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Subject: What do you think of halo 2 pc?

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Posted by: Shock120
Posted by: DusK
Where is the "Halo 2 is an utter piece of trash that should have never seen the light of day" option?
If that option was available I vote.

  • 10.15.2010 9:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: Shock120
Posted by: Sel794
In my opinion, H2 is tied with CE for best Halo game.
ignorant opinion, the facts state there are >thousands more players on Halo 1 PC/CE than there are on H2V.
Why would I care about those facts if I said in the beginning of my post, "MY OPINION". I like good stories and IN MY OPINION, H2 and CE had good campaigns.

  • 10.15.2010 3:29 PM PDT

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BUNGIE AND MICROSOFT FAILS HALO 2 VISTA.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

Posted by: BootlessM22
I've been on that server, and its a bunch of bull-blam!-, I really don't like mods like that. Truly I don't. noobs there think they have skill for killing with mods, its BS man.
Posted by: Shock120
There are more "normal" servers than there are "hacked" ones.

Don't say mods, no one can mod multiplayer.

If you really think normal and original gameplay is still fun, you obviously never played on this server.
You cannot place the word skill in H2V altogether.

Yet you still think it's a mod.
You know, mods are editing the file, which no one can resign/rehash.
They're memory editing = hacking it.

[Edited on 10.16.2010 4:07 AM PDT]

  • 10.16.2010 4:05 AM PDT

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I think H2V was decent but certainly could have been so much better.


Posted by: BootlessM22
Don't you think thats a little extreme? I'm OK with you not liking it, but god, Its a good game in my and many others opinion.
Posted by: DusK
Where is the "Halo 2 is an utter piece of trash that should have never seen the light of day" option?


DusK hasn't played H2V and doesn't know much about it. His opinion in this matter should be disregarded.

[Edited on 10.16.2010 2:15 PM PDT]

  • 10.16.2010 2:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: Shock120
Posted by: Sel794
In my opinion, H2 is tied with CE for best Halo game.
ignorant opinion, the facts state there are >thousands more players on Halo 1 PC/CE than there are on H2V.


Argumentum ad populum. Logical fallacy.

[Edited on 10.16.2010 4:46 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.

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Posted by: Shock120
Posted by: Sel794
In my opinion, H2 is tied with CE for best Halo game.
ignorant opinion, the facts state there are >thousands more players on Halo 1 PC/CE than there are on H2V.


Argumentum ad populum. Logical fallacy.

Someone's on his game. But can you refute the fact that Halo 2 is noobified to the point of being more about luck than skill? Dun think so.

  • 10.16.2010 5:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: Sel794

Posted by: Shock120
Posted by: Sel794
In my opinion, H2 is tied with CE for best Halo game.
ignorant opinion, the facts state there are >thousands more players on Halo 1 PC/CE than there are on H2V.
Why would I care about those facts if I said in the beginning of my post, "MY OPINION". I like good stories and IN MY OPINION, H2 and CE had good campaigns.
ok, don't ever say they are tied without stating why, I or anyone else could assume you like H2V multiplayer.
The Campaigns are indeed good.

Saying Halo PC/CE and H2V tie the lead as best Halo PC games, is like ignoring the fact how much crap of a port H2V is and saying it's as good as Halo 1.

Most people on Halo 1 PC/CE and the "dead" modding community hates it.

Posted by: Neubz
Argumentum ad populum. Logical fallacy.
4th post eh? how's it going mr. troll account?

Posted by: BootlessM22
I've been on that server, and its a bunch of bull-blam!-, I really don't like mods like that. Truly I don't. noobs there think they have skill for killing with mods, its BS man.
You seem to be like one of those console fans who hates it when a PC version of a game gets custom content, mods and hacks.

You also seem noobish as you lack the knowledge to understand the concept behind this banshee spawning hack.
hacking is also better than forcing people to download a custom map, from the lobby.

It's not so much hacking, as it requires you to pilot your own Banshee, don't forget to jump as you spawn a banshee.

As for the plasma projectile swap, that was a good way to fend of banshees, not an immediate banshee killer.

If you ever did notice Halo 2 Vista/Halo 2 never had big team aerial combat, seriously just 2 banshees, that ain't nothing, this is about getting everyone involved.

[Edited on 10.17.2010 6:58 AM PDT]

  • 10.17.2010 6:12 AM PDT
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wheres the "its total trash" option?

  • 10.17.2010 12:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: bashmeister
wheres the "its total trash" option?
The OP is a Halo fanboy.
His poll is biased, he knows the number of people who hate it overwhelm those fools who "like/love" it.

Its OK, could be better though: 67% - positive
These are the type of people who liked Halo 2 Xbox, and don't expect more on PC.


Its great! Never seen better: 7% - extremely positive
Superblind fanboys, who could never wrong anything in this game, wow.


AHH I hate it! Its soo boring! and Its modless!: 17% - negative
he obviously hates gameplay that is different than original.
hey don't hate me if I can make a online co-op game, and Bungie/Microsuck can't
haters always hate.
why you're an idiot

I don't really care, i have reach so w/e: 10% - neutral.
Yeah, because Reach has a lot more content than mods/custom content than Garbageware H2V, you never thought how and why.

Not only that, OP ignored my review on his dumbfail-ish one.

[Edited on 10.17.2010 2:54 PM PDT]

  • 10.17.2010 2:29 PM PDT

Halo Reach PC über alles!

WARNING: WALL OF TEXT! THE FOLLOWING OPINION MAY BE TL;DR TAKE EXTRA CAUTION!

OK, lets get started. Halo 2 was just OK, I mean, sure the Multiplayer had Auto-Aim, but none the less, it is great for casuals. And the campaign wasn't even finished. (ala, end on abrupt note.) But overall it was only OK. Then H2V came along. And No effort was taken to even fix it. Allow me to elaborate.

(going by merit Lowest to Highest)

Graphics:

All they really did was resize the textures, and that's it, however, the weapons animations were upgraded. And support for higher resolutions was introduced. But overall, no real improvement. Whereas, HL2 (also released in 2004) looks 10X better.

Story:

Personally, the story (on the UNSC side) was just as mediocre as Halo 1's story. Adding the covenants side of the story was a brilliant idea, and it meant more in-depth characters and not just "GOD HATING EVIL ALEINZ!!!1" The only problem, it wasn't finished. And it had probably the most abrupt endings I have ever seen in a video game in my life. Nothing is added/improved in H2V, it just remains the same. No online co-op, (although...) No added levels, nothing more, nor anything less.

Gameplay:

Shoot kill, teabag, and a few things in between.

Multiplayer:

Same as above, but with auto-aim for controller users. Ironic, because the xbox version also had auto-aim in its multiplayer. (also, whenever you are in quick-match, you are at-least 75% sure to get Coagulation/CTF)

Mods:

Is nowhere near as intensive as Halo CE, or Halo 2 Xbox. Instead, you are given limited supplies to work with, thus limiting your creativity with skins, weapons, vehicles, etc.


All in all, the original H2 should have NEVER been the game to start up MLG (they could have gone with Counter Strike, but IDK Xbox users were stupid back in 2004) And Halo 2 Vista is no exception, not to say it is bad. I am sure it is great for casual gamers, but as for the little kids that are saying "I AM PRO AT ALL GAEMZ, CUZ IM PRO AT HALO 2!!!111" My recommendation to them, go play Counter Strike and see me after class.

[Edited on 10.17.2010 5:36 PM PDT]

  • 10.17.2010 5:33 PM PDT

Pass the controller bro


Posted by: Frnksnbns
If you are one of those kids who uses the Xbox controller for PC gaming, you'll love it because you get a free aimbot.

I don't normally understand the idea of playing a pc game with a controller, but in Halo 2v a controller is pretty much required if you want to enjoy the game even the slightest bit.

Unlocked FPS w/ controller > Vsync or locked 30 FPS w/ mouse & keyboard.

Aimbot or not, it's the ONLY way. In fact, I doubt anyone would play a pc game with a controller by choice. Unless it's something like AC or a racing game.

  • 10.18.2010 5:35 AM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

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Posted by: masterdrone

Posted by: Frnksnbns
If you are one of those kids who uses the Xbox controller for PC gaming, you'll love it because you get a free aimbot.

I don't normally understand the idea of playing a pc game with a controller, but in Halo 2v a controller is pretty much required if you want to enjoy the game even the slightest bit.

Unlocked FPS w/ controller > Vsync or locked 30 FPS w/ mouse & keyboard.

Aimbot or not, it's the ONLY way. In fact, I doubt anyone would play a pc game with a controller by choice. Unless it's something like AC or a racing game.


You don't have to limit FPS with a M+K in H2v, or use v-sync. I never use either.

A lot of younger gamers use controllers on PC games now, because that is what they grew up using on the consoles.

The "mouse lag" on H2v is unbearable. I've been PC gaming since the late 1980s and have never experienced anything like H2v mouse lag before. The controller does not have this problem plus you get an aimbot built in. Hired Gun gave a huge advantage to controller users, and I would guess all of them are Xbox gamers who favor the controller anyway, so it's not surprising how unbalanced it is between controller and M+K.
I understand why they gave the controller auto-aim, because any decent mouse user can aim better. Unfortunately they did not correctly calibrate the mouse, so you are at a huge disadvantage using it.
Those in the know understand that you MUST use a controller for H2v, which completely defeats the purpose of putting H2 on the PC. It's total fail on Microsoft and Bungie's part. I want my 50 bucks back for this POS.

  • 10.18.2010 10:57 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: TS z3NN 9
DusK hasn't played H2V and doesn't know much about it. His opinion in this matter should be disregarded.

I can't believe I didn't see this. I also can't believe you haven't gotten it through your thick skull that I'm saying that Halo 2 is garbage on all platforms, and I have played it on Xbox, and there's no reason to assume that it's gotten any better on the PC because everyone has confirmed that everything that made the game absolute crap is still in the PC version.

  • 10.18.2010 11:30 AM PDT

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BUNGIE AND MICROSOFT FAILS HALO 2 VISTA.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

Posted by: Frnksnbns
It's total fail on Microsoft and Bungie's part. I want my 50 bucks back for this POS.
seconded.

Incase we get ignorant -blam!-s who think Bungie had nothing to do with it read this.
Who's working on Halo 2 for Windows Vista? How does this game relate to Halo 3?

The hard work of bringing Halo 2 to Windows Vista is being done by a team within Microsoft Game Studios, codenamed Hired Gun. Bungie is helping Hired Gun with design decisions and quality assurance. The teams for H2V and Halo 3 are completely separate.
oh lets read more.Tell me more about this Hired Gun team within Microsoft Game Studios.

"Hired Gun" is the codename for a recently-created team within MGS. Their first task is to bring Halo 2 to the Windows Vista platform, with support from Bungie Studios. The team is led and staffed by seasoned veterans with multiple PC and console titles under their belts.


All from Halo 2 Vista : FAQ aka Garbageware FAQ



[Edited on 10.18.2010 1:04 PM PDT]

  • 10.18.2010 12:56 PM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

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


Posted by: DusK
Posted by: TS z3NN 9
DusK hasn't played H2V and doesn't know much about it. His opinion in this matter should be disregarded.

I can't believe I didn't see this. I also can't believe you haven't gotten it through your thick skull that I'm saying that Halo 2 is garbage on all platforms, and I have played it on Xbox, and there's no reason to assume that it's gotten any better on the PC because everyone has confirmed that everything that made the game absolute crap is still in the PC version.


I have both versions. H2x is much better than H2v. I believe in free market forces and the lack of any real community in H2v speaks for itself.

  • 10.18.2010 1:01 PM PDT

Pass the controller bro


Posted by: Frnksnbns

Posted by: masterdrone

Posted by: Frnksnbns
If you are one of those kids who uses the Xbox controller for PC gaming, you'll love it because you get a free aimbot.

I don't normally understand the idea of playing a pc game with a controller, but in Halo 2v a controller is pretty much required if you want to enjoy the game even the slightest bit.

Unlocked FPS w/ controller > Vsync or locked 30 FPS w/ mouse & keyboard.

Aimbot or not, it's the ONLY way. In fact, I doubt anyone would play a pc game with a controller by choice. Unless it's something like AC or a racing game.


You don't have to limit FPS with a M+K in H2v, or use v-sync. I never use either.

A lot of younger gamers use controllers on PC games now, because that is what they grew up using on the consoles.

The "mouse lag" on H2v is unbearable. I've been PC gaming since the late 1980s and have never experienced anything like H2v mouse lag before. The controller does not have this problem plus you get an aimbot built in. Hired Gun gave a huge advantage to controller users, and I would guess all of them are Xbox gamers who favor the controller anyway, so it's not surprising how unbalanced it is between controller and M+K.
I understand why they gave the controller auto-aim, because any decent mouse user can aim better. Unfortunately they did not correctly calibrate the mouse, so you are at a huge disadvantage using it.
Those in the know understand that you MUST use a controller for H2v, which completely defeats the purpose of putting H2 on the PC. It's total fail on Microsoft and Bungie's part. I want my 50 bucks back for this POS.

That's what I meant. I must limit the fps to fix the unresponsive mouse and in result I get a slight delay 'cause of the vsync.

  • 10.18.2010 9:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: Frnksnbns
I have both versions. H2x is much better than H2v. I believe in free market forces and the lack of any real community in H2v speaks for itself.

Exactly.
Halo 2 on xbox had a few flaws, but I still enjoyed playing it. H2V seemed like a little side project that no one really cared about.

  • 10.19.2010 2:16 AM PDT

My Youtube - Halo 2 Online Co-op
BUNGIE AND MICROSOFT FAILS HALO 2 VISTA.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

I enjoyed H2X, because there were many people who played it, so you could play Zombies, Cops and Robbers, Hide'n'Seek, Tower of Power on Ascension.

During the modding era, I'm sure everyone enjoyed those fun mods on the DLC maps.

Race maps on containment, spawning scarabs or shield door on turf, spawning all sorts of vehicles on Terminal, flying hogs, memesis DLC maps.

H2V on the other hand doesn't even compare to Halo 1 PC/CE or Halo 2 Xbox mods, they have severely limited your creation to SBSPs. stupid, stupid P.O.S game.

  • 10.19.2010 4:31 AM PDT

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Dusk id just like to say there is no reason to flip tits about noobs on halo or any FPS game for that matter.

P.S. Dusk go outside

  • 10.28.2010 7:45 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.

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Dusk go outside

I wish Reclaimer was still here to inform kids like you of how I've accomplished more in my life at 24 than you ever will.

  • 10.28.2010 9:00 PM PDT

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BUNGIE AND MICROSOFT FAILS HALO 2 VISTA.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

H2V needs to be for free.

  • 11.04.2010 9:36 PM PDT

:3 I will die. :[


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Posted by: BootlessM22
Well if everyone has the same advantage its even. Whether you have skill or not so long as you get kills it shouldn't matter. After all, I thought the console version had the best online. Halo 2 has always held the best memories. And nothing will EVER change that.Its not really an advantage if everyone has a "Built-in aimbot" Honestly.

Said built in aimbot lowers the learning curve. In short, it rewards you if you suck.

If you shoot someone's head, you should get the headshot. If you miss by 3 feet, you shouldn't get the headshot.

If someone misses my head by 3 feet in another game, they don't get the kill and aren't rewarded for their lack of skill. If they miss the head by 3 feet in Halo 2, they get a headshot they don't really deserve.

This lowers the learning curve and allows players who aren't as good to beat players who would otherwise be significantly better at the game. As a result, these terrible players get the delusion that they're good. Game companies noticed that this tactic sells, so they started dumbing down their games as well.

And then there's MLG, the king of the jokes, which started up with Halo 2. I guarantee you that if they introduced a game that took actual skill into their circuit, their precious overpayed MLG "pros" would get slaughtered by even the most mediocre players, because those "pros" are nothing without their crutches.

lmao,you seriously never played Halo 3.Even though you're a PC gamer.Ever since Halo 2,they made the sniper reticule hitbox smaller.Really?Them getting slaughtered by Mediocre players?Have you seen any Pro gameplay or bothered to?Address me as a Tryhard or MLG fanboy.But most kids get destroyed by the pros.

  • 11.04.2010 10:24 PM PDT

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