but the real fun is this game is within the multiplayer mode. There are 23 multiplayer maps that you can battle on with your friends. My only complaint about the game is that you need Windows Vista to operate this game. Overall, this is a decent FPS for the computer, but there are much better and prettier games out for the PC.

• Reviewed by: badramen

  Updated: 06-28-07

  Overall Rating: 3 Star Review

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  Strengths: It's the same Halo 2 that was on the Xbox around two years ago with a few additional maps for multiplayer. No more no less. Achievements are okay.

  Weaknesses: Vista only for starters. There isn't really anything new added to the game from the original release.

  Overall Evaluation: If you love Halo and need a different fix before Halo 3 comes out or you never properly tried Halo or Halo 2, give it a shot. Otherwise, you aren't going to be pleased by the oldened graphics and the game overall.

• Reviewed by: infini2001

  Updated: 06-27-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

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  Strengths: tight story line, more weapons than Halo PC

  Weaknesses: Vista only but not DX10...

  Overall Evaluation: I loved both Halo PC's story and game. So I bought Halo 2. It is still fun to play and its story is interesting. However, it is Vista only but not DX10. It means that it does have any advantage of graphic quality than XP DX9. Why did MS make this Vista only then? To make people buy Vista? might be... Stiil, however, I like this game.

• Reviewed by: jinyu1

  Updated: 06-19-07

  Overall Rating: 2 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

  Strengths: It's Halo.

  Weaknesses: Poor graphics.

  Overall Evaluation: I have not played the Xbox version, so I cannot compare. But this new Windows Vista version is a big disappointment. The graphics is very poor, comparing with Xbox 360 games. Even the 360 launch game Perfect Dark Zero has better graphics, not to mention Gears of War.This puts me in great doubt on the Halo series, especially Halo 3. I think nothing beats Gears of War.

• Reviewed by: angelmist

  Updated: 06-13-07

  Overall Rating: 2 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Days

  Strengths: Good continuation of original halo with more options

  Weaknesses: Running it using VISTA requires a lot of computer power.

  Overall Evaluation: When starting the game the following message appears."The base score on this computer is too low to run Halo2 for windows Vista". It states it requires overall index of 5 or higher. My computer base score is 4.2. The game works okay but does load up during complex situations. My computer is a 3.2 gig dual core pentium with 2 gig of ddr2. Microsoft takes a lot of power from the computer for VISTA. Overall not happy with the power robbing graphics required to run VISTA.

• Reviewed by: theuerkorn

  Updated: 06-02-07

  Overall Rating: 2 Star Review

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  Strengths: Popular (with the kids), solid multiplayer community

  Weaknesses: Vista only, no DX10, mediocre graphics (for DX9), low-res textures, bland environments, simple AI with glitches, flat story (single player), loooong cut scenes

  Overall Evaluation: Against better judgment, I bought the Vista version and I am still disappointed, despite the fact that screen shots already gave it away that this is not DX10. Worse yet is that this is hardly a respectable use of DX9 technology. Environments look bland and textures are very low resolution. I guess it's set up for online multiplayer, but disappointing nevertheless. Enemy AI is plain dumb and often you have to run into them to get noticed while if you choose the "correct" route everybody is fully alert. The story is lame and a mere excuse to sell the multiplayer that made the XBox title a hit. The cut scenes are a bit longish, and a few of them clearly way too long. Multiplayer gets all the hype, but I am old-fashioned and prefer to have at least the illusion of a purpose. The interface is terrible (straight conversion from XBox?), and confusing with the mouse/keyboard.The hype will carry this title enough to make sales not a complete failure, but I wish I could have my $37 back (glad I found this special at Circuit City). In all honesty, it's probably a solid $30 game, but the MSRP of nearly $50 does not match the quality of the game.Regarding Vista, well I think it's wrong to do what Microsoft has done (I guess to push their "Live" service.), but would be okay with it if I -- as a singleplayer -- would get something for it. I mean, I have a healthy graphics card (hd2900xt) and processor (Opteron 185). Vista with Catalyst 7.5 is fully capable of DX10 and here is a game that's restricted to Vista and it doesn't even use it. Grrrr!

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