11-21-2004, 02:35 AM
I have played both games. I've beaten hl2 and have not yet beaten halo 2. In my opinion half life 2 beats halo 2 hands down. Graphically, halo 2 pushes the xbox too far. I have noticed in a lot of the cutscenes that the draw distances on the characters will change dramatically when you get close to them. This usually happens on details on the face of characters as the camera or you, get closer to them. Half life 2, looks great. I think thats pretty clear cut (mainly because of hardware diffrences betwen PC and XBOX). Gameplay wise, halo 2 is pretty fun, with good action. You can drive vehicles and take over enemy gun turrets and even play as the coveniant. In half life 2 you cant play as the combine, but you can take over gun turrets and drive vehicles. In halo 2 the purpose of the vehicles were to make you more efficent of a killer. In half life 2, the purpose is to get from point A to point B with as many dangerous things as humanly possible in the middle. Enemy helicopters for example. I really liked how they worked in the vehicles into hl2. In halo 2 they were fun, but not as much fun. My friend beat halo 2 in nine hours, which isnt very long. Half life 2 is deffinatley more then 9 hours in legnth. If your a huge halo fan then halo 2 will be a great experiance for you. Ditto with half life 2.