While Halo: Combat Evolved introduced the world to the Master Chief, Halo 2 expanded the universe’s scale and complexity.

: The game became the face of professional gaming in the mid-2000s, with legendary players like Ogre 2 dominating tournaments like the World Cyber Games.

Bungie pushed the original Xbox hardware to its absolute limits, resulting in a game that looked significantly better than its predecessor but suffered from "pop-in" textures and occasional performance dips. Despite these technical hurdles, it became the best-selling game on the original Xbox, with over 8 million copies sold.

: The story famously ended on a divisive cliffhanger as the Master Chief "finished the fight," a choice that left fans eager for the third installment. Revolutionising Xbox Live