Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: List of "great" features for Halo 2 Vista
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- No Stat tracking
- A very slight (still looks like crap though) graphical update
- The same infamous, well known, button glitches still left from the 2 year old Xbox version
- One master volume control (WTF? Even Double Agent, the worst port ever made had more options)
- From what i've heard, a poor and restrictive editing kit
- Restrictive windows live, which is pretty much one small step forward, then a hundred steps back for PC Gaming. (even X-Fire does a better job and that's FREE)


Feel free to add to the list with positive (if there are any) or negative things.

  • 05.20.2007 2:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: Romanticide
- No Stat tracking
- A very slight (still looks like crap though) graphical update
- The same infamous, well known, button glitches still left from the 2 year old Xbox version
- One master volume control (WTF? Even Double Agent, the worst port ever made had more options)
- From what i've heard, a poor and restrictive editing kit
- Restrictive windows live, which is pretty much one small step forward, then a hundred steps back for PC Gaming. (even X-Fire does a better job and that's FREE)


Feel free to add to the list with positive (if there are any) or negative things.


Negative:

-No Co-Op
-Very, very poor graphic select options
-It's been over 2 years
-There are glitches
-Graphics are outdated
-Need quite a powerful computer for this outdated game (even Far Cry has better graphics and works on slower machines)
-Vista only (I guess we are gonna have to upgrade sooner or later)
-Overpriced ($70 here in Australia, should be $50 or less)
-Live sucks, Steam is better (I'm sorry to say Live sucks cause i haven't used it, but I haven't heard many good things about it)

Well, I'm sure theres many more negatives, I think ^above^ said all the positive things about it. Anyone else?

  • 05.20.2007 5:53 AM PDT
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Positive:

- Games for Windows Live - a great system for keeping track of friends and getting one click joins in ever GFWL enabled game. Also lets you get achievements. Added bonus: it's free for a silver account, and a gold account only costs $50/year, which is a great bargain.(as someone who has had Live since 2003)

  • 05.20.2007 7:21 AM PDT
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I disagree with you guys. The game runs absolutely flawless for me. I think the graphics are just fine; of course they arent gonna compare to crysis, but hey, its' HALO! I think the most important fact about this game is that its FUN. I've been playing since last night and all I can say is that the gameplay is absolutely great! My only gripe with the game is that the UI seems more geared towaard the controller user. Other than that, there is a lot of potential for this game! ALOT!!
I just thank God that I can play Halo 2 on my PC! Thank you Hired Gun!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=)

  • 05.20.2007 7:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: CRACKA0003
I disagree with you guys. The game runs absolutely flawless for me. I think the graphics are just fine; of course they arent gonna compare to crysis, but hey, its' HALO! I think the most important fact about this game is that its FUN. I've been playing since last night and all I can say is that the gameplay is absolutely great! My only gripe with the game is that the UI seems more geared towaard the controller user. Other than that, there is a lot of potential for this game! ALOT!!
I just thank God that I can play Halo 2 on my PC! Thank you Hired Gun!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=)


What graphics settings you have it on, plus resolution, plus your system specs, plus the frame rate you get?

  • 05.20.2007 7:50 AM PDT

Co Op sucks for PC games.
the fact that I can't host a dede server, and Play in that server in H2V all on the same computer sucks.

  • 05.20.2007 7:51 AM PDT
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SPECS:
amd 3800x2
2x7800gt SLI
A8NSLI-premium MB
2GB CORSAIR XMS
550watt tru power PSU
DVD burner
audigy 2
Im getting around 70-80FPS
=)
im running everythign on high with a resolution set at 1024x768

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  • 05.20.2007 7:54 AM PDT

Posted by: CRACKA0003
SPECS:
amd 3800x2
2x7800gt SLI
A8NSLI-premium MB
2GB CORSAIR XMS
550watt tru power PSU
DVD burner
audigy 2
Im getting around 70-80FPS
=)
im running everythign on high with a resolution set at 1024x768

what does that have to do with any thing in this topic?

  • 05.20.2007 7:55 AM PDT
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"What graphics settings you have it on, plus resolution, plus your system specs, plus the frame rate you get?"

Someone wanted me to post my specs and stuff; thats WHY!

  • 05.20.2007 8:03 AM PDT
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I think people are just looking for an excuse to -blam!-. These problems are what I would call an annoyance. But I have yet to see something that is going to turn this into another H1PC port.

  • 05.20.2007 8:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: Stealth_1000
Posted by: CRACKA0003
SPECS:
amd 3800x2
2x7800gt SLI
A8NSLI-premium MB
2GB CORSAIR XMS
550watt tru power PSU
DVD burner
audigy 2
Im getting around 70-80FPS
=)
im running everythign on high with a resolution set at 1024x768

what does that have to do with any thing in this topic?


I asked for his computer specs, he said he runs everything smoothly on max details.

Negative

It's a shame that me and my 7600GT won't be able to do that. They should really optimize H2V to run well on lower end systems.

The only Positive I can think of atm is

-Halo is a great game with great storyline
-Its coming out very soon, so can't wait

And thats pretty much it

  • 05.20.2007 8:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: Fake
-Live sucks, Steam is better


Holy -blam!-! Is it that bad?

  • 05.20.2007 8:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: darekster2ongame
Posted by: Fake
-Live sucks, Steam is better


Holy -blam!-! Is it that bad?


Perhaps i shouldn't of typed that. I haven't used Live, but for what i here it not that good. For what i hear, it's meant to be similar to Steam, as in you can add friends, join game, d/l patches, etc, etc, but its not as good. I can't confirm that until I've tried. But all-in-all, for adding friends, joining games etc, xfire owns the lot of them.

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  • 05.20.2007 8:59 AM PDT
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NO: Live for Halo 2 vista is NOT bad at all. The only BAD thing about it..is you have to get a gold account to get some of the good features like optimatch. Other than that it's cool!

  • 05.20.2007 9:01 AM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Posted by: No Refunds
I think people are just looking for an excuse to -blam!-. These problems are what I would call an annoyance. But I have yet to see something that is going to turn this into another H1PC port.


No, some of us are blamming because we have good PCs and we're running H2V at a horrible FPS. Like me...

And to add to the list:

-I remember hearing that details on Low would look like Xbox, and High would look awesome. Well low definitely looks nothing like Xbox, more like -useff. Medium and High look pretty much the same, no different from Xbox imho. Here's some comparison pics:

Low

Medium

High

[Edited on 05.20.2007 11:44 AM PDT]

  • 05.20.2007 11:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: CRACKA0003
NO: Live for Halo 2 vista is NOT bad at all. The only BAD thing about it..is you have to get a gold account to get some of the good features like optimatch. Other than that it's cool!
Except there's no matchmaking for Halo 2 whatsoever. Nice try, though.

Negative:

Charging what PC gamers have enjoyed for free for years and then taking away some features is like selling ice to Eskimos.

[Edited on 05.20.2007 11:47 AM PDT]

  • 05.20.2007 11:46 AM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Posted by: Master Kim
Posted by: CRACKA0003
NO: Live for Halo 2 vista is NOT bad at all. The only BAD thing about it..is you have to get a gold account to get some of the good features like optimatch. Other than that it's cool!
Except there's no matchmaking for Halo 2 whatsoever. Nice try, though.

Negative:

Charging what PC gamers have enjoyed for free for years and then taking away some features is like selling ice to Eskimos.


Oh, yeah. I forgot to address that. To Hired Gun, matchmaking means putting you into a random server with people in it... LOL!

EDIT: Yeesh, I thought of more.

-The only party privacy options are the same ones on Xbox (no Gold Only, Friend Only, etc).
-You can't set a description of your server, even though you're supposed to be able to.
-You also can't limit how many players join your game.

[Edited on 05.20.2007 11:59 AM PDT]

  • 05.20.2007 11:55 AM PDT
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Well, the fact that it actually DID come out for PC is pretty cool in itself. Ever since Halo 2 came out for Xbox, I was praying that it would one day come out for the PC. So, I'm just glad that it's coming out for PC.

  • 05.20.2007 1:10 PM PDT
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On the medium and High, have a look at the left side, the floors are different, big time. The gun is darker and has more shading, and the details on the walls have been slightly updated, not that you would notice it in gameplay.

EDIT:, my bad, i just realised it was an elevator, lol

[Edited on 05.20.2007 2:37 PM PDT]

  • 05.20.2007 2:36 PM PDT
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- Fall damage?

  • 05.21.2007 6:58 AM PDT