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I was there for the glory days of Combat Evolved. I was there when Halo 2 was hyped up and met the hype. I was there for the first days and last days of Halo 2 on Xbox Live. I was there for the Halo 3 days, the great Lag Age of 2008-2010. I was there to laugh and not buy ODST, I was there to vomit when Reach implemented reticle bloom. I am a Halo veteran, and a Halo legend.
Textures: Simple yet detailed. Maximum visbility, yet varied enough to create nice enviornments. Nothing looks better than a light blue stonewall on lockout suddenly covered by the splatter of an enemy player's blood.
Maps: Hands down best maps out of any FPS game I have played to date. Even the DLC was good. Maybe it just speaks for how good of a game H2 was but every map played great. I even liked backwas. Epic Jumps also fits in this category.
Graphics Same as textures. Visibility everywhere. 480p getting the job done. No High-def delay. Awesome.
Online Gameplay: It's -blam!- HITSCAN people. Lag is minimal. How is it that Halo 2 lagged less with everyone on DSL, and then Halo 3 is the laggiest garbage with Cable? Pathetic. Anyways, Halo 2 DEFINED console online gameplay. It defined matchmaking, set a standard so high in 2004, that modern day FPS games fail to meet it still (Cant find a game in Black Ops lol Treyarch fail)
Music: My boy Marty is rocking out with some fresh beats. In Amber Clad. Unforgotten. Heavy Price Paid. Hell the menu for Halo 2 should be a game by itself. You have a blue filter over a camera zooming around New Mombasa with marty rocking out... get some.
Clans Yup.
Rank actually means something. Sure you can measure how good your internet connection is with a Halo 3 rank, or you can man up and Play halo 2. Its all about the win. Nowadays losers whine about K/D and play objective games for kills, back in the day you played to win, and everyone on the team played for the win.
It was the first online gaming experience for our generation of console FPS veterans. We carried the torch. We endured the stand bye nonsense, we discovered the legendary super jumps. The double shot and button combos. The fabeled rocket/sword super lunge. The epic custom games of zombies when common honor and respect were the rules. Before the 12 year old children dominated xbox live. The lobbys of Halo 2 were just more friendly... Halo 3 is just racist childish yelling. I noticed this when I logged onto Halo 2 for its final days. Suddenly I was in a lobby of adults and mature players, each remembering the GOOD OLE DAYS. When you could just play and enjoy a quality balanced game. Oh the big team battle games. The teamwork. The strategy. Objective games on halo 2... on the good maps. I feel Halo 2 shouldn't be removed from Xbox Live, it should be retired.
Infact, I think on XBOX.com, there should be an area where they retire legendary games by putting the game box cover art on display with the dates of online service. I mean seriously, Halo 2 was the game and it still is. It built Xbox Live, it is the foundation upon which lesser games such as "Reach" and "Laglo 3" are built upon. It has earned its place in time as a legendary masterpiece, in which an epic original was actually improved via a sequel.
Bill gates can suck my dick. I'm playing Halo 2 on Xbox Connect right now. Halo Reach can burn in hell. Reticle Bloom? Please child. I am a Halo 2 Veteran. At ease.