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Halo 2 for the PC!!!


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I don't really see any reason to believe they'd port it. The only reason it was released on PC last time was because up until Microsoft purchased Bungie, Halo was going to be a Macintosh game.

 

Personally, I'd prefer they make Oni 2. Gimme some classic Oni action with Multiplayer and I'll be one happy son of a bitch.

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I don't know.... Those are just rumors. Plus Halo 3 comes out in a few months, so I don't see why they would be releasing Halo 2 on PC this late...

 

 

I fully agree.

 

Why would they release it this late? If they wanted a port, they would've done it in 2005, not at this time.

 

It just seems like marketing suicide.

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true, but this is a heck of a lot more concrete that recent rumors i've been hearing about a certain other game discussed on these boards....

 

 

why not just say it. we all know your talking about kotor 3 anyway.

 

but yeah I agree with you. still it seems kinda late to do so. but as usual microsft has taken its own sweet time.

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actually, Halo 3 may not be coming out anytime soon. heck, Bungie hasn't even admitted to working on Halo 3. the only reason why people think Halo 3 is going to come out this year is because of one statement Bill Gates made several months ago which he has since retracted. yeah, it might come out this year, but i highly doubt it.

 

hey, at least it'll be 'super cool'. :xp:

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I see.

So, they think that by porting a great game, whose gameplay was purpousley ruined to acustom its original machine (X-BOX), to PC, one of the most advanced machines in the world, that they can get rich quickly?

 

They can do whatever they want. They're not getting anything from me.

Now that is semi-ironic, if you think about it.

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On the contrary, it is completely ironic.

I remember one case also.

 

Remember Deus Ex? Well, at first, that game was made for PC only, since the gameplay and the story were too complicated for any console at that time (and for any console today now that you think of it). But when X-BOX came, the second part of Deus Ex (Invisible War) had degraded gameplay. Why do I say degraded? Because that game was the first (and only) sucessful (even a lot sucessful) hybrid of FPS and RPG. In Deus Ex: Insvisible War, they made the areas smaller, there were less characters, the game was shorter and the RPG elements were completely torn out. Why? Because X-BOX players can't use such a complex gameplay.

 

Ironic, isn't it?

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I remember one case also.

 

Remember Deus Ex? Well, at first, that game was made for PC only, since the gameplay and the story were too complicated for any console at that time (and for any console today now that you think of it). But when X-BOX came, the second part of Deus Ex (Invisible War) had degraded gameplay. Why do I say degraded? Because that game was the first (and only) sucessful (even a lot sucessful) hybrid of FPS and RPG. In Deus Ex: Insvisible War, they made the areas smaller, there were less characters, the game was shorter and the RPG elements were completely torn out. Why? Because X-BOX players can't use such a complex gameplay

 

I remember this example perfectly, being a die-hard Deus Ex fan. I agree with you here, they did spoil Invisible War.

 

On the other hand, Halo: CO was well-accepted by critics and got great reviews. I've played the game at a friend's place and I feel it's a great game/port. Unlike IW, it's not ruined, but feels more like it was made for the PC itself. To summarize, it was not ruined IMO.

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On the other hand, Halo: CO was well-accepted by critics and got great reviews. I've played the game at a friend's place and I feel it's a great game/port. Unlike IW, it's not ruined, but feels more like it was made for the PC itself. To summarize, it was not ruined IMO.

I played also Halo: Combat Evloved. Pretty good, since X-Box wasn't that much employed in the game world. The first one was good. And I admit that maybe I shouldn't judge the second part since I don't know how it worked out. But, the problem is, I get the feeling that this one isn't going to be as good as the first one.

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it depends on how you look at it. for me, its more of a controls issue: the mouse & keyboard system is much faster than the duel joysticks the consoles use, and its a lot easier to aim properly.

 

otherwise, i've played both PC & Xbox versions of the first game and i've also played the second game. the multiplayer is fantastic on both games, and the single-player portions on both are equally satisfying. the story isn't quite as good in the second one, though, since it leaves everything unresolved (ie, a 'cliffhanger').

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