Is the ending for Halo 2 really as bad as the MGS 2 ending?

[JM]

Halo is activated, but turns out to be a dud. Concerned about the other Halos in existence, it is revealed that they can all be activated at a single location, the Ark. The Ark is hinted to be on Earth. Master Chief is shown aboard a Forerunner ship headed for Earth. Sarge asks him what he's doing. "Finishing this fight" is the reply.

Wait a second, I thought that the forerunner ship WAS the ark

JM

[Zerodash]

Nope, the Forerunner ship was what the prophet used to travel to the Ark, which is the Earth. Humans = Forerunners.

[soundwave]

Anyone know if there is an additional scene for beating it on Legendary? I still have to finish two more levels in heroic...

[SearchManX]

The ending for Halo 1 had some nice closure and gave way to Halo 2 pretty easily. Though I can't say anything about Halo 2 since I haven't played it yet, maybe I should just wait until Halo 3 is just around the corner, I hate cliffhangers.

[Mzo]

Uses the Halo 2 engine

Eek.

Maybe they'll finish it for this game.

[Dolemite]

The MGS 2 ending/story was garbage through and through. it really detracted from the whole experience.

The fact that Konami basically lied about playing as Snake for the whole game is what detracted from the whole experience for me, never mind the horribly retarded storyline.

[sethsez]

Can anyone actually sum up the story for MGS2? I've heard how awful it is many times, but I don't exactly feel like playing through the game to see what happens.

[James]

MGS2- it was all a horrible VR training mission fever dream, or maybe it wasn't. The End.

James

[sethsez]

That's pretty much what everyone tells me.

I've yet to actually find a decent summary of the plot, and I'm pretty interested in it, but I hate stealth games so I'm not about to play through it.

[Will]

No, the Halo 2 ending isn't as bad as MGS2's. I'd rather take a cliffhanger ending than a shitty ending I didn't even understand the first time with a hint of shitty closure. I won't knock MGS2's great gameplay though I'll give it that.

Halo is activated, but turns out to be a dud. Concerned about the other Halos in existence, it is revealed that they can all be activated at a single location, the Ark. The Ark is hinted to be on Earth. Master Chief is shown aboard a Forerunner ship headed for Earth. Sarge asks him what he's doing. "Finishing this fight" is the reply.

After the credits, Cortana is shown with the Flood Gravemind. It wants to question her, and she says, "Okay, shoot."

I guess if flew over my head but I thought that Tartarus activated it but after beating him they take out the key and is deactivated. In the first it couldn't be deactivated that way but is that what happened here?