Master Chief Revisited

vituperation writes "1UP has a feature up today marking the first anniversary of Halo 2. It's brief, but it manages to cover the hype around its launch, how well Bungie has handled its problems, and how gamers feel about the game after a year. From the article: 'Creatively, though, Halo 2 has been a less clear-cut victory. It's a technical marvel, one of the most visually-impressive games on the market thanks to its solid graphic design and gimmicky tricks like normal mapping. Yet it's also jarringly buggy in places, which has created no end of trouble for those who want a fair multiplayer match.'"

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Re:Halo 1/2 on XBox 360 looking good at 720p

[MBCook]

First off, do you really think the XBox 360 (somewhere around a GeForce 8800 maybe) will have trouble with FSAA and running at 720p for a game that is designed for an XBox (GeForce 2.5, maybe 3)? I bet the 360 could produce an image almost as good as an original XBox in software.

That said, don't forget that this is "free." If you own Halo or Halo 2 and buy an XBox 360 (and with Halo 3 coming some day, many fans (and most all of the hard core will), you get this visual upgrade for free.

Re:best...game...ever

[Anonymous Coward]

I have yet to see a game that's mor suited to having four friends gathered on the sofa killing each other long into the night.

Keep looking. Halo's looked down upon because it's overhyped. By a lot.