Well if you haven't played the game, it doesn't matter, because this really isn't a spoiler as much as its a review.
Differences in Halo 2 and Halo
Gameplay
There are notable differences between the first halo and the second. First off, the second is a hell of a lot shorter, by a ton. And everything in the game seems shorter. The levels are also shorter, significantly. In the first game, the levels would take anywhere from 30 minutes, to 2 hours whether it was played on easy, or legendary because of the size of the levels in general. Whereas, in Halo 2, the levels seem shorter; around 20 minutes to 45 minutes. So since there are 15 levels, that's a pretty short game. But don't get me wrong, this doesn't mean Halo 2 is a bad game, I just think they could have spent more time making the levels longer, or perhaps bigger. Another thing you will notice as you play Halo 2 is that the levels in size are smaller, compared to the first. The outdoor levels are a lot smaller (especially when you play on parts of Earth), and the indoor levels are a lot smaller. The hallways, are smaller, and in general smaller, more like Doom 3 without the darkness and demons. A lot of people enjoyed Halo: Combat Evolved because of how long the game was and how thought out the plot was. That's not exactly the case here in Halo 2. The plot could have been worked on more, but for now I think its fine. The ending is also something that could have been worked on a lot more.
Actual Game
The actual game including the menu and the controls is pretty much the same. The menu's are now sleeker and smaller. The controls are just about the same except when you are dual wielding weapons together, then it becomes different. Because of some new features there are also more functions for some buttons. For example, if you run along side a vehicle and hit X, master chief will knock the driver out and get in, which is really cool whether your doing this against an elite in the campaign mode, or a friend on xbox live.
Overall
Besides some minor, and I mean
minor flaws, Halo 2 is really a great great game. Some of the different aspects which make up the game could be improved upon, but what do you expect as a follow up to perhaps the best first person shooter ever created for console? This is definitely a winner for Christmas this year, expect them to be sold out. I think this will be one of the best games of the year. I would think out of ten this game would score around a 9.3, 10 being the best. Just because of the gameplay in general.
By: Desmond |
Monday, November 22, 2004 at 4:19 PM | |
Well I thought sense I tell so many people how to do this, why not write a tutorial on it. This small article will tell you everything you need to know on how to download and keep songs played in windows media player's (wmp) "Media Guide", step-by-step. First off, if you aren't sure what I'm talking about when I refer to wmp's "media guide" I'll tell you. First off, make sure you have the latest version of windows media player. If you are using Windows XP home or pro, then the latest version if 10. If you are using windows 98, 98se, 2000, ME, or anything above windows 95, then the latest version is 9. I'm assuming that you aren't using windows 95 since thats ancient, and if so, then I can't help you find out what the latest version is. Well anyways, now that you have the latest version, your going to want to open up wmp, and click on the tab that says Media Guide, or Guide. This will load www.windowsmedia.com right inside your wmp player.
To start, type in a song name you want to play, or in this tutorial this is the song that you want to keep on your computer forever. Just type in a name, and it should have a bunch of listings. Pick the one that sounds the most legit, and play it for a few seconds, to make sure its the one that you want. If not, just pick another.
Once you have the song that you want to keep, play it all the way through. What wmp is doing right now is actually downloading the song but to a temporary file. What you want to do is take this file, and put it in a permanent folder. Once the song has played all the way through. All you have to do is open up My Documents, or My Computer, which ever you want, and at the top type in:
C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Temporary internet files
Be sure to replace the "Your user name" place, with your user name that you use to login to your computer. Then go to that place. The song will be in that folder somewhere, you may have a lot in there.
NOTE: If you want to get rid of most of the stuff in the folder, open up internet Explorer, and click Tools-Internet Options, then select Delete Files, make sure "Delete offline content" is checked, and then hit "Delete Files". This will clear the temporary files. But make sure you get the song firs, as it will delete the song also.
Once you have located the song, simply right click on it, and hit copy. Then go to My Documents, or any other folder you want, and hit paste. Now whenever you get rid of the temporary files in the temp folder, the song will remain on your computer. You can use this song like a regular song. You can transfer the song onto your mp3 player, or anything else. And because this is Microsoft's Windows Media Player, you can't get in trouble for doing this!!! So if you aren't sure of downloading songs from p2p programs, you can always do this.
By: Desmond |
Friday, November 19, 2004 at 6:19 PM | |
