[aldo_14]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4698072.stm

Just as well I couldn't give a ****, I suppose.  Are they really expecting people to pay a gigantic wodge of cash for a new OS' to play a game that isn't actually even that 'modern'?  Because otherwise, it's a rather nonsensical decision.

[starbug]

i had heard rumours that Halo 2 was porting to the PC but thats stupid! i wouldn't pay for it, not if am going to fork out a huge amount of cash for a new OS and advanced hardware, just hope UT07 dosen't go that way!

[achtung]

Microsoft's business practices make me LOL.

[karajorma]

Most idiotic MS choice ever. The only thing this will do is increase the number of people pirating Vista.

[WMCoolmon]

It amazes me how much Microsoft can compound stupid decisons.

I'd sooner upgrade my hardware than spend $250 on a single game.

[SadisticSid]

I imagine there'll be an XP patch/crack made by someone soon after the game is released. There's probably no technical reason why it can't run on XP if it uses DirectX. And with the usual ingenuity of the crackers, there'll be little reason to actually buy either title.

[MicroPsycho]

If it had upgraded graphics it might be worth acquiring, but if not then this just a dumb idea.

[BlackDove]

Something to do with 64bit then?

[phatosealpha]

Probably the WGF or whatever it was that they were planning on using as direct X's successor.  Seem to remember that backporting it to XP had some issues, something about hardware access level allowed or something like that.   Might be that the thing won't actually work on XP.

But that said, does anyone really care?  It's an outdated game, and much of it's appeal was because the platform it was on didn't have anywhere near the amount of very strong contenders in the same genre as the PC does.

[CP5670]

Who cares about Halo 2? What I want to play is SCDA and UT2007, and whenever it comes out, STALKER.

[Unknown Target]

Lmao, yea, M$ overestimates how much people care about Halo 2. The don't realize that PC gamers have better shooters to play on the PC. It seems Microsoft has lost track of it's old core audience, and is treating us like console gamers now; Hurry! Buy a whole new system to play the sequel to a lackluster game! No thanks, M$.

[BlackDove]

That's why it'll probably be Vista only. There's no real market for it on the PC, so why not just make the loyal PC fans pay for Vista while they're at it.

[Dave2040]

BURN MICROSOFT!

*burns a M$ Flag*

[achtung]

http://toastytech.com/evil/index.html  Old as hell, still a great site though.

Feels very cuddly and reminds me of the old days of the interweb.

Plus the DooM midis fit it quite nicely.

[fearian]

Direct X 10 - or Direct X as their calling it (roman numerals) is intergrated into Vista, in fact vista requires it to run. Halo 2 will probably be ported over to be reliable on DX10 - even though this is stupid as it could probably run on DX7...

And dont think of it as spending 200+ quid on a game - youll upgrade to vista eventually. pirate or not.

[Deepblue]

Singleplayer Halo 2 isn't too great, but multiplayer is AWESOME.

It would be stupid to do Vista only though. I don't know anyone who's going to upgrade for a port of a 2 year old game.

EDIT: All the currently released maps + custom map maker? I bet Halo CE (custom edition) people will jump for this.

[Deepblue]

Direct X 10 - or Direct X as their calling it (roman numerals) is intergrated into Vista, in fact vista requires it to run. Halo 2 will probably be ported over to be reliable on DX10 - even though this is stupid as it could probably run on DX7...

And dont think of it as spending 200+ quid on a game - youll upgrade to vista eventually. pirate or not.

Halo 2 is DX8/9.

[aldo_14]

Singleplayer Halo 2 isn't too great, but multiplayer is AWESOME.

It would be stupid to do Vista only though. I don't know anyone who's going to upgrade for a port of a 2 year old game.

EDIT: All the currently released maps + custom map maker? I bet Halo CE (custom edition) people will jump for this.

All twelve of them..............(I remember Gearbox developers *****ing about it, but it's largely their fault for making such a sloppy conversion)

[Deepblue]

They better include co-op this time, especially since it's being done in house.

[aldo_14]

They better include co-op this time, especially since it's being done in house.

Does the original (halo 2) have co-op over network or just split screen?  Because if it's the former, I doubt they'll add it in for a PC conversion that is unlikely to do particularly well.