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Subject: The Good Things about Halo 2 Vista.

One good thing about Halo 2 Vista - has alot of vistas

  • 06.19.2007 1:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: new420
Yeah movies are pretty realistic. Like Bruce Willis killing a helicopter with a car...>.>..I can do that.
Going along with that, [blatant lie to impress potentially moviegoers]F-22's really can hover![/lie]

  • 06.19.2007 1:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: McKeegan_WRX
Posted by: new420
Yeah movies are pretty realistic. Like Bruce Willis killing a helicopter with a car...>.>..I can do that.
Going along with that, [blatant lie to impress potentially moviegoers]F-22's really can hover![/lie]
Right, and duct tape can instantly restore a hovercraft to working operation within minutes. (That's a Rumble in the Bronx reference.)

  • 06.19.2007 6:32 PM PDT

Thinking of something witty to write here since 2004...

The good things would be dedicated servers, it actually being on PC, not having a screwed up netcode (although it's still not the best), bit sharper and prettier graphics. The two maps are alright except district was not designed for tanks as you can't get the one on the car park down and the other gets stuck in a small gate and if you turn around it get's stuck on the edges of the highway.

  • 06.20.2007 12:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: new420
Yeah movies are pretty realistic. Like Bruce Willis killing a helicopter with a car...>.>..I can do that.
Going along with that, [blatant lie to impress potentially moviegoers]F-22's really can hover![/lie]


Lol. The new Die Hard movie looks WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY too exaggerated in action to be any good this time. A F22 chases a truck at low altitudes (ahem, Halo's infamous Banshee tactic anyone?)? 2 cars just HAPPEN to surround Willis and Justin Long protecting them from an oncoming FLYING vehicle? Willis destroys a helicopter by letting a car soar right through it? Yeeeeaaahhh.....-.- Even Stars Wars has some sense of logic.

  • 06.20.2007 7:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: lpjuunin
Even Stars Wars has some sense of logic.

"Prepare to see the power of this fully armed and operational doggy fence!"- The Emperor here

  • 06.20.2007 7:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: lpjuunin
Even Stars Wars has some sense of logic.

"Prepare to see the power of this fully armed and operational doggy fence!"- The Emperor here

Hehe, that's a good one.
There's on more thing i like about H2V, multiple teams in multiplayer, yesterday i was in a slayer game with 4 teams, pretty sweet.

  • 06.21.2007 1:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
And it's your connection that's slower than turtle sex.

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Posted by: Master Kim
There's the fact that you don't need the disk to play it after you've installed it. That's a great feature that even most PC games don't have.


Two words, my friend: DAEMON tools.

[Edited on 06.21.2007 3:05 AM PDT]

  • 06.21.2007 3:04 AM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
There's the fact that you don't need the disk to play it after you've installed it. That's a great feature that even most PC games don't have.


Two words, my friend: DAEMON tools.
*Sigh*, I mean, aside from using third-party programs...

  • 06.21.2007 5:20 AM PDT
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Alright then I was hoping for a thread like this to be here.

1. Sounds are vastly improved, especially noticable on the Cairo.

2. AI is much better, both marine and Covenant.

3. You jump a lot higher, things I used to have to crouch to get on I can just hop up to.

4. All semiautomatic weapons shoot much faster, mainly because I'm using a mouse.

5. Everything looks much better.

6. Invisible AI no are no longer so easy to spot, Its more like Halo 1 now.

Thats about it, although I do have a wierd graphical problem: Whenever there is a cutscene, certain things start flickering really fast, It almost looks like sections going to wireframe and back several times a second. Examples include Master Chief, Spaceships, Marine armor, Pelicans, The Arbiter, etc.

[Edited on 06.22.2007 11:44 AM PDT]

  • 06.22.2007 11:43 AM PDT

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Posted by: vincent5
The physics are fun. Especially headshot physics.
Hooray for exaggerated physics!

Since when do people do somersaults after they've been shot in the head?

Wait you want realism in a game that that is about a giant ring floating around planets?

  • 06.22.2007 12:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tinman123
Wait you want realism in a game that that is about a giant ring floating around planets?
No, it's a videogame after all, but is expecting realistic physics a sin?

  • 06.22.2007 12:45 PM PDT

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better maps,better gameplay,better graphics,better story,and badass elites. but this is my OP.

  • 06.22.2007 5:05 PM PDT
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There is nothing good about H2V, its a horrible game not worth $50

I will take it back and get shadow run or something

  • 06.22.2007 5:20 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

Posted by: LOL WALMART
There is nothing good about H2V, its a horrible game not worth $50

I will take it back and get shadow run or something

Err.. I beg to differ. I hear shadowrun is not that great..

On MetaCritic.com...

ShadowRun scores 66 only :(

Halo 2 Vista Scores 72

Btw, those questioning MetaCritic's rating? it's done by doing an average of many other site's votes. Usually user votes are decent, as you can see by the votes of users on ShadowRun that it's pretty close to the average site vote.. but for Halo2Vista? the users were whining apparently... so I don't trust user votes on that site.. they're the same people who gave Gothic 3.. one of the latest massive failures in gaming today.. a 7.4, which is bs cause the game is totally gheyed.. runs horrible, problems with ai and clipping.. ugh, I almost raged at how much Gothic 3 fails compared to Gothic 1 and 2...

Anywho ShadowRun and Halo2Vista were just released, and both are the first vista-only games.. probably rushed a bit. I bet after patching both games will be great.

As for Halo2Vista? I do enjoy it. Sure, the netcode's a bit warpy.. BUT, you don't have to lead your shots up the ying-yang to compensate for lag, oh no, Halo2Vista has proper lag compensation. You aim at the head? things die from getting hit in the head. The built in microphone is great too minus the 1-3 people who don't know how to setup a mic, lol... The graphics are nice yes, but not as amazing as current games true, but still easy on the eyes.. the thing that isn't is the framerates.... with my current setup, I still get pretty bad framerates when fighting people.. here's my specs too:

Motherboard:
Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.9GHz
Memory:
3070MB RAM
Hard Drive:
664 GB Total. 1 IDE (8MB IntCache), and 2 SATA HDDs (16MB IntCaces)
Video Card:
BFG's NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
Monitor:
SyncMaster 905DF(X)/955DF(X), SyncMaster Magic CD195A(P)
Sound Card:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
Speakers/Headphones:
Antec Lansing 2.1 Speakers
Keyboard:
Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard
Mouse:
Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse 2000DPi
Mouse Surface:
Generic Optical Mousepad
Operating System:
Windows Vistaâ„¢ Ultimate 64bit Edition (6.0, Build 6000), Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) SP2

Anywho, this is my one of many ninja-like momments where I jump on the Maw forums again and raid it with some posting and maybe to just vanish again... rofl. :P

[Edited on 06.22.2007 6:27 PM PDT]

  • 06.22.2007 6:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

You can ignore walmart, he likes to blame the game for his bad computer specs, you know it's true ;)


Anways mard, you have an awesome computer so you shouldn't have problems, it's most likely software. Make sure your drivers are up to date.

  • 06.22.2007 6:33 PM PDT
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Is legendary better?

  • 06.23.2007 2:00 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

Posted by: staticx576
You can ignore walmart, he likes to blame the game for his bad computer specs, you know it's true ;)


Anways mard, you have an awesome computer so you shouldn't have problems, it's most likely software. Make sure your drivers are up to date.

Ty man. I did double-check on my drivers and they are up to date.. I tried with both nVidia's v158.43 beta drivers, and v158.24 official release drivers.. both yield playable framerates, just not amazing framerates...

The ironic thing I find with vista? DirectX10 runs like total ASS on any rig.. rofl.. example...

Me running Call Of Juarez DirectX10 benchmark:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/the_mard/CallOfJuarezD irectX10Benchmark1.jpg

a guy with an 8800GTX running Call Of Juarez Dx10 benchmark:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5921/cojbenchmarktf9.jpg

so buddy with a vidcard that costs at least an extra $200 CAD barely beats me by 7.1 framerates average... ouch eh? Vista has quite a few more months to go until we see drivers of the quality that WinXP had, that's for sure... for DirectX10? I predict even longer.. maybe even half a year before they fix up the DX10 setup they got going.....


Btw, I've been curious about this, does Halo 2 have a benchmark (timedemo)??? I've been looking for one and no luck thus far....

  • 06.23.2007 9:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

I don't understand how an API can run like ass, the game runs like crap.

No, there is no benchmarking option in Halo 2.

You can try the beta 160.04 drivers if you want, I doubt they will make that much of a difference. I do know people with 8800 GTXs that have problems with the game running too fast, so I am betting it's a problem on your end with the framerates. Check all your drivers including chipset and other motherboard drivers.

  • 06.23.2007 3:01 PM PDT
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I'm disappointed with Halo 2's speed. Sure, I only have a 128MB X1600, but still.

Will upgrading from 1GB RAM to 3GB RAM improve frame-rates much?

I'm on a 2GHZ Core 2 Duo Machine, does Halo 2 take advantage of the Dual cores?

Halo 1 runs perfectly with everything on high at 1440x900

Why does Halo 2 run like crap at 720p (Why the hell no 1440x900?) Bungie, can we have more graphics options in the menu?

[Edited on 06.23.2007 3:41 PM PDT]

  • 06.23.2007 3:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: Windowsrookie
I'm disappointed with Halo 2's speed. Sure, I only have a 128MB X1600, but still.
Please continue.

Will upgrading from 1GB RAM to 3GB RAM improve frame-rates much?Well, it is a hard thing to master fps, but yes. But you need a better gpu also, if you plan on a significant increase.

I'm on a 2GHZ Core 2 Duo Machine, does Halo 2 take advantage of the Dual cores? Yes, almost every "new" application does.

Halo 1 runs perfectly with everything on high at 1440x900Yes, it does if you have an ok gpu.

Why does Halo 2 run like crap at 720p (Why the hell no 1440x900?) Bungie, can we have more graphics options in the menu? Considering Bungie had nothing to do with the development of Halo 2 Vista, but by all means continue to blame Bungie for Hired Gun's mistakes.

  • 06.23.2007 4:50 PM PDT
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If bungie had nothing to do with development why is it only bungie's logo that displays at the begining of the Game?

  • 06.23.2007 6:45 PM PDT
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Good things about Halo 2 Vista
1. Free multiplayer
2. Better Graphics
3. Cool new maps (especially uplift)
4. keyboard + mouse contols
5. Map editor


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Posted by: NickDaMan0
Lol, a guy in a movie, shot by a rifle during civil war, did a nice backflip before dying. twas a movie, though.
Yeah, that's Hollywood. In action-flicks, people tend to get actually blown away or pushed back from the force of a bullet hitting them, which is complete bullcrap considering how that doesn't happen in real life.


Actually bullets can knock people over a 7.62 bullet fired from an AK-47 can knock a person over, even if they arent alive when they hit the ground, however the physics in halo are slightly exaggerated.

  • 06.23.2007 7:43 PM PDT
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Anywho ShadowRun and Halo2Vista were just released, and both are the first vista-only games.. probably rushed a bit. I bet after patching both games will be great.

Sadly, Shadowrun needs a lot more than a patch to be "great".
But that's neither here nor there on the topic at hand, so I shall depart.

  • 06.23.2007 9:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: Windowsrookie
If bungie had nothing to do with development why is it only bungie's logo that displays at the begining of the Game?
Because they essentially made the game--Hired Gun's job was to merely bring it to the PC.

  • 06.24.2007 2:29 PM PDT

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