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Subject: Halo 2 Worth Buying
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I'm contemplating buying halo 2 for vista.
I LOVED the first halo, and really want to play the storyline (already played halo 3 on my friend's 360) and am missing the middle piece.

Another thing is the multiplayer. Do people still play the H2 multiplayer? I used to play H1 MP, but it seems like there are a lot of hackers out there with aimbots and what-not. Plus H2 has new weapons and armor/windows live and achievements.

I hear H2 is a little biased when it comes to using a gamepad, and since I actually prefer the gamepad, I guess I'll like the multiplayer even more than H1.

What do you think? I don't want to get it if microsoft is going to close down the H2 servers (does this apply to PC?) or if there is no one playing online.

That, and since I don't have a 360, I can work on my paddle skills when playing against my friends in ODST :)

  • 10.02.2009 5:29 PM PDT
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H2 PC is not worth the purchase. Go buy the Xbox version plz.

  • 10.02.2009 5:32 PM PDT
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Well, if I wanted to do that, I would buy a 360.

No sense in buying one if I can only play it for 6 months before college...

  • 10.02.2009 5:46 PM PDT
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Yeah. That's right. I don't have a 50 in H3. I never got Onyx in Reach. If a game sucks too much, I won't even bother trying for such trivial "accolades". Besides, I've done way more things that take far more skill and talent than anything that can be done in a video game.

There are games out there that are infinitely better than H2V at a fraction of the price. The game is crap.

  • 10.03.2009 1:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: Aerowud
I'm contemplating buying halo 2 for vista.
I LOVED the first halo, and really want to play the storyline (already played halo 3 on my friend's 360) and am missing the middle piece.
Buy Halo 2 for Xbox.

Another thing is the multiplayer. Do people still play the H2 multiplayer? I used to play H1 MP, but it seems like there are a lot of hackers out there with aimbots and what-not. Plus H2 has new weapons and armor/windows live and achievements.
Bungie has sorted out the problem with cheating modders on Halo 2 Xbox, auto-boot for modded content in matchmaking :D.

I hear H2 is a little biased when it comes to using a gamepad, and since I actually prefer the gamepad, I guess I'll like the multiplayer even more than H1.
You are correct, controller users get aim bot while m/k are at a disadvantage

What do you think? I don't want to get it if microsoft is going to close down the H2 servers (does this apply to PC?) or if there is no one playing online.
Microsoft will not shutdown Halo 2 Xbox, same goes for Halo 2 Vista.

That, and since I don't have a 360, I can work on my paddle skills when playing against my friends in ODST :)
Get one, the arcade version is at a good price.
Halo 2 Vista is the same game as Halo 2 Xbox, just with exceptions,

No Support

No matchmaking

No "modding" or hardly any at all. which is what makes Halo 2 Xbox more interesting.

Hackers, noobs who edit memory to gain an advantage and ruin games.

Achievements which are hardly worth a challenge
you want achievements ask someone to get them for you.
it only takes 2 minutes to get most of campaign achievements.

The price of Halo 2 Vista should be atleast $1/£1...

[Edited on 10.03.2009 2:15 AM PDT]

  • 10.03.2009 1:30 AM PDT

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Halo 2 Xbox rocks.Though I sold my Xbox and got a 360 :[ but I still have the copy for the Original Halo 2,Please don't ask for my gamertag it sounds very noobish :[

[Edited on 10.04.2009 10:10 AM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 10:09 AM PDT
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What's your gamertag?

Don't worry, whatever it is, I've heard worse.

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  • 10.04.2009 10:36 AM PDT
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Yeah. That's right. I don't have a 50 in H3. I never got Onyx in Reach. If a game sucks too much, I won't even bother trying for such trivial "accolades". Besides, I've done way more things that take far more skill and talent than anything that can be done in a video game.

Posted by: ItsNOTJohnston
Halo 2 Xbox rocks.Though I sold my Xbox and got a 360 :[ but I still have the copy for the Original Halo 2,Please don't ask for my gamertag it sounds very noobish :[

What sounds noobish? Your Gamertag, or the process of asking?

I'm gonna go with both.

  • 10.04.2009 11:21 AM PDT

This is an old account iDarkWint3r is my new Bungie.net user.

My old H2X gamertag.It's full of numbers,I really don't want to tell you guys.

  • 10.04.2009 12:06 PM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

The pc version is ok, but the xbox version is way better. It has better (unoffcial) modding tools (pc version has less mods), better community, but it can take forever to matchmake, and some playlists are dead. The PC version is also somewhat easy gamerscore, but has several hard ones.

And you can get an Xbox cheap here: http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_i d=36781. Then get Halo 2 xbox.

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  • 10.04.2009 3:50 PM PDT

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DO NOT GET HALO 2 PC. I bought it and definitely regret buying it. I swear Bungie has never used a Mouse/Keyboard before because the controls for it suck. They put super high aim acceleration in, which is the worst thing you could do to M/K controls. Also they gave the people that play with controllers auto aim, so basically it's impossible to play with a M/K. Normally a M/K would own a controller but not in Halo 2 PC because it's a HORRIBLE port. There's also many other problems, plus hardly anyone plays.

  • 10.05.2009 7:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: dwood
H2 PC is not worth the purchase. Go buy the Xbox version plz.


They are shutting down the h2 xbox servers soon so I wouldnt bother.
http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/5134/microsoft-to-close-h alo-2-servers

[Edited on 10.06.2009 12:14 PM PDT]

  • 10.06.2009 12:14 PM PDT