Halo 2 $40

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touchmyichi

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They'll find a way to get it to work on xp. It will be a contest from the minute it is leaked.
 

tylerdustin2008

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Its mine either way. I bought vista and a DX10 card just for this game. But it does not require it......... Oh well going to be a great game. And xbox sucks!!!
 

Ryland

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It will probably bargain bin rather quickly...I am stuck waiting on Sonicwall to release a vpn client before I can install Vista on my home box.
 

Aharami

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Originally posted by: Tweak155
Originally posted by: gorcorps
Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
i'm interested to see benchmarks and comparison of image quality... still, for any new game, $40 is not a bad price

But it's not a new game... it's really old. $40 is a terrible price.

exactly. should be $20, max
 

mageslayer

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Originally posted by: gorcorps

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i'm interested to see benchmarks and comparison of image quality... still, for any new game, $40 is not a bad price
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But it's not a new game... it's really old. $40 is a terrible price.
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exactly. should be $20, max
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true, but micro$oft will squeze every life out of a product b4 they make new price cuts, and also they can boast having a vista game lol srry but vista is $hi%
 

mzkhadir

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What you are missing is this information.

New Multiplayer Map Editor: The game will also feature the all-new new Map Editor, guaranteeing additional new, fan-generated content in the future. The Halo 2 community can now tap their endless creative potential to develop an unlimited number of user-created multiplayer levels.

Complete Community Freedom: Halo 2 for Windows Vista offers gamers the freedom to host their own dedicated servers for maximum multiplayer action.

 

EKKC

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why they waited this long, i have no idea.
just for vista? its not going to move vista sales!
 

Cabages

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Originally posted by: tylerdustin2008
Its mine either way. I bought vista and a DX10 card just for this game. But it does not require it......... Oh well going to be a great game. And xbox sucks!!!

Wow, theres so many things idiotic about this I dont know where to begin.

I will pick it up when/if it gets hacked to work on xp. Only because I dont want to pay for Live and because I can finally use a keyboard and mouse.
 

mzkhadir

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Originally posted by: Cabages
Originally posted by: tylerdustin2008
Its mine either way. I bought vista and a DX10 card just for this game. But it does not require it......... Oh well going to be a great game. And xbox sucks!!!

Wow, theres so many things idiotic about this I dont know where to begin.

I will pick it up when/if it gets hacked to work on xp. Only because I dont want to pay for Live and because I can finally use a keyboard and mouse.

if you already have a xbox, you are not paying for live on the pc. Its all together as one.
Just pay 50 for the xbox live and pc live is included.
 

TecJunkie

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wait 2 years to get what was a mediocre graphics release at the time...

Then force your users to upgrade their OS as well...

nice move M$
 

Cabages

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Originally posted by: mzkhadir
if you already have a xbox, you are not paying for live on the pc. Its all together as one.
Just pay 50 for the xbox live and pc live is included.

PC live? Are you saying they are going to charge people on the PC version to play online?

If so consider me :disgust:
 
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Originally posted by: TecJunkie
wait 2 years to get what was a mediocre graphics release at the time...

Then force your users to upgrade their OS as well...

nice move M$
It's not like this has been a secret that Vista was required. Microsoft announced that over a year ago.
 

Bobartig

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Really, the highlight of all this will be people playing with a mouse and keyboard pwning the crap out of "hardcore" """console FPS""" players. Either that, or they'll have hobbled the PC control scheme to "level" the playing field.

@supaidaaman the GPU in the current iMacs is only moderate for gaming, although the 24" is the only one that's really decent. But just install Vista, and you'll be invited to the Halo2 club, if you really want in.
 
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Microsoft just announced yesterday that they've delayed the release of this game until the end of next week. I'm not sure why it took them all the way up to the release date to announce it has been delayed again.
 

Golgatha

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Originally posted by: nyker96
too bad vista, I guess MS really want to to buy Vista. I wonder some clever people can find a way to run this game in good old XP, probably not since it's DX10 only I believe.

Yes, a port of a game written for the XBox, a system that has basically a GeForce 3 equivalent graphics system, will require DX10 and the latest OS to run....riiiiight.
 

Fenixgoon

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Originally posted by: Golgatha
Originally posted by: nyker96
too bad vista, I guess MS really want to to buy Vista. I wonder some clever people can find a way to run this game in good old XP, probably not since it's DX10 only I believe.

Yes, a port of a game written for the XBox, a system that has basically a GeForce 3 equivalent graphics system, will require DX10 and the latest OS to run....riiiiight.

for the last time, it DOES NOT require DX10. it only requires vista
 
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Originally posted by: RallyMaster
OP needs to add + Price of Vista into the topic.
Well, we need to start adding the price of XP to games and software, too. Just because you already own it doesn't mean you didn't pay for it at some point, right? If you pirated it, then pirate Vista, too, and quit acting like you spend money on software in the first place.
 

TecJunkie

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bwahahaha blurred u crack me up. srsly vista i wouldn't play with. MS likes to try real hard to catch u
 
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