View Full Version : Does anyone here play Halo for the PC?
Hydralisk
2004-08-08, 03:55 PM
I was wondering if it is worth the 2 hour... trip to best buy!
OfaLoaf
2004-08-08, 03:56 PM
I was wondering if it is worth the 2 hour... trip to best buy!
I've played it for Mac (neighbor's mac, I don't have one), and it's great. Multiplayer's nice.
Always try to use the banshee. Flying for teh win.
snowwolfe
2004-08-08, 03:57 PM
If you played halo at a friends because you dont have an xbox and are absolutely craving the game then yes. If you have the xbox version then it depends on if you want to play online.
Hydralisk
2004-08-08, 03:57 PM
OKTHXVERYVERYMUCH:love:
MrPaul
2004-08-08, 05:32 PM
Unless you have an uber PC, I wouldn't bother, the coding (indoor) is shoddy as hell, and it gets so choppy it's un-fun. I never play games at less than 1/2 graphics (ruins the game for me, flat textures and such) so this was a big let down.
for reference, my basic system:
Intel P4 3.0ghz
GeForce FX5200
1024MB DDR RAM
Edit: when you get to outdoors or in a vehicle though: :love: :D
Rbstr
2004-08-08, 06:04 PM
yeah you have what i like to call 5200 syndrome, AKA you GFX card sucks at DX9 games what do you expect? it's never been crappy laggy for my with the demo on near full.
MrPaul
2004-08-08, 06:09 PM
It runs Planetside on full, with no video lag bar when Im flyin through Hossins swamps, and Planetsides System Specs are about 4x that of Halo, so I damn well expect Halo to run smoothly.
Rbstr
2004-08-08, 06:17 PM
PS is not DX9, and does not use PS2 shaders
MrPaul
2004-08-08, 06:28 PM
I tried to turn off the shading (I'm not thoroughly techy: Dynamic Shading?) but that didnt help. (Is that even what you mean by PS2 shading?)
Isn't Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, a DX9 game? 'Cause that runs fine. :(
Boomer
2004-08-08, 06:33 PM
ok
I am a dedicated Halo PC and Halo CE player (Halo custom edition)
I hang out at various halo sites. including gearbox.. which is where all of your sig is from. That looks alot like hellspawnhere's sig.
Anyway.. my in game name in Halo CE is >>Boomer<<
i never play Halo PC. I make maps for Halo CE and am currently working on a map Called SpaceStation. I bet i will own you.
As for all of you that say halo sucks... because it is too graphically intensive... go get a deceng card. Halo runs on my system with a GEFORCE 4 MX 440!!! that is worse than your fx card.
As someone else said. FX cards dont work well with DX9. so.. dont judge games that are better than planetside before you have even played them.
Boomer
2004-08-08, 06:34 PM
Isn't Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, a DX9 game? 'Cause that runs fine. :(
its a DX9 0.b game. They patched the problem in that version. (now there is a DX9 0.C.. i suggest you get it)
Hydralisk
2004-08-08, 08:02 PM
ok
I am a dedicated Halo PC and Halo CE player (Halo custom edition)
I hang out at various halo sites. including gearbox.. which is where all of your sig is from. That looks alot like hellspawnhere's sig.
Anyway.. my in game name in Halo CE is >>Boomer<<
i never play Halo PC. I make maps for Halo CE and am currently working on a map Called SpaceStation. I bet i will own you.
As for all of you that say halo sucks... because it is too graphically intensive... go get a deceng card. Halo runs on my system with a GEFORCE 4 MX 440!!! that is worse than your fx card.
As someone else said. FX cards dont work well with DX9. so.. dont judge games that are better than planetside before you have even played them.
Ban this ****** please. No way Halo is better than PS. Trolling, flaming, poopoobrain. His machine poops the poop out of your machine.
Setari
2004-08-08, 08:48 PM
dont start flaming....
Halo PC is practically worthless compared to the xbox version. The coding is indeed quite bad. And I can guarantee you practically everyone here has played Halo PC.
and one more thing, Hellspawnhere's sig is just an animated hydralisk..Just because more than one person has a hydralisk in his sig doesnt mean they all ripped off of one person.
JetRaiden
2004-08-08, 08:49 PM
yea its good I guess.
Lonehunter
2004-08-09, 05:13 AM
No way Halo is better than PS.
Halo isn't better then PS, ok...
1. Have you played Halo?
2. Do you have years of gaming experience?
3. Do you honestly think Planetside has a better reputation then halo?
I seriously expect a good answer to each question.
UncleDynamite
2004-08-09, 06:27 AM
Halo and Planetside, despite being both shooters, are two very different games. One is centered on a single-player campaign and intense multiplay, while the other is focused on massive battles with player teamwork. They both do a good job at what they do.
Halo will run on PC fine if you have a decent ATi card and tweak our settings a little bit. You don't need to run Halo at top settings because 1) it doesn't work very well, and 2) you really don't need to. Dropping back the settings a bit won't make any noticeable difference in graphic appearance. There's a lot of guides out on the 'Net explaining how to best optimize your PC for Halo, if you're still curious.
Hamma
2004-08-09, 09:43 AM
It was fun for a bit.
Infernus
2004-08-09, 10:00 AM
I had HALO PC when I didn't have my xbox... but now that I have the xbox there isn't much point to HALO PC, other then the fact that I don't have to move at all to play online (with xbox I have to run up and down the basement stairs because my xbox is in the basement...)
And boomer, even though you're a member of Enclave doesn't mean you need to be an asshole out of game as well...
And to think that someone with the name 'Hydralisk' would have a pic of a hydralisk in his sig, THE INSANITY!
Biohazzard56
2004-08-09, 10:17 AM
Halo PC isnt really a DX 9 game it was the first DX 9 game to ship if you could call it that all it takes advantage of is the 2.0 shader that almost nobody can run because they did a terrible job of porting over the graphics engine.
juggalokilla
2004-08-09, 10:50 AM
cant stand to play it on pc. played too much on x-box version. never comes close to massing 12-16 people lugging 36-48 inch tvs to your house for halo night. thats most fun ive ever had gaming, except my 36 fureflat weighs like 220 lbs. heavy!:eek:
Hydralisk
2004-08-09, 12:25 PM
Halo isn't better then PS, ok...
1. Have you played Halo?
2. Do you have years of gaming experience?
3. Do you honestly think Planetside has a better reputation then halo?
I seriously expect a good answer to each question.
1. I have played hours and hours and hours and hours (etc. etc.) of halo on the Xbox. Never multiplayer though. It can't be that much different can it? I'm asking if it is worth the money if I already have the Xbox version.
2. Yes.
3. No, but he need not flame PS if he is some random guy who decides to post flames over here.
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