Halo 2: Anniversary

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 76 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 55 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 76
  3. Negative: 5 out of 76

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  1. MrSchipunov
    Aug 8, 2020
    10
    I experienced Halo 2 for the first time in this version, and man, they blew it out of the park. Thanks to being able to switch between the original and remastered versions seamlessly, I could appreciate how faithfully they recreated everything, unlike Halo CE Anniversary. Halo 2, itself, has the best single-player campaign I have ever played in my life.
  2. ChumaGG
    Jan 6, 2022
    8
    Buen juego, personalmente mi Halo favorito

    No hay mejor forma de experimentar Halo 2 que esta

    Las cinemáticas tan bien hechas le dan puntos extra
  3. MaxmilianKohler
    Dec 10, 2020
    8
    More grenades. New guns. New vehicles. Dual wield = fun. Assault rifle is better, and burst. Flashlight. No healthbar, only shields. No sprinting. Cannot detach turrets. You play as Arbitor/Covenant - Elites vs Brutes. Graphics are good, faces are realistic. 8.5/10
  4. Deaden
    Sep 7, 2020
    1
    What a terrible game design keeps on going in this game too. They thought the making aim bot and avoiding from your shots make enemy intelligent. But it's not! In playing Normal difficulty, the enemy AI beats you from every place. It's being really boring after a while later. Just running to checkpoints to avoid enemy will be the only option at next levels. Difficulty impossibly hard evenWhat a terrible game design keeps on going in this game too. They thought the making aim bot and avoiding from your shots make enemy intelligent. But it's not! In playing Normal difficulty, the enemy AI beats you from every place. It's being really boring after a while later. Just running to checkpoints to avoid enemy will be the only option at next levels. Difficulty impossibly hard even in playing normal. The developers have no idea how to design a correct game play balance.… Expand
  5. Frgtuw
    Dec 13, 2020
    10
    Игра на 10 из 10. Эпичная, даже круче звездных войн, всем рекомендую настоятельно.
  6. Guo56
    May 16, 2020
    10
    One of the best shooters I could find, tired of call of duty and battlefield, and played all valve shooters too much, but this I can’t get enough of.
  7. churros
    Nov 22, 2021
    8
    Pros:
    + dual-wielding
    + level design variety
    + flying vehicles
    + arbiter character arc
    + beautiful cutscenes
    + good graphics
    + good ost

    Cons:
    - no map or compass
    - no sprint button
  8. Fazed
    Jan 1, 2022
    10
    Amazing single player campaign, really elevated the story from CE. It removed a lot of the needless just keep shooting aspect and the cut scenes were the best.
  9. Klewer
    Oct 13, 2022
    8
    Great improvement on the original Halo 2 and addition to the series. Brilliant story and fantastic gameplay make this a must play FPS.
  10. SuperkenGaming
    Apr 7, 2021
    6
    Halo 2 Anniversary
    It doesn’t hold up
    Back when Halo 2 orignally came out it was getting 9s across the board, and looking back I can understand why.. Halo 2 vs the original halo is night and day, espite both coming out on the original xbox… the quality and depth here in comparison makes the original halo look like something that would come out of a lazy weekly steam release, the music    Halo 2 Anniversary
    It doesn’t hold up
    Back when Halo 2 orignally came out it was getting 9s across the board, and looking back I can understand why.. Halo 2 vs the original halo is night and day, espite both coming out on the original xbox… the quality and depth here in comparison makes the original halo look like something that would come out of a lazy weekly steam release, the music here is absolutely amazing.. unfortunately though I did not get to play Halo 2 with a time machine, I had to review it in 2021 as I play through eveyr halo game on my way to infinite hopefully later this year.. and in 2021, halo 2 isnt amazing.. its barely even good… here youll go back and forth between 2 different characters during this 8 hour long campaign.. master chief of course as well as the alien Arbiter.. and while a the time halo 2 may have blown your mind.. today going back its pretty dull, the weapons are great, but in terms of level design it just feels so lifeless and soulless… rarely did a mission stick out from the rest of the game, everything really blurred together, the story was hard for me to follow or care about, and even getting through the campaign just feels like a chore due to how little direction you get, with no real visable cues, telling you this is the way to go forward, youre kinda just running around figuring out where to go… ignoring enemies as much as you can as the combat, while it revolutionized first person shooting… its spongey and unsatisfying..
    And again with the pretty bland level deisng, youre not relly itching to see the next area of the game either… so no interesting levels, spongey combat, lack of direction, and a confusing story.. I found nothing othr than the history lesson and music to be enjoyable…
    While Im not ready to give up on halo and just watch the cutscenes on youtube yet.. unfortunately I feel that of all 3 hhalo games ive played so far.. Reach, Combat Evolved, and now 2.. none of them felt worth going back and playing.. hopefully halo 3 changes my mind…
    I give Halo 2: Anniversary
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  11. trunks_parallel
    Jun 5, 2021
    10
    It's perfect & there was a lot of effort put into it. It's simply outstanding.
  12. Shimmeywill
    Mar 25, 2022
    9
    First rodeo with Halo 2 and fantastic graphics, music and voice acting elevate strong gameplay.
  13. Kujin
    Dec 16, 2020
    8
    Halo 2 is a bigger, better and more varied and interesting Halo 1. It evolves the sandbox with amazing new weapons like the Energy Sword, there are a lot more sprawling levels like the first maps of CE, and ones that are a bit more tighter feel tense and immersing. The whole Arbitre story line is a brilliant and unexpected addition that fleshes out the world and adds more interest to HaloHalo 2 is a bigger, better and more varied and interesting Halo 1. It evolves the sandbox with amazing new weapons like the Energy Sword, there are a lot more sprawling levels like the first maps of CE, and ones that are a bit more tighter feel tense and immersing. The whole Arbitre story line is a brilliant and unexpected addition that fleshes out the world and adds more interest to Halo 2's antagonists. The game is pretty as it is, but the Anniversary edition, unlike the first game's remaster treatment, improves the visuals tenfold. Like the first Halo, Halo 2 is still fresh and still worth playing today, but unlike Halo 1, this game is truly great without any caveats (UNLESS WE'RE TALKING THE ENDING)… Expand
  14. AxeWould
    Jan 5, 2022
    8
    Halo 2 - достойная игра. Он улучшает некоторые вещи по сравнению с первой частью серии. А именно в графическом плане игра выглядит довольно-таки отлично, и дизайн уровней просто достиг невероятных высот по сравнению с первой частью, но б дизайнеру который придумал ограды без возможности опереться на них на высоких площадках, я яйца все-таки оторвал, сколько раз я из-за этого фидил, простоHalo 2 - достойная игра. Он улучшает некоторые вещи по сравнению с первой частью серии. А именно в графическом плане игра выглядит довольно-таки отлично, и дизайн уровней просто достиг невероятных высот по сравнению с первой частью, но б дизайнеру который придумал ограды без возможности опереться на них на высоких площадках, я яйца все-таки оторвал, сколько раз я из-за этого фидил, просто не сосчитаться.

    Саундтрек в этой части просто выше моих похвал, сразу видно, что к музыке прикладывали такие мастера как Breaking Benjamin, Hoobastank. Но в части микширования, это беда. Иногда музыка слишком громкая. Потом тихая, и бывает просто в напряжённые моменты без еденного предупреждения включается на максимум.

    Что касается сюжета, игра намного лучше, чем Halo CE, она более конкретизирована, она немного серьезнее. Единственный минимальный недостаток - это финал - он был вообще не захватывающимся, это было как бы «у нас закончились деньги и время, доделывайте побыстрей». Потому что финальные уровни это просто фарс, тонны противников, и меня просто под конец надоела игра, и финальный бос это просто посмешище, скучнее даже не припомню.

    Теперь к игровому процессу. Halo славится своей шутерской механикой, и интересным перестрелкам, и она тут присутствует на протяжении первых 60-70% игры. Потом все идет в хлам, как и Halo CE. Враги превращается в раздражающие пулевые губки, на последних этапах их полная бесконечность, или почти бесконечное количество, и это просто утомительная работа убивать их, я под конец просто пропустил большую часть боя, бегая, потому игра это позволяет, особенно играя за Элита, потому что он может использовать невидимость. Опять же под конец, вы попадаете в коридор, пять минут стреляете в коридоре, чтобы убить всех врагов, заходите за угол, успокаиваетесь и повторяете, а врагов все больше и больше.

    Но в общем я игрой доволен, удовольствие я получил много, так как и потерянных нерв.

    Исправлено на https://www.corrector.co/ru/    … Expand
  15. kimi1775
    Nov 9, 2020
    9
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  16. Ali129
    Jul 7, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Halo 2: Anniversary serinin önceki oyununa göre çok geliştirilmiş. Oyunun hikayesinden bahsedeyim. Hikaye Halo: Combat Evolved'un bittiği yerden başlıyor. Covenantlar ilk oyunda yenilgiye uğradıktan ve Halo yok olduktan sonra evrende başka Halolar aramaya başlar. Daha sonra Covenantların bir başka Halo bulduğu ve hatta onu aktif etmek üzere oldukları ortaya çıkar. Silah aktif hale gelmeden son anda Master Chief, Covenantlardan birini öldürür ve Keyes anahtarı çalar. Bunun üzerine Covenantlar Arbiter'ı göreve çağırır. Arbiter, Covenantların özel eğitimli ve son teknoloji ile donatılmış askerlerinden biridir, yani bir bakıma Arbiter, "Spartan" projesi askerlerinin Covenant halidir. Fakat Arbiter, önemli görevlerin Brutelara verilmesinden dolayı rahatsızlık duymakta ve zaman zaman görevi ile Covenantları kendi içinde sorgulamaktadır. Covenant önderleri Bruteların lideri Tartarus'u başka bir Halo bulmak ve onu çalıştırmak için görevlendirir. Arbiter görevi sırasında Floodlarla da karşılaşır ve Flood parazitlerinin hala yaşamakta olduğu öğrenilir. Arbiter Floodlarla da mücadele etmek zorunda kalır. Bir süre sonra Gravemind (Gravemind, Flood bulaşmış dev bilge bir yaratık ve görünüş olarak ağaca benziyor) Master Chief'i ve Arbiter'ı yakalayıp ikisini tanıştırır. İkiliye bu kaosa nasıl son verebileceklerini anlatan Gravemind, Arbiter'ı Halo'nun çalıştırılmasını engellemek için, Master Chief'i de geriye kalan 2 Covenant önderini öldürmesi için görevlendirir. Arbiter, Halo'nun çalışmasını engellemeye gider fakat orada Tartarus ile karşılaşır. Arbiter, Tartarus'a Covenant liderlerinin onlara ihanet ettiğini, Halo'nun bahsedildiği gibi kutsal bir simge olmadığını ve aslında bir silah olduğunu söyler. Arbiter, Guilty Spark'ın da durumu Tartarus'a açıklamasını ister ve Guilty Spark da Halo'nun bir silah olduğunu söyler. Fakat Tartarus onlara inanmaz ve silahı aktif eder. Olanlardan sonra Arbiter, Tartarus'u öldürür ve silah son anda durdurulur. Ardından Master Chief'in bir uzay gemisindeyken diğer askerlerle iletişime geçtiği ve "o gemide ne yapıyorsun" sorusuna "savaşı bitireceğim" cevabı verdiği bir ara sahne görülür, oyunun hikayesi burada sonlanır. Hikaye oldukça sürükleyici ve benim sevdiğim tarzda bir bilim kurgu senaryosu işleniyor. Hikaye ilgimi çektiği için sürekli hikayenin devamında ne olacağını merak ettim, bu da oyuna daha fazla bağladı beni. Hikaye sunumu konusunda da oldukça iyi geliştirmeler var, bu oyun hikaye sunumu konusunda Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'ye göre çok daha iyi. Ara sahneler oyun içi olarak değil oyundan bağımsız videolar halinde tasarlanmış ve bu da zaten iyi olan hikayeye film havası katmış, açıkçası hoşuma gitti. Ayrıca ara sahneler artık daha detaylı olduğu ve özenle tasarlandığı için hikaye ilk oyuna göre çok daha anlaşılabilir şekilde oyuncuya sunulmuş. Oynanış kısmında da birçok yenilik var. Fizik motoru ilk oyuna göre oldukça geliştirilmiş, artık savaş sırasında ve patlama anlarındaki karakter animasyonları ile araçların aldığı hasarlar çok daha gerçekçi. Özellikle araçların aldığı hasarlar çok geliştirilmiş, savaş sırasında aracın vurulduğu noktaların parçalanması ve kopması savaş atmosferini olumlu yönde etkiliyor. Fizik motorunun geliştirilmesi dolayısıyla vuruş hissiyatı da gelişmiş, güçlü silahlarla düşmana ateş edildiğinde düşmanların uzuvları kopabiliyor ve vücutları parçalanabiliyor, fakat her düşman üzerinde uygulanamıyor bunlar maalesef. Düşman ve silah çeşitliliği ilk oyuna göre gözle görülür biçimde arttırılmış, ilk oyunun en büyük problemlerinden olan düşman ile silah çeşitliliğinin az olması durumu bu oyunda ortadan kalkmış. Hafif makineli tüfek, plazma tüfeği ve bomba atar gibi çeşitliliği arttıran silahların yanı sıra birçok farklı düşman çeşidi de oyuna eklenmiş. Ayrıca tek elle tutulan hafif makineli tüfek, plazma tabancası gibi silahlardan artık iki tane aynı anda kullanılabiliyor, bu özellik hem çeşitliliği arttırıyor hem de kullanması çok keyifli. Onun dışında Spectre isminde yeni bir araç ve ilk oyunda bulunan fakat kullanılamayan Wraith'i kullanabilme de oyuna eklenen yenilikler arasında. Ancak her ne kadar ilk oyundakine göre daha rahat olsa da araç kontrolündeki problemler bu oyunda da mevcut. Grafik konusunda oyun serinin önceki oyununa göre daha başarılı ancak günümüz standartlarının altında. Performans olarak da bazı sorunlar var, bazı bölümlerde takılma sorunu yaşadım. Oyunu oynarken birkaç küçük hata ile karşılaştım. Halo 2: Anniversary sürükleyici hikayesi, keyifli, çeşitli ve kaliteli oynanışı ile benim en iyi Birinci Şahıs Nişancı oyunları listeme girmeyi başardı.… Expand
  17. 3t3rnal
    Jan 1, 2022
    4
    Halo 2 is a decent game. It improves some things over the first entry in the series, though it's more of a partial improvement rather than actual fix of the issues with the base game design. It does significantly improve in the story department though. However, this remaster ruins some of that with some pretty noticeable technical issues.

    Graphically, the game is pretty good looking, as    Halo 2 is a decent game. It improves some things over the first entry in the series, though it's more of a partial improvement rather than actual fix of the issues with the base game design. It does significantly improve in the story department though. However, this remaster ruins some of that with some pretty noticeable technical issues.

    Graphically, the game is pretty good looking, as much as it can be without making any notable change to the base design of the levels, etc. to keep in line with the original. It's far from perfect though. There are some mishaps, though - some floating objects, misaligned textures, etc. - some of them so obvious I noticed them even in pretty hectic moments.

    Unfortunately, for this one, sound also disappoints - sound mixing specifically. Volume of music, ambience, effects, speech - especially speech - are inconsistent. Sometimes, music is too loud. So you turn it down. Then next track goes too low, so you turn it back up - but the next speech lines are too low volume and now hard to understand, so you turn the music back down to minimum, and so on. It's very intrusive, very annoying, very immersion breaking to have to pause the game every 20 minutes to fiddle with audio settings, to a point, where despite the very good soundtrack, it's just better to turn music off, if you are playing for the first time and want to catch all of the story details, dialogues, etc.

    Story wise, the game is much better than Halo CE, it's more fleshed out, there is less stupid and cringy moments, it's a tad more serious, but it still has that B-level action movie thing going on with a couple one liners and tons of "go shoot stuff, soldier". Honestly, I would say this is my favorite Halo story. It's not some super deep stuff, it's got the right amount of interesting tidbits to make you invested in the universe, and the rest is just basically explaining why this thing has to be blown up or that thing captured. Pretty much spot on for this kind of game. The only really downside is the really abrupt ending - this is not a cliffhanger, it's straight up "we ran out of money and time at this specific point and couldn't be bothered to smooth it out so the ending would at least feel as something akin to a closure behind the whole game, see you in the next one" kind of thing.

    Now, to the gameplay. Halo is famous for its super fun formula, and it's here for first 60-70% or so of the game. Then it goes to crap, much like Halo CE. There's less small hard to hit enemies, but others have been made into some pretty annoying bullet sponges, the level design is still very hit or miss though it has less re-used assets and layouts, and the last stages are swarming with infinite, or near infinite amounts of enemies, and it's just a slog, and I just skipped most of the combat by running because it turned from fun to a chore. Again, you get into hallway, five minutes fire down the hallway to kill all enemies, move around the corner, rinse and repeat - though to be fair, it's more open than in Halo CE so you can actually just skip it. And I could even understand a couple stages like that, where the odds are simply too stacked against you to fight them, and so you just focus on reaching the objective, but when more than a quarter of your power fantasy shooter is like that? You did something very wrong.

    Anyways, this is a bit of a mixed bag. I gave it the same rating as the Halo remaster, but Halo 2 is, in my opinion, a better game. It's just that the remaster is worse than the Halo CE remaster, so what improvements there are between the games are ruined by issues with the remaster itself.    … Expand
  18. Antonette_87
    Nov 23, 2021
    7
    Halo 2: Annyversary es un muy remastered, todos, o casi todos los fallos del remastered de Halo CE fueron solucionados, porq recordar que un remastered no es poner el mismo juego con mejores graficas, si no que tambien tiene que conservar, la esencia, ambientacion, etc. del titulo original, en este caso Halo 2, ahora, es un buen remastered, pero... es un buen videojuego? esta bien Halo 2Halo 2: Annyversary es un muy remastered, todos, o casi todos los fallos del remastered de Halo CE fueron solucionados, porq recordar que un remastered no es poner el mismo juego con mejores graficas, si no que tambien tiene que conservar, la esencia, ambientacion, etc. del titulo original, en este caso Halo 2, ahora, es un buen remastered, pero... es un buen videojuego? esta bien Halo 2 hace muchas cosas mal, para empezar la historia tiene bastantes fallas, no es que la trama sea mala, pero tiene bastantes fallos: Para empezar la historia no se entiende del todo bien, intercambiando entre los protagonistas (El Jefe Maestro y el Inquisidor) constantemente en mi caso me perdí en el trancurso de la historia, podían haberlo echo de una mejor forma para que la historia se entienda mejor, tambien hay fragmentos de la historia de la saga Halo en general que no se cuenta en los videojuegos, si no que se cuentan en comics, series... en vez de contar la saga a traves de los videojuegos, no se por algo ES UNA SAGA DE VIDEOJUEGOS, para terminar el acto final esta incompleto, cuando justo el jefe maestro iba a matar al ultimo profeta y dé repente, pum, los créditos, ns, ahora lo bueno de la historia son los antagonistas, ya que en esta entrega dan mas prioridad al pacto, que a los humanos, esto esta bien para que sepamos mas de la cultura, religión, etc. del pacto, y los conflictos que estos llevan consigo, otra cosa mala, es el diseño de nivel, haciendolo mas cerrado, algo que para mi es una decision erronea ya que una de las cosas que hacia y hace especial halo, son sus mapas enormes llena de vida, pero en Halo 2 tiran todo eso por la ventana.. en definitiva tiene muchos fallos, pero ahora, porq este juego es considerado el mejor de la saga? sencillo, su gameplay, el arsenal, Halo 2 mejora un huevo todo el arsenal de armas, añadiendo subfusiles, rifles de batalla, espadas de energía y mucho mas, la verdad es que me quede impresionado con todas las armas que te da el juego, tambien mejora gráficamente, podías ahora hacer un dash por así decirlo en los vehiculos, podías usar 2 armas a la vez, etc. en resumen el gameplay de Halo 2 mejora en todos los sentidos, quizas en este Halo se me hizo algo repetitivo, en especial por los flood (que aparecen menos, gracias) y los brutes que son mas o menos como los flood, una esponja de balas sin mucha gracia, y no tengo mucho mas que decir, Halo 2 es un videojuego que mejora en lo jugable, pero tiene bastantes fallos respecto, los escenarios, historia, etc.… Expand
  19. DonldTrump_45Th
    Jan 26, 2023
    9
    Hello, this is a default review because i'm forced to use 75 characters. I'll edit this review in the future talking about the game, don't worry ;)

    My final rate is: 9
  20. StarkAgentos
    May 20, 2022
    5
    Графика красивая, катсцены полностью переработанные в кинематографическое чудо. Но есть одно но - геймплей, который решили оставить тем же, что и в 2004. Играется это в наше время так себе.
  21. aecsuter
    Jul 25, 2023
    7
    Minha primeira experiencia com esse jogo foi em 2023 então será com base nela a minha analise.

    ---== Gráficos ==-- Alternando entre os graficos originais e os remasterizados fica evidente novamente o cuidado e ainda sim houve algumas evoluções comparados com o anterior. A principal evolução fica por conta das cutscenes, os personagens ficaram infinitamente mais bem feitos, houve uma    Minha primeira experiencia com esse jogo foi em 2023 então será com base nela a minha analise.

    ---== Gráficos ==--
    Alternando entre os graficos originais e os remasterizados fica evidente novamente o cuidado e ainda sim houve algumas evoluções comparados com o anterior.
    A principal evolução fica por conta das cutscenes, os personagens ficaram infinitamente mais bem feitos, houve uma quantidade maior de cutscenes deixando muito mais epico os melhores momentos.

    ---== História ==--
    Melhorou demais a história nessa continuação. Ela ficou muito mais envolvente, interessante e imersiva.
    A interação da Cortana com o Masterfhief então nem se fala. Que final senhores.....
    Recomendo bastante!

    ---== Gameplay ==--
    Mais um vez a parte que menos gostei no jogo rsrs.
    Apesar de haver boas melhorias, o jogo ainda fica cansativo e repetitivo em varios momentos.
    Houve uma melhora significativa na variação das areas nas fases, algumas funcionalidades e armas novas, mas ainda sim não me prendeu a jogabilidade.
    Joguei e destrinchei o jogo porque a história é muito boa e em coop tudo fica mais divertido.

    ---== Resumo ==--
    Em coop da até pra pegar 100%, mas vale a pena ser jogado ao menos em função da história que é muito boa!    … Expand
  22. CJX60X
    Nov 25, 2022
    8
    Halo 2 anniversary is an amazing celebration and it's hard to believe this is almost 10 years old the gameplay is really fun and addicting there is some bullcrap at times and some rage moments but this this entire game makes up for it
  23. greensmile
    Apr 17, 2023
    9
    Halo:2 Annivsrsary is a great game, continuing the ideas of the first part. The gameplay is cooler, the story is also, and Graphics and SGI in the remake are great, only the optimization is not brought in. Gameplay for the Covenant is cool but again there are monotonous locations.
  24. DoomDoc_
    Aug 17, 2023
    9
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    I am giving this game 9/10.
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  1. PCMag
    May 27, 2020
    70
    Halo 2 Anniversary is a blast to play, but like the other games in The Master Chief Collection, it has problems, too. The non-stop action is occasionally sidelined by bugs, so patiently wait for fixes.
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  2. Multiplayer.it
    May 17, 2020
    90
    Halo 2 is Halo 2, period. Now it is playable on PC. So, if you have a PC and didn’t play Halo 2, you know what to do.
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  3. Windows Central
    May 17, 2020
    70
    The port of Halo 2: Anniversary is good in many ways, but suffers from big issues in others. Overall, it's fine — but "fine" isn't good enough for Halo.
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