Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Well, I used to be heavily into consoles which is what led to me getting a JOB way back when Halo was being beta'd on the 'Box. I had no desire to purchase a PC and try gaming with it...

Thing is though, things have moved on. I no longer wish to pay extortionate prices for games that are released on the 'Box, PS2, Nintendo etc. Console games are just too limited... The hardware is constantly stretched to it's limits and I don't know about you, but I don't like the idea of continually pushing my hardware...

The final nail in the console coffin for me was... Halo 2! Untill that point, I had only dropped my PS2 (because of the failure on the part of GT4, which STILL isn't out!...), but I felt screwed over last November... I don't need to explain. You know what I mean. Bye Bye Xbox! I was furious...

Now, I use a PC and will continue to do so... It's not untill you really get to know your machine (PC) that you can fully appreciate the advantages... In fact, now I would go so far as to say that a PC IS the advantage full stop.

  • 02.25.2005 5:44 AM PDT
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i know it took time with halo 1 but they had no idea how popular they game was going to become. i figured they will be prepared to sell their product to other platforms

  • 02.25.2005 7:54 AM PDT
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I'm not trying to say that the box is a better system than PC. A good computer is a must-have for any self-respecting gamer....If I had to buy one gaming system for any game, I'd build a PC, for all the reasons you stated.
Yeah, I can understand how you got the idea from that that I hate PC's... 8-|
I also really feel sorry for all of you if you must be so dirt poor. I somehow have to get by with one less trip to taco bell or burger king every month in order to pay the whole 5 bucks for a month of halo 2 online... I don't know how I'll keep doing it. It'll definitely be hard.
These things are like apples and oranges. For general gaming, they both have their merits and their shortfalls. But if we're talking about a standalone game that was made specifically for the box here, it's a different story. Would you want to see a game like quake3 on the xbox? What about half-life 2? Point.

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  • 02.25.2005 10:11 AM PDT
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Well, at least the flamings down some...

Wow, this argument is circuitous and tiring. I didnt even bother to read through the last few posts. But still, the pc is the more cost-efficient alternative. That is my final word.

Tschus!

  • 02.25.2005 11:31 AM PDT
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You're right, meister, I think all that can be said has been said already. Enough of this crap.

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  • 02.25.2005 11:50 AM PDT

Sorry for typos and poor grammar in my posts. I try to spend as little time in here as possible.

you can alomst gurantee a pc release. Microsoft after the xbox is pc orientated and their god damn publishing is a monster in great games, i own most of the microsoft games and they are excellent. Halo 2 IS excellent and it would be a good addition to their strong collection. Oh and stop it with the microsoft want the money . . . DO THEY BALLS NEED ANY MORE MONEY..... stop it, i cant stand people saying that, do you really think an industry leader needs any more money, halo2 was probably a percentage ot their years takings damn it stop it. IMO the pc version will be out this christmas and once again it will be a port done by gear box with some of the cheat fixes tidied up and maybe some extras but believe it, it will be out . . . it just has to be, GTA is out on pc soon and i think microsoft would not let the pc game market fall to rockstar for this quarter . . .dont forget about the share holders . . if theres competition to be had microsoft will be there for the sheer hell of it. They want to be leaders and to me they are indeed the greatest computer company ever . . peoplem,always say micro$oft and all that . . . when their products stop working for me then and only then will i turn to another so far everything i own by microsoft has never let me down anmd they wont let me down on the release of halo2 for the pc . . .

so if the above makes no sense in places i didnt look up once

  • 02.25.2005 12:02 PM PDT
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To be frank, i'm not into the whole technical mumbo jumbo... i don't care

What i want is halo 2 on pc because i've finished the story on halo, i loved it, i want to play the campaign on halo 2, don't care if multiplayer is good for nothing, and i seriously doubt it can be worse than halo... (i thought halo was amazing)

a word to bungie: make it i'll buy it, i'm sure other people will too... people who don't want it don't have to buy it but you'd be letting us down, i don't have an x-box i don't want one so i'm waiting...

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Well said

  • 02.25.2005 1:07 PM PDT
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ouch, my eyes hurt, i know i was part of the problem but these posts are getting to longgggggg. Why don't we agree instead that Xbox and PC both kick Gamecube's sorry ass. And that Halo 2 should defenitely not come out on Gamecube, there problem solved.

  • 02.25.2005 1:08 PM PDT
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Halo 2 might be cool on mac, because there you have a stable system, much like a console (it gets old, you throw it out), so when they develop it for the macintosh they have a solid idea of how it's going to run. On the other hand, gearbox might have learned their lesson last time around and will develop a solidly-coded (net and graphics) version of the xbox game. I'm also wondering how they're going to pull off the xbox-live-designed online game (those of you who have actually played halo 2 on the xbox know what I'm talking about, optimatch and voicechat and all).
What I remember about halo PC was online lag, but it seemed to be less because of system speed or network speed, but more because of difference of interpretation. Like I said before, the math of Halo and Halo 2 netcode depends on all their systems being the same, so the events your computer interprets might not be the same as what another computer, or the master server, interprets. Ever naded a warthog coming at you and seen it start to flip, and then revert back to drive? That's caused by a miscommunication between what's happening on your computer and what's happening on the host computer.
I think the experts would put this best, and I mentioned this article once before, but here y'all go. Enjoy. Those of you who aren't heavy on the techno mumbo jumbo... you can look at the pretty pictures:
http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/halo-network.htm

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