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Posted by omegaslayer on Fri Nov 12th at 11:42pm 2004

Sorry buddy after the first Halo PC bomb I dont think anyone is going to do a Halo 2 PC. If you have a news source ill believe it. But taking that 30 fps cap off the game is asking for trouble, and is still going to cause problems, even on Halo 2 if it were ported. [addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Sat Nov 13th at 12:15am 2004

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bit quick to apply the "Stamp Of Hate" were we?


Get it right guys, it's the "Stamp o' Hate"



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Posted by Spartan on Sat Nov 13th at 2:22am 2004

? quoting omegaslayer

Where the hell is that demo level that we all saw?

What demo was that?





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Posted by scary_jeff on Sat Nov 13th at 10:24am 2004

Multiplayer CTF level where they were on a section of beach playing around with buggies and those flying things, recorded from the presentation where they announced the launch date and that idiot had it tatooed on his arm. I saw the same level on the trailer I think.



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Posted by Spartan on Sat Nov 13th at 6:20pm 2004

It might be a downloadable level later on.





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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sat Nov 13th at 6:32pm 2004

? quoting omegaslayer
Sorry buddy after the first Halo PC bomb I dont think anyone is going to do a Halo 2 PC. If you have a news source ill believe it. But taking that 30 fps cap off the game is asking for trouble, and is still going to cause problems, even on Halo 2 if it were ported.


I believe Halo for the PC sold over a million units. That's only mildly common the console market and a total rarity in the PC sector. With Halo 2 by far outperforming Halo in sales, it'd be foolish economically to not develop a port.

That's not saying it'd be perfect, but Halo on the PC, regardless of some people's perceptions of it, was a solid success (and really isn't nearly as bad as a lot of people like to make it out to be).

By the way, omega, you need to work on your use of spoiler info. Talking about the ending = no-no. Giving a spoiler in black text so you have to highlight it = good, but then describing an aspect of the spoiler in plain text defeats the purpose of doing so anyway. I'm trying hard to avoid reading your posts until I finish the game

But let it be said I think the game freakin' rocks my face. Cinematics get much better, gameplay is crazy-fun, and the story development is really intriguing. Marine AI is stupid as hell, but gives some fun random lines. Levels are much better looking this time around. Still semi-repetitive at some points, but not as much so, and the thing is they're wonderfully designed - even though the architecture and visual aspect is sometimes iffy, the actual gameplay design of each level is crazy good (better with a bigger FOV, I think) and always fun to fight in, which is the most important aspect of it. If a room's fun, they might as well get all the milage they can out of it. [addsig]



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Posted by omegaslayer on Sat Nov 13th at 8:44pm 2004

Thanks for the hint KFS I guess thats why im not good at holing things in..... But If someone puts out a Halo 2 PC (preferably someone other than gearbox) Ill buy it if they fix the FPS cap thing....Unlikely though....

[addsig]



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Posted by Finger on Sat Nov 13th at 10:31pm 2004

I guess I'm about halfway through it, right now, and have a whole new impression of the game now. Once I got to the city, and got ahold of some vehicles, it became VERY fun. The vehicles are a treat, I am especially fond of ghosts and wraiths (mmm..shooting banshees out of the sky with a Wraith you just jacked). Enemy A.I. is also very impressive.

I am still bugged by the bump mapping on some characters faces, and the detail popping during cut-scenes, but the solid gameplay and dynamic environments makes those gripes miniscule.





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Posted by Spartan on Sat Nov 13th at 10:35pm 2004

? quoting omegaslayer

Thanks for the hint KFS I guess thats why im not good at holing things in..... But If someone puts out a Halo 2 PC (preferably someone other than gearbox) Ill buy it if they fix the FPS cap thing....Unlikely though....

How can you say that? Gearbox did a great job of porting the game. You usually never see a game ported that smoothly.





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Posted by Spartan on Sat Nov 13th at 10:37pm 2004

? quoting Finger

I guess I'm about halfway through it, right now, and have a whole new impression of the game now. Once I got to the city, and got ahold of some vehicles, it became VERY fun. The vehicles are a treat, I am especially fond of ghosts and wraiths (mmm..shooting banshees out of the sky with a Wraith you just jacked). Enemy A.I. is also very impressive.

I am still bugged by the bump mapping on some characters faces, and the detail popping during cut-scenes, but the solid gameplay and dynamic environments makes those gripes miniscule.

I agree with you. I found the game much more fun in the later levels. You can also see how the bump mapping actually improves later on. I think they went a little over board with it in some of the first few levels.





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Posted by Crono on Sun Nov 14th at 5:51am 2004

? quoting Spartan 34




? quoting omegaslayer


Thanks for the hint KFS I guess thats why im not good at holing things in:lol:..... But If someone puts out a Halo 2 PC (preferably someone other than gearbox) Ill buy it if they fix the FPS cap thing....Unlikely though....
How can you say that? Gearbox did a great job of porting the game. You usually never see a game ported that smoothly.


Yes, people tend to forget Gearbox didn't remake the model's animations, they just adapted the game from Xbox hardware to PC (Not really THAT hard). The animations were created to be shown at 30fps. Because it's a console game on a TV it wouldn't make sense to make them higher. The computer version isn't a remake, it's a port. For a PORT it is fairly good even if you're used to playing other FPS at higher rates.

Unless Bungie made some higher framed animations, I wouldn't expect higher animated models in a H2 port. Not that you need them, just play at 30fps. [addsig]



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Sun Nov 14th at 6:00am 2004

Yes, but you're assuming it will actually run at 30fps, which wasn't the case in my experience. I had to run at 800x600 with all the detail turned down to get that, and guess what? On the same computer I can run CSS at 800x600 with some detail and get more than 30fps.



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Posted by Crono on Sun Nov 14th at 7:37am 2004

That's not the issue they were bitching about though. I didn't say it was excelent or anything, it still has many many faults. It's just the modeling frame limit isn't really one of them.

It doesn't run well on my computer either, so, I know what you're talking about. I doubt they translated all the code properly. They probably just emulated Xbox software and ran it on that. That would be the easiest thing to do, anyway. [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Sun Nov 14th at 1:24pm 2004

http://www.snarkpit.com/forums.php?forum=1&topic=2286&highlight=halo,performance

Reach that if you are interested in why Halo ran like crap on the PC

[addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Nov 14th at 1:52pm 2004

? quoting ReNo

Reach that if you are interested in why Halo ran like crap on the PC

it would be better if he read it duncan, the smoothness of the monitor precludes reaching it and i dunno if lep ever implemented the braille for the blind yet.

[addsig]



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Posted by Spartan on Sun Nov 14th at 4:58pm 2004

I don't know what your all talking about. Halo runs fine on my super computer that I purchased from MIT.



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Posted by pepper on Sun Nov 14th at 5:13pm 2004

i never liked halo, i played the demo and thaught the game was crap, il never buy it.
[addsig]



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Posted by snagraz_x on Wed Nov 17th at 11:18am 2004

Yeah i know, everyone thinks Halo 2 is great and everything, and they say HL2 is crap. Out of the competition between HL2, San Andreas and Halo 2, I think that Half-life two is definetly the best.





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Posted by fraggard on Wed Nov 17th at 11:22am 2004

? quoting snagraz_x

Yeah i know, everyone thinks Halo 2 is great and everything, and they say HL2 is crap. Out of the competition between HL2, San Andreas and Halo 2, I think that Half-life two is definetly the best.

AAH IT HURTS MY EYES.

Welcome to the snarkpit BTW.






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