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Subject: Is Halo 2 Vista PC good or bad?
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Poll: What do you think of Halo 2 PC Vista?  [closed]
Great! I say its worth 300 dollars or less!:  7%
(1 Votes)
Excellent! I say its worth 120 dollars or less.:  0%
(0 Votes)
Nice. I say its worth 90 dollars or less.:  0%
(0 Votes)
Good. I say its worth 45 dollars or less.:  27%
(4 Votes)
Too many bugs, I say 20 dollars is worth it:  33%
(5 Votes)
Its okay, dont play it too much, I say 10 dollars:  13%
(2 Votes)
I didn't buy it. I dont plan on it.:  7%
(1 Votes)
Hate it! They should release it for fee! Free*!:  13%
(2 Votes)
Total Votes: 15

I want to know, is Halo 2 Vista PC good or not?

  • 06.13.2007 12:02 PM PDT
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You're better off getting H2 for Xbox. H2v is a horrible port.

  • 06.13.2007 12:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: lpjuunin
You're better off getting H2 for Xbox. H2v is a horrible port.

  • 06.13.2007 12:05 PM PDT
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For graphics improvment and possible modding ability, its all i got it for.

  • 06.13.2007 12:26 PM PDT
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i think halo 2 is shyt in general. now its on the PC? they nver should have gone there. the only people that actually like halo 2 are the people that:

A: have never played halo 1 PC
B: are noods
C: are fanboys
D: are fanboys

(yes, i purposly put that on there twice.)

  • 06.13.2007 12:52 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Posted by: Theartofhalo 3
i think halo 2 is shyt in general. now its on the PC? they nver should have gone there. the only people that actually like halo 2 are the people that:

A: have never played halo 1 PC
B: are noods
C: are fanboys
D: are fanboys

(yes, i purposly put that on there twice.)


E: enjoy the game

[Edited on 06.13.2007 1:24 PM PDT]

  • 06.13.2007 1:12 PM PDT
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Halo 2 Vista is only good if you have all Reccommended Requirements (Spelling) it sucks big time and not really worth it, I just returned mine and got a different game, 50 Bucks is Bull**** :P

  • 06.13.2007 1:26 PM PDT

Posted by: Chaosenemy


E: enjoy the game


Agreed. I love it. Could use use some more maps for stunts and stuff tho :(

  • 06.13.2007 1:31 PM PDT
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A patch that addresses 4-5 issues and adds some the ability to customize a few things would help this title immensely.

  • 06.13.2007 1:55 PM PDT

It's the hard heart that kills...

It's difficult to see why the minimal graphics improvements from the Xbox version to the PC version resulted in such a resource hog. Or is it all Vista's fault? (Which segues nicely into my second point...)

Releasing it on Vista only? WTF?

No inter-platform operability? WTF?

I bought it hoping I'd finally be able to play w/ lag-free input from mouse/KB, and this largely worked out. I perform much better (despite stuttering graphics and questionable netcode) on H2V versus my mouse/KB adapted 360.
I think Halo 2 PC would have been worth $20-30 as an XP port for mouse/KB players who wanted a FPS with an Xbox Live-style party system for playing w/ friends. I would have paid more for cross-platform play, too.
Other than that, I can't see much justification for someone to get Halo 2 Vista if they already play Halo 2 on Xbox/Xbox 360. Even for someone who is a pure PC game player who has never sampled Halo/Halo 2 at all, H2V just isn't worth it. In terms of playability (on my AMD 64 3400, 2 GB RAM and SLI 6800 GS, with Vista 64 bit Home Premium), other shooters like UT 2004 and Halo Custom Edition blow Halo 2 Vista away. Maybe as 64-bit hardware drivers improve, my perception of H2V as an unnecessarily bloated port might change, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone in its current state.

  • 06.13.2007 2:04 PM PDT