Halo 2 was a fun game to begin with and even though it was a pretty linear experience it’s still fun to play and for some reason if you’ve not played the Xbox version, you’re in for one solid gaming experience. You have everything from intense shootouts to an epic soundtrack to an intricate (yet boring) plot to vehicular combat sequences made popular by this series itself (hijacking an enemies’ vehicle never gets old). AI, both friendly as well as enemy has always been good in Halo games and it doesn’t disappoint this time either; only problem is that you may not be terribly impressed with it after playing games like F.E.A.R. and HL2.
Now you may think that I’m being a bit harsh on a three year old game but keep in mind, the game is being sold at full price and requires Vista to run and for all those hardships we get an archaic looking game that doesn’t offer anything new. If you can look past all of that you will enjoy this game since it is the same Halo 2 the world fell in love with three years ago; if only MS had not delayed it so much or used it as a Vista launch title, perhaps people wouldn’t feel all that cheated and betrayed.
The reason I’ve called this a Hands On Impressions and not a Review is because I’ve not had the chance to have a go at the game’s Multiplayer Component which is the game’s strongest point so reviewing the game without it’s MP wouldn’t be fair to the game itself. Halo 2 for Vista will be launched in India officially this week (or so we’ve heard) so expect our in-depth review, MP et all then.
Stupid Game, Lots of Hype no Show. 
