- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
It is my opinion, and maybe some other peoples, that Halo 2 did not capture the original feeling that Halo had. Now that ive said that i will acknoledge capturing the feeling the original Halo had is extremely hard to do. But I believe that for some reason or reasons Halo 2 wasnt as mystifying as the original halo. The original Halo was mystifying because it delt with and unexplored ring planet and no one knew what was going on untill the end of the story. This set the story up to make the Master Chief the "bada$$ on a mission"/"last hope the whole universe has" type of character that he was. Halo 2 was not nearly as mystifying. How the flood was realeased wasnt well explained in Halo 2 and how the got abord the covenant main ship wasnt either. The constant shifting of locations took away from the master chiefs mission to stop the flood at all cost. Playing as the arbitor especially took away as well, although it did serve to explain a good deal about the Covenants motivation. THe story is about how master chief is the universe's last hope not about the arbitor. Also when listening to the music from the original halo and comparing it to the music from Halo 2 realized that the abience was greatly different. I believe that halo 3 should get back to the "outerspace mystified master chief on a mission feeling" that the original did so well in presenting. I do admit that halo 2 does have some moments that capture the original feeling from halo, but nothing to the extent that i think it should have. That said Halo 2 was a great game and i have no doubt that Halo 3 will be as well, but i believe we should pay more attention to what made Halo feel like................well... Halo.