I made a picture about today at Evilbore

[Howard Alan Treesong]

[MrAngryFace]

I bought another bottle on the way home, and two more for later in the week

[FatalT]

ENDER'S GAME FUEL NOM NOM NOM

[Ecrofirt]

I swear, MAF is a viral marketer for Microsoft/Bungie. He must get some sort of kickback from the Halo 3 awareness that comes with each sold Game Fuel.

[Smooth Groove]

I swear, MAF is a viral marketer for Microsoft/Bungie. He must get some sort of kickback from the Halo 3 awareness that comes with each sold Game Fuel.

You can't be viral when everyone knows that's where your paycheck is coming from. 

[MrAngryFace]

I want Halo 3 so bad. Im almost finished with my latest Halo 2 play-through, im halfway through the third Halo novel, and I bought a Halo 3 poster for my office and have it pre-ordered. Also bought the WIRED mag for this month cuz master chief is on the front being all BADASS

[Smooth Groove]

Your Halo hype rubbed off on me.  I wasted time playing Halo 2 on Vista instead of doing serious work this weekend.  Vista Halo 2 is underrated.  They did a lot more with the visuals than just port it over to be rendered in a higher res.  I can tell the major improvements that they made w/ the cutscenes.  Game also balances kb/m and joypad controls pretty well, unlike most console shooters that are ported to the PC.  If you use a joypad, the game will help you aim a little just like in the Xbox version.  If you use a kb/m, then you get no help.  Game is a bit more buggy although I really haven't crashed as many times as some reviewers indicated. 

[MrAngryFace]

at its core the gameplay in Halo 2 isnt awful, unfortunately from a technical standpoint the game is pretty rushed. I mean shit shouldnt render in front of me, thats just weird. The vehicle shit in Halo 2 is really top notch and a lot of fun, and the missions are a lot of fun. I think ive sold this game kinda short in the past but its still a much better experience than 90% of the other console FPS games out there.

<3 Tank/Bridge Mission

[Smooth Groove]

I think their "vision" of Halo 2 was more than the Xbox could handle.  But, hey, at least they got a lot closer than Killzone, aka, Halo killer.  Halo 2 on Vista, crashes aside, seem to have a lot less of the rendering in your face glitches that you mention.  Give it a try when you can.  If your PC is beefy enough, the game also feels more intense because you can have it running at 60fps instead of 30fps.  I think it still looks pretty good at 1900x1200. 

[MrAngryFace]

Haha, it was nice when Halo 2 DID run 30 on Xbox

I actually had a scene where the textures on the tank were popping in and out while the chief was talking lol

[Madrun Badrun]

at its core the gameplay in Halo 2 isnt awful, unfortunately from a technical standpoint the game is pretty rushed. I mean shit shouldnt render in front of me, thats just weird. The vehicle shit in Halo 2 is really top notch and a lot of fun, and the missions are a lot of fun. I think ive sold this game kinda short in the past but its still a much better experience than 90% of the other console FPS games out there.

<3 Tank/Bridge Mission

The biggest problem with halo 2 though is cramped level design compared to the first; it made it loss it's magic.   :'(

[Smooth Groove]

Haha, it was nice when Halo 2 DID run 30 on Xbox

I actually had a scene where the textures on the tank were popping in and out while the chief was talking lol

Was Halo 2 really that bad on the Xbox 1?  I remembered that it had less slowdown in Halo 1 and it was pretty smooth except for the cutscenes.  That popping in and out crap happened with Gears of War and it was considered the best looking game ever.  I guess next-gen hasn't solved everything yet. 

[brawndolicious]

Gears had pop in?  I thought it just had a rasterizing problem.  I had a blood test and saw this sign today.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h120/fallingsilo/082007_15181.jpg

I wonder what it means.

[MrAngryFace]

I dont remember gears having pop in, tho I havent played A LOT of gears