The shorthand version is that Halo 2 won BEST CONSOLE GAME, BEST ACTION GAME and BEST ONLINE MULTIPLAYER. Noah Robischon from Entertainment Weekly summed it up beautifully, saying, "suddenly November 9th seemed like a long time to wait." The other critics represented the following organziations:
TV Guide * TIME * Newsweek * Entertainment Weekly * Rolling Stone * Business 2.0 * USA Today * Los Angeles Times * The Washington Post * Gannett News Service * San Jose Mercury News * Seattle Post * Computer Gaming World * Electronic Gaming Monthly * Game Informer * Gamepro * GameSpot * GameSpy * GMR * Happy Puppy *
Hollywood Reporter * IGN * Official PlayStation Magazine *
Official Xbox Magazine * PC Gamer * PSM * UGO.com * XBN * Yahoo! Games Domain * Bell Canada GamesMania * Game-Revolution * CNN/Money * Electric Playground * G4TV * TechTV *
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congrats, bungie!! you guys rock. and something that's not mentioned enough is the Story backing up the game. yes, not much 'story' at this year's e3 halo2 multiplayer, but- when i'm playin' halo, i'm not just wandering around shooting things- however cool it looks. there's an awesome story giving fuel and zest to our upcoming halo2 experience. i'm sure doom3 is nice, but, it just seems to 'shooting gallery' to me. it seems you guys are giving 110% to all angles of the game.