Wow. This is ridiculous. Halo 2 was like thirty minutes long. People complain about Half-Life 2's length and ending. Holy SHIT, Halo 2 is like a Ferris Wheel ride that stops while you're suspended in midair. I question whether that guy even played Half-Life 2.
BTW, look at the name of the site: Game Daily: Kids! Then it has some little cartoon kid with a thumbs up. :|
character - halo 2 - for looks only
new features - hl2 - duel welding = woo...
graphics - hl2
sound/music - halo2 - they had a orchestra
gameplay - hl2 hands down - didnt want to finish halo 2 after playing hl2
mp - hl2 - even css is more enjoyable and now hl2dm
story - hl2 - more complex and interesting
weapons - hl2
enemies - hl2 - halo 2 ai lacks more than hl2
overall - hl2
"the AI is great (but by no means comparable to Halo 2 on Legendary)"
Now, i wasnt impressed with the ai in either of the games but, to say that Halo's AI is better because the game has a higher difficulty setting is just retarded.
Also, tieing HL2's physics with Halo's dual weilding is ridiculous. And on a side note, if you considering that there was a dual weilding mod for the original Unreal Tournament, its not really anything new
Main Char- DISAGREED, Master chiefs auto-recharge is the lamest shit i ever seen...Dodge behind a rock and continue fighting...LAME.Also his comments aren't kick ass...Their lame. And if you take off master-chiefs armor you don't have anything...Nill. So that's a loss.
New features? Dual wielding has been around since Hexen...Not new...Half-life 2 has more.
Monsters , I can agree on Half-life 2 had a bad collection.... Sound? No... Half-life 2 had way more immersive sound and the sound track kicked Halo 2's ass any day...
To be honest Half-life 2 shines in practicly every way, modibility ((Can't judge multiplayer yet, but if you count counter-strike and Half-life 2 DM. Hl2 wins again)) graphics, sound, story, new features, gameplay ((Though gameplay IS pretty close since halo 2 is action packed too, Half-life 2 is just polished on 2 levels higher.))
Main characters : HL2 does have a pretty geeky guy, but Mr."Master Chief" is nothing special either, he's just a guy in a space suit.
-Tie
Features : CookieCuttah I agree with you on that, you duel wield in many old games, and HL2's new physics, AI, and engine destroy any new minor modifications with Halo2, same engine and graphics.
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Graphics : No competition what so ever, Half-life 2 had the best graphics I have ever seen in any game out there, or probally being made (other than HL2 mods and HL3)
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Music : Halo2 soundtrack, not much different from Halo1, Half-life 2 has the most realistic sounds to go with the amazing graphics, a set of sounds for any physic in the game.
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Gameplay : Halo2, once again I say this, not much different from Halo1 at all, jumping and aiming controls are terrable, and the auto shield recharge, make it almost impossible to acctually die. Half-life 2 however, the aiming and movement is great, the abillity to stack objects, unlike any other game, and a couple little puzzels in the game in Water-Hazard. First one where you need to put those blue containers to push up a ramp, and another one where you have to put enough weight onto a pully which pulls up a ramp, both great use of the physics.
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Um I'd better wrap it up, Half-life 2 is more easier to understand, and not as confusing as Halo2, Halo2 is basicly the same thing as Halo1...
Half-life 2 is the better game, by far, very far. I got bored of Halo2 in less than a week, I've been playing Half-life 2 since it came out, I'm still not even bored.
im the kind of player that plays the sp, then never touches the game ever again, unless it has a decent mp to play, but for hl2, it has caught me with its superior sp gameplay