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Subject: Halo 2 for pc? or does bungie hate us?
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I've heard nothing about a pc release of halo 2. I don't have an xbox nor plan on getting one. It's reached it's limit with doom 3 obviously. Has anyone heard of a halo 2 release for pc?

  • 10.20.2004 10:09 PM PDT
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OK, here's the deal:

The official statement from bungie is "No plans yet" or there abouts. The important word to focus on is Yet. Bare in mind, when Halo 1 was announced for xbox, they said the same thing, and people said "oh well that means it won't be on PC" and evidently they were wrong.

So, I think there is a greater chance of it being released on PC than of not being released, but one thing is for sure, it's gonna take a year or two to come along. Some specialist magazines are suggestion Christmas '05 as the earliest likely date.

This raises significant problems for Bungie since there are already a lot of FPS's on PC with better graphics, and yet one of Halo 2's major selling points for xbox is "OOOooo look how pretty it is now!". So if they released it in a year with what are already 2 year old graphics, then... they're gonna need a new selling point.

(Obviously I mean to sell to the ignorant masses, any self-respecting gamer ignores sales pitches and slogans).

[Edited on 10/21/2004 4:55:02 AM]

  • 10.21.2004 4:51 AM PDT

Ach! Was ist los?

Correction time:

Bungie planned to do Mac and PC versions of Halo all along; it just took a while to get the details worked out.

--Sgt. Smith devoutly hopes that any PC port of Halo 2 does not involve Gearbox Software.

  • 10.21.2004 7:20 AM PDT
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Halo was originally DESIGNED for PC. It just took 'em a while to get everything done.

I'm Praying that H2 will come out for PC...sometime soon. I have no XBOX and will not until I am in college (parents)

My PC kicks arse, though.

  • 10.21.2004 8:07 AM PDT
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I hate xbox now i have to wait a year te get it.

  • 10.21.2004 8:39 AM PDT
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i don't think that mac will be released soon, but since bungie is owned my microsoft, the company that owns windows, it will probably be released for windows pretty soon

  • 10.21.2004 8:54 AM PDT
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I hope so, it would be pretty stupid to ignore that source of revenue...

  • 10.21.2004 9:45 AM PDT
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as some people pointed out, halo1 was originally for the Mac. They started it on the Mac, and switched it over to xbox, however for the xbox version, they started from scratch. They still had the PC version buried somewhere, and they just finsihed that. The reason also why the made it for pc was becuz u can play on-line over pc, and since halo1 was not xbox live compatible, online internet play was the next best thing.

  • 10.21.2004 4:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: NuuTrAL
They still had the PC version buried somewhere, and they just finsihed that. The reason also why the made it for pc was becuz u can play on-line over pc, and since halo1 was not xbox live compatible, online internet play was the next best thing.


Actually, you are entirely wrong and misinformed. Halo PC in 1999 was supposed to be an RTS game just like Command and Conquer or Warcraft. And since Bungie finished Myth 2, Halo was supposed to be like Myth where you're a captain and Master Chief was your commanding officer. It was after Microsoft bought them that Halo was formed as it is today. The PC version in 1999 has been put away in Bungie's hidden vault. Whatever we, the PC gamers are playing is a direct clone port of Halo on the Xbox. Don't believe me? Click on that URL and view the movie yourself.

http:// www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo_evolution.html

[Edited on 10/22/2004 3:52:53 PM]

  • 10.21.2004 8:57 PM PDT
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I dont have an x-box. So im praying that halo 2 comes out on the pc.

  • 10.22.2004 5:00 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

LMAO! halo was 1st built for mac!? craaazy!!!... well, I shouldn't doupt that actually, cause bungie was originally a mac gaming company. Like, my 1st comp was a mac, n' I loved the whole marathon series, and playing UT with the Marathon|Rampancy mod brang back soo many memories, I loved it. =D

  • 10.22.2004 10:42 AM PDT
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From the commmentary on the Halo Story video, it seems Halo was meant to be a Myth-style game for PC. So a sort of squad based RTS thing. I'm not sure when they decided to go for the mac aswell, but I doubt they made much profit from it, considering I've never seen or heard of anyone with the mac version...

  • 10.22.2004 10:49 AM PDT
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Yeah Halo was originally for PC.


and I am hoping that is is not a FUll year for the PC version of Halo 2. I am hoping more like 7-8 months Instead of the 4 FREAKING YEARS we had to wait for Halo 1 for the pc

  • 10.22.2004 12:54 PM PDT
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Holy crap, Ekul1021. Thanks for posting that link! I've only ever read about the early stages of Halo and it was just about impossible to imagine what it might have looked like. Very cool to be able to see that stuff. :)

[Edited on 10/22/2004 1:20:57 PM]

  • 10.22.2004 1:20 PM PDT
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Thanks for the link to that video Ekul1021.

  • 10.22.2004 3:03 PM PDT
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@Skippy,

Myth WAS a good game, but it got overshadowed because Command & Conquer and Starcraft overshadowed it pretty much. I think it was that time period when Bungie was really losing money and trying their hopes on getting Halo going, and of course that was when Microsoft took them in. If the PC version continued, that would be cool taking orders from Master Chief or listening to him yell at you if you failed to captured the base. There wasn't supposed to be any Flood either.

For everbody, check out this silly file here if you haven't seen it already.

http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo_nvidia.html

  • 10.22.2004 3:58 PM PDT
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damn get a xbox?....or wait a year...... decisions

  • 10.22.2004 9:27 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

Heh, thanks for the links ekul, but yeah, I think halo was made for mac originally, at that map editor at the beginning, the mouse is black with white outline, mac style. ;)

Heh, that's cool though, interesting how Halo had ragdoll to begin with, then changed to anims then limped body...

I always did wonder why the minigun never made it... I remember seeing it from many pics back in 1999...

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LMAO! just watched that gf2 gts trailer, lol, havn't seen that one yet. Wow! I wish I had that video card now.. =D

Tha'd be awesome if bungie would give us an old beta to play with while we wait for halo2, lol, I'd give bungie some massive props cause then we'd not only see, but get to play how halo was 1st meant to be. ;)

To add to these old skool vids, I google'd up the e3 video of halo, n' turns out 3D gamers has it and another one made in 99 for macworld, all nicely packaged.. here's the link:

http://www.3dgamers.com/games/halo/downloads/

Just scroll down a bit, you'll find all the vids ;)

[Edited on 10/23/2004 1:48:43 AM]

  • 10.23.2004 1:38 AM PDT
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Yeah Halo was made for Mac in the beginning since Bungie was trying to get a foot hold in the gaming world there. I don't know what other games they made between Marathon and Myths, but they didn't have much of any games for PC or Mac. Oni was okay, but I heard it was a massive failure for them although the anime theme in the game was really nice.

  • 10.23.2004 3:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: S2Kluver
damn get a xbox?....or wait a year...... decisions


...and that's what it's all about.Halo 2 WILL be released for PC in my opinion,but ONLY after Microshaft have made some extra revenue from thier XBox line...and when that slows down,Halo 2 will hit PC.

  • 10.23.2004 8:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ekul1021
Oni was okay, but I heard it was a massive failure for them although the anime theme in the game was really nice.

I hated Oni lol Thank f**k they took a whole new approach with Halo.

  • 10.23.2004 10:21 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

I used to have a mac n' game all the time on marathon. =D

Oni was sweet dude, I think the anime look turned out great, and the hand to hand combat system was very nicely done I say. Multiplayer would've made it really fun, to do all that martial arts on your buddies. = )

  • 10.23.2004 12:07 PM PDT
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I've had an idea, how about we create a petition or thread for people who will buy Halo 2 for PC? coz if we can prove that a large amount of people will buy it then maybe that'll help. Then again not enough people check these forums to count... Maybe if it was a percentage of the people who use the Bungie forums? Would that work?

  • 10.23.2004 1:44 PM PDT
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I heard that they plan to "start transferring (yes, they spelled it like that) it to PC sometime 2005-2006. I think they do hate us.

  • 10.23.2004 2:28 PM PDT
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Does harm to spread the knowledge of the Petition. You can post it in haloplanet.com or places where lots of Halo PC hang out. I would avoid putting it in an Xbox community since about 90% will give his stupid reasons as to why Halo 2 should not go to PC.

  • 10.23.2004 2:48 PM PDT

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