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Subject: pay for halo 2 pc online?
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i was gonna buy halo2 for pc but the walmart dude said you had to pay to play.im wondering if he's talking about xbox live or actual pc.
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  • 10.14.2007 1:05 PM PDT

You can play for free using a LIVE Silver Account. But if you want all the features and everyhting, you have to pay $50 a year. Or, if you don't want to give them your credit card number, buy this. Its a good deal.
EDIT: This is for H2V since I own it.

[Edited on 10.16.2007 2:53 PM PDT]

  • 10.14.2007 1:09 PM PDT
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im talking about halo 2 for the computer though.not xbox live.the dude said u had to pay for it on your computer.

  • 10.14.2007 2:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: halo2vista
You can play for free using a LIVE Silver Account. But if you want all the features and everyhting, you have to pay $50 a year. Or, if you don't want to give them your credit card number, buy this. Its a good deal.


This is talking about the PC version.

  • 10.14.2007 3:19 PM PDT
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As much as I would LOVE to see more people come play H2V... Trust me I wanted this game so badly I drove accross Houston to find it on release day.
I would discourage your purchase, vehemently. The game is a mess.

If you can find it in the $20 range, go for it. But to pay for live for this piece of poo would piss off even Mike Rowe on dirty jobs.

No let me be really honest... I quit playing it. It was that annoying, and I LOVE HALO PC.
The hacks that made this game need to walk up and go tick off Ted Nugent.

Support has been zero, for a community that begged for a patch fixing some huge issues.
For a game as huge as halo 2.. the support has been truly embarrassing. MS, Bungie and Hired Gun should really have a chat.
Apparently the sales crew hasnt shared the numbers. LOL.

Its the hatchet job of the year on a potentially AWESOME game, that just comes home and sucks and sucks even more.

my 2 cents. Make a poll if you dont believe me.

I equate this game to renting Return of the Jedi, ready for some serious movie, and getting Ishtar instead.
The beer goes flat, the dog farts, the popcorn is burned and your date leaves to go wash her hair instead of watching your lame movie.

[Edited on 10.14.2007 7:23 PM PDT]

  • 10.14.2007 7:10 PM PDT

We've already had a pole an H2V. I personally like it.

  • 10.14.2007 7:14 PM PDT
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I think halo2vista put it clearly, but ill restate.

Halo 2 Vista has a built in online program called Games for Windows Live. It is in essence a windows version of Xbox Live. When you buy and install H2V, this is what happens. GFW Live automatically installs with your H2V game. They are one in the same. After you install, you must create an Xbox Live gamer tag. This is free. You will get a free silver account. This account allows for you to get all single-player achievements in H2V, as well as allows for you to play online. You have a full unrestricted Campaign game in Halo 2. However, the multiplayer is restricted to only allowing you to browse online games and join them. The "Quick Play" auto-game matcher, is LOCKED unless you buy the 50 dollar a year subscription to GFW Live Gold. This Gold service extends to your xbox if you have one. I assume you don't based on the fact that you are interested in Halo 2 Vista. Without this Gold service, you cannot create new games, you cannot use "quick match," you cannot recieve online multiplayer achievements, and you cannot play any user-created maps online (only offline.) You will find little to no enjoyment in the online experience, being that there are on good days, some 60 people playing online at once. There are only ever 6 servers that are populated with at least 2 people. Also, there is always 1 or 2 servers full with 13-16 people. There is never a third server that is that full. The multiplayer is not fun (in my opinion.) If you are getting the game for the single-player this s your answer.

Your singleplayer experience is not restricted in any way shape or form, and you don't have to buy any subscriptions to play the full singleplayer game with achievements. Multiplayer is choked at the <neck> (in place of more unsophisticated words) and is in my opinion a waste of time, compared to Counter-Strike Source and the soon to be released Crysis.

  • 10.14.2007 7:23 PM PDT

Actually, you can play user-created. Just get the maps from halomaps.org

  • 10.14.2007 8:32 PM PDT
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Most of the PC issues posted here are the result of PEBKAC.


Posted by: halo2vista
Actually, you can play user-created. Just get the maps from halomaps.org


That and voice chat are the only things you'll get when you pay.

There are only about 7 or 8 Gold-only servers. I did like the Quickmatch option, which finds a populated server with a low ping, but too few people even play anymore for me to care.

If you do decide to pay for Live, make sure you use it for other games too, like Shadowrun, or anything on the Xbox. Otherwise, it will be a waste of money.

  • 10.15.2007 12:10 PM PDT

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Posted by: halo2vista
Actually, you can play user-created. Just get the maps from halomaps.org


No, if you download the maps from halomaps.org and have them in your folder, you can play user-created as a silver.

  • 10.15.2007 2:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: vincent5

If you do decide to pay for Live, make sure you use it for other games too, like Shadowrun, or anything on the Xbox. Otherwise, it will be a waste of money.


Not exactly. It's only a few cents a day, and with Shadowrun, and Halo 3, it would be worth it. Heck, it would be worth it with Shadowrun.

  • 10.15.2007 3:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: vincent5


There are only about 7 or 8 Gold-only servers. I did like the Quickmatch option, which finds a populated server with a low ping, but too few people even play anymore for me to care.

If you do decide to pay for Live, make sure you use it for other games too, like Shadowrun, or anything on the Xbox. Otherwise, it will be a waste of money.


This is beyond true. The poor implementation of the in game server browser and related issues have chased off the couple of players I know.
They all went to other games, or back to halo 1 pc.

I will say the single player game of H2V is a blast. Its worth the $20 when you find it in the bargain bin, just dont ever expect this to be a multiplayer experience worth bothering with.

  • 10.15.2007 3:31 PM PDT
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SO DO YOU PAY OT NOT ??????????????????

  • 10.16.2007 11:41 AM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

You can read from the information given and use logic to dictate that answer. Oh, and TURN OFF YOUR DAMN CAPS LOCK! AND STOP -blam!- PUTTING '???????'s. Either figure it yourself from the information given, or don't either way I don't really care.

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  • 10.16.2007 1:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: SUPER PIMP
SO DO YOU PAY OT NOT ??????????????????

To give you an easy, concise answer, yes and no.

  • 10.16.2007 2:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: SUPER PIMP
SO DO YOU PAY OT NOT ??????????????????


SO WE TELL YOU THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND YOU MAKE YOUR OWN GOD DAMN DECISION

  • 10.16.2007 4:30 PM PDT