If your a HALO 2 fan on the PC, read this

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - If your a HALO 2 fan on the PC, read this

Posted: 2/9/2006 11:59:25 PM EDT

Load of horse shit if its actually true.....

Halo fans will have to upgrade their computer if they want to follow Master Chief's adventures on the PC.
Microsoft has announced that the PC version of Halo 2 will only work on the new version of Windows called Vista.

The decision could make it expensive for many to play the game if they have to buy the new version of Windows and extra hardware for their PC.

Microsoft has given no definite release date for Vista but it is expected to be available by the end of 2006.

Power play

Deciding to make the best-selling Halo 2 Xbox game a Vista-only title is likely driven by Microsoft's desire to get people upgrading to the new version of the Windows.

Minimum specifications for Vista (formerly called Longhorn) will be released in the summer but information gathered from reviews of pre-release versions have given clues about its hunger for computer power.

With Vista, Microsoft has made big changes to the way it handles graphics. Unlike other versions of Windows, it will need an advanced video card to get the most out of it.

It is also likely to demand a lot of computer memory and a sizeable hard drive. While these requirements are likely to be met by dedicated players who want to get the most out of games, many less keen players could struggle to comply.

The decision to make only a Vista version of the best-selling Halo 2 game could significantly stunt the game's appeal.

The Vista edition of Halo 2 will offer single and multi-player versions of the game, extra maps from add-on packs as well as software tools to create new places to play.

To date Microsoft has sold more than 14.5 million copies of the Halo games. Players have also racked up more than 600 million hours of multiplayer Halo gaming on the Xbox Live service.

Posted: 2/10/2006 6:12:11 AM EDT

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It is meant for the xbox anyways. Playing Halo on the PC is blasphemy.

Posted: 2/10/2006 6:27:55 AM EDT

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i still see hundred of systems a year running business's on windows 98.

I'm starting to like the forced upgrades on computers

Posted: 2/10/2006 6:34:04 AM EDT

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i still see hundred of systems a year running business's on windows 98.

I'm starting to like the forced upgrades on computers

+1

It should be a felony to have anything less than windows 2000 on a PC anymore.

Posted: 2/10/2006 6:34:36 AM EDT

[#4]

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It is meant for the xbox anyways. Playing Halo on the PC is blasphemy.

Yep... One was better anyways.

Nathan

Posted: 2/10/2006 6:56:18 AM EDT

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i still see hundred of systems a year running business's on windows 98.

I'm starting to like the forced upgrades on computers

+1

It should be a felony to have anything less than windows 2000 on a PC anymore.

just yesterday a doctors office 7 computers running 98se. the server was running nt 4.0. they were 400mhz 128 mb of ram. andrunning the latestest mcafee virus scan. and they all had gator installed.

they each took 4 minutes to boot into windowz. i was there for 5 hours. all i was suppost to do was replace a router. I should have know. a bunch of women in a doctors office. all they do it look at guys, and cats and dogs on the internet.

and none of them were hot

Posted: 2/10/2006 7:00:53 AM EDT

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just yesterday a doctors office 7 computers running 98se. the server was running nt 4.0. they were 400mhz 128 mb of ram. andrunning the latestest mcafee virus scan. and they all had gator installed.

they each took 4 minutes to boot into windowz. i was there for 5 hours. all i was suppost to do was replace a router. I should have know. a bunch of women in a doctors office. all they do it look at guys, and cats and dogs on the internet.

and none of them were hot

You should get hazardous duty pay tacked on for having to struggle thru that.

BTW - Is there a XBOX type controller that plugs into the PC?

Posted: 2/10/2006 7:05:49 AM EDT

[#7]

I don't know if there is an XBOX version, but I know you can take your PS2 controller and use it on your PC with the right adapter it plugs into a USB port.

Posted: 2/10/2006 7:09:20 AM EDT

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I don't know if there is an XBOX version, but I know you can take your PS2 controller and use it on your PC with the right adapter it plugs into a USB port.

Yes, there is an xbox version. So???

Posted: 2/10/2006 7:09:41 AM EDT

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I don't know if there is an XBOX version, but I know you can take your PS2 controller and use it on your PC with the right adapter it plugs into a USB port.

oohhh?

How would you know that

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btw - Posting in between paperwork deluges?

Posted: 2/10/2006 9:10:25 AM EDT

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I don't know if there is an XBOX version, but I know you can take your PS2 controller and use it on your PC with the right adapter it plugs into a USB port.

oohhh?

How would you know that ?

btw - Posting in between paperwork deluges?

Yeah the paperwork never ends!!

<----Me behind all the paper on my desk.

Posted: 2/10/2006 4:24:32 PM EDT

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It is meant for the xbox anyways. Playing Halo on the PC is blasphemy.

mouse/KB blows that control pad away any day

Posted: 2/10/2006 5:04:07 PM EDT

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It is meant for the xbox anyways. Playing Halo on the PC is blasphemy.

mouse/KB blows that control pad away any day

Doesnt matter. Halo is a console game. They port it to the PC for the doucebags who do not know any better

Posted: 2/10/2006 5:33:57 PM EDT

[#13]

Pssst......Teh original XBOX is a PC under the hood!

Posted: 2/10/2006 9:22:16 PM EDT

[#14]

I predict Vista will be the next ME

Posted: 2/10/2006 10:15:38 PM EDT

[#15]

dang ms is so desperate to push their new crappy OS

Posted: 2/10/2006 10:16:25 PM EDT

[#16]

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i still see hundred of systems a year running business's on windows 98.

I'm starting to like the forced upgrades on computers

+1

It should be a felony to have anything less than windows 2000 on a PC anymore.

just yesterday a doctors office 7 computers running 98se. the server was running nt 4.0. they were 400mhz 128 mb of ram. andrunning the latestest mcafee virus scan. and they all had gator installed.

they each took 4 minutes to boot into windowz. i was there for 5 hours. all i was suppost to do was replace a router. I should have know. a bunch of women in a doctors office. all they do it look at guys, and cats and dogs on the internet.

and none of them were hot

I got to do a call for this chick... www.nadia-bjorlin.com/. Took us 3 days to finish their house... installed 4 plasma tv's, 4 pc's, wireless network, wired the whole house for audio and video... took awhile.. anyhow.. while I was upstairs installing the pc in the bedroom, she comes home from work (Soap opera show), says hi, walks into the bathroom, and takes a shower.. left the door open... all I had to do was peek my head in and I could of seen it all... wish I had! I was more worried about her asshole fiance walking in on me watching :)

-d

Posted: 2/10/2006 10:18:42 PM EDT

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dang ms is so desperate to push their new crappy OS

What makes you think it is so crappy? Playing with a beta version are you? If you are, here is a hint - its not a final production version.

I, for one, welcome windows vista, and hope it becomes an industry standard.

Posted: 2/10/2006 10:33:33 PM EDT

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dang ms is so desperate to push their new crappy OS

What makes you think it is so crappy? Playing with a beta version are you? If you are, here is a hint - its not a final production version.

I, for one, welcome windows vista, and hope it becomes an industry standard.

umm sorry i didn't know beta version was out and don't really have time to find it and download the whole crappy thing. im sure most casual pc users will appreciate those new features they put in, but it's not really that good. but whatever floats your boat.

Posted: 2/10/2006 10:42:38 PM EDT

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dang ms is so desperate to push their new crappy OS

What makes you think it is so crappy? Playing with a beta version are you? If you are, here is a hint - its not a final production version.

I, for one, welcome windows vista, and hope it becomes an industry standard.

umm sorry i didn't know beta version was out and don't really have time to find it and download the whole crappy thing. im sure most casual pc users will appreciate those new features they put in, but it's not really that good. but whatever floats your boat.

one more newbie who doesnt know what he is talking about.

Posted: 2/11/2006 8:25:14 AM EDT

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dang ms is so desperate to push their new crappy OS

What makes you think it is so crappy? Playing with a beta version are you? If you are, here is a hint - its not a final production version.

I, for one, welcome windows vista, and hope it becomes an industry standard.

umm sorry i didn't know beta version was out and don't really have time to find it and download the whole crappy thing. im sure most casual pc users will appreciate those new features they put in, but it's not really that good. but whatever floats your boat.

ho

and a newbie who actually got offended over a pos OS

Posted: 2/11/2006 8:27:51 AM EDT

[#21]

I'm no MS hater, but making you upgrade to a new OS to play one of their most popular games is hella-lame.

Posted: 2/11/2006 8:28:40 AM EDT

[#22]

Hell, I think most current games are still 2000 compatible.

Posted: 2/11/2006 10:56:11 AM EDT

[#23]

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Hell, I think most current games are still 2000 compatible.

Quite a few are 98/ME compatible also.

Posted: 2/11/2006 11:17:22 AM EDT

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dang ms is so desperate to push their new crappy OS

What makes you think it is so crappy? Playing with a beta version are you? If you are, here is a hint - its not a final production version.

I, for one, welcome windows vista, and hope it becomes an industry standard.

umm sorry i didn't know beta version was out and don't really have time to find it and download the whole crappy thing. im sure most casual pc users will appreciate those new features they put in, but it's not really that good. but whatever floats your boat.

So you are calling it "crappy" and you haven't even used it??

-d

Posted: 2/11/2006 11:19:54 AM EDT

[#25]

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dang ms is so desperate to push their new crappy OS

What makes you think it is so crappy? Playing with a beta version are you? If you are, here is a hint - its not a final production version.

I, for one, welcome windows vista, and hope it becomes an industry standard.

umm sorry i didn't know beta version was out and don't really have time to find it and download the whole crappy thing. im sure most casual pc users will appreciate those new features they put in, but it's not really that good. but whatever floats your boat.

So you are calling it "crappy" and you haven't even used it??

-d

Thats the same thing I was thinking.

He has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.

Posted: 2/11/2006 2:09:37 PM EDT

[#26]

nonetheless, the new features promised for vista looks like a waste that most ppl are not even going to use (ces video) plus you could do all of that with other programs that already exists for windows xp. not only that they just had to copy firefox and make it so that it only works with vista. which is lame in my opinion.

what im trying to say is that all the features in vista can be done with just an update. vista seriously is just a waste just like latest editions of ms office.

Posted: 2/11/2006 2:22:10 PM EDT

[#27]

People already hate Vista, and it isn't even out yet. I remember how everyone hated XP too before it came out. I'll bet that 99.9999% of you running XP now would not go back to 98SE even if I paid you....which I won't. Jesus, at least wait until it comes out before you burn it at the stake.

Posted: 2/11/2006 2:34:05 PM EDT

[#28]

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People already hate Vista, and it isn't even out yet. I remember how everyone hated XP too before it came out. I'll bet that 99.9999% of you running XP now would not go back to 98SE even if I paid you....which I won't. Jesus, at least wait until it comes out before you burn it at the stake.

+1

Posted: 2/11/2006 3:27:54 PM EDT

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People already hate Vista, and it isn't even out yet. I remember how everyone hated XP too before it came out. I'll bet that 99.9999% of you running XP now would not go back to 98SE even if I paid you....which I won't. Jesus, at least wait until it comes out before you burn it at the stake.

o win xp using win2k kernal was a genius idea, i loved it bc win 2k was stable (atleast more than the current windows out back then).

ur right, people won't go back to older versions, bc it's not as secure as the latest os that ms supports (gaming performance wise, i heard it's a lot faster in win98 compare to winxp, but ppl wont switch bc of the security and stability issue). most ppl hate vista bc they know that ms can add those small features that are in vista for win xp... and the fact that they would have to switch to the latest os just to get all the good ms' security patches.

Posted: 2/11/2006 3:56:36 PM EDT

[#30]

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People already hate Vista, and it isn't even out yet. I remember how everyone hated XP too before it came out. I'll bet that 99.9999% of you running XP now would not go back to 98SE even if I paid you....which I won't. Jesus, at least wait until it comes out before you burn it at the stake.

oO? win xp using win2k kernal was a genius idea, iI loved it bcbecause win 2k was stable (atleast more than the current windows out back then).

urYou are right, people won't go back to older versions, bcbecause it's not as secure as the latest os that msMicrosoft supports (gaming performance wise, iI heard it's a lot faster in win98 compared to winxp, but ~~ppl~~people wont switch bcbecause of the security and stability issue). mMost ~~ppl~~people hate vista bcbecause they know that msMicrosoft can add those small features that are in vista for win xp... and the fact that they would have to switch to the latest os just to get all the good ~~ms'~~Microsoft security patches.

Your replies make you look like an idiot to begin with, and your spelling and grammer just makes it worse.

Learn to type.

You "heard" huh? You don't know shit.

Posted: 2/11/2006 4:10:50 PM EDT

[#31]

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People already hate Vista, and it isn't even out yet. I remember how everyone hated XP too before it came out. I'll bet that 99.9999% of you running XP now would not go back to 98SE even if I paid you....which I won't. Jesus, at least wait until it comes out before you burn it at the stake.

o win xp using win2k kernal was a genius idea, i loved it bc win 2k was stable (atleast more than the current windows out back then).

ur right, people won't go back to older versions, bc it's not as secure as the latest os that ms supports (gaming performance wise, i heard it's a lot faster in win98 compare to winxp, but ppl wont switch bc of the security and stability issue). most ppl hate vista bc they know that ms can add those small features that are in vista for win xp... and the fact that they would have to switch to the latest os just to get all the good ms' security patches.

Go back to where you came from.. you obviously don't know jack shit about OS's... and you make assumptions on stuff you haven't even used yourself.

-d

Posted: 2/11/2006 4:36:58 PM EDT

[#32]

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People already hate Vista, and it isn't even out yet. I remember how everyone hated XP too before it came out. I'll bet that 99.9999% of you running XP now would not go back to 98SE even if I paid you....which I won't. Jesus, at least wait until it comes out before you burn it at the stake.

o win xp using win2k kernal was a genius idea, i loved it bc win 2k was stable (atleast more than the current windows out back then).

ur right, people won't go back to older versions, bc it's not as secure as the latest os that ms supports (gaming performance wise, i heard it's a lot faster in win98 compare to winxp, but ppl wont switch bc of the security and stability issue). most ppl hate vista bc they know that ms can add those small features that are in vista for win xp... and the fact that they would have to switch to the latest os just to get all the good ms' security patches.

here
-d

stupid noobs everywhere. im out. kiss the rings bitch

Posted: 2/11/2006 4:39:44 PM EDT

[#33]

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People already hate Vista, and it isn't even out yet. I remember how everyone hated XP too before it came out. I'll bet that 99.9999% of you running XP now would not go back to 98SE even if I paid you....which I won't. Jesus, at least wait until it comes out before you burn it at the stake.

o win xp using win2k kernal was a genius idea, i loved it bc win 2k was stable (atleast more than the current windows out back then).

ur right, people won't go back to older versions, bc it's not as secure as the latest os that ms supports (gaming performance wise, i heard it's a lot faster in win98 compare to winxp, but ppl wont switch bc of the security and stability issue). most ppl hate vista bc they know that ms can add those small features that are in vista for win xp... and the fact that they would have to switch to the latest os just to get all the good ms' security patches.

Go back to where you came from.. you obviously don't know jack shit about OS's... and you make assumptions on stuff you haven't even used yourself.

-d

stupid noobs everywhere. im out. kiss the rings bitch

Go back to the counter-strike forums where you belong kid.

Posted: 2/11/2006 5:54:21 PM EDT

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People already hate Vista, and it isn't even out yet. I remember how everyone hated XP too before it came out. I'll bet that 99.9999% of you running XP now would not go back to 98SE even if I paid you....which I won't. Jesus, at least wait until it comes out before you burn it at the stake.

o win xp using win2k kernal was a genius idea, i loved it bc win 2k was stable (atleast more than the current windows out back then).

ur right, people won't go back to older versions, bc it's not as secure as the latest os that ms supports (gaming performance wise, i heard it's a lot faster in win98 compare to winxp, but ppl wont switch bc of the security and stability issue). most ppl hate vista bc they know that ms can add those small features that are in vista for win xp... and the fact that they would have to switch to the latest os just to get all the good ms' security patches.

Go back to where you came from.. you obviously don't know jack shit about OS's... and you make assumptions on stuff you haven't even used yourself.

-d

stupid noobs everywhere. im out. kiss the rings bitch

Go back to the counter-strike forums where you belong kid.

+42

lol

Posted: 2/11/2006 6:25:22 PM EDT

[#35]

Got an IM from him... here is the full IM in its entirety...

"noob"

That was it folks... I'd say mission accomplished, troll dispatched back to trollville.

-d

Posted: 2/11/2006 6:33:14 PM EDT

[#36]

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Got an IM from him... here is the full IM in its entirety...

"noob"

That was it folks... I'd say mission accomplished, troll dispatched back to trollville.

-d

I got the same thing, and told him to never PM me again. So far, he hasnt, looks like you are right. Back to the Steam forums for him.

Posted: 2/12/2006 8:52:45 AM EDT

[#37]

another thread, that i missed out on all the fun

Posted: 2/12/2006 8:10:16 PM EDT

[#38]

I'm interested to see what vista will bring to the table but I don't have my hopes up.
Does MS still make you register in order to get beta copies?

Posted: 2/12/2006 8:11:56 PM EDT

[#39]

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I'm interested to see what vista will bring to the table but I don't have my hopes up.
Does MS still make you register in order to get beta copies?

The people I know who are beta testing didnt register with Microsoft.

Posted: 2/12/2006 8:13:48 PM EDT

[#40]

Download from bit torrent perhaps?
I'll poke around MS's website...

Posted: 2/12/2006 8:21:36 PM EDT

[#41]

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Download from bit torrent perhaps?
I'll poke around MS's website...

Ask, and you shall recieve

ts.searching.com/download.asp?id=529073

Posted: 2/12/2006 8:24:13 PM EDT

[#42]

LOL.
Holy shit...2 Gigabytes?
Well that leaves me out as I don't have A dvd burner.

Posted: 2/13/2006 1:39:26 PM EDT

[#43]

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Download from bit torrent perhaps?
I'll poke around MS's website...

Ask, and you shall recieve

ts.searching.com/download.asp?id=529073

Thanks for the link, downloading now.

*update*
downloaded it, but no cdkey and ones I found online don't work eather. oh well.

Posted: 2/27/2006 4:40:41 AM EDT

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It is meant for the xbox anyways. Playing Halo on the PC is blasphemy.

mouse/KB blows that control pad away any day

Doesnt matter. Halo is a console game. They port it to the PC for the doucebags who do not know any better

Shows how much you know. HALO was originally developed for PC....All FPS's are better played on a Mouse+KB combo...

Posted: 2/27/2006 5:36:30 AM EDT

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It is meant for the xbox anyways. Playing Halo on the PC is blasphemy.

mouse/KB blows that control pad away any day

Doesnt matter. Halo is a console game. They port it to the PC for the doucebags who do not know any better

Shows how much you know. HALO was originally developed for PC....All FPS's are better played on a Mouse+KB combo...

Yes it does, I know that it was originally designed for the PC. Have you ever seen any gameplay videos of the early PC versions? It sucked, that game would have surely died.

And NO, not all FPS are better on a keyboard and mouse combo. I garuantee you I can put you down every single time in Halo 2 if you are playing with a KB/Mouse and me with my xbox controller.

Posted: 2/27/2006 11:47:50 AM EDT

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Shows how much you know. HALO was originally developed for PC....All FPS's are better played on a Mouse+KB combo...

Yes it does, I know that it was originally designed for the PC. Have you ever seen any gameplay videos of the early PC versions? It sucked, that game would have surely died.

And NO, not all FPS are better on a keyboard and mouse combo. I garuantee you I can put you down every single time in Halo 2 if you are playing with a KB/Mouse and me with my xbox controller.

Ooooo tough talk

Gonna agree with Adair on this one. While KB + mouse are nice for most all FPS, sometimes the simplicity of a controller makes for an excellent experience.

Posted: 2/27/2006 12:13:56 PM EDT

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Shows how much you know. HALO was originally developed for PC....All FPS's are better played on a Mouse+KB combo...

Yes it does, I know that it was originally designed for the PC. Have you ever seen any gameplay videos of the early PC versions? It sucked, that game would have surely died.

And NO, not all FPS are better on a keyboard and mouse combo. I garuantee you I can put you down every single time in Halo 2 if you are playing with a KB/Mouse and me with my xbox controller.

Ooooo tough talk

Gonna agree with Adair on this one. While KB + mouse are nice for most all FPS, sometimes the simplicity of a controller makes for an excellent experience.

Posted: 2/27/2006 12:22:35 PM EDT

[#48]

And NO, not all FPS are better on a keyboard and mouse combo. I garuantee you I can put you down every single time in Halo 2 if you are playing with a KB/Mouse and me with my xbox controller.

Of course the X-Box version has auto assisted aiming and the PC version does not so need I point out thei is not a fair comparison. They dumbed down the X-Box version because the controllers are inferior, this is not opinion, this is fact.

Anyone who thinks the gamepad is as fast or precise as the Mouse+Keyboard does not understand what they are talking about.

Posted: 2/27/2006 12:23:35 PM EDT

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It is meant for the xbox anyways. Playing Halo on the PC is blasphemy.

mouse/KB blows that control pad away any day

Doesnt matter. Halo is a console game. They port it to the PC for the doucebags who do not know any better

Shows how much you know. HALO was originally developed for PC....All FPS's are better played on a Mouse+KB combo...

Yes it does, I know that it was originally designed for the PC. Have you ever seen any gameplay videos of the early PC versions? It sucked, that game would have surely died.

And NO, not all FPS are better on a keyboard and mouse combo. I garuantee you I can put you down every single time in Halo 2 if you are playing with a KB/Mouse and me with my xbox controller.

Oh man, if you lived closer I'd take that bet and your money :P

Posted: 2/27/2006 12:29:07 PM EDT

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It is meant for the xbox anyways. Playing Halo on the PC is blasphemy.

mouse/KB blows that control pad away any day

Doesnt matter. Halo is a console game. They port it to the PC for the doucebags who do not know any better

Shows how much you know. HALO was originally developed for PC....All FPS's are better played on a Mouse+KB combo...

Yes it does, I know that it was originally designed for the PC. Have you ever seen any gameplay videos of the early PC versions? It sucked, that game would have surely died.

And NO, not all FPS are better on a keyboard and mouse combo. I garuantee you I can put you down every single time in Halo 2 if you are playing with a KB/Mouse and me with my xbox controller.

Oh man, if you lived closer I'd take that bet and your money :P

sure you would.

We can always play on xbox live. I promise I wont use my admin privelages too much.

There are only 3 games that I am naturally good at, and will talk shit about playing - Unreal Tournament, Halo 2, and Command & Conquer Generals.

You would be the one walking away broke - good luck finding a version of Halo 2 that is mouse/keyboard compatible.

Halo2 is paced and designed around the controller, and the PC version of Halo 1 reflects that.. I play better than anyone else in an online game on the PC version when I have the xbox controller with the USB adapter plugged in, rather than using the mouse and keyboard.

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