Finished two more areas in Halo 2 today, and was surprised to find that you also play as one of the enemy Covenant characters, with a special cloaking ability. That should prove to be interesting, though the plot hasn’t really advanced much so far. I’ve had to go to other sources for more information on the background that I probably missed out on in the original Halo.

I’m also a bit surprised at the difficulty of it. I’m playing on Normal, and most of the time it’s actually fairly easy, but there are occasional spikes in difficulty that are difficult to predict. It must have taken me four tries before finally defeating the Scarab, usually because I find my shield knocked down way faster than I would have expected.

There’s lots of weaponry, but so far I think my favourites are the Covenant sniper rifle and plasma rifle. There just isn’t enough ammo around for the human weapons, and the other alien weapons just aren’t as powerful or fun to use. There are probably still more types I haven’t seen yet, though.