Halo 2 – Consumer Guide

According to the ESRB, this game contains: Blood, Violence

Parents should be on the lookout for some intense violence and mild language, but it's nothing particularly graphic.

Xbox owners and first-person shooter fans owe it to themselves to check out the new flagship shooter for the console.

Fans of the original Halo will find plenty to love here, but the game is not going to win over too many people who didn't care for the first.

Xbox Live subscribers, even if they rarely get online, should not hesitate to give the multiplayer a shot. It was anticipated that this game would be the foremost reason to subscribe to Live, and it is.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing gamers will miss out on many valuable audio cues during firefights, but the game offers subtitles for cutscenes and is certainly playable without sound.