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A Negative Review of Halo 2

KaiEl writes "An avalanche of glowing reviews has already made Halo 2 the second-highest ranked game of all time on GameRankings.com. Looking for an alternative viewpoint? The Video Game Ombudsman has gathered the bad points from nine separate Halo 2 reviews into the only negative review of Halo 2 you're ever likely to read. Useful as a cautionary tale about out-of-context quoting and as a reference manual for rampant Microsoft haters who might want to make the Halo 2 argument a little less one-sided."

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  1. Re:As I posted a few articles back... by karrde · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And there's a good reason for it. Things in the mainstream are overdone.

    But lets talk Halo2. I won't be buying it. Forgetting the fact that I do not own an XBox the reason I won't buy it is that it's an FPS. I gave then up a long time ago when they became mainstram, because everyone and thier brother put them out.

    Halo 2 may be a great game. It may be the best FPS ever created. But FPSs probably stopped being original back with Quake. Wolfenstien "created" the genre, Doom made movement free form and outside the boxes, and Quake created truely 3d maps. Everything from then on has been graphics updates, new weapons, new themes, but nothing really original.

  2. Re:Here's my Halo 2 review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Um, who cares about modding you...you are anonymous. Yet you feel compelled to state your worthless opinion...well, scroll up friend, and see so many other whiny bastards cry that they don't get Halo. If you don't get Halo, don't like Halo, just don't click on the link. I think you guys just like say something is uncool that other people like just to feel somehow superior to these people. But you're not superior, you are anal retentive elitists. The sad thing is that it is preventing you from enjoying good games because all of a sudden everything has to be innovative and revolutionary. Can't a game just be fun? Maybe you don't have friends, but it is a lot of fun to get a bunch of people over and play games together...guy who wouldn't normally play them before...and they are enjoyng themselves. If you can't understand that...that's fine. Just no one ever is going to wake you up, because they are tired of your bitching.