Most anticipated game in years -- Yes.

The most brilliant game ever -- Halo 1

Halo 2 expected to be an epic -- Yes
Was it for me -- No

I despise the new HUD.
What happened to the whole 'all the original Halo levels combined can fit into a single Halo 2 level'???? I see none of that, I've played for about 2 hours now and I'm already to the 6th level.. Maybe they've packed it with about 30 or something, that might make up for the shittiness that composes the rest of the game.

The warthog.. what the fuck happened Bungie?? Why does it act like it weighs 10 lbs and why the hell is it so damn twitchy and jumpy???

The tank, what happened to the tank.. the gun looks and sounds gay.

The cutscenes are filled with jumpy glitchy spots where it has to load up lots of stuff.. I've gone through 2 cutscenes where people are simply hovering in space...... That might be because of all the bump mapping an all, but still couldn't anything be done about it.

The vehicles aren't spectacular, the game play is mediocre, the whole jumping 30 feet in the air is just stupid, and the new hud blows.
After 3 years couldn't Bungie come up with something even similar in greatness to the original Halo??
Why couldn't they have kept EVERYTHING the same and just added some new fucking levels?

Please, if you decide to attempt a third 'Halo' don't call it that.. call it the Quirky Adventures of the Master Chief and his Corporate Counterparts.
Halo 2 is barely worthy of its title as a halo sequel..

Halo 3---- a definite no.. please.

A highly disappointed --Wanted9867--