Halo PC sucked so much. Maybe the limited physics are good when playing on a gamepad but they suck on a keyboard/mouse. Trying to port a FPS made for a console onto the PC never works out unless the physics engine is reworked to incorporate the greater amount of control the PC player has. So no I don't have an xbox and no I won't get it when the PC version is released.
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Will you be getting Halo 2?
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Roberty
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Waiting on the PC version. Need that option in your poll.
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Not until it's out for the PC.
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lol i feel bad for all these losers that think its coming out on pc
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probably wait till its kind of cheap. Just picked up an xbox and halo a few days ago, and i must say i am actually pretty impressed. The controls weren't hard to pick up on i had total control in an hour. and playing multiplayer with four people sitting in the room with you is much more fun than doing it over the internet.
think the multiplayer is fun?? try the PC online one. it sucks balls due to the lag. but the halo:custom edition mod makes some changes to the netcode and improves it enough so there isnt much lag at all. some people disagree with me on this one but IMO the online is now fun cuz you can hit people without having to compensate for the lag when trying to shoot someone.
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Circuitbreaker8 said:
That's what they said about the original Halo also.
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And look what they got...a poorly-done port years after the game was considered ground-breaking. If I were to have just made it around to playing Halo for the first time this year, I would've probably considered it average as well.
No, I'm waiting until 2006 when it comes out for the PC. It'll have a few token new features and I'll be able to play it at max resolution with all the features turned up then. 
...of course, some genius at Microsoft could of had the idea to do a PC release at the same time, and have the multiplayer be cross-platform, unless X-box is more proprietary that it seems.
...of course, some genius at Microsoft could of had the idea to do a PC release at the same time, and have the multiplayer be cross-platform, unless X-box is more proprietary that it seems.
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Developing for the Xbox is far easier than creating a game that is cross-compatible for hundreds of thousands of PC configurations. If Bungie were working on both at the same time, the Xbox version wouldn't be near completion.
Cross-platform multiplayer won't happen either. Xbox Live is designed completely around Xbox architecture, not to mention it is pay-to-play. Microsoft needs features exclusive to the Xbox; they already control the PC industry.
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Halo for PC was ok, but was slow IMO, it wasn't optimized well for the PC. Even with high end hardware FPS was poor.
I played it once and sold it...don't plan on getting Halo 2
it will be a cold day in hell before i buy an xbox or any other console for that matter
I played it once and sold it...don't plan on getting Halo 2
it will be a cold day in hell before i buy an xbox or any other console for that matter
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kubalaTF said:
what scares ya? The new features look to be pretty sweet. And The look of a game is a lot nicer if you've seen any of the videos (particularly the gameplay videoes that come on the new Halo games for xbox)
I can't wait and I don't think I'll be let down
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edit: double post
]|[ Mar']['in ]|[ said:what scares ya? The new features look to be pretty sweet. And The look of a game is a lot nicer if you've seen any of the videos (particularly the gameplay videoes that come on the new Halo games for xbox)
I can't wait and I don't think I'll be let down
Oh man, let me tell you I'm a Halo 2 assorted media WHORE, but I want it to be so awsome. We've been waiting for about, well lets just say it's been a year since the "first release date". sure it'll probably be better, but will it be better enough? Don't get me wrong, I'll be beating the shit out of 12 year olds to be first in line, but will it have the awsomeness I will it to have? We'll find out in 27 days 8 hours 27 minutes 34 seconds, 33 seconds, 32 seconds. . .
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yea, mos def
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]|[ Mar']['in ]|[ said:hell yes.
and way to be an uber troll {EB}NuTSymPToM{EB}.
Get i get a Hell Yeah? "Hell Yeah"
If you have an x-box and get Halo 2 you need your head checked.
Between me and Mar. i am sure we will have alteast 4 copies
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I will never understand why a true gamer wants to play on a console.
Why pay for a console when a PC can do the same thing?
Of course there will be an X-box emulator someday. The Xbox is a scaled down pc, It runs on a 700mhz PIII, a modified version of XP, the controllers are usb, DVD drive, IDE hard drive. Nothing particularly different about an X-box and an e-machine other than preloaded software and bios. I'm surprised no one has tried to boot a pc from an Xbox rom...
Why pay for a console when a PC can do the same thing?
Of course there will be an X-box emulator someday. The Xbox is a scaled down pc, It runs on a 700mhz PIII, a modified version of XP, the controllers are usb, DVD drive, IDE hard drive. Nothing particularly different about an X-box and an e-machine other than preloaded software and bios. I'm surprised no one has tried to boot a pc from an Xbox rom...
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Thumper said:
Sometimes its just fun to get away from the computer for a change
I will never understand why people hate on other consoles, just because they dont like it. I can tell you this, i've played sooo many better games on xbox & ps2 than I did on my PC. Project Gotham Racing 2 is still my favorite game to date! Its just so...perfect. And Live play makes it so much more fun When Halo first came out, it was truely revolutionary. The graphics were jaw dropping, the AI was unbelieveable, and the gameplay was frickin' awesome for a FPS. Again, this was more than two years ago. As of now, games on the PC focus on nothing but graphics.Consoles dont have the leading edge technology, but they sure as hell have the games. HL2 & BF2 look like the only good games PC is getting, while XB has over 12 (IMO), so its really down to what you like. I just know i love playing PGR2 on a 42" plasma and custom surround sound I know for a fact Halo 2 will be everything its hyped out to be. So far all we've seen is Halo 2's CTF mode, so dont start saying the MP sucks. We havnt seen much footage of SP, and they're doing that for a reason. Halo 2 is going to freakin' rock! You guys can hate all you want, you're just missing out on the fun.Bearxor said:
How about this analogy?
A well-endowed young lady is walking almost butt-naked (minus the string
) in an area known for sexually-based crimes at night, alone. She gets assaulted. Surprised? No. Is it entirely her fault? No. Does she share some of the blame? Probably. Walking alone at night in an unsafe area by itself is bad judgment...but scandalously is even worse.Or how about another one.....a big name auto-maker makes a kick ass new car that everyone wants but only makes it available in a specific region. Rich people in other regions pay high markup to get it imported here and are exploited. A few enterprizing individuals make uber $ off the importation of this particular car. By the time the auto-maker officially releases it in other regions and due to the increased cost of complying with multiple regional laws/etc., the market is not as hot as it was before and by then something better has appeared. Are the importers to blame? No, not 100%. It takes at least two to tango; one who makes the opportunity and those who take it. By making it only available to a select group, they alienate the rest and make it possible for their competitors to move it; by competitors, it can be other auto-makers or importers that dry up the market by taking advantage of the situation.
Some can even call it a cause and effect situation.
Cause: making a highly anticipated product available to a select market.
Effect: alienation and driving demand for a black market or work-around to the market limits.
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Thumper said:
Please show me a PC that can run any of the following titles:
Halo 2
Gran Turismo 4
Metroid Prime 2
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Already have Halo 2 paid for, not the Special Edition that just has a metal case and a lame ass movie you could get off the 'net.
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Mind explaining how you've tried it?
A: There is no beta.
B: No test copies were sent out; Bungie invited media to their headquarters.
C: The leak hasn't been out that long.
By the way, we've all seen the smooth in-game footage, not to mention the fact that most of us have read the dozens of previews citing insane visuals at a solid framerate. Good try with the misinformation, though.
Sorry, but that is like a rapist justifying his acts based on the fact that women simply wouldn't sleep with him willingly.
I will never understand why PC elitists (READ: Graphics WHORES) try to come off as "true gamers". True gamers play based on gameplay, not hardware.
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Will I get it? yes. I will rent it at Blockbuster for 99 cents.
Ummm...sorry but you shouldn't ass-ume just because you didn't here of the leak until yesterday that nobody had it 1 week ago. Ass. Insane visuals? WHERE? WTF are you smoking? Go find me a video of this with smooth fps and I will shave your moms back for a year for free.WickedAngel said:
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NeghVar said:
If these "PC gamers" you're referring to could so easily make an Xbox emulator, we would've had one in 2001. There are already many programs out there attempting to emulate the next-gen consoles, but not many people even give a damn about them because of the (very) limited amount of games they can actually emulate, and because of all the shit frame rates and graphical glitches they give you.
As for "extracting an image of the Halo 2 CD," this will be done regardless of whether or not a PC port of the game is made. I mean, a pirated copy of Halo 2 is already out!
NeghVar said:
Let me add one more thing: if there was a PC port of the game, it would be pirated and freely distributed MUCH, MUCH more than if it were to stay on the Xbox. This is because no one will have to open up their precious Xbox and stick a mod chip in there, flash any BIOSes, buy a DVD burner, or learn all the annoying little details needed to play pirated games on the Xbox. Instead, they just (easily) download the game, painlessly apply a patch, and have fun with their brand-new, copy-protection-free PC game.
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But back to the topic, yes, I will definitely buy this game. I've already beat Halo at least twenty times already (I'm not even joking either), I'm very ready for Halo 2. That is, if my damn professor quits giving me so much fucking math homework.
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coffee33 said:
are you saying you played the leak?
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Thumper said:
I find this quote hillarious.
A "true gamer" could give two shits about the system. He cares about one thing, the GAMES.
If you want to play a game, you play it.
I have a pc, ps2/xbox/gc. I have them all because i like the games, i play the ones I want to.
I never understood the purpose of being a biased gamer or "!!!!!!" you are just going to miss out on the games.
You sir, are not a true gamer, you are a PC gamer who doesn't care so much about the games but more about how "his system" is better then others.
get over yourself, stop giving us true gamers a bad rap with your bullshit.
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I find this quote hillarious.
A "true gamer" could give two shits about the system. He cares about one thing, the GAMES.
If you want to play a game, you play it.
I have a pc, ps2/xbox/gc. I have them all because i like the games, i play the ones I want to.
This is exactly why I have an Xbox and a PC... I like the best of both worlds.
PS: The "yes" option was losing, now it isn't! wow...