Halo 2 rules and it proofs once again that if you have full enjoyment playing a game on highest difficulty then it's damn good.

Dual welding gives a great opportunity to let every weapon shine that weren't great in CE. Battle rifle is only good burst weapon in gaming, because it benefit for being a burst weapon in this game. Enemy encounters are always challenging threat, but so satisfying to beat. I liked new enemies like brutes and even jackal snipers. I heard a lot of shit talk about them, but I like having that one enemy that give you thought "fuck, you again", so you use all the power to take them out as fast as you can and there are many weapons to take them really fast like BR or covenants' DMR. Operating scorpion is so fucking epic.

There are still thing I don't like. Operating banshee sucks and you have to do it twice. Slow elevator section with hundreds of flying and fast enemies is an agony. Arbiter's ability is cool, but makes his gameplay way easier than Master Chief. A few times checkpoint system works like RNG. Remaster version looks beautiful, but it tends to lose FPS and OG levels has better atmosphere.

Story is great with cool and memorable characters (sergeant Johnson and Miranda). I like Arbiter and his plot. Master Chief is better character in Halo 2 imo. Only cliffhanger is weak and it started all the cliffhanger in almost every other Halo game.

OST is a banger as always.

Multi is better than in CE, less magnum = more fun.

Damn, I love Halo.

Yes, finale is peak, but the rest of story is okay or whatever. I liked new characters, but most of them didn't get enough screen time. Most of story is the filler or random stuff that just happens. However I like the castle, fan service stuff for fans in this game and the Takaya Kuroda's performance was probably the best in the series. Still there should be more cinematic cutscenes.
Combat takes good stuff from LJ, but have too many issues to fully enjoy it. Problems with hit detection and juggle. Imo too much focus on using EX heat, and too little on using fun combos and heat actions. But gadgets are fun. Progression system kinda sucks, I don't hate money system, but the game doesn't rewards you for doing main missions, only way is side content.
I love new coliseum and looks customizations for Kiryu. Pocket circuit for 3th time is series is lame. Akame system sucks. Some substories are fine, but please no more funny grandma.
And bring back new game+.

This game feels like made by people who only heard about PVZGW2 and played too much overwatch.
Gameplay is downgrade in almost every way: no class variants, bugs, shitty camera, sprinting should be removed. Game came out totally unfinished and it still is. Devs stop updating it after 1 year!
Good things are better graphics and animations, new classes are fun with cool ideas, kinda better campaign.

Go play Garden Warfare 2 instead of it.

The best combat RGG has made, great side content, cool QOL changes, less tailing missions, overall big upgrade to Judgment.

Only the story is mixed - great villains, good topic of the story, cool to have a lot of returning characters, but writing is sometimes weird and Yagami as a protag is worse in this game.

Only I wish there was more long battles and boss battles missions and coliseum in side content. Also boxer style should be unlockable in boxing minigame.

This spin-off is really great, so glad it came out to the west.
Good story with good message, but not very special one.
Combat feels great, but requires too much grind, I HATE CRAFTING, fighting with pistol is funny, only brawler is shit.
Side content is mixed, has really cool minigames, some good substories, great unique karaoke, but friendship stuff sucks.
I guess its a remake, but they barely add needed QOL like faster skipping dialogues or better inventory which frustrates me.
Banger OST.