Halo 2 turned 10 this year.
Let’s celebrate by looking back at the history of this FPS masterpiece!
Its somewhat similar to what the developer did withHalo: Anniversaryin the run up toHalo 4.
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Halo: Combat Evolvedis well-recognized as the title that allowed the original Xbox to be successful.
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And step on it.
Bungies 60-person team was thrown back into all-out crunch mode from the very beginning of development.
Bungie stayed totally quiet about the plot twist.
ButHalofans can tell you they had a similarly infuriating experience, years before the end of Tony Soprano.
AsHalo 2reaches its end game, the Arbiter partners up with Sgt.
Major Avery Johnson to stop Delta Halo from going off.
were finally going to get to save our planet, like all of Microsofts promotional materials implied we would.
Annnnd, roll credits.
Controllers were smashed and Bungies forums were overtaken by nerd rage.
That, of course, sounded like B.S.
But Bungie and Microsoft had much bigger plans forHalo 2.
There was even some grumbling when Microsoft killed the original Live in 2010, takingHalo 2offline.
Some players even kept their connections running for almost a month to prolong the experience.
Thankfully, all ofHalo 2s maps are back online forThe Master Chief Collection.
Halo 2is arguably one of the most hyped, controversial and influential FPS titles of all time.
