This game had the most amazing Xbox Live experience ever. Nothing this gen even comes close to how fun Halo 2 online was. It was literally impossible to get bored. Everyone was always on Halo 2 at any time of day.
Whenever you wanted you could hop into a full lobby and play custom games on gametypes that the entire community knew like Tower of Power and classic Zombies. Or just go into a glitch match with overshields and rockets and superjump, etc.
And who could forget about the clans. The clan drama could make even being in the lobby fun. Some of my best memories from this game came from all the clan drama from KoG, KSI, etc.
It makes me sad to think that there won't ever be a multiplayer experience like this ever again.
Long live Halo 2!
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The single and multiplayer blew me away when I first got it. The single player still had sparks of brilliance, but when I tried out Matchmaking in its last days, it was pretty sloppy overall. I have to say I do enjoy 3's Matchmaking more, but I might give an edge to Halo 2's customs.