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Bring Back Rocket Race!!!
Posted by: Dr Syx
Posted by: General Heed
Alright fine, you got me there. However, the main reason I play halo 2 vista is because it's all we have left of halo 2 online multiplayer.Actually you have Xbox Connect and Xlink Kai as well. In fact, they have a higher population than Halo 2. Plus, I want to enjoy the campaign but still be able to talk to my friends on Xbox live. Halo 2 vista definitely delivers in that case.Technically it doesn't because there's no party chat. :D
Basically, all I want out of halo 2 vista is a substitute/replacement for the Xbox version which no longer has Xbox live support anymore. I guess that's why I felt halo 2 vista was great. I always looked at it from a console gamers perspective and from that perspective, the port is good enough if not better than the Xbox version. But I'm curious about what you think, is halo 2 vista at least an improvement over the Xbox version? I think I said in this thread already that it's literally the only game to be on both console and PC that I'd rather play on a console. I couldn't care less about the graphics. The 60 FPS is nice when I'm not getting frame rate drops that I should not be experiencing on this system. The editing kit is so poor there might as well not even really be one. In fact, I can find better maps from mods made for the Xbox version. The mouse support is so bad that I even prefer use a controller while playing it.
In short, there are too many bugs and it doesn't play well enough to make a difference if it's on the PC. The graphics are better but that in no way makes up for its faults. I'd rather play the game on Xbox Connect or Kai. :P
Well games for windows live does have private chat which is good enough if I only want to talk to one person which happens frequently.
Anyways, playing halo 2 on the Xbox 360 has bugs of its own that have never been fixed. Though these bugs are mainly related to the campaign so it won't affect people who don't play the campaign very often.
I just noticed that even though my original Xbox supports resolutions up to 1080i, halo 2 still looks better on the Xbox 360. In fact, while the Xbox 360 automatically upscales all games to 1080p, the original Xbox will only play games in the resolution they were designed for, mostly 480p. I think only 3 games on the original Xbox natively support 1080i. Just a little fun fact there. Also, the Xbox 360 adds the benefits of anti aliasing to original Xbox games (though the original Xbox GPU is theoretically capable of 2x msaa.
Oh one more reason why I like halo 2 vista and games for windows live is that I enjoy surprising my friends with games invites to halo 2. A lot of people on Xbox live still aren't aware of the existence of gfwl. They're aware halo 2 was shut down on the original Xbox, so they'd be very shocked to see a game invite to halo 2. Plus, the pc icon next to my gamer tag when I'm playing also confuses them. So yeah, that's one of the big reasons I want halo 2 vista and gfwl to survive.
[Edited on 04.22.2012 8:38 PM PDT]