If the install system works as suggested that IS interesting and no doubt its possible that we will see more games with this style of installer in the future.
Shame its delayed AGAIN but it's not that I'm worried, I already have it on Xbox anyway :p

360 + Halo 2 > PC + Halo 2.

I doubt my X800 could pump out 1920x1080

But I know my 360 can pump out 1366x768 and the 2405s scaler is pretty good.

Although the tray and play feature is a nice idea, really, what is the point? I don't know about you, but I don't care about having to wait 5 or 10 minutes for a game to install.

Although I'm not buying Vista for this, I might get it for Shadowrun, and grab a copy of H2 Vista at the same time. mmmmm achievements.

Originally Posted by DougEdey
360 + Halo 2 > PC + Halo 2.

Any FPS + PC > Any FPS + Console

I agree with Wolf on this one, FPS are much better played on a PC due to controls.
Racing games however, have always been best on the console.

Not sure I'll be upgrading to vista for this one. Not when I'm using linux ;)
I wonder if wine or cedega will ever support Halo 2. I'm also curious as to when the first service pack will be out for vista.

Originally Posted by Wolfe
Any FPS + PC > Any FPS + Console

I agree a PC is best on any FPS due to the input method and the fact that you aren't generally sitting on a couch whilst playing :)

I can't believe this is being delayed because of such a useless and pointless feature. They're making everyone wait longer because of a feature that's supposed to make the wait shorter, how ironic is that! I've got a better idea, scrap the feature and release it last month! :(

Not that it matters to me personally. I don't have Vista and don't want it any time soon, so I'm not waiting for Halo 2 to be released. It just bugs me when highly anticipated products are delayed for stupid reasons.

It's a brilliant kind of irony that a game is being delayed for two weeks to incorporate a feature designed to let you play it 10 minutes sooner!

Also, could anyone who's actually played Halo 2 possibly think that it's worth upgrading to Vista for?

Wouldn't that lag quite a bit? Accessing the DVD/CD while copying it? It would split the drive access times, as well as use up some resources somewhere along the line, and if you have a slightly slow drive.. wouldn't it bring performance down?
I'd rather wait 5mins, go to the bathroom, and come back and play

But fans have been waiting to play this underwhelming console port for three years! They can't wait a second longer or their heads will explode, and Master Chief doesn't want to get any on him.

my best bet is that they forgot to switch on dx10 and the game was actualy running dx8.1 (as you can clearly see on the screenshot)

:D ;)

I'd like to get it for Vista (even though I've already got it on XBox) but somehow I don't think my PC would run it very well (besides which, I'm having severe display driver issues at the moment, where the screen blacks out for a second when the display driver stops... and then recovers every 5-10 seconds).

Anyone know what the game index is on it? Anything over 4.2 definitly won't run on my system (once I get the above sorted out)

I was hoping Bungie made another screw up like with Myth 2, where it would wipe your whole hdd if you uninstalled it. Anyway I can't see anyone upgrading to Vista just to play this game, I've played it plenty on xbox and the game wasn't very fun to begin with.

*upgraded to Vista for halo 2*

Agreed, Halo 2 was a pretty lame game. The multiplayer was ok, but who really cares about multiplayer FPSs on a console? They're always better on a PC with a mouse.

The best thing about Halo 2 was co-op, but even that didn't make it worth upgrading to Vista for.

CardJoe:

But fans have been waiting to play this underwhelming console port for three years! They can't wait a second longer or their heads will explode, and Master Chief doesn't want to get any on him.

That pretty much sums up my sentiments towards Halo 2 on PC, too.

Halo 2 won't get me to Upgrade to Vista. Crysis might, but Halo 2 certainly won't.

As far as I'm concerned (thus, this is my opinion, Fanboys, so don't try it) this game was underwhelming to begin with on Xbox, and lacks any of the substance of PC FPS such as FEAR, HL2 or dare I say it....even Doom 3.

There's too much of a whiff of console about the Halo series.
And anyway, a copy of Vista almost costs the same as an Xbox, and playing it on an Xbox would mean no hard-drive space wasted on my PC, leaving more room for PC games which might actually take advantage of high-end PC hardware.
Squeaking 3-foot-high aliens and canned humour, anyone? No thanks.

Yes, I am a PC-gaming snob, but don't get me wrong, I do play console games occasionally, particularly Japanese RPGs and Fighting games, though mostly through (legal) emulation, and if I really wanted to play Halo 2, I would one way or another, but I wouldn't upgrade to Vista to do it.

I get the feeling that this port will sell well to those out there running their Dell XPS with Vista pre-installed, no clue what's running inside the system, Compuserve shortcuts on the desktop and a copy of Halo 2 already sitting in an XBox on the other side of the room.

Has there been any guarantee that Halo 2 for PC will actually have co-op?

They dropped co-op for the PC release of Halo 1, as far as I can remember..

Halo 2 PC does have co-op

Reviews:
http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r20880.htm

http://www.gamedaily.com/halo-2/pc/game-reviews/5906/?articleID=42247

Originally Posted by CardJoe
Agreed, Halo 2 was a pretty lame game. The multiplayer was ok, but who really cares about multiplayer FPSs on a console? They're always better on a PC with a mouse.

The best thing about Halo 2 was co-op, but even that didn't make it worth upgrading to Vista for.

have to disagree with you there... I found it immensely fun and would love to play it on PC.. however... definitely not getting Vista just yet.. it's just not ready IMHO.

Originally Posted by DarkLord7854
*upgraded to Vista for halo 2*

me too, was really looking forward to multiplayer online and trying out the new games for windows live or whatever it is called. this sucks. :(

I bought my Xbox for Halo 2 (and 1). I absolutely loved it to pieces and I've suffered Vista (rather than suffering XP :p) so that I could play Halo 2.

I'm actually quite glad it's been delayed a few weeks as I accidentally spent all my money on C&C3 and some gigabit networking kit :x.

Edit: And there better be an "advanced install" option to install it all at once - I want all the files to be on my HDD, I don't want my DVD drive thrashing to load files mid fire-fight.

one thing that should be interesting is when the mods start coming for the game... shotguns that fire stickies anyone? :)

on a more serious note I enjoyed Halo 2 for the xbox and will enjoy playing it on 2560x1600 (with all the details the console games lacked turned on)


another thing about PC fps games is that they usually are capable of putting out better visuals than their console cousins if you have the hardware.

this feature is kind of pointless. i wont use it, i prefer to go to the kitchen and open a beer than to use this.

Halo 2… *yawns*

No. No, it isn't. Now stop talking in italics.

Bahaahahaaahahahahaaahahahahaa. This is why I love bit-tech. ;)

I find it funny how people say im not upgrading to vista for Halo 2 or (insert game) So nobody wants to upgrade to Vista for Vista???

Anyway, Halo 2 on PC. Does anyone really care?? I sold my Halo 2 over a year ago and its all about Halo 3 now. I see this as a Budget game for PC, I dont see how they can expect people to pay £30

You can buy the original Xbox Halo 2 for under a tennor, and if you didnt waste your money on vista, you could buy a Xbox and Live Subscription and still have money left over to buy a Big Mac and bus rid home. :)

I think I still have Halo somewhere on PC that I never even played. I seem to buy alot of budget games and forget I have them and never play em.

Originally Posted by mikeuk2004
I find it funny how people say im not upgrading to vista for Halo 2 or (insert game) So nobody wants to upgrade to Vista for Vista???

Nobody has yet given me a good reason to do so. :p
Exorbitant cost, worse performance, new 'features' of no appeal or usefulness.

If I could get DX10 on XP Pro, I'd likely never migrate to Vista until other apps & drivers stopped working on XP..

It's said that, in time, Vista will become a good gaming platform, but when?
Even then, there's still the issue of price... Something just feels wrong about spending that much money on something so intangible as a new operating system.
At least when buying hardware you can see the immediate benefit and use of it in terms of performance and functionality, and there's no "getting used to it" period.

If Vista were €50, not €515 (for retail Ultimate), then I'd get it, but I'd install it only as multiboot alongside XP Pro, because even at that price I'd find it difficult to justify the cost of it when performance is (supposedly) worse and compatibility is lower.
I can state with certainty that if I spent €515 on a new Operating System, I'd be kicking myself because I could have put it towards some hardware with an immediate appreciable benefit.

I add the proviso 'supposedly', there, because I haven't tried it out for gaming yet myself, but if we're to stop believing online benchmarks then sites like Bit-tech would mean a lot less to us :p

Since I'm building a new, extra system for my room this month, I'll have to buy another copy of a Microsoft OS. XP Pro for €140 or Vista Ultimate OEM for €179?
I'll probably still go for XP..



When somebody shows me the benefits of running Crysis on a DX10 platform, then I might be persuaded to switch over. :)

Originally Posted by mikeuk2004

Anyway, Halo 2 on PC. Does anyone really care??

Yea, I know your question was most likely rhetorical.. however, I think some of us already answered this question :D lol

I can wait a little bit longer for halo 2