Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Halo 2 PC may take time
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Now i'm not entirely sure about this but if bungie want to make halo 2 for pc then won't they need the online ranking system like the Xbox? If so won't this take time?
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  • 02.17.2005 11:27 AM PDT
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From what i herd when i asked if they were making a halo 2 for the pc, it will be a while if it does come out. Heres what someone said in my post.

aite basically gearbox, the company that turned halo 1 xbox into halo 1 pc, is refusing to give 56k support to halo 2 pc, which is a stipulation bungie layed down. so there was some argument on that matter and no one is really sure if there will be a release for pc. but then theres Microsoft who will come and slap everyone and tell them to release a PC version so they get more money

I would just like to get Microsoft involved so it should come out sometime. It might not be by gearbox but with microsoft wanting the money from it they could change the situation. Just 1 more thing to say. If anybody that knows what is going on with that or is working with bungie and knows if its going to happen or if it isnt. Could you guys keep me up to date on the certain stuff like if there is something like an online multiplayer only for halo 2 on the pc that comes out please tell me. Or if they do start making it somehow tell me if they do and when it should or may be out in stores. I would like that very much. You can contact me at my e-mail address= cosmotwix@hotmail.com or in msn which my name is Cosmotwix or use my e-mail to add me to that. Or i will try to check this forum as much as i can but i cant count on it catching me here so msn or e-mail is the best way to get ahold of me.

  • 02.17.2005 3:22 PM PDT
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Actually,I'll be kinda glad if they dont make Halo 2 for PC. The weapons are sooooo unbalanced an u can get teh poo-poo beaten outa u bye a new person just because he/she has the sword. : (

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  • 02.17.2005 4:52 PM PDT
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Well, in reality the weapons are balanced and realistic. you can beat anything with anything...

Anyway, I believe that the actual content of the game is no reason to not port it to PC. I would buy it in a heartbeat. Better graphics and exclusive content would be promising, besides the game is very good, despite the number of complaints...

  • 02.17.2005 6:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: silentwhisper
Actually,I'll be kinda glad if they dont make Halo 2 for PC. The weapons are sooooo unbalanced an u can get teh poo-poo beaten outa u bye a new person just because he/she has the sword. : (

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sword sucks. shotgun is much better

[Edited on 2/17/2005 6:40:00 PM]

  • 02.17.2005 6:39 PM PDT
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From what I've heard There isnt going to *BE* a halo 2 for computer.

  • 02.18.2005 6:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: sexy legs davis
I would buy it in a heartbeat. Better graphics and exclusive content would be promising, besides the game is very good, despite the number of complaints...


Yeah, almost everybody here in the maw would snatch it up ASAP. Bungie wouldn't want to miss out on THAT kinda chance to make money...would they?

Oh, and better graphics and exclusive content is what made halopc so tantalizing for xbox players.

  • 02.18.2005 7:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: DarkReiden
From what I've heard There isnt going to *BE* a halo 2 for computer.


And your source is....?

You don't have any so refrain from saying something that bold or stupid unless you have any facts to back up your claim.

  • 02.18.2005 8:48 PM PDT
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If they do make Halo 2 for PC, no matter what, it will take time. When/if do, Im getting my hands on it. The maps made for CE just arn't right.

[Edited on 2/18/2005 9:43:25 PM]

  • 02.18.2005 9:41 PM PDT
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Halo 2 PC won't come out for another year or two since that's what happend with Halo 1.

  • 02.18.2005 11:16 PM PDT
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Besides, bungie itself is being tightlipped about it.

Theyve been saying that there are no plans for prod. at the moment, but theyll let us know if those plans change....

whatever that means.

  • 02.19.2005 10:49 AM PDT
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a good way for microsoft to make money would be to include the game on their newest OS, and just charge more for it. But they could also sell the game individually. Besides i don't think it would come out for at least 2-3 years.

  • 02.19.2005 1:10 PM PDT
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I think everybodys right about the companies would make a ton of money with it. I know so many people that would prefer it to be on the computer rather than the xbox. I know they would buy it in a heart beat just like me.

  • 02.19.2005 1:27 PM PDT
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I didn't actually read much of this post... but Halo 2 will not be made, after what I know, for a veeeeeeeery long time if they are both gonna have the nett thing and make all the files acceptable for computers....
Halo 2 for Pc/Mac would be around 40 GB.......compressed...........

  • 02.19.2005 5:56 PM PDT
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Why would it be 40GB. That's impossible. Halo 2 fits on a 4.7 GB disc with ROOM TO SPARE.

Porting doesn't take long. It could easily be out at the end of summer.

  • 02.19.2005 6:07 PM PDT
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Ok........ Don't really ask me........ but I just read it by another guy...........

  • 02.19.2005 6:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: sexy legs davis
Why would it be 40GB. That's impossible. Halo 2 fits on a 4.7 GB disc with ROOM TO SPARE.

Porting doesn't take long. It could easily be out at the end of summer.


Haven't you heard? Bungie invented nearly 100% compression for their game files. On the other hand, they write really bad bloated code, so that's why their games are so large.

  • 02.19.2005 7:26 PM PDT
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Halo's bad netcode and shaders were done by Gearbox...damn them for ruining it. You still need pretty good hardware to get decent FPS with HaloPC.

Besides, Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 have much better graphics than Halo, but they really take less than 4 GB on disc...

Maybe one day we will have ultra-compression - that'd be sick. You could back up a hard drive onto a CD.

  • 02.19.2005 8:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hunter90
Halo 2 for Pc/Mac would be around 40 GB.......compressed...........


You must have misunderstood the guy or you don't know what you're talking about. An average DVD disk holds about 4.7 gig and a dual layer probably 7 or 8 gigs. If you're saying Halo 2 requires 40 gig then you're saying it will come packaged in 5 or 6 DVD disk.

  • 02.19.2005 10:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: sexy legs davis
Well, in reality the weapons are balanced and realistic. you can beat anything with anything...

Anyway, I believe that the actual content of the game is no reason to not port it to PC. I would buy it in a heartbeat. Better graphics and exclusive content would be promising, besides the game is very good, despite the number of complaints...



better graphix?

... ;)

  • 02.19.2005 11:28 PM PDT
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dont make it for mac at first. most peple have windows anyway. give them wat they want then make the macs happy.

  • 02.22.2005 11:37 AM PDT
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Why would they do that? It would be better if they just released them at the same time.

  • 02.22.2005 12:39 PM PDT
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i dont know if I want Halo 2 for PC... I like the balance of Halo 1 better...

  • 02.22.2005 12:47 PM PDT
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The only thing I'd look forward to is that I don't have Xbox live and this would allow me to play online MORE easily (not impossible now). And also the custom content made by modders will be awesome considering the fact that now you can dual weild and the other new stuff thats made available that Halo 1 didn't have.

  • 02.22.2005 1:04 PM PDT
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Sorry, but I have to cut into your argument with some speculative analysis. Hear me out.

I'm personally hoping that PC never sees the light of Halo 2, despite any plans to the contrary. I'm one of those people that went out and bought halo for PC in order to play online, a trusting and gullible soul who could never dream that the phrases "bad netcode" or "bloated rendering" could be associated in any way with a gem on the level of Halo. But, because Microshaft jumped the gun and decided to make more money, they pawned off one of the greatest games of all time to a 3rd-party developer to make a speedy port. I clearly remember having to fire an inch ahead of an enemy player even on public servers in order to hit him when he was moving... even though I have a top-end system and a 3 megabit cable connection.

That aside, Halo and Halo 2 were designed, born, and bred to be xbox games. Things like the control scheme, the tightness and coordination between the analog sticks, the slight rumble as you smack an opponent in the back of the head as he sighs and his corpse crumbles to your omnipotent feet, just can't be done on PC and probably never will.

Porting Halo 2 to PC is also not very smart from a platform perspective, because it is putting an exclusively (and justly) console game into the same arena as giants like ut2004 and half-life 2. Our favorite monster of the xbox will doubtless look pretty goofy and childish next to the raw power of the source engine, much like the aforementioned botched port of the original. Bungie doesn't even have a year to write a PC-friendly dynamic engine for Halo 2, let alone the kind of timescale that most such ventures require.

Also, Halo 2 uses normal mapping, which makes things look absolutely awesome and realistic on the xbox, but on the higher resolution (face it folks, we're playing on 640x480) will doubtless look cartoonish and most likely eat up lots and lots of ram and clock cycles, much like our friend "Halo: Gearbox edition". We found out with Halo that when you expose an engine designed for a stable, one-hardware-profile platform such as the xbox to a dynamic, speedy, and versatile platform like the PC, the result is unstable, often-choppy, and crash-prone.

So please, Bungie, my man, if you're reading this... please, please keep Halo 2 where it belongs.

[Edited on 2/23/2005 8:12:26 PM]

  • 02.23.2005 8:09 PM PDT

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