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Subject: Halo 2 on windows 7?
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joey ricci

Will it work on 7? and does anybody know if there is a website that I can buy the game at that instantly puts it on my laptop instead of going to the store to buy it?

  • 08.16.2010 1:11 AM PDT
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Don't you dare get Halo 2 for Windows, Bungie did a terrible job porting it, almost as bad as when EA ported Half Life 2.

Go fire up your bricking xbox, and play Halo 2. I'm sorry to tell you the truth, but Halo 2 is an abomination and should be treated as such.

  • 08.16.2010 6:21 AM PDT

Posted by: igotaname
Don't you dare get Halo 2 for Windows, Bungie did a terrible job porting it, almost as bad as when EA ported Half Life 2.

Go fire up your bricking xbox, and play Halo 2. I'm sorry to tell you the truth, but Halo 2 is an abomination and should be treated as such.


translated: "I don't think you should get it because it has games for windows live, and the server browser works only some of the time."

Yes it will work on windows 7 perfectly fine. Don't download it from a website, order it from amazon or something.

@igotaname
why are you hating on it so much? Did you just jump onto the bandwagon with no legitimate reason to? The other day my friend wanted to go out and get it, I told him to go for it.

And guess what? He absolutely loves it, he agrees it looks way better than the xbox, and the custom maps on it so far are adding so much value to it for him, and I don't disagree with him.

  • 08.16.2010 8:34 AM PDT


Posted by: igotaname
Don't you dare get Halo 2 for Windows, Bungie did a terrible job porting it, almost as bad as when EA ported Half Life 2.

Go fire up your bricking xbox, and play Halo 2. I'm sorry to tell you the truth, but Halo 2 is an abomination and should be treated as such.

Hey, buddy, wanna know a secret (by which I mean a very well-known and verifiable fact)? Sure you do, so here it is: Bungie didn't port Halo 2. Hired Gun did.

Don't go bashing Bungie on their own site when the guilty party isn't even them.

  • 08.16.2010 9:59 AM PDT

Posted by: Mstenger404
Yes it will work on windows 7 perfectly fine. Don't download it from a website, order it from amazon or something.
It doesn't work for everyone on Windows 7. Many people have to download this unofficial patch type file. You have to run it everytime before you start Halo 2 Vista, but it gets it working.

  • 08.16.2010 2:48 PM PDT

Like the poster above me said if works right out of the box for some people and others need the patch. I luckly didn't need the patch and I run Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. BTW Halo 2 PC is picky on graphic cards, if it doesn't like yours the FPS will be choppy.

  • 08.16.2010 3:42 PM PDT
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I have halo 2 and it plays fine on windows 7 64 bit. I have no problems at all.

  • 08.16.2010 4:57 PM PDT

yea it might help if I said I have windows 7 Pro 64-bit too

  • 08.16.2010 5:16 PM PDT

Yup, Finally got to play HALO..... and hey, Had to have Halo 2 !! I'm running Win 7 Professional x64 and haven't seen a hitch.... Runs fine and looks Great !!!!

  • 08.21.2010 12:20 AM PDT