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A Negative Review of Halo 2

Posted by Zonk on from the out-of-context-out-of-mind dept.

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. Why is this news? by Txiasaeia · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Why is it so hard to believe that some people don't like Halo? I played it when it came out for the PC and for the life of me could not figure out why it was so popular. The enemies who would do sommersaults and talk like characters from Telletubbies were annoying. The weapons were boring. The plot was nothing original (no points taken off - very few sf games have an original plot).

    The only thing good that came out of Halo was Red vs. Blue. I'm honestly not trying to troll; I just really don't understand why it made such a big impact in the gaming world, aside from the fact that it was a launch game for the XBox.

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    Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
  2. I'm surprised penny-arcade didn't get listed... by pocopoco · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It wasn't an official review like the other 9 places the negative comments are taken from, but PA did say bad things about Halo 2's story and ending (or lack thereof) and has a huge readership...