I’ve been rather occupied with a certain game the past couple of days so not many updates lately, but I’ll be watching Lost tonight and that should give me a chance to catch up with some non-Halo 2 blogging. I don’t have much time now, but a blog post can’t be complete without a link, so here’s a sweet review by The Video Game Ombudsman, cutting and pasting all the glowing comments from various Halo 2 reviews. It’ll make you want to rush out and by Halo 2 right away.
How did Halo 2 score perfect tens again? (Not trying to troll, just trying to remove the mask of hype and blind fanboyism). I still think it’s a fabulous game with a tremendous upside with Live. It’s not perfect, but it sure beats the pants off 98.4% of the crap out there.
Well, after an hour or so of playing, I must say it is rather tasty. The cutscenes are great, the story so far isn’t bad, I like what I see. Controls are extra tight, but I do have one major gripe. In Halo 1 I use the “Boxer” button configuration, where the L-trigger is used for melee attacks. In order to dual wield, you have to use the second trigger (the grenade button in default mode) to fire your second gun. If I wanted to use the Boxer configuration, I’d have to use the B button to fire the second gun. That defeats the purpose of being able to dual wield and aim at the same time. It will take some time to get used to the melee attack being the B button. That being said, dual wielding is BOSS. Very well done and extremely enjoyable.