The successful Xbox game, Halo 2, now looks for success in the PC world. It’s finally out but unfortunately for XP users, it’s only available for Vista. Given its previous success, I wouldn’t exactly say this version would satisfy all.
Single Campaign would be an example, as it only would take roughly 10 hours for an average gamer to complete the campaign. In the first story, the Halo Ring is highly regarded as an object that will bring an epic journey to them. The military alliance, the Covenant now attempts to obtain another Halo Ring called Delta Halo to go on another journey.
Some gamers might feel that the whole game’s a drag, making the Single Player Campaign even less convincing. Though, if you look at the bright side, boss fights usually are challenging, but this doesn’t make up to the gamers who think there’s still more room for improvement.
Maybe Single Campaign might not satisfy, but inviting a few friends to join you can bring more fun to the game. Halo 2’s multiplayer mode can give you a more strategic feel. Every weapon has its pros and cons, so understanding them is vital to finishing the game. Any moment you might require a grenade in your hand, but some situations might need your quick instincts to perform a melee assault. Be caution wherever you go, as long as you’re exposed, you’ll become an easy target to enemy forces.
Team game modes will require teamwork in obtaining flags, or even successfully carrying out their responsibilities in team deathmatch (called team slayer). Aside from that, they’ve developed the game so that it’ll give a variety of fresh modes to players. One of the many examples would the the shottysniper mode. Given so many different and unusual varieties, gamers tend to get confused, but it may also offer a whole lot of excitement too.
Halo 2 has the full back up of the Xbox controller but it a mouse and keyboard feels fine too. But as you compare them, you find that you have more advantage with the Xbox controller. Gamers will find a more easier and accurate play with a controller. Xbox controller makes it sound so simple, causing unbalanced to the game.
Matchmaking is one of the recycled features brought to the PC version. It pairs you up with players your level, allowing you to challenge yourself with other skillful players like yourself. It’s improved in the PC version, by boosting up the speed for server choosing, and game loading.
Ratings: 3 out of 5
Visuals aren’t that fantastic, but comparison with the Xbox version says this isn’t bad at all. The game’s still as sharp, there’s not much to complain about the visual in battles, and the alien ships look pretty convincing. I’ve come to a conclusion that the game’s tried its best to maintain its fans from Xbox, making it a not a really bad buy. Fans might not like the fact that the game controller/keyboard is pretty imbalanced though.