HALO 2 REVIEWS

[bobcat]

When is it coming out?

I've preordered mine.

[Fox 6]

Originally Posted by bobcat

When is it coming out?

November 9th. Cant wait........

[Professor S]

UPDATE: Added 1UP.com review to main post.

[DarkMaster]

Why the hell do GameSpot's reviews ALWAYS have the lowest scores? Are they trying to be different or something?

[Bond]

Yes. Haven't you figured it out yet?

[DarkMaster]

Well anyway...

US OXM - 9.7
AUS OXM - 10
UK OXM - 10
Gamepro - 10
1up - 10
Gamespy - 10
Gamespot - 9.4
IGN - 9.8
TeamXBOX - 9.9
EGM - 10
XBN - 10
GI - 10
TechTV - 10

Overall - 99.1%

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

Well anyway...

US OXM - 9.7
AUS OXM - 10
UK OXM - 10
Gamepro - 10
1up - 10
Gamespy - 10
Gamespot - 9.4
IGN - 9.8
TeamXBOX - 9.9
EGM - 10
XBN - 10
GI - 10
TechTV - 10

Overall - 99.1%

based on the results i'd gather that its quite a good game, yes?

[Professor S]

Those scores are insane. I've never seen a game get this kind of response from the gaming mass media.

As for Gamespot, its Greg Kasavin. He's a over critical moron who who tries to pad his receding ego (much like his hair) by making sure he gives the lowest score to highly anticipated games. Now 9.4 is not a bad score by any means, but he made sure his score was at least a few points lower than everyone else's. Its a pattern he has and seems to encourage in those that he works with at Gamespot. For some reason they believe that giving lower scores 99% of the time makes their opinion more valid or makes them a superior gaming site (and its not just Xbox bias either).

His reviews tend to be useless, also. Read the Halo 2 Gamespot review. Its pointless, all critical and the video review even spoils a very important plot twist. Basically his reviews of good games spend the whole time pointing out every miniscule flaw imaginable... and then he gives it a good score with the ending note of "its still a great game!" I don't see how reviews like that are supposed to help me decide whether or not to purchase a game.

Surprisingly, the most helpful and thorough review I've seen so far is from IGN. Its really an excellent review which gives you a good idea of what the game is like WITHOUT SPOILING THE STORY. I also find Gamespots assertion that the story is bad to be suspect as every other site raves about it. I guess I'll have to wait till Tuesday to really find out

In closing: Kasavin sucks, IGN actually had a really good review and I'm about to throw a brick through the window of my local EB to get my game under the cover of darkness.

[Dark_Elf]

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/562116.asp
Great site...check it out

More than 2 of them (1UP e.g) give halo2 a 100% and start the review with a that game isnt great.This shows extreme lack of writting skills + reviewing/critiscism.How is it possible to give a game a perfect score and then 1 line down saying that it isnt perfect.It makes me wonder if those guys up there have ever tried to attend to critiscism lessons or visiting language courses after their school.

Btw,gamespot's review sucked..I hate that guy.I see that gamerankings.com agrees with me,2/5 stars

Well,i think we should just play the game and enjoy it

Geez..What score would they give to tetris and pacman if they grade halo2 10/10 ?

[coolman3007]

what are u guys talking about halo was overrate and so is halo2 im mean come on u walk around and shoot stuff how stupid is that

[Fox 6]

Originally Posted by coolman3007

what are u guys talking about halo was overrate and so is halo2 im mean come on u walk around and shoot stuff how stupid is that

maybe...just maybe...its a FPS.

[Null]

i....thought it was a racing game?

or wait! its a FPSA First person Space Adventure! lol

[Canyarion]

Originally Posted by Null

or wait! its a FPSA First person Space Adventure! lol

Also, MP2 is not half as 'big' as Halo2... Metroid Prime was never as popular as Halo. Like an underdog.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

Also, MP2 is not half as 'big' as Halo2... Metroid Prime was never as popular as Halo. Like an underdog.

Whats that have to do with anything i said?


but no, MP isnt as 'big' of a game as halo is. But there are games out there bigger and more hyped than halo.

it deserves the scores it gets. I myself tho find it hard to give any console FPS good reviews cuz i keep comparing them to pc fps's. i suppose its not fair to do that. but eh *shrugs* games are games.