Lastly, and most importantly, came our backwards compatibility test. Our hopes were high as the 360 played the first game we threw at it: Halo 2. Hooray! All the speculation indeed turned out to be true and, performance wise, the game plays exactly the same, if not better than on the original Xbox, with no slowdown or hiccups. Interestingly, the textures seemed more crisp, perhaps due to the more advanced anti-aliasing. Of course, the console choked on every other first and third party game we threw at, with one exception, the original Halo.
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