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I always hear all this crap about Halo 2 Vista being horrible and how they messed up with everything. I honestly think its amazing. I've been playing it A LOT recently, and I'm BEGGING all the people who are thinking about buying it to buy it. Don't take everyone's word for it. Its amazing. Its not the greatest thing in the world, but seriously, do buy it.

(Thought that h2v needed some positive feedback)

  • 10.22.2010 8:45 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.

But if you never point out the negatives, you are biased.

Anyways...

Halo 2 Vista is still online, because it was built on Live2 architecture.

Halo 2 Vista allows Xbox 360 controller usage.

Halo 2 Vista supports widescreen.

Halo 2 Vista had dedicated servers and peer-hosted games.

Live Gaming on PC is free, no restrictions on Silver accounts.

Custom maps.

  • 10.22.2010 9:19 AM PDT
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I know, I was saying its not the best game in the world, but it is good. The comments about Vista are usually SO biased towards the negative side, so, I thought a biased positive post might help even it xD

  • 10.22.2010 9:31 AM PDT

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Each microcosmic planet, a complete society...

It just looks good too. Really the only thing it's missing is matchmaking to be honest. It looks fantastic and plays fine. Really, I think people just like to complain.

  • 10.22.2010 11:45 AM PDT
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Your 'beliefs' mean less than dick to me.

Never tried vista. Shame, Uplift looks pretty cool.

  • 10.22.2010 11:49 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: aander91
It just looks good too. Really the only thing it's missing is matchmaking to be honest. It looks fantastic and plays fine. Really, I think people just like to complain.
people have reasons to complain, even I do.

[Edited on 10.22.2010 12:18 PM PDT]

  • 10.22.2010 12:18 PM PDT

Something smells fishy...

Many people have a ton of problems with Halo 2 Vista. Common problems are: installation issues, compatibility issues, and Games for Windows Live issues.

I have problems with some sort of mouse lag. I can't look around properly. No my controls are not inverted.

But I have absolutely no problems with Halo: Combat Evolved and CoD MW2.

  • 10.22.2010 12:53 PM PDT
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Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

This is just great. Stating that Halo 2 Vista has no outstanding problems is a great way to get it fixed. I haven't been this shocked and angered in a long time. Why are we even in this forum anymore?

  • 10.22.2010 1:23 PM PDT

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Each microcosmic planet, a complete society...

Wow really? Maybe you missed the OP. This entire -blam!- forum is just people -blam!-ing about the game. Sure, it has it's problems, those have been stated thousands of times and just about every thread in this forum is just people complaining about lack of XBL on the original version and then how the PC version sucks ass. The PC version has just about everything that the original version does with the tweaks everyone keeps requesting. "Hey I got a good idea! Let's get Halo 2 back with online mutiplayer and Hi-res graphics! Wouldn't that be great!" H2V, despite all of it's flaws and short comings, is just that.

  • 10.22.2010 1:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: n357
This is just great. Stating that Halo 2 Vista has no outstanding problems is a great way to get it fixed. I haven't been this shocked and angered in a long time. Why are we even in this forum anymore?


Almost every post has a negative side to it as well. Most of us, including I, are saying that its an amazing game, but it does have faults. That people are crushing it into the ground over problems that I, honestly, have hardly come across. There are hackers, but not NEARLY as many as there were on XBL. H2EK isn't that great, but did Halo 2 Xbox have any sort of Editing Kit? No. The game runs a bit clippy, there are compatibility issues, and a good bit of other things to complain about, but all in all, its a lot better of a game than people make it out to be. That's what I'm trying to say in this topic.

  • 10.22.2010 2:29 PM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

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

I'm willing to bet every single poster who praises the game uses a controller.

The game is a disaster with the mouse. The mouse lag is inexcusable.

  • 10.22.2010 2:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Frnksnbns
I'm willing to bet every single poster who praises the game uses a controller.

The game is a disaster with the mouse. The mouse lag is inexcusable.


I don't use a controller. I haven't used a controller for PC gaming since 2004.

  • 10.22.2010 2:41 PM PDT

Something smells fishy...

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Posted by: Frnksnbns
I'm willing to bet every single poster who praises the game uses a controller.

The game is a disaster with the mouse. The mouse lag is inexcusable.


I don't use a controller. I haven't used a controller for PC gaming since 2004.

Congrats you can play H2V with a mouse successfully. Consider yourself lucky.

  • 10.22.2010 2:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dr Syx

Posted by: Frnksnbns
I'm willing to bet every single poster who praises the game uses a controller.

The game is a disaster with the mouse. The mouse lag is inexcusable.


I don't use a controller. I haven't used a controller for PC gaming since 2004.

Congrats you can play H2V with a mouse successfully. Consider yourself lucky.




Thanks! xD I haven't noticed any problems at all with it >.> I just took down the sensitivity by A LOT and it works great. You can still turn around EXTREMELY fast (Cause its a mouse) but its really stable at the same time. A lot of the problems on h2v are things that you just need to take the time to figure out/fix.

[Edited on 10.22.2010 2:55 PM PDT]

  • 10.22.2010 2:55 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

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

Would you buy me a new copy of H2v? While troubleshooting, the activation key expired due to too many activations.Got to love paying for the same software over and over again. If you can condone that system, you're beyond help.

EDIT: I get the feeling this sudden surge of fanatic pro-h2v garbage is deliberate. Get out while you can! This is now the Halo 2 Vista forum.

[Edited on 10.22.2010 3:00 PM PDT]

  • 10.22.2010 2:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: n357
Would you buy me a new copy of H2v? While troubleshooting, the activation key expired due to too many activations.Got to love paying for the same software over and over again. If you can condone that system, you're beyond help.

EDIT: I get the feeling this sudden surge of fanatic pro-h2v garbage is deliberate. Get out while you can! This is now the Halo 2 Vista forum.


That is bad, but what I'm trying to do was give good feedback to combat some of the terrible feedback it gets cause I don't think it deserves the worst game in the world award. I have SO much fun on it, and it sucks that happened with your copy. I'm sure a lot of people had terrible experiences with other games just like you did with that. I know that I hate Steam cause every time I get a game that uses it, it ends up failing me. I can't play anything on Steam. I still acknowledge the fact that it IS a good program for PC gamers out there who want downloadable games and a friends list.

Edit: Also, no. I play Halo PC just as much as Halo 2. I love the original Halo PC and would never want to get rid of its fan base cause I am a part of that fan base. Have been since it came out.

[Edited on 10.22.2010 3:10 PM PDT]

  • 10.22.2010 3:03 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.

Happy about this?

Why am I resorted to this to play on maps with custom vehicles or stuff that is salvageable from this quarter-blammed!- EK

Are you serious? have you seen halomaps.org?
There's million times the amount of content for Halo 1 than there is H2V, that is proof itself that H2V is crap and unappealing.

I could care less about GFWL relaunching their BS service in November.

[Edited on 10.22.2010 5:40 PM PDT]

  • 10.22.2010 5:37 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.

It was garbage on the Xbox. And everything that made it garbage was carried over to the PC version. And then they screwed it up even more.

FFS, there are free games that beat the crap out of Halo 2. Why would I pay for a piece of crap so bad that Bungie should be paying me to play it?

  • 10.23.2010 12:19 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.

I would've been satisfied with full custom content, but it seems Microsoft and/or Bungie are too -blammy!- to even allow that.

What does a company possibly gain by locking and taking away content that was supposed to be sold with the game?

[Edited on 10.23.2010 5:10 AM PDT]

  • 10.23.2010 5:10 AM PDT
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Alright, so, when it installs properly, you LIKE Halo 2, you're good with using the mouse instead of controller (Me), and all you're interested in is playing the multiplayer, the game is pretty awesome. xD

(Also if you want to play Campaign)

[Edited on 10.23.2010 5:17 AM PDT]

  • 10.23.2010 5:16 AM PDT

It's a matter of opinion. When I get Halo PC, I think I'm going to get CE instead. Looks more fun.

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agreed

  • 10.26.2010 11:14 PM PDT
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halo 2 vista is great :D

  • 10.26.2010 11:15 PM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

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


Posted by: Dr Syx




Thanks! xD I haven't noticed any problems at all with it >.> I just took down the sensitivity by A LOT and it works great. You can still turn around EXTREMELY fast (Cause its a mouse) but its really stable at the same time. A lot of the problems on h2v are things that you just need to take the time to figure out/fix.


Most people had the problem of the sensitivity not being high enough. I know even a forum ninja here made a scathing post about that very issue. I use 6 for Halo PC, but found even 10 on H2v caused incredible lag, and I still wasn't able to move/turn fast enough. Ugh.

  • 10.27.2010 12:38 PM PDT
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I don't see how that's possible. I can go in a complete 360 on here faster than I could go on the Xbox and I have the sensitivity completely down.

  • 10.27.2010 1:59 PM PDT

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