I'm sure Bungie is getting flogged by emails requesting this, but wouldn't it be cool if they could release a playable Halo 2 demo? Upon reading the February 2004 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine, I learned that one of their employees, Frank O'Connor, now works at Bungie Studios. (lucky bastard!) So I was thinking that maybe they could put a playable Halo 2 demo (perhaps of the E3 demo video?) on one of the upcoming disks. I'm sure the people at Bungie read this, so perhaps if there is a huge demand for a playable demo, they might release one. Please share your thoughts on this, and let your voice be heard!
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narcogen
We aren't Bungie
In reply to: halo rules... and so can't give you Halo 2, for free or not. Heck, our copy just arrived today. http://bungie.net is Bungie Studios.
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Anonymous (not verified)
LOVE IT!!!
I would just like to tell you that I saw the demo and freaked out I just absolutely had to have the game and now that I have my special edition copy of Halo 2 I am one of the happiest people on earth and I would just like to say to the creators of the Holy Grail of video games that I hope to god that you guys make another Halo and maybe next time you guys can put in some of those vehicles and weapons that you couldn't put in this one into the next one
a greatful fan
Joshua Watson
narcogen
Demo?
In reply to: LOVE IT!!!What demo?
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Anonymous (not verified)
Halo 2 PC release
I think that Halo 2 WILL come out for the PC after a time for microsoft to make all the $ they can get. Then (like Halo 1) the cool game Halo 2 will evetualy come to the PC. I have Halo for the PC and I think it's the best MUlTIPLAYER game I have ever played. Although Counter Strike would win if there were Ghosts, hogs, scorpions, and Banshees.
Anonymous (not verified)
That is a great idea im sure
That is a great idea im sure everyone loves the thought of a halo2 demo but unless we bug the crap ouit of these people i doubt that well ever see one so the most we can do now is just keep asking
Anonymous (not verified)
That is a great idea im sure
That is a great idea im sure everyone loves the thought of a halo2 demo but unless we bug the crap ouit of these people i doubt that well ever see one so the most we can do now is just keep asking
Anonymous (not verified)
PC DEMO FOR HALO 2
Why dont they just make a PC demo for halo 2. Its all like XBOX this and XBOX that but nobody seems to notice that most good games dont even come out on PC anymore. This is absolute crap.
I WONT A PC DEMO 4 HALO 2, OR AT LEAST HALO 2 BEING RELEASED ON PC!!
narcogen
Don't hold your breath
In reply to: PC DEMO FOR HALO 2Halo 2 hasn't even been announced for PC. And given the experience of PC Halo users and the tension between Gearbox and Bungie, I think there's reasonable doubt that it will ever happen.
I'm not saying it won't-- because I don't know for sure either way. But if I had to guess, I'd say it's not.
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MarineSniper
Re: Don't hold your breath
In reply to: Don't hold your breath[quote=narcogen]Halo 2 hasn't even been announced for PC. And given the experience of PC Halo users and the tension between Gearbox and Bungie, I think there's reasonable doubt that it will ever happen.[/quote]
First of all I'm surprised this thread is still in use.
Narc, as before he probably meant the E3 2003/04 demos.
What tension is there Narc? I haven't heard of anything..
Really, I wouldn't use Halo 2 as a PC game. On my laptop that I got around last year sometime like around August or something, the graphics were crap. I had to put it on the lowest setting of detail and I didn't like that to take out the lag. On the internet there was always a lag. Halo 2 is so much faster that people wouldn't have a clue.
narcogen
You might turn blue
In reply to: Re: Don't hold your breath[quote=MarineSniper]
First of all I'm surprised this thread is still in use.[/quote]
Me, too :)
[quote=MarineSniper]
Narc, as before he probably meant the E3 2003/04 demos.[/quote]
Well, those were really only playable by Bungie. They've mentioned in a few places that, while strictly speaking, it was all in-engine and real-time, there were many ways they could have broken the scripting; Earth City was never really completed as a playable level.
[quote=MarineSniper]
What tension is there Narc? I haven't heard of anything..[/quote]
There's a lot. Gearbox has been consistently and repeatedly pointing fingers at Bungie as a response to fan complaints about PC Halo's lack of editing and Custom Edition's netcode problems.
[quote=MarineSniper]
Really, I wouldn't use Halo 2 as a PC game. On my laptop that I got around last year sometime like around August or something, the graphics were crap. I had to put it on the lowest setting of detail and I didn't like that to take out the lag. On the internet there was always a lag. Halo 2 is so much faster that people wouldn't have a clue.
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I'm in the same boat. I use a powerbook for my computing and for older games; I wouldn't call myself an Xbox fanboi, but it's got more than enough good games (Halo 1 and Halo 2 included) to use up all the free time I could possibly have that I want to give to computer gaming, and then some.
MarineSniper
Re: You might turn blue
In reply to: You might turn blue[quote=narcogen]
Well, those were really only playable by Bungie. They've mentioned in a few places that, while strictly speaking, it was all in-engine and real-time, there were many ways they could have broken the scripting; Earth City was never really completed as a playable level.[/quote]
Agreed, though it is still a demo. Or maybe he got the leaked version..
[quote=narcogen]
There's a lot. Gearbox has been consistently and repeatedly pointing fingers at Bungie as a response to fan complaints about PC Halo's lack of editing and Custom Edition's netcode problems.[/quote]
Lol. Fair enough. Maybe another publisher might do it?
[quote=narcogen]
I'm in the same boat. I use a powerbook for my computing and for older games; I wouldn't call myself an Xbox fanboi, but it's got more than enough good games (Halo 1 and Halo 2 included) to use up all the free time I could possibly have that I want to give to computer gaming, and then some. [/quote]
Exactly. People should enjoy the Xbox because of Halo, not go "Oh yeah I've played it on Xbox we can also play on the computer". Halo is an Xbox game, not a PC game.
Anonymous (not verified)
I agree
In reply to: PC DEMO FOR HALO 2the games are made on a PC therefore they should make a full game or atleast a demo
narcogen
Unlikely
In reply to: I agreeSaid it before... I'll say it again. Probably not going to happen.
All console games are developed on PCs of some kind. That doesn't mean all console games get ported. Because they don't.
Even if it was done, it'd most likely be done by a porting house, like last time-- which means Bungie wouldn't be doing the game port or the demo themselves anyway.
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Anonymous (not verified)
PC Demo for Halo 2
In reply to: PC DEMO FOR HALO 2Anonymous (not verified)
halo 2 Demo pc
what time is the demo comeing out pls tell sooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnn
thx
Glock
narcogen
There isn't one
In reply to: halo 2 Demo pcThere is no Halo 2 for PC. Although it's possible such a port might be done in the future, nothing has been announced yet, so it is far too premature to be asking when there's going to be a demo for a game that hasn't even been announced yet.
As I've posted elsewhere in the thread, I think it unlikely Halo 2 will be ported to PC.
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Anonymous (not verified)
hello halo 2 people
please put halo 2 on the internet to play as a demo im looking forward to it, i been playin halo 1 on the internet every day
can you put halo 2 on also email me back at bjmsports9129@yahoo.com and tell me what website the demo is on thanks...
Anonymous (not verified)
This is the best game. What i
This is the best game. What im ever play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous (not verified)
hi my nami is "u"
Anonymous (not verified)
cool
Anonymous (not verified)
never
Anonymous (not verified)
i recon the demo would be goo
Anonymous (not verified)
Halo 2 The Whole Game
Anonymous (not verified)
Covenant: Grunts
Anonymous (not verified)
Covenant: Grunts
MarineSniper
Re: Covenant: Grunts
In reply to: Covenant: GruntsAnonymous (not verified)
Halo 2 for PC
narcogen
uh-huh
In reply to: Halo 2 for PCYeah, I like to think I know how Bungie is. At least, slightly better than most of the cretins who work at places like Best Buy.
If Halo 2 comes to the PC by March 2005, I'll have your man-babies.
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Anonymous (not verified)
yeah when
Anonymous (not verified)
Im from Hq
Anonymous (not verified)
WHAT HE SAID@@@
Anonymous (not verified)
no
Anonymous (not verified)
MAKE IT AND MAKE IT FAST
Anonymous (not verified)
???????????????????
narcogen
You can't
In reply to: ???????????????????... because it doesn't exist.
Halo 2 for PCs-- let alone a free demo of it-- doesn't exist because Bungie hasn't announced it. Nor is there any indication that any such announcement is forthcoming.
If you want Halo 2, at the moment you've got to buy an Xbox to get it. They aren't expensive these days.
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Anonymous (not verified)
Would love to see a playable
Anonymous (not verified)
i want halo2 demo
narcogen
For whom?
In reply to: i want halo2 demoWho would the demo be for? The three guys who have Xboxes but don't own Halo 2 already?
Given how many more PlayStation 2s there are in the world, the fact that Halo 2 was even CLOSE to GTA:SA's numbers in sales is astounding. I doubt the number of potential customers they have left would be worth making an Xbox demo for.
As for a PC version-- even if it were to exist (which I doubt) the demo would come (as usual) after the game's release, and my guess is that would be a minimum of 1 year away... if it happens at all, which I doubt.
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Anonymous (not verified)
halo 2 pc release
narcogen
PC version
In reply to: halo 2 pc releaseThe PC version was largely a disaster. There are three separate versions (Mac, PC, Custom Edition). Custom Edition supports mods. The other two don't. Custom Edition is not network-compatible with the other two, and depending on when fixes are made, sometimes the Mac and PC versions aren't compatible with each other.
The only player base for all flavors of PC Halo is much lower than on Xbox Live for Halo 2. Custom Edition is unable to get even 1,000 simultaneous players worldwide at any one time, and the modding community, compared to earlier Bungie games like Marathon and Myth, is merely a shadow of itself.
There's little incentive to port Halo 2 to PC, I think, and given the schedule the last time, I'd not expect to see an announcement for six months and then another year to complete the port itself.
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Anonymous (not verified)
make one
narcogen
Re: make one
In reply to: make one[quote=]MAKE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!or i wont buy full version[/quote]
With over six million copies already sold-- over 12 for the Halo franchise to date-- somehow I'm not sure how much weight this threat carries.
You must know SOMEBODY who has Halo or Halo 2. Ask to try it.
Or how about this: The Halo games are good. Trust us.
Anonymous (not verified)
Halo 2 Demo
Anonymous (not verified)
halo 1 came out for pc
narcogen
Except it wasn't
In reply to: halo 1 came out for pcMicrosoft published Halo 1 on the PC. It was ported from the Xbox to the PC by Gearbox, and ported from the PC to the Mac OS by Westlake.
So if Halo 2 were to come out for PCs, most likely it would take the same route: a third party would be contracted to do PC and (possibly) Mac ports, and Microsoft would publish them. (Although MacSoft I believe published the Mac version.)
However, I've said it before and I'll say it again: don't hold your breath for PC or Mac ports of Halo 2.
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Anonymous (not verified)
we nned the demo
narcogen
If it is the best game ever
In reply to: we nned the demo... why not just buy it? It's out for Xbox now, or so I hear.
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Anonymous (not verified)
halo
Anonymous (not verified)
asking for a fave
Anonymous (not verified)
ya we know
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