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Subject: I'm confused

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Hello, I'm a large fan of Halo 1 and 2, and I'm confused about this Halo 2 vista.

Can someone explain to me if you can get Halo 1 and 2 for PC, and if you can, how easy is it to find a game now?

  • 05.20.2010 5:24 AM PDT

E4web

Halo PC/Custom Edition is still going strong, you're guaranteed to play many games.

Halo 2 Vista is a ghost town.

  • 05.20.2010 8:39 AM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Thanks. Why has Vista died?

  • 05.20.2010 12:42 PM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

The bungie.net community is the halo PC community that is renowned for being unbelieveably sucky.

Because in a free society with free exchange of information bad games die. It's the natural way of things. People don't flock to crappy ports made by lazy studios.

  • 05.20.2010 1:04 PM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Ahh, it was bad.

What made it bad? Is it different to the xbox version?

  • 05.20.2010 1:09 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.

Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
What made it bad? Is it different to the xbox version?

Not by a lot. That's what made it bad.

  • 05.20.2010 4:39 PM PDT

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

Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Ahh, it was bad.

What made it bad? Is it different to the xbox version?
It was buggier, and it was vista locked.

  • 05.20.2010 5:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: JacobGRocks
Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Ahh, it was bad.

What made it bad? Is it different to the xbox version?
It was buggier, and it was vista locked.
you'd rather play Halo 3 Forge than make maps for H2V.

  • 05.20.2010 11:54 PM PDT

Pioneer and Enthusiast for Halo 3.

Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Ahh, it was bad.

What made it bad? Is it different to the xbox version?


Don't listen to these people. Halo 2 is still a great game for the PC users. No offense to Vista, but the Xbox version was way better. But still, the game is amazing, and you really should consider buying it.

However, I must warn you. Buying it for the Multiplayer isn't as a great idea like you would picture it. Get it for the campaign. The Campaign really offers real fun, and has an amazing story to unfold.

Multiplayer is some-what dead. It's still not that hard to get into a descent game. Just getting into a game with Pros is tough!

  • 05.21.2010 12:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: RetroMonster
Don't listen to these people. Halo 2 is still a great game for the PC users. No offense to Vista, but the Xbox version was way better. But still, the game is amazing, and you really should consider buying it.

How amazing is it? is it soo much better than H2X?
Are custom content allowed to the extent, it is better than mods on H2X?
Is it even better than Halo 3 Forge?
Did they forget to include online co-op a 2nd time?
How's the graphics, I bet it's just 2x better?
lag ass game browser?


However, I must warn you. Buying it for the Multiplayer isn't as a great idea like you would picture it. Get it for the campaign. The Campaign really offers real fun, and has an amazing story to unfold.

Oh, but it's really boring since most players should have played Halo 2 Xbox, and this campaign offers nothing new.
so instead of playing campaign, just copy the 1st cutscene level , rename and replace all the others, and bam! all "99% of campaign achievements" are yours.


Multiplayer is some-what dead. It's still not that hard to get into a descent game. Just getting into a game with Pros is tough!

There are no pros, this game is not competitive thanks to Aiming magnetism.
yay! magnetism ftw xD



[Edited on 05.21.2010 2:31 AM PDT]

  • 05.21.2010 2:29 AM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Thanks guys.

  • 05.21.2010 4:43 AM PDT

-Please, no group invites :)

I got my H2V at Best Buy, but I would make sure that your computer specs are up to par. I just met the minimum system requirements and it lags so horibly that all I can do is look at the people as they are killing me. so you better have a good pc, or else your going to waste your money

  • 05.21.2010 5:19 AM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Thanks. The advice is appreciated :)

  • 05.21.2010 6:10 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: RetroMonster
Pros

Anyone who thinks they're "pro" in Halo 2 < any mediocre TF2 or UT player.

  • 05.21.2010 1:10 PM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Posted by: DusK
Posted by: RetroMonster
Pros

Anyone who thinks they're "pro" in Halo 2 < any mediocre TF2 or UT player.


Can you explain further? I find this interesting.

  • 05.21.2010 2:29 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.

Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Posted by: DusK
Posted by: RetroMonster
Pros

Anyone who thinks they're "pro" in Halo 2 < any mediocre TF2 or UT player.


Can you explain further? I find this interesting.

It's pretty simple, really. If you have a game that has a built-in aimbot, magnetic bullets, massive hitboxes, no fall damage, an overpowered melee attack with a ridiculous 15-foot lunge, and imbalanced weapons, people are gonna have this delusion that they're good. Throw 'em in a real man's game, where those problems don't exist, and they get smoked like a Philly blunt by people who actually know how to play an FPS game.

  • 05.21.2010 3:38 PM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Posted by: DusK
Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Posted by: DusK
Posted by: RetroMonster
Pros

Anyone who thinks they're "pro" in Halo 2 < any mediocre TF2 or UT player.


Can you explain further? I find this interesting.

It's pretty simple, really. If you have a game that has a built-in aimbot, magnetic bullets, massive hitboxes, no fall damage, an overpowered melee attack with a ridiculous 15-foot lunge, and imbalanced weapons, people are gonna have this delusion that they're good. Throw 'em in a real man's game, where those problems don't exist, and they get smoked like a Philly blunt by people who actually know how to play an FPS game.


Unreal Tournament doesn't have these problems? But does Halo CE? Also, I was wondering what PC game you would suggest for gameplay and for skill and for numbers playing?

Is this ^ what makes console shooters > pc shooters (good pc shooters anyway)

  • 05.22.2010 2:57 AM PDT

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

It's the opposite.
Halo CE doesn't have them either. It is less buggy too, so you don't need to be mad over a dead server list day after day.
Even then, if you want a good PC game, get CoD4 or Bad Company 2. They have loads of people on and gameplay is fun and competitve.

  • 05.22.2010 4:56 AM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Posted by: JacobGRocks
It's the opposite.
Halo CE doesn't have them either. It is less buggy too, so you don't need to be mad over a dead server list day after day.
Even then, if you want a good PC game, get CoD4 or Bad Company 2. They have loads of people on and gameplay is fun and competitve.


Psh nah, get Quake III Arena!

  • 05.22.2010 7:19 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: XII CIUTCH IIX
Unreal Tournament doesn't have these problems? But does Halo CE?

UT has none of the above. When you try to swipe-snipe, you have to actually hit the head. You can't miss by a yard and still have it register like in Halo 2. When you want a headshot at all, the game isn't gonna move your reticule nor the bullet for you.

HPC still has bullet/projectile magentism and imbalanced weapons (FRG? Banshee? Srsly?), but a slayer game in Rat Race is still far more skill-based than anything in Halo 2.

Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Also, I was wondering what PC game you would suggest for gameplay and for skill and for numbers playing?

UT '99 still has a ridiculously active community for a game that old. Last I played it, there were over 1,000 servers and over 8,000 playing. Counter-Strike Source is another. After the additional Source features are released, it should see a boost in popularity, but it's already more alive than many games anyway. And, of course, Team Fortress 2, which is pretty much the king of competitive team-based FPS games.

Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Is this ^ what makes console shooters > pc shooters (good pc shooters anyway)

Console shooters are subject to the noobification brought about by Halo 2. PC is and will always be the best platform to play FPS games on. They'll always be the most fun, the most competitive, and the least likely to ever make it onto an MLG circuit for fear that players from established PC leagues will waltz in and pwn their silly little "pros" who never learned to aim for themselves.

Posted by: JacobGRocks
Even then, if you want a good PC game, get CoD4 or Bad Company 2. They have loads of people on and gameplay is fun and competitve.

CoD4 is NOT competitive. Hell, it's more luck-based than Halo 3. But it IS a better game, because unlike Halo 3 (or H2, for that matter), it doesn't pretend to involve skill. Infinity Ward made a fun-filled combat riot, and they know it. That's why they made a rank system that reflects time played more so than "skill."

  • 05.22.2010 10:53 AM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Posted by: DusK
Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Unreal Tournament doesn't have these problems? But does Halo CE?

UT has none of the above. When you try to swipe-snipe, you have to actually hit the head. You can't miss by a yard and still have it register like in Halo 2. When you want a headshot at all, the game isn't gonna move your reticule nor the bullet for you.

HPC still has bullet/projectile magentism and imbalanced weapons (FRG? Banshee? Srsly?), but a slayer game in Rat Race is still far more skill-based than anything in Halo 2.

Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Also, I was wondering what PC game you would suggest for gameplay and for skill and for numbers playing?

UT '99 still has a ridiculously active community for a game that old. Last I played it, there were over 1,000 servers and over 8,000 playing. Counter-Strike Source is another. After the additional Source features are released, it should see a boost in popularity, but it's already more alive than many games anyway. And, of course, Team Fortress 2, which is pretty much the king of competitive team-based FPS games.

Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Is this ^ what makes console shooters > pc shooters (good pc shooters anyway)

Console shooters are subject to the noobification brought about by Halo 2. PC is and will always be the best platform to play FPS games on. They'll always be the most fun, the most competitive, and the least likely to ever make it onto an MLG circuit for fear that players from established PC leagues will waltz in and pwn their silly little "pros" who never learned to aim for themselves.

Posted by: JacobGRocks
Even then, if you want a good PC game, get CoD4 or Bad Company 2. They have loads of people on and gameplay is fun and competitve.

CoD4 is NOT competitive. Hell, it's more luck-based than Halo 3. But it IS a better game, because unlike Halo 3 (or H2, for that matter), it doesn't pretend to involve skill. Infinity Ward made a fun-filled combat riot, and they know it. That's why they made a rank system that reflects time played more so than "skill."


Ahhh, thank you. btw, I meant to say PC shooters > console shooters. Also, would you recommend UT over Halo CE?

  • 05.22.2010 12:47 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.

Depends. UT's definitely the more skill-based game, and that'd be the first game I recommend to anyone who wants a competitive challenge on a balanced playing field. But Halo PC's got a certain fun factor to it that UT didn't grab for me, hence why UT'99 isn't installed on my PC currently. I'd honestly recommend both to anyone wanting to play some PC FPS though.

Never Halo 2, though. Ever. I'd sooner tell an PC FPS aspirant to get The Sims 3 rather than Halo 2.

  • 05.22.2010 9:51 PM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Thanks.

Can I ask another question? You know the Halo: CE on PC, how hard is it to get used to moving and what not? Having never played on PC fps's before.

  • 05.23.2010 4:42 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: XII CIUTCH IIX
Thanks.

Can I ask another question? You know the Halo: CE on PC, how hard is it to get used to moving and what not? Having never played on PC fps's before.

My first FPS was UT, and I was used to the controls after completing the single player. Try that with HPC. It'll definitely go a long way.

  • 05.23.2010 5:29 AM PDT

I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. ~ Mark Twain

Posted by: DusK
Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Thanks.

Can I ask another question? You know the Halo: CE on PC, how hard is it to get used to moving and what not? Having never played on PC fps's before.

My first FPS was UT, and I was used to the controls after completing the single player. Try that with HPC. It'll definitely go a long way.


Thanks. I appreciate all the advice.

  • 05.23.2010 6:37 AM PDT

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