- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Are we looking at client side hit detection? PunkBuster support for anti-cheat? A netcode that's actually worth using? Easy map making that doesn't require $1000 programs? Basically, is this going to be what HaloPC and HaloCE should have been? Are we going to have developer support that extends beyond the CEO of the company talking smack? Is the game going to be made with professional gamers in mind, or is it going to be made for 40 year old soccer moms again? Don't let us down Bungie/MS. Don't do it again, please.
Lets disassemble this post *that way I don't blow a gasket*
-PunkBuster: Why should Bungie use a third party for anti-cheating measures? I'm sure that Bungie can develop their own systems. Sure PunkBuster is good, but couldn't Bungie do better?
-Net code: I use the Halo PC net code, big whoptie fin doo. Any good net code is better than any bad net code. The better the net code, the better the online experiance. *NOTE: you will not get blue screened with the PC version of H2... I hope <=)*
-Easy map making: Why should map making be easy? Why should we let 13 year old pre-puberty idiots make horrible maps that just flood out the community? A map needs to have someone with more than a toothpick's worth of sense in their head. $1000? try $3500 for 3ds Max 8... BUT you are paying for what the professionals use to do the 3d meshing, including Bungie themselves. If you want what the pros use, you must pay the pro-price. *unless you’re a student of course =D*
-"Basically, is this going to be what HaloPC and HaloCE should have been?": One word; NO. In more words than one; Halo PC was Halo 1 from the xbox, guess what Halo 2 PC is? That right! Its Halo 2 from the xbox! What a coincidence!
-"Is the game going to be made with professional gamers in mind, or is it going to be made for 40 year old soccer moms again?": WTF? Seriously What the Fudge? I see NOWHERE anything about Halo being for soccer moms. Where did you come up with that idea? Can you please tell us where we may find this "soccer mom" thing?
*Note I left some things out because they were A: Too stupid to reply to. Or B: Leaving it up to the developer team to tell us.
PS: I wonder how many times Bungie, the Maw, and I have to take the Vista stick and beet some people over their heads to make them realize the reasons why Halo 2 has to be for Vista? I also think that Frankie and I can agree the tenacity and ignorance of some people.
[Edited on 3/22/2006]