This day was so sad.
Halo 2 was, without a doubt, the first Xbox game that I really played LIVE on, which can be said for so many people. The first time I played a game with a random group of people, we were all talking about how fun this whole "online gaming" thing was. I loved stomping through the open fields in Coagulation in an effort to steal a flag, I loved pressing the button in the Zanzibar base and listening to the reactions, I loved the bridge fights in Waterworks. Even in the midst of all of these glitches and bugs in the game, I always found a way to have the most fun with my friends and Halo 2. This game wasn't just a new game to me, it was the introduction a an awesome community and the start of an experience that would last for 5 years (give or take the time Halo 3 came out). Between the constant firefights to get to first place in matchmaking, to the utter shenanigans made from climbing the staircase to heaven or firing a ring or rockets around a warthog, and challenging the driver to see how far they could go, I soon came to realize that Halo 2 told us that there are so many more ways to play the game than just what is offered in the menu.
The last game I played on April 14th was actually a custom game to climb the staircase to heaven in Burial Grounds. When I was the first to reach the invisible ramp that topped the level, I took one look around and shot from my rocket launcher one last time into the air and said to my friends "It's been a great 5 years!" and hit the leave button. If only I was there to see my Spartan ascending up into the heavens instead of a menu screen, the scene would be perfect.
Goodbye, Halo 2, we will all miss you, but at least we still have campaign.
P.S.: SMG starts...what was up with that!?
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