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Subject: PC Gamers are unimpressed with Halo 2
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http://pcgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18934&sid=5a8f2 fa55d f2c53effa27843c038fd32


Wow. Smells like fanboy huh? Forget the fact t hat hl 2 vista's graphics have been significant;y upgrades, Halo 2's design is vastly superior to most FPS games these days.

I hate how they dismiss dual wielding.

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  • 08.28.2006 9:16 PM PDT

I agree moderately what the guy over there said. Halo 2 is nothing more than a port unless they decide to release more information. All I see are graphical upgrades and HD support. Nothing that'll really get my bang for the buck outside of what's already there. Now if they had exclusive weapons or settings then I'd reconsider.

  • 08.28.2006 9:43 PM PDT
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I think they are viewing it from the viewpoint of someone with an xbox...

  • 08.28.2006 9:54 PM PDT
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Hey that's my thread. PC gamers wanna play games like Crysis (for xp and vista), not some dated crappy console game with no real extra features worth even the 50 bones, let alone the expensive upgrade to Vista.

  • 08.28.2006 11:02 PM PDT
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Then wtf are you doing here?

  • 08.28.2006 11:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
And it's your connection that's slower than turtle sex.

In........................................................Out .

I can't help but partially agree with some of the people of there, when you think about it, Halo 2 was a pretty bad game, but the multiplayer, skulls and other easter eggs rocked! Besides, it's not that much of a "first to fire wins" kind of game, every weapon has a strategy to be beaten, if not, you can piss off the enemy by riding the Ascension grav lift repeatedly :)

And besides, we'll be getting free online play :D



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  • 08.28.2006 11:28 PM PDT
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Then wtf are you doing here?

This section is for Halo PC, ass.

  • 08.28.2006 11:39 PM PDT

Posted by: Fantasy Star
I agree moderately what the guy over there said. Halo 2 is nothing more than a port unless they decide to release more information. All I see are graphical upgrades and HD support. Nothing that'll really get my bang for the buck outside of what's already there. Now if they had exclusive weapons or settings then I'd reconsider.

Halo 2 Vista is primarily for people who don't own an Xbox.

However, if you really want something exclusive, then how about the entire mod aspect?

  • 08.29.2006 12:39 AM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
And it's your connection that's slower than turtle sex.

In........................................................Out .

Posted by: Lucifuge777
Then wtf are you doing here?

This section is for Halo PC, ass.


Hey moron, read the blue writing below the link that says "The Maw'

  • 08.29.2006 2:50 AM PDT
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Some people need to realise that this game aint even finished yet, they must know that even Bungie said its Still in progress so they can judge it yet.

  • 08.29.2006 4:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: goweb
However, if you really want something exclusive, then how about the entire mod aspect?

Okay, shoot.

Though I agree with some of those dudes in the forum, and just like other PC gamers, I am more excited about Windows Vista and other DX10 games like Crysis rather than Halo 2, that's not stopping me from getting H2PC. Anyway, it's an early build, and they'll probably make it alot better as time goes by, so you can't really say anything for a while to see how H2 Vista turns out.

Posted by: stealthlogic
Wow. Smells like fanboy huh? Forget the fact t hat hl 2 vista's graphics have been significant;y upgrades, Halo 2's design is vastly superior to most FPS games these days.

Wow. Looks like you just contradicted yourself in the same paragraph.

When you say, "Halo 2's design", what are you talking about, specifically? Gameplay? Map design? Eh? I disagree with you. Halo 2 has almost nothing new to introduce into gameplay, at least, nothing that hasn't been done before. There are tons of better first person shooters out there with superior graphics, superior gameplay, and put something innovative to boot.

PC gaming FTW!

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  • 08.29.2006 5:04 AM PDT
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I watched that video. It's just someone playing Halo 2 on an xbox. I took a close look. And when the persons veiw we were watching, when the player walks over a weapon there was a Yellow Flash, for weapons like needler and plama rifle. When he walked over Carbine it was a blue flash. That makes me think it was probley just an xbox.

Xbox normal controlles are Y-Dual Weild Weapons
X-Exchange weapons.

And seriously if you were designing a game wouldent you be better than that?


ANd why are people complaing about Vista so much? Its the exact same thing as when Windows XP came out and you had to pretty much upgrade from 98, becuase most file only worked on XP.

Everyone is gonig to have to upgvrade to Vista eventually, if they want to keep up with the technology, so they should all just stop -blam!-ing about it.

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  • 08.29.2006 5:28 AM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

I know I am, as a PC gamer unimpressed with Halo 2.

Posted by: Master Kim
I am more excited about Windows Vista and other DX10 games like Crysis rather than Halo 2
PC gaming FTW!

I second this.

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  • 08.29.2006 6:47 AM PDT
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yea i think MS in trying to hard to convert people to Vista

look forward to Halo 3 MS.

  • 08.29.2006 6:58 AM PDT
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I agree. That's just a Halo 2 Xbox video. It even has the little xbox button icons to switch weapons. You can also tell it's Xbox because when the guy spins around to behind him, it travels at a uniform, slow speed. PC gamers would just shoot the mouse to the other side of the mousepad to spin around. The only way you would get that kind of effect on PC is if someone had a frictionless mousepad, moved their mouse, and then dropped it.

Still, it's a pretty sweet Halo 2 Xbox video. I'm watching it again.

Oh, and another thing... When the guy goes to see the score, there's no IP address. Could just mean they're playing on a LAN, but I think that sounds more like a bunch of Xboxes linked together. Also, if you look at the H2V screenshots an the Bungie H2V page, you can see that the text for picking up weapons is a larger, bolder font than the one we see on the video.

I think that about covers it....

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  • 08.29.2006 7:47 AM PDT
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wow retards FFS; in the game convention the players had the option of using a mouse and keyboard or an xbox 360 controller; which is why it says hold x etc to pick up gun because they chose to use the xbox 360 controler !

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  • 08.29.2006 8:17 AM PDT
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Actually, having seen the screenshots and other stuff, the first thing i thought was "That's pretty damned ugly", the edges were jagged, the textures blurred and the lighting appeared crude in comparison to other current PC games, and because of that, will probably fail. People running vista on release will probably have beasts of machines running top of the line gear, they'll want to play Crysis and whatever springs up for DX10, not a game that barely utilises the DX9 features like H2Vista, it saddens me really, because if Bungie get it right this time, H2Vista multiplayer will frankly rock.

  • 08.29.2006 8:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: icedz
wow retards FFS; in the game convention the players had the option of using a mouse and keyboard or an xbox 360 controller; which is why it says hold x etc to pick up gun because they chose to use the xbox 360 controler !

Oh yes? Well explain the text differences then. Observe:

H2V Screenshot
H2Xbox Screenshot

In the PC shot, the font is bolder and blockier, probably because Bungie hasn't changed it from the default MS Sans Serif.

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  • 08.29.2006 11:07 AM PDT
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First of all, its not finished, second of all, its not finished, and last of all, its not finished.

  • 08.29.2006 11:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: Chewy Gumball
First of all, its not finished, second of all, its not finished, and last of all, its not finished.

QFT! Maybe they were actually playing with mice and keyboard, they were just noobs who stopped when they fired their guns and since it's an early build, maybe the Vista team didn't have enough time to translate the "Press X to pick up [Battle Rifle]" to "Press E to pick up [Battle Rifle]" on the screen.

  • 08.29.2006 11:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
Since it's an early build, maybe the Vista team didn't have enough time to translate the "Press X to pick up [Battle Rifle]" to "Press E to pick up [Battle Rifle]" on the screen.

Why, then, on the Vista Screenshots page are there screenshots that contain the text "hold E to pick up Battle Rifle? How can you people ignore the blatant forgery that this movie is? If this was a real video of H2V, then it would be splayed all over the Top Story page. Seeing as we just got an update less than a week ago, I don't think that would happen. The only was this would show up on some backwoods game-videos site is if one of the players leaked it, and then you could be pretty sure Bungie would sue their ass off.

  • 08.29.2006 11:34 AM PDT
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I highly doubt video cameras are allowed inside the convention. This would mean these videos aren't supposed to have been made. Bungie would probably like to show a more polished version of h2v because of the exact reaction you are giving.

  • 08.29.2006 12:02 PM PDT
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that whole paragraph is completely retarded pls

  • 08.29.2006 3:24 PM PDT
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Well, the PC Gamer community is the most biased, stubborn, and sinple minded community on the whole planet.

I got called a console fanboy when i pointed out that halo 2 was superior to most PC FPSs. The pure simplicity evaded them even though I pointed out numerous reviews.

They even refused t accept the fact that PC Games can learn a lot from Halo 2.

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while also being far superior in almost every way.

  • 08.29.2006 7:20 PM PDT

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