Halo.

Spier · Sep 30, 2003

Halo released - [11:05 30 September 2003 john_d PC News ]

Halo v1.01 Patch - [11:27 30 September 2003 john_d PC Patch ]

Says it all.

Do not even consider buying this piece of ****.

[UMC]Boron · Sep 30, 2003

wow....

Cap'n Beeb · Sep 30, 2003

Erm. I dont see a patch for Halo anywhere else, and GamersHell has no information pertaining to what this patch fixes.

:shake:

Spier · Sep 30, 2003

http://halo.bungie.org/oldnews.html?item=7607

The only noticeable thing the patch has done so far is enabling the copy protection. Says something about the state of the "gold" version of the game when they didn't even get that right.

DallasStarsRule · Sep 30, 2003

Without taking away anything from the Xbox Halo, Halo for PC was just a bad idea. 2 year old game. Originally for a console. That pretty much says it all.

The entire point of a port to another system is to get it done really fast.

I also hear it runs like ass on medium comps, which is surprising considering its dated graphics.

Mr. Apocalypse · Sep 30, 2003

I say we wait and see how the game atcual is before we "OMG teh patchz are oot for a b4d gaym!"there are plent of games that chatch small bugs when the first release them and hold off on the patch for awhile to save face, atleast they admitted they were wrong

DallasStarsRule · Sep 30, 2003

I played it. Its mediocre, I can see what the fuss would have been like in 2001, but now its meh. The vehicles, the engine, the AI; all the original strengths have been done and done better by now.

What I dont like is that it tries to sell squad based combat, but the single player is basically you killing a bajillion enemies one after the other. Its so arcady...I dont like first person shooters that only have the arcade shooting.

Multiplayer...like I said, I heard it runs very badly on people's computers who have no trouble running ut2k3 or bf1942 ect ect. So I dont think it'll be a huge hit.

DamienW · Sep 30, 2003

The real weakness, imo, is that the first couple levels are really, really poor. They're basically a copy/paste of a set of hallways, over and over ....
When you get to the surface of the planet, things get a bit betterh thoug

Freon · Sep 30, 2003

Dallas, the game was made for PC at first. If it wasn't for the XBox, it would have been released even before

Anyway, i've tried it and it's really slow. really really really slow

but it's good nonetheless

Spier · Sep 30, 2003

The game was originally ment for the Mac, IIRC.

It runs reasonably well on my P4 2.4, GFTi4200 and 512 RAM...in 800x600 with low details and "-use11".

Freon, can you explain with just a few words why it is good?

GNAT · Sep 30, 2003

I say we wait and see how the game atcual is before we "OMG teh patchz are oot for a b4d gaym!"

Alot of us have played it, and it runs like ass.

Mr. Apocalypse · Sep 30, 2003

GNAT said:
Alot of us have played it, and it runs like ass.

The real one, or the leaked on?

Freon · Sep 30, 2003

Spier said:
It runs reasonably well on my P4 2.4, GFTi4200 and 512 RAM...in 800x600 with low details and "-use11".

dude, that's pretty bad. I can run UT2k3 with details maxed out in a better resolution. Halo is quite low poly. I also have a GFTi4200 and 512 RAM, I play in 800 with all details on, and I really expect it to be smoother than that :shake:

Spier said:
Freon, can you explain with just a few words why it is good?

the AI is pretty good, there's nothing more satisfactory than feeling fear in your enemies voices and gestures (eg: disabling the shield of an enemy and putting a bullet in the back of his head as he runs away)

The warthog is a blast, and the modern battelfield immersion quite refreshing.

DallasStarsRule · Sep 30, 2003

The real one. I tried the leaked one briefly, but for some reason it wasnt skinning anything for me, so everything was just a grey model.

fist_mlrs · Sep 30, 2003

so is cooperative multiplayer back in the pc version?

jaymian · Sep 30, 2003

Gamespot reported that coop is gone. I have played through the xbox version in coop and had a blast. I won't waste my time with the pc version. I guess if you have an ass kicking pc, and have never played halo, maybe it would be worth it.

fist_mlrs · Sep 30, 2003

i just don't see why every publisher seems to think removing the coop mode is a good idea. from a mappers point of view it is as easy as it could be to make a map coop-friendly. i threw in a few more playerstarts, thats it. not even a minute of work. ingame the code doesn't have to be changed all that much either, maybe adding an instant spawn protection and a new scoreboard. i just find it kinda sad i have to play quake2, unreal and rune just to have some decent coop multiplayer. what i understand even less is why anybody would remove an working coop mode. i just don't get it :/

Spier · Sep 30, 2003

This is Microsoft we are talking about, can anyone say "expansion pack(s)"?

D.Turtle · Sep 30, 2003

Halo working so badly on a PC is probably just Microsoft trying to show how good the XBox is performance wise

fist_mlrs · Sep 30, 2003

well, from what i've seen so far i don't think they'll be able to sell an addon. this game is way behind time by now, the graphics were amazing two or three years back, but what i've seen in screenshots and video feeds is pretty outdated by now. in addition to this the cooperative mode, the gameplay mode they used to advertise this game with a few years ago. lokks like an other game wasted by microsoft.

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