Halo 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie and the sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. The campaign alternates between two playable characters: the human supersoldier Master Chief and the Covenant warrior known as the Arbiter. The game introduced online multiplayer via Xbox Live with an automated matchmaking system, dual-wielding of certain weapons, and vehicle hijacking. It supports both cooperative campaign and competitive multiplayer modes, and was the best-selling game on the original Xbox. In the 26th century, the Covenant, a powerful alliance of alien races, launches a surprise attack on Earth. Master Chief defends the planet's orbital stations before pursuing the Covenant fleet to a second Halo installation. Meanwhile, a disgraced Covenant Elite commander is branded a heretic for failing to prevent the first Halo's destruction and given the suicidal rank of Arbiter. As both warriors pursue their separate missions, they uncover a brewing civil war within the Covenant and a parasitic threat that endangers all sides.
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Epic, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
- Developer
- Bungie
- Publisher
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Released
- November 9, 2004
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- Havok Physics, Halo 2
- Time to beat
- 9.5 h rushed · 11 h main story · 18 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.2/10 from 694 ratings.
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