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Offline Setekh

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Or something like that. Lots of updates from the beta:

http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=netupdate&p=659789

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Offline mrfun

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I hope this one has a freakin quiksave... bad rabbit, checkpoints are for consoles...

 

Offline Turnsky

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I hope this one has a freakin quiksave... bad rabbit, checkpoints are for consoles...


silence, heathen, that's because it IS on a console..:p

for those who preorder halo2.. :)
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Offline Singh

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I am soooooo gonna buy this, even if its just for use on my cousin's system :D
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Offline Gloriano

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silence, heathen, that's because it IS on a console..:p

for those who preorder halo2.. :)


I'am getting that already pre-ordered, and should be 2-3 weeks until HALO2 goes gold
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Offline Bri_Dog

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I'll be getting it when they put it on PC...........and when I have a PC that can run it.
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Offline Grug

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Counting down as well eh Setekh? :)

Indeed, I already have mine pre-ordered.
I'm trying to finish all assignments before that date because everything else loses priority when Halo2 comes out. :p
My homepage is even set to bungie.net hehehe.

I think I may have to use some of the excuses that they were suggesting to avoid having to leave the Xbox... :D

At least when my eyes are watering beyond belief and my hands are cramped from holding the control, I should have several other games to take a break with. Like Battle for Middle Earth, and Dawn of War. :D

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Offline Fineus

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Are we going to be seeing another "fantastic reasons to buy the X-Box.. 2 years later and it sucks on the PC" scenario? It has so much PC potential that hasn't been realised with Halo (which - lets face it - was a poor port that happened to late).

Halo 2 will have to be something special then. Especially with Battlefield 2 and Quake 4 in the pipeline for the PC. I won't be buying a console just to play it - that's for damn certain.

 

Offline 01010

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Your loss. I know I'm gonna enjoy the **** outta Halo 2.
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Offline aldo_14

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Are we going to be seeing another "fantastic reasons to buy the X-Box.. 2 years later and it sucks on the PC" scenario? It has so much PC potential that hasn't been realised with Halo (which - lets face it - was a poor port that happened to late).

Halo 2 will have to be something special then. Especially with Battlefield 2 and Quake 4 in the pipeline for the PC. I won't be buying a console just to play it - that's for damn certain.


Halo  really dissapointed me on the PC.  Not just the shoddy job done of the conversion, but the game design.... there's not all that much that's interesting.  

You've tried all the guns by about half way through, seen all the enemies by about the same time, and the story is pretty uninspiring.  Plus the continous reuse of the same levels gets on my tits - it's too bloody repetitive.

Cardinal sin is that you can't fire out the rear door of a dropship.... that could have saved the dgame, but alas - no.

 

Offline Turnsky

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Halo  really dissapointed me on the PC.  Not just the shoddy job done of the conversion, but the game design.... there's not all that much that's interesting.  

You've tried all the guns by about half way through, seen all the enemies by about the same time, and the story is pretty uninspiring.  Plus the continous reuse of the same levels gets on my tits - it's too bloody repetitive.

Cardinal sin is that you can't fire out the rear door of a dropship.... that could have saved the dgame, but alas - no.


by the looks of it, you can do so in the sequel, or something of the like, but the proof will be in the pudding, really..

yeah, i'll admit, Halo's multi was its only saving grace on PC, but it was marred by its astronomical hardware requirements... (thanks to gearbox.. :doubt: )
Halo on the Console, however, it was flawless, given that none of its features (namely the vehicles) felt "tacked-on" bear in mind that most console FPS's really botched up various intergrations of features, and made them feel like several games in one.. Turok: evo is one such example.. oh, and the bodies don't dissappear, either..

halo shows Developers how a console FPS should be made.. but, that said, hopefully halo2 will correct the gripes that are present in the first one.
remember, the last few games that bungie made were Oni, and the Myth series of games, so cut them some slack for being slightly out of practice in the fine art of FPS's;)
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Offline Setekh

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Cardinal sin is that you can't fire out the rear door of a dropship.... that could have saved the dgame, but alas - no.


You couldn't fire out the rear of the Pelican? I can - methinks you were only ever on the Pelican during cutscenes and level intros where you weren't supposed to fire. Any other time you get in a Pelican (end of Silent Cartographer and beginning of Assault On The Control Room if you get to Fire Team Charlie fast enough), you can fire out of it, throw grenades, whatever you like.

That said, though, the port truly wasn't all that great. I never play it on PC - the Xbox version is so much better. Not to mention the whole fact that there's co-op on Xbox and not on PC. ;)
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Offline 01010

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Co-op added immensely to the single player. Halo was also a much much better single player game with the AI pumped up to full, it's all about those battles that keep you on your toes, being down to two bars of health and being trapped behind a rock by two elites while they pummel it with plasma as you wait for your shields to recharge is an incredible feeling. Working out the best strategies to get through a room of enemies was my favourite part of the game and the reason I loved it so much.

Then you throw in one of the best multiplayer experiences I've ever had and it just seals the package for me.
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Offline Setekh

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Yeah, one of the things I loved was how the AI was dynamic enough to never let a single battle play the same way, even if I played the same old tactics, but even more when I tried new approaches on different rooms or environments. I'm totally looking forward to having some more original level designs though, so Halo 2 will be taking up a lot of my time. Thank goodness it's after most of my exams are done. ;)
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Offline HotSnoJ

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silence, heathen, that's because it IS on a console..:p
Except Halo was originaly suppose to be on the PC. :p
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for those who preorder halo2.. :)
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*wishes he had the money for Halo2 and an XBox* :(
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Offline Turnsky

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Except Halo was originaly suppose to be on the PC. :p
 


*Bzzzt!* Wrong!

Halo was originally supposed to be on the Mac! :nod:

EDIT: oh yeah, it was also originally supposed to be an RTS, too..
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Offline 01010

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*Bzzzt!* Wrong!

Halo was originally supposed to be on the Mac! :nod:


Wrong too. Halo was originally a Mac and PC effort, however it was first revealed to the public at Macworld in New York (can't remember the year though).

What with Far Cry, Half Life 2 due soon, Doom3 (a mild disappointment but I'm excited at what can be done with the engine) and Halo 2, I think this has been an awesome year for P.C and Console FPS'.
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Offline Fineus

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Your loss. I know I'm gonna enjoy the **** outta Halo 2.

Based on the original? It's no loss at all :)

I'm just glad I never paid for that...

 

Offline Fergus

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You know what was the greatest achievment of Halo?  It was the clipping.  Not a single leg was in a wall, occasional odd angles yes, but no bad clipping.  Name another game of its period that did that.  Console or PC.
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Offline 01010

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Based on the original? It's no loss at all :)

I'm just glad I never paid for that...


I paid £400 for an Xbox and Halo with an extra controller, worth every single penny because I can honestly say I've put more time into Halo than I do into most other games combined. However, if you're talking about the PC version then I can see where you're coming from, it was a disappointment for me, it seemed to lose something fundamental in the translation that I can't put my finger on.

Different strokes for different folks though.
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