<div class="IPBDescription">'nuff said</div> Yeup its confirmed Halo 2 has just gone gold. <a href='http://www.gamespot.com/news/index.html' target='_blank'>Good old gamespot</a>
I don't think it was ever in doubt that they would meet their release date: they could release Halo 1 with different maps and it would sell enough copies to buy Bill Gates the bottom half of the West Coast. Not to mention Hawaii.
Uh notice the quote in gamespots header? "Bungie to gamers: Halo 2 is gold. " So uh yeah it is try today <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Have you noticed that Gamespot is not Bungie, and that Bungie have not in fact said that Halo 2 has gone gold? They said that it is at the Release to Certification stage, and is almost guaranteed to go gold very soon.
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<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Finished and shipped to a nebulous region known as RTC (Release To Certification) where <b>it will be dumped from eight digital tapes onto a DVD and <i>go through some <u>final testing</u></i></b>. Usually that's just a matter of routine, but we'll be watching our email carefully through next week...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I.e. Not gold.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Matthew L. Barre+Oct 2 2004, 12:41 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Matthew L. Barre @ Oct 2 2004, 12:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Uh notice the quote in gamespots header? "Bungie to gamers: Halo 2 is gold. " So uh yeah it is try today <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> So uh yeah try not today.
No, compare it this way, Doom 3 on PC played next to Doom 3 on Xbox, Halo 2 if done properly would be alot better on PC. And not just because you don't have to pay2play. Just my opinion though.
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<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Oct 1 2004, 08:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Oct 1 2004, 08:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> No, compare it this way, Doom 3 on PC played next to Doom 3 on Xbox, Halo 2 if done properly would be alot better on PC. And not just because you don't have to pay2play. Just my opinion though. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> by "if done properly" you mean.. totally revamped to be a PC game? because as is, it is 100% designed as a console game..
<!--QuoteBegin-Ryo-Ohki+Oct 1 2004, 10:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ryo-Ohki @ Oct 1 2004, 10:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yeesh, FPS games on consoles do not work. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah they do. I will say a keyboard and mouse is a better control scheme, but FPS games work just fine.
<!--QuoteBegin-Ryo-Ohki+Oct 2 2004, 01:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ryo-Ohki @ Oct 2 2004, 01:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yeesh, FPS games on consoles do not work. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Correction: GOOD FPS games. Bad ones sell like hawtcakes either way.
Halo IS good, In fact Halo felt as natural on Xbox as GoldenEye did on N64. God that game rocked so hard, I cant even begin to count sex oppertunities I wasted to play that game with my friend.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Ryo-Ohki+Oct 1 2004, 08:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ryo-Ohki @ Oct 1 2004, 08:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yeesh, FPS games on consoles do not work. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> "work" how? if you mean that people don't like it.. well. it sorta ... sold a lot.. and is legendary.. XD
If anyone hates halo its probably because they were exposed to Online multiplayer with it. Dear god its a lag-athon. You have to lead your shots and the animations are choppy. I don't understand it. I AM GETTING 120 FRAMES PER SECOND YET WHEN I FIRE MY PISTOL THE PISTOLS ANIMATION PLAYS AT LIKE 10 FRAMES PER SECOND OMG. Halo PC that is.
Im hoping this one will be a bit better. I will play it, but going in with low expectations. The main things that annoy me:
"Omg, we have liek rocket warthogs now, and liek flying stuff in multiplayer"... which we had in the PC version already. "omg, cut and paste" - Im sure they have fixed this for this version, they heard so much complaining about it <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Im sure the SP will be good, but the MP will just be PC Halo with a few new maps.
When I first played Halo for PC, even though I could squeak out 30 FPS on average, it was still a good shooter. Now, after a while and a few other shooters later, and a video card that allows me to play it at a constant 30 FPS or so, I notice that what I thought was good truely sucks. The covenant on legendary have perfect aim, I don't mean good, I mean you peak out of the corner just a bit and expose your shoulder and you're lit up like a goddamn christmas tree. In combat, they will ALWAYS switch to you as a target despite being engaged by multiple other targets. And the introduction and the Flood as an enemy, are a complete and utter JOKE! It has good merits I'll give it that, but a rather bad netcode, and not being ported well for peopel to play with good framerates, it was lack luster at best on the PC. I think, if they continue to make them, make the one for the PC while working on the Xbox one, the PC one lagging behind a bit in production like Doom3's Xbox counter part did.
Why do people love halo so much? I mean, its good and all, but it's no where near great.
Take the Library of lost souls/doom/somethingsomething for example, I simply stopped playing after I reached that level. Took the disc out. And put burnout in. It simply gets too repetitive.
And its not fun on multiplayer either. The weapons are boring. The radar is too revealing, and it's simply UT with better visuals. The vehicels suck IMO. The warthog is fun for a while, but all the others are simply a joke.
Not bad, but not as good as y00 fanb0is make it seem.
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I.e. Not gold.
Never trust the press over a developer. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
So uh yeah try not today.
by "if done properly" you mean.. totally revamped to be a PC game? because as is, it is 100% designed as a console game..
Yeah they do. I will say a keyboard and mouse is a better control scheme, but FPS games work just fine.
Correction: GOOD FPS games. Bad ones sell like hawtcakes either way.
"work" how? if you mean that people don't like it.. well. it sorta ... sold a lot.. and is legendary.. XD
On xbox it's magical, but it's one of the most horrible ports to the PC of all time.
"Omg, we have liek rocket warthogs now, and liek flying stuff in multiplayer"... which we had in the PC version already.
"omg, cut and paste" - Im sure they have fixed this for this version, they heard so much complaining about it <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Im sure the SP will be good, but the MP will just be PC Halo with a few new maps.
Take the Library of lost souls/doom/somethingsomething for example,
I simply stopped playing after I reached that level. Took the disc out.
And put burnout in. It simply gets too repetitive.
And its not fun on multiplayer either. The weapons are boring. The radar is
too revealing, and it's simply UT with better visuals. The vehicels suck IMO.
The warthog is fun for a while, but all the others are simply a joke.
Not bad, but not as good as y00 fanb0is make it seem.