Halo season 2 Reviews (original) (raw)

Halo feels more streamlined in its second season. While still based on a video game franchise with nearly 25 daunting years of established lore, it’s leaning into the autonomy within himself that John-117 has unlocked, which could very well emerge as Master Chief and his team’s biggest asset against the Covenant and threats closer to home.

Ultimately, by leaning on the franchise's strengths rather than Hollywood's failed generic formula for adaptations, Halo season 2 improves on the first outing and compensates for all the things it got wrong. There are even plotlines adapted directly from the Halo canon, which fans will undoubtedly find intriguing.

Season two is much better and more successful than season one, we are really immersed in the saga as in the video game

Saison au top, bourré d'action et de suspense même si on a fait les jeux. J'adore vivement la suite de la saison et j'aimerais trop une saison 3 avec les parasites

All in all, the first half of Halo Season 2 is pretty good TV that keeps you engaged, as well as being highly binge-able due to the mysteries involving the Covenant’s emissary, Dr. Halsey’s fate, Cortana’s whereabouts and the Halo itself. If you liked Season 1, you’ll certainly love the new episodes. If you haven’t tuned in yet, you won’t regret starting it now.

It's still too stiff, stuffy, and severe to fully qualify as “fun,” but what does work – the action, paranoia, and performances – elevate this sophomore effort in genuinely thrilling ways.

There are moments in the first half of the new season that successfully draw stray plot threads into the main thrust of the story and more enthusiastically lean into silliness. For now, though, Halo, like its identity-seeking protagonist, is still trying to find itself.

It feels like we're right back where we started. And not even a hail-Mary attempt to adapt the seminal Fall of Reach storyline can save it.

Many fans are sure to love the increased focus on action in season 2 and, in some places, it proves to be a well thought-out decision. However, especially at the beginning of the season, when fans will be looking for answers to the questions we were left with at the end of season 1, it takes away from some of the character-driven stories, leaving little time for anything else. All of this results in a less meaningful season 2 that's lost some of its heart.

A stellar start for the second season of Halo. Much more interesting plot and characters this time around. Can’t wait to see where this season goes.

Given the limitations of its source material the first half of the season is surprisingly good, but in the second half it is too many times too boring. Still good performances by the actors, nice battles etc. But the character arcs have become a series of empty gestures, all of them hollow.

I'm not a Halo fan, but I think the series has taken a good route with this adaptation. Yes, there are some boring episodes and subplots, and Master Chief is kind of a manchild, but the action is very good, especially in the Reach episode. Looking forward to the next season, which may take a darker turn as teased in the season 2 finale.

I'm leaving this review simply because of how **** annoying Laera (Soren's wife) is. Why she's so prominent in this season is beyond me. Every time she's on screen I want to kill myself. Everything about her is so **** irritating

Loved Season 1. Season 2 got emotional, slow, gay, boring, and stupid. Sad to see yet another show give in to mediocrity.