- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Pokeh
Ehh, Vista will be expensive to buy, not to mention the minimum requirements...
If you ask me, it isn't worth it, you need to buy the OS (I head its around $400), update your hardware (Hardware = Not cheap), and then finally the game, which i'd guess is $50/$40.
While, you could get an Xbox ($80), Live ($50), and Halo 2 ($15), which comes to a total of $145, see, you've got the Hardware, the online experience, and the game, for under the price of the Operating System that you need.
There are a few things I need to point out here.
0. Its a totaly different experience.
1. You shouldn't be buying Vista because of halo 2, you should be buying it because it is a much needed upgrade to XP, and because of many other factors like security, stability, and usability. Theres alot of things you can do with a computer, were as you would be buying an xbox for the sole purpose of playing halo 2. ($65 for Xbox vs. $50 for Vista both with internet bills on the side)
2. Vista won't cost $400. The upgrade versions will be much cheaper, and if you have xp you qualify for an upgrade version. Non upgrade versions still won't cost $400 unless you go for the ultimate version (which isn't needed at all) and even then I doubt its $400.
3. You don't need to update your hardware very much unless its a few years old or you got a bargin bin dell. $25 for a 512 stick of ram is rather cheap. If you do need to do some major upgrading, you can spend $500 on upgrades and have a rather nice computer ready for Vista and H2V if you have a PCIe slot and a 939/intel 64bit equivalent processor slot. If you don't have PCIe you should be upgrading your motherboard which leads to just getting a whole new computer.
4. H2V has a map editor and custom content.
5. H2V can run an super high resolutions with upresed textures, higher poly models, very little LOD (no poping), and the ability to play with a mouse and keyboard OR x360 controler.
I am awaiting the Custom content creator. That is what H2V is all about for me. You haven't seen what the H2 engine can do until you give it to us modders, and trust me, we will be pushing it to its limits very quickly.
Multiplayer is another plus, being free and all. I don't like matchmaking at all, so its nice to see there is a server browser.
[Edited on 10/17/2006]