Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Halo 2 Vista was a huge disappointment:

1. 50$ or so a year to have a gamer tag and I can't play halo 2 vista online and be on my Xbox 360 at the same time?
2.You would think a game made exclusively for vista would be compatible with Vista. This is not so much the case. Vista's aero is turned off when I open up halo. This does not happen with other games/programs that I play/use. I also continually receive video driver failures(which is more so nvidia's and/or microsoft's fault because i experience this with other games). And who can forget the "Halo 2 for Windows Vista Has Stopped Working" errors.
3.The default controls are ridiculous awkward.
4.Minimal video configuration options. Wheres my vsync, my refresg rate options, and other various options like halo 1.
5.Theres an entire 14 people online (probably for the reasons below).
5a. Windows Vista exclusive
5b. Required to have gold account to take full advantage of online play.
5c. The countless release delays.
5d. The recall.
6.I run a dual monitor setup. Unlike every other game that I have played…ever, the mouse will run off of my main monitor(the one that has halo 2 on it) and onto my other monitor(the one showing my desktop) while Halo 2 is maximized and full screen.
7.It didn’t install a desktop icon.

Halo 1 was by far one of my favorite games. And Halo 1 PC IMO was even better than the xbox version. Halo 2 and 3 Beta are amazing IMO too. But for some reason halo 2 vista just doesnt feel right. I hope halo 3 for the pc is better, if M$ ever decides to release it.


(IMHO IMHO IMHO...ad infinitum)



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  • 05.24.2007 8:39 PM PDT
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Halo 2 Vista was a huge disappointment:

1. 50$ or so a year to have a gamer tag and I can't play halo 2 vista online and be on my Xbox 360 at the same time?
2.You would think a game made exclusively for vista would be compatible with Vista. This is not so much the case. Vista's aero is turned off when I open up halo. This does not happen with other games/programs that I play/use. I also continually receive video driver failures(which is more so nvidia's and/or microsoft's fault because i experience this with other games). And who can forget the "Halo 2 for Windows Vista Has Stopped Working" errors.
3.The default controls are ridiculous awkward.
4.Minimal video configuration options. Wheres my vsync, my refresg rate options, and other various options like halo 1.
5.Theres an entire 14 people online (probably for the reasons below).
5a. Windows Vista exclusive
5b. Required to have gold account to take full advantage of online play.
5c. The countless release delays.
5d. The recall.
6.I run a dual monitor setup. Unlike every other game that I have played…ever, the mouse will run off of my main monitor(the one that has halo 2 on it) and onto my other monitor(the one showing my desktop) while Halo 2 is maximized and full screen.
7.It didn’t install a desktop icon.

Halo 1 was by far one of my favorite games. And Halo 1 PC IMO was even better than the xbox version. Halo 2 and 3 Beta are amazing IMO too. But for some reason halo 2 vista just doesnt feel right. I hope halo 3 for the pc is better, if M$ ever decides to release it.


(IMHO IMHO IMHO...ad infinitum)



1. Why would you need to be?

2. No Aero doesn't bother me as long as I am in the game. Also, in the many hours I have played it since I got it on Sunday, I have only received ONE "Halo 2 has stopped working" message.

3. I use a controller, so I can't comment.

4. Hopefully, that will be added in a patch.

5. There are at least 82 people going by the recent players on my one account and by my friends list on there.(and including me)

6. I can't comment, seeing as I use only one monitor.

7. That's what the games explorer and "pin to start menu" features are for.

  • 05.24.2007 8:55 PM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

Can someone explain why some people won't stop complaining about H2V?

  • 05.24.2007 8:58 PM PDT
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HURRAY FOR LONG REPLIES

1. Yeah it's lame you can't be on both the XBox 360 and Windows Live at the sametime. I hate that!

2. This is not the case. I run Halo 2 and it never turns Aero off. It "downgrades" Aero to increase gaming performance but it does this will all of my games. It never turns it off but it changes it a little and lightens the task bar.

3. Yes they are. My controls mimic the default Counter Strike controls and I wish more FPS did this.

4. I'm satified with the video controls but I wouldn't mind seeing more like most PC games

5. Everytime I'm online I play against tons of people and there are usually quite a lot of people on. Maybe you just hit a time where many weren't online.

5a. I'm not sure why people are upset over this. Windows Live uses some Vista specific APIs plus, why would you expect a company to release a game about 6 months after they release a new OS and release it for the old OS? You don't see anyone getting upset that Halo 3 is XBox 360 only or God of War 3 is PS3 only.

5b. How so? There are no XBox 360 gamers to play against so you only lose out on playing on servers people start within their game. You still play on dedicated servers. I'm sorry but I don't see it as a problem not being able to play on peer games.

5c. This is bad. Why are they not saying anything?

5d. I still haven't seen anything offical yet but it is BS

6. I run a dual monitor setup and I haven't experienced this problem at all. Not sure what's wrong with your setup. The only time it does this is when the mouse pointer is exposed (like in a menu) and every game I've ever played does this.

7. This is pretty lame

  • 05.24.2007 9:05 PM PDT
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For those of you that are wondering why you see so little people online playing. You need to go in and edit the CUSTOM MATCH filters and edit the SHOW FULL GAMES option. The game comes default as hiding all the full servers.

  • 05.25.2007 6:23 AM PDT
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It would be considered wise to not expect a plethora of people to be playing the game online, before it's even released, eh? I mean, seriously, where's the logic in complaining that no-one is playing the game when you're not even supposed to be able to buy it yet?

  • 05.25.2007 6:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: Desert Fox RWTF
Can someone explain why some people won't stop complaining about H2V?

We paid for it. We have a right to.

  • 05.25.2007 8:48 AM PDT