Halo 2: Anniversary
Experience the impeccably remastered edition of the original Halo 2 game. Following the destruction of Halo, humankind experiences a short-lived victory. Eager for revenge, the Covenant launches a surprise…
Halo 2: Anniversary is a shooter developed by 343 Industries, released 11 November 2014 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Halo 2: Anniversary is
Halo 2: Anniversary is a shooter game developed by 343 Industries and released in 2014. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Halo 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Experience the impeccably remastered edition of the original Halo 2 game. Following the destruction of Halo, humankind experiences a short-lived victory. Eager for revenge, the Covenant launches a surprise attack on Earth, but they find themselves ill-prepared to defeat the UNSC’s home fleet and are forced to flee into slipspace. When the Master Chief pursues his overzealous enemies, they discover yet another Halo ring, uncovering long-buried secrets, including an unlikely ally, that will dramatically alter the course of the Human-Covenant Conflict forever. Game Features: • PC Settings/Optimizations: Halo 2: Anniversary is now optimized for PC and looking better than ever at up to 4k UHD…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Halo series
Halo 2: Anniversary is the 32nd of 55 entries we hold in the Halo series. The next entry was Halo: The Master Chief Collection in 2014. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Halo 3 at 91.
How it was received
Halo 2: Anniversary holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 80 votes.
What it launched against
Halo 2: Anniversary launched on 11 November 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Tales from the Borderlands. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox Series launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Tales from the Borderlands.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Halo 2: Anniversary yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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