Halo 2

***Halo 2**,* is a 2004 first-person shooter game, and is the thirty first game to be played on Butt Spectrum Club. The playthrough started on January 30th, 2023 and ended on October 13th, that same year. Halo 2 is the second game in the ***Halo Series***, and is a sequel to the game ***Halo: Combat Evolved*** and was followed up by ***Halo 3***.

## Game Info

Halo 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and was published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox, and in 2007 was given a port to Microsoft Windows.

The game has the player once again take control of Master Chief, and also new character Arbiter. While Chief is being awarded for his role he played in Halo: Combat Evolved, the Covenant attack the humans again, and leading an attack on Earth. After following the Covenant ship High Charity, the humans discover another Halo installation.

In 2014, a remaster of Halo 2 titled Halo 2 Anniversary was released for the Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

## Playthrough

The playthrough has both ***Algernon*** and ***GhostinGhostout*** playing together cooperatively. On multiple occasions throughout the playthrough, the bois would be kicked out of the game, and would play the next mission.

## Plot

Halo 2 opens with the trial of a Covenant Elite commander aboard the Covenant's capital city-ship of High Charity. For his failure to stop Halo's destruction, the Elite is stripped of his rank, branded a heretic, and tortured by Tartarus, the chieftain of the Covenant Brutes. Spared execution, the Covenant leadership - the High Prophets Truth, Regret, and Mercy - give the elite the chance to become an Arbiter, a rank given to Elites in times of great crisis or turmoil. As the Arbiter, the Elite quells a rebellion and recovers 343 Guilty Spark.

On Earth, Fleet Admiral Hood commends the Master Chief and Sergeant Avery Johnson for their actions at the first Halo, with Commander Miranda Keyes accepting a medal on behalf of her deceased father, Captain Jacob Keyes. A Covenant fleet suddenly appears near Earth. In the ensuing battle, a ship carrying the Prophet of Regret slips through Earth's defenses and besieges the African city of New Mombasa. Master Chief assists in repelling the invasion. With his fleet destroyed, Regret makes a hasty slipspace jump, and Keyes, Johnson, Cortana, and the Master Chief follow aboard the UNSC ship In Amber Clad. The crew discover another Halo installation; realizing the danger the ring presents, Keyes sends Master Chief to kill Regret while she and Johnson search for the index, Halo's activation key.

Responding to Regret's distress call, High Charity and the Covenant fleet arrive at the Halo. After Master Chief kills Regret, the Covenant bombard his location; he falls into a lake, where he is dragged away by tentacles. Regret's death triggers discord among the races of the Covenant, as the Prophets give the Brutes the Elites' traditional role as their honor guard. The Arbiter subdues Johnson and Keyes and retrieves the index. Tartarus appears and reveals that the Prophets have ordered the annihilation of the Elites, and sends the Arbiter falling down a deep chasm.

The Arbiter meets the Master Chief in the bowels of the Halo, brought together by a Flood creature called the Gravemind. The Gravemind reveals to the Arbiter that the Great Journey is a lie, and sends the two soldiers to different places to stop Halo's activation. The Master Chief is teleported to High Charity as the Covenant falls into civil war. The Flood-infested In Amber Clad crashes into the city, and Cortana realizes that the Gravemind used them as a distraction. As the parasite overruns the city, the Prophet of Mercy is consumed. As for Tartarus, the Prophet of Truth consigns him to Halo with Keyes, Johnson, and Guilty Spark to activate the ring. Master Chief follows Truth aboard a Forerunner ship leaving the city; Cortana remains behind to destroy High Charity and Halo if Tartarus succeeds in activating the ring.

On the surface of Halo, the Arbiter join forces with Johnson and confronts Tartarus in Halo's control room. When the Arbiter tries to convince Tartarus that the Prophets have betrayed them, Tartarus instead activates the ring, and a battle ensues. The Arbiter and Johnson kill Tartarus while Keyes removes the Index; the unexpected deactivation sets Halo and all the other rings on standby for remote activation from a place 343 Guilty Spark calls "The Ark." Meanwhile, Truth's ship arrives at Earth, and Master Chief informs Admiral Hood that he is "finishing this fight."

In a post-credits scene, Gravemind assumes control of High Charity, Cortana agrees to answer the Flood intelligence's question.

## Episodes

1. Dual Wielding Dual Master Chief's
2. We've Angered the Military
3. Algernon and Ghost Play Bumper Banshees!
4. KILL THE HERETIC
5. Algernon Says Something Bad
6. HE'S ALREADY DEAD!!!
7. RUN FOR YOUR LIIIFE!!!
8. High Speed Ghost Accident
9. Boring Ahh Level
10. You're the Main Arbiter
11. We're Out of Funny Juice
12. Is This S3x?

## Trivia

* Halo 2 is the thirty first game to be played on the channel
* Halo 2 is the 20th game to be completed on the channel
* the hosts are Algernon and GhostinGhostout
	+ Both Algernon and GhostinGhostout are playing
* the version of Halo 2 being played is the Halo 2 Anniversary Edition on the Master Chief Collection available on Steam
* During the first episode, Algernon and Ghost joked about the idea of a "Back Up" counter because they say it so much, one of the editor goblins decided to make a counter. On the final episode it was revealed they said it 149 times.

## See Also

The Halo Series, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo Reach