Halo 2: Difference between revisions

* [[Determinator]]: Meta example. The only thing that ended ''Halo 2'''s online gaming scene was the original Xbox Live servers getting ''shut down''. The game was launched on Nov 9th, 2004, and the servers officially shut down on Apr 15, 2010. Officially, that is; several players hung on until getting booted on May 11th.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: The first game to have a set of weapons that you can randomly pair with other designated one-handed weapons.

* [[Enemy Civil War]]: Following {{spoiler|the assassination of the Prophet of Regret}}, the Elites are kicked out of the Covenent and replaced with the Brutes. The Elites do not take kindly to this.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: The Gravemind recruits Master Chief and the Arbiter, making it a three way enemy mine.

** [[Julie Benz]] voices Miranda Keyes.

** [[That 70s Show|Donna Pinciotti]] gives you a shotgun.

** In a more straight version of the trope, the "Give them back their bomb" sequence in the trailer has Earth in '''''much''''' more trouble than in the actual game, in which the Covenant barely stick around for. Earth's on fire? Not really.

* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: The game is divided between master Chief and the Arbiter. Gameplay wise they play almost the same.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Nearly a third of it was cut out due to wasting time on the engine. For one, it was supposed to end the series. For two, ''[[So Cool Its Awesome|Forerunner Tank.]]''

** ''Forerunner Tank'' was a level that was cut from the game very early in development. That said, it gained the above trope because of what the developers said about it: "Awesomeness would ensue."