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Halo 2

Bungie

2004•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 11 hours

Taste attributes: actionscience fictionwarmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacefastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplebig & variedall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA fantastical shooter that is dark, wide-ranging and serious. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

82 / 100

698 ratings

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About This Game

Halo 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie and the sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. The campaign alternates between two playable characters: the human supersoldier Master Chief and the Covenant warrior known as the Arbiter. The game introduced online multiplayer via Xbox Live with an automated matchmaking system, dual-wielding of certain weapons, and vehicle hijacking. It supports both cooperative campaign and competitive multiplayer modes, and was the best-selling game on the original Xbox.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In the 26th century, the Covenant, a powerful alliance of alien races, launches a surprise attack on Earth. Master Chief defends the planet's orbital stations before pursuing the Covenant fleet to a second Halo installation. Meanwhile, a disgraced Covenant Elite commander is branded a heretic for failing to prevent the first Halo's destruction and given the suicidal rank of Arbiter. As both warriors pursue their separate missions, they uncover a brewing civil war within the Covenant and a parasitic threat that endangers all sides.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionScience fictionWarMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardy

Keywords

AliensVehicular combatBloodyInsectsPvpFuturisticSpaceRebellion

Details

Developer: Bungie
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Released: 9 November 2004
Series: Halo
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 9h rushed, 11h normally, 18h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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