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Subject: Halo 2 for Windows Vista

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Who really cares about Halo 2 on Vista?!?!?! It will suck just as bad as halo 2 on xbox, but you will be able to design you own maps. Which would have been a nice feature for halo 2 on xbox, but of course bungie could not do that. They want to add something to the new version of the game that will just piss off xbox players. Like the way they added the fuelrod gun or the new multiplayer maps to Halo pc. They try to make the pc gamers happy while forgetting about their actual bread and butter, the xbox gamers. Don't get me wrong, I still love halo 2 and I play almost everyday, but the game just sucks compared to halo ce!! And before you even ask, I play halo 2 for xbox live. Forget about Vista and just release halo 3!!!! That is all your gaming public wants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 02.09.2006 10:16 PM PDT
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guys after you buy vista you can burn a "back up" and if you dont have a cd burner then you can get your 'backup" from a bittorrent client this game is going to be sweet thanks bungie i want your kids

o yea i saw some vista sreencaps and it looks like mac and windows fused its so sexy

  • 02.09.2006 10:35 PM PDT

Uhm.. yeah, nice "details".

I definitely won't be playing this since I'm a console gamer exclusively, but here's a friendly piece of advice: get rid of the pop-in :)

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You mentioned jokingly about people complaining about how much of a jerk you are to windows 3.1 users. What about your company's betrayal of your loyal Mac customers!? Halo 1 came out for Mac, If the sequel doesn't come to Mac, it'll be an incomplete series on the Mac side! How could you people do this!? Please find a way to get it onto Macs. Hire someone who's willing. Macs used to be the only systems that could even PLAY games! We're being edged out! It's not freaking fair! If you're smart, you'll hire an extra company to port it to Mac OSX(insert version # here). You will get more customers, and more customer satisfaction, plus you'll keep your fanbase steady, instead of painfully hacking off your Mac half. Get it through your skulls, for the sake of your community:

>>>>>>>> MULTI-PLATFORM = HAPPY CUSTOMERS <<<<<<<<< Sell-outs. Good day.

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"Who really cares about Halo 2 on Vista?!?!?! It will suck just as bad as halo 2 on xbox, but you will be able to design you own maps. Which would have been a nice feature for halo 2 on xbox, but of course bungie could not do that. They want to add something to the new version of the game that will just piss off xbox players. Like the way they added the fuelrod gun or the new multiplayer maps to Halo pc. They try to make the pc gamers happy while forgetting about their actual bread and butter, the xbox gamers. Don't get me wrong, I still love halo 2 and I play almost everyday, but the game just sucks compared to halo ce!! And before you even ask, I play halo 2 for xbox live. Forget about Vista and just release halo 3!!!! That is all your gaming public wants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

*ahem* You're not the "bread and butter". Halo was originally being designed for the Mac, and later, the PC, and finally, the XBOX. You were the first to get it, it doesn't actually mean you're the most important. If you want the extas that couldn't fit with the xbox release so bad, get a freaking computer.

[Edited on 2/9/2006]

  • 02.09.2006 10:40 PM PDT
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When i get my new computer ill make sure to get VISTA and H2PC, i also hope that it wont come out for MAC giving microsoft the edge

  • 02.09.2006 11:05 PM PDT
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hey tiamat nice advertising your maps to all the noob xbox h2 fan boys lol jk

to me this review was written most likely by a microsoft representitive or by bungie and then edited extensively by a microsoft -blam!-

lol @ all the retards that didnt read this was not bungies next project but a side project with a new team.

oh yeah i bet they had to hire pc programmers to figure out a way to limit H2pc to run only on Vista

ill buy it if it supports user created content and has something equivalent to the HEK and NOT some piece of crap drag and drop thing... or it would be log mods all over again

oh yeah glad your not letting another company port it like, Gearbox, then it would be the same thing all over again... lets play the blame game and let the product and users suffer!!!

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  • 02.09.2006 11:08 PM PDT
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There is another possibility for us mac users, but only the ones with a lot of money, unlike me: BUY AN INTEL MAC. Vista WILL run on these, you can read the article that says so here: <http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/11/no-xp-on-intel-macs-bu t-vista-is-good-to-go/> - and it is estimated that it will run perfectly.

  • 02.09.2006 11:12 PM PDT
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So how does Bungie plan to work on Halo 2 when Vista isn't user quite friendly yet. My brother works for Microsoft and is actually working on the project that is going to allow users to connect all of their electronics to the computer, including the xbox 360, and control them through Window Vista. He has told me that Windows Vista is very hard to operate and is extremely slow because there are many bugs that need to be worked out. So I believe that it is going to be awhile before the Halo 2 for Vista will be able to be finished.

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Awesome Bungie! Can't wait........although I am a 100% Mac. User so this shall be a bit of a Hinderance heh, no worries :D

  • 02.09.2006 11:20 PM PDT
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What u fail to realize is microsoft owns bungie, they bought them out be4 halo2 was made forr xbox. Stop complaining atleast gearbox isnt making the game. Somone will mod it and make a h2 ce!!!!!!

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As I said, if you have the power to make the money, get an intel mac. You'll be able to run Vista, once it comes out, along with Halo 2 PC (universal, pretty much, by intel mac standards)

As my rage has now boiled down, I shall set about attempting to raise the money to get an Intel Mac. Though I will not be taking out of my current 400 dollar savings set aside for the 360 I plan to buy...ONCE I FIND ONE.

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  • 02.09.2006 11:23 PM PDT
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I don't believe for one minute Halo 2 can't be made for XP using current direct x and that there is no other reason other than microsoft is using Halo 2 as an excuse for people to upgrade to the new OS.

  • 02.09.2006 11:41 PM PDT
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  • 02.09.2006 11:46 PM PDT
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sounds great on halo2 pc i bet earch lvl is diffrent to the xbox and its will be good

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If I get owned by KB+M turds because I'm at a disadvantage on a 360, I am gonna be pissed. MAKE "Halo-caust Vista" USE THE WIN360 CONTROLLER OR YOU WILL KILL CONSOLE GAMING. I'd almost rather play cross platform against a Piss2 than get point and clicked in my living room. -blam!-.

  • 02.09.2006 11:50 PM PDT

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I think its stupid to make Halo 2 for windows Vista. Why should everyone have to pay 300 dollars to up grade their system or buy a new computer when Halo 2 would run fine on windows XP. Its just another way for them to advertise their product for Microsoft. If it was released for PC there would also be more ways for people to cheat and mod. Its already killed the game for the xbox, how do you think it will work on a computer?

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Posted by: CONRAD961
I think its stupid to make Halo 2 for windows Vista. Why should everyone have to pay 300 dollars to up grade their system or buy a new computer when Halo 2 would run fine on windows XP. Its just another way for them to advertise their product for Microsoft. If it was released for PC there would also be more ways for people to cheat and mod. Its already killed the game for the xbox, how do you think it will work on a computer?


CONRAD961 its gonna be just like H2 for xbox, mods like crazy...it gonna be even easier seeing its on a PC. Oh well, you wont see me buying it. Sry guys Im turing Anti-M$ and Bungie

I guess I'll just play halo 1 for pc with my controller and F@ck h2 for pc

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  • 02.10.2006 12:45 AM PDT
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Frankie, I doubt you read the tenth page, but who wrote the Q&A? It's loaded with more excrement than press conferences with the military.

"What are the minimum system requirements?
A: We have not yet announced any specifics in regard to system requirements at this time."

All you have to frickin' say is that we have no requirements yet! That is normal! We are not going to set fire to every building in the Redmond campus if you admit that not everything has been done or thought of yet (It is not yet released after all).

Who writes this crap? The marketing department? Can you ask those guys what it's like to be so far removed from the real world? Or even well-written English?

  • 02.10.2006 2:30 AM PDT
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WARNING DON'T BUY WINDOWS VISTA CONTAINS PALLADIUM

Q:What hell is palladium ?
A:Palladium is a "secure" os architecture created by M$

Q:Why it's so bad?
A:Because complete control of pc won't be any longher allowed; some programs won't run, some files (as LEGAL backup copies ) without digital rights management won't be opened ecc....

Q:who decides what i can and can't do ?
A:the wise M$ of course !!!

Q:am i in danger ?
A:vista contains only a trimmed-down version but very likley upgradables to a full one

Q:your opinion ?
A:vista contains a lot of non essesial fatures most of them useless as aero style.. you can live without them and with 300$ more in your pokets

Q:I don't trust you/i wanna know more
A: two choises 1)use google and check it out by yourself
2)there are articles at wikipedia that explains everything
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Computing_Group and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing _Base

im my humble opinion halo2 pc is just a trick to spread vista & palladium ....and will be more games "vista only" of course, vista isn' much different from XP, i'm not able but i think that with some hack is possible to run halo on xp insted vista.

always use your mind with M$

RootMaster

  • 02.10.2006 2:38 AM PDT

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You mentioned jokingly about people complaining about how much of a jerk you are to windows 3.1 users. What about your company's betrayal of your loyal Mac customers!? Halo 1 came out for Mac, If the sequel doesn't come to Mac, it'll be an incomplete series on the Mac side! How could you people do this!? Please find a way to get it onto Macs. Hire someone who's willing. Macs used to be the only systems that could even PLAY games! We're being edged out! It's not freaking fair! If you're smart, you'll hire an extra company to port it to Mac OSX(insert version # here). You will get more customers, and more customer satisfaction, plus you'll keep your fanbase steady, instead of painfully hacking off your Mac half. Get it through your skulls, for the sake of your community:

>>>>>>>> MULTI-PLATFORM = HAPPY CUSTOMERS <<<<<<<<< Sell-outs. Good day.

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"Who really cares about Halo 2 on Vista?!?!?! It will suck just as bad as halo 2 on xbox, but you will be able to design you own maps. Which would have been a nice feature for halo 2 on xbox, but of course bungie could not do that. They want to add something to the new version of the game that will just piss off xbox players. Like the way they added the fuelrod gun or the new multiplayer maps to Halo pc. They try to make the pc gamers happy while forgetting about their actual bread and butter, the xbox gamers. Don't get me wrong, I still love halo 2 and I play almost everyday, but the game just sucks compared to halo ce!! And before you even ask, I play halo 2 for xbox live. Forget about Vista and just release halo 3!!!! That is all your gaming public wants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

*ahem* You're not the "bread and butter". Halo was originally being designed for the Mac, and later, the PC, and finally, the XBOX. You were the first to get it, it doesn't actually mean you're the most important. If you want the extas that couldn't fit with the xbox release so bad, get a freaking computer.


It's not fair if it's for -blam!- Mac, and not Windows XP.

  • 02.10.2006 2:41 AM PDT
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Two prices for WindowsXP Professional full retail:
Ascent New Zealand: NZ$680.12
DSE New Zealand: NZ$794.00

- A new computer can be brought for NZ$900. WindowsXP Pro costs almost as much as a new computer.
- It is unlikely that Windows Vista will cost much less than Windows XP Pro.
- Halo2 will likely cost up to NZ$100 when it comes out.

So, can someone explain to me why I should spend up to $800 to play Halo2 on my PC?

Also:
- The ONLY reason why it wont run on XP is because microsoft doesnt want it to. Windows XP is 100% capable of runing somthing like Halo 2 - forcing it to be Vista-only wont make it ANY better.
- Vista offers NO features that make it worth upgrading to
- Under the hood, Vista is not very different from Windows Server 2003 (NT5.2), WindowsXP (NT5.1), Windows2000 (NT5.0) or WindowsNT 4.0 (NT4.0).
- Vista might look different from XP but it is still just another version of WindowsNT Workstation - it has the same design flaws, still works in the same way, and is just as insecure.

So, in conclusion, I am very annoyed about it being "Vista Only". I have no desire to spend hundreds of dollars for nothing more than a few more useless features, some new cardgames/backgrounds/screensavers/themes. I would be alot better off simply moving to linux.

  • 02.10.2006 2:50 AM PDT
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Windows Vista. Wonder what that stands for?

V iruses
I nfections
S pyware
T rojans
A dware

Port being handled by M$ internally
Translation: Game being converted to use all of M$'s BS proprietary 3D and networking APIs thereby insuring there will never be a Mac version.

I'm on the record for saying there will never be a native Macintosh version of Halo 2. If it ever does happen, it will probably be a crippled half-hearted port of a port that runs like a$$ on a Mac cuz nobody will bother to optimize it for little things like OpenGL performance or multiple processors.

I don't know if Jason Jones or any other Bungie employee will ever read this, I'll probably be banned or censored or something to that effect, but Bungie is DEAD. They died a long time ago, they are pathetic shell of their former selves, animated by M$ as a puppet to prop up their gaming devices. I've bought all your games since Pathways. What happened?

Stop calling yourselves Bungie.........BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT!

I own a SukBox, I bought H1 and H2 for it, and I bought H1 for Mac. All you loyal Mac user's out there, give up on Bungie, cuz H1 was the last Bungie game that will ever come out for the Mac.

Oh yeah trying to get gamers to buy Vista just to get Halo 2 is a bad idea. When's the last time a gamer actually paid for their operating system? I go to LAN parties all the time (yes I own a PC and play games on it) and I don't know a single person that paid for their copy of WinBloat.

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  • 02.10.2006 3:07 AM PDT
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Will get it only when we have a mac port, windows Vista= old mac OS system they went real far to get that look for it not. Also bungie you use Macs all over the place I know because Marty told me so and in the vids of you guys there like macs all everywhere so why cant you also make a mac port in the near future you did it for halo 1 so i hope you guys make it for mac and windows, I still dont get why it is being even made for PC who hasnt got it yet i mean over 1 min sales for xbox if people wanted it badly they would have already gotten it by now see no real point only the making your own makes NOW THATS COOL, I shot gun making side winder first, or make a cario station level or OMG OMG so cool, just make sure you release a mac port, i can still use the work laptop which is a PC but I would rather use my Quad G5 Mac which is a super computer which will breeze through playing the game (4000 graphics chip card in it and over 10 gigs of ram and a 2 terrbite harddrive) now if you make a mac port i could make the best looking levels ever.

rock on all mac users lets make a poll called also the guy who said there loyal -blam!-soft there not sure they were brought out by them BUT look through there game on Zanzibar the gate control read it. They bag microsoft look at what computers there using MACS even. Ask Marty O who did the music he all ways tells these PC users to get a mac why cause the own windows. Oh i love that Vista whats it stand for awsome mate, Alsta la VISTA baby *shoots the windows computer with shoty.

Poll
Who wants halo 2 mac

yes 100%
100000000000 votes

no 0%
0 votes

DOWN WITH WINDOWS
GREAT WORK BUNGIE (mac port please)
jpicard

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  • 02.10.2006 3:11 AM PDT
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rock on all mac users lets make a poll called also the guy who said there loyal -blam!-soft there not sure they were brought out by them BUT look through there game on Zanzibar the gate control read it. They bag microsoft look at what computers there using MACS even. Ask Marty O who did the music he all ways tells these PC users to get a mac why cause the own windows. Oh i love that Vista whats it stand for awsome mate, Alsta la VISTA baby *shoots the windows computer with shoty.

Poll
Who wants halo 2 mac

yes 100%
100000000000 votes

no 0%
0 votes

  • 02.10.2006 3:17 AM PDT
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rock on all mac users lets make a poll called also the guy who said there loyal -blam!-soft there not sure they were brought out by them BUT look through there game on Zanzibar the gate control read it. They bag microsoft look at what computers there using MACS even. Ask Marty O who did the music he all ways tells these PC users to get a mac why cause the own windows. Oh i love that Vista whats it stand for awsome mate, Alsta la VISTA baby *shoots the windows computer with shoty.

Poll
Who wants halo 2 mac

yes 100%
100000000000 votes

no 0%
0 votes

  • 02.10.2006 3:19 AM PDT