Summary
Experience the impeccably remastered edition of the original Halo 2 game. Following the destruction of Halo, humankind experiences a short-lived victory. Eager for revenge, the Covenant launches a surprise attack on Earth, but they find themselves ill-prepared to defeat the UNSC’s home fleet and are forced to flee into slipspace. When the Master Chief pursues his overzealous enemies, they discover yet another Halo ring, uncovering long-buried secrets, including an unlikely ally, that will dramatically alter the course of the Human-Covenant Conflict forever.
Game Features:
• PC Settings/Optimizations: Halo 2: Anniversary is now optimized for PC and looking better than ever at up to 4k UHD and at 60+ FPS.* Other PC native settings include customizable mouse and keyboard support, ultrawide support, FOV customization, and more.
• Campaign: Experience the next chapter in the Halo saga and fight your way through 15 unforgettable missions. Play as both Spartan-117, the Master Chief, and for the first time, the Covenant Elite, known as the Arbiter, and experience the Human-Covenant Conflict in a whole new way.
• Anniversary Edition/Update: Toggle between the remastered graphics in the Anniversary edition and the graphics from the original Halo 2 campaign. In the Anniversary edition, view Blur Studio’s spectacularly remastered cutscenes from the original Halo 2 game.
• Multiplayer: Continue your Halo adventure with 7 remastered multiplayer maps from Halo 2: Anniversary and 25 multiplayer maps from the original Halo 2, featuring a completely updated progression system.
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Halo 2: Anniversary Reviews & Ratings
More grenades. New guns. New vehicles. Dual wield = fun. Assault rifle is better, and burst. Flashlight. No healthbar, only shields. NoMore grenades. New guns. New vehicles. Dual wield = fun. Assault rifle is better, and burst. Flashlight. No healthbar, only shields. No sprinting. Cannot detach turrets. You play as Arbitor/Covenant - Elites vs Brutes. Graphics are good, faces are realistic. 8.5/10
What a terrible game design keeps on going in this game too. They thought the making aim bot and avoiding from your shots make enemyWhat a terrible game design keeps on going in this game too. They thought the making aim bot and avoiding from your shots make enemy intelligent. But it's not! In playing Normal difficulty, the enemy AI beats you from every place. It's being really boring after a while later. Just running to checkpoints to avoid enemy will be the only option at next levels. Difficulty impossibly hard even in playing normal. The developers have no idea how to design a correct game play balance.
Halo 2 Anniversary is a blast to play, but like the other games in The Master Chief Collection, it has problems, too. The non-stop action is occasionally sidelined by bugs, so patiently wait for fixes.
Halo 2: Anniversary is an excellent game, bringing fantastic first-person action and a compelling continuation of the story. The characters - Master Chief, Arbiter, Oracle, and more, all bring something to the table in a well-done script. Even those who just come for the shooting will likely be engrossed with what's happening in the plot. Of course, Halo 2's emphasis is still on shooting action, and it delivers that.
The port of Halo 2: Anniversary is good in many ways, but suffers from big issues in others. Overall, it's fine — but "fine" isn't good enough for Halo.
| Release Date | November 11, 2014 |
| Publisher | Xbox Game Studios, 343 Industries, Bungie, Saber Interactive |
| Total Rating | 83% |
| Game Modes | Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen |
| Player Perspectives | First person |
| Genres | Shooter |
| Themes | Action, Science fiction |
| Platforms | PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S |
