almostagoodguy wrote:if one of the best games is so simple why didnt you make it first?

and u also need a good story unLike golden eye
How old are you? Just wondering how expansive your experience with video games has been.
Halo 2 does not have a good story. If Halo 2 were a movie, it'd be The Matrix Revolutions: Good idea, bad execution, terrible ending. Goldeneye never claims to be more than it is: An adaptation of the movie.
But even going beyond that, Halo 2 is just a first person shooter. A pretty one, i'll grant you. It's got a few cool weapons, and the system is kinda cool. But it doesn't qualify as classic or as a kingpin. A) It ain't old enough, B) It's a sequel and like Frogger Threedeep or Defender II it's just a refining of a formula rather than an original game, and C) It's only what, 3-4 years old? It hasn't exactly created a wave of innovation or transcended any genres.
So, to paraphrase Shakespeare: "Halo 2 is too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise, and too little for a great praise. Only this can I say of it, if it were any other than as it is it would be unhandsome, and being no other than as it is, I do not like it."
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