Halo 2 PC, XBOX game

about the patch for shadowrun, you have to have a cracked (illegal) version for it to work...and if theres a patch for halo2 to run on XP will the installer even let you install it since its not Vista??probly not...

I recall that many were disappointed with Halo 2's cliffhangar ending...however, I like to see it as a bridge between two fantastic games -- in fact, they're not games. Games are just entertainment -- Halo is more, much, much more...

HALO 2 is a fantastic achievement and a milestone in human history...100/10

Some guys just made a patch modifying Halo 2 to work with Windows XP and directX 9.0c. They also made one for Shaodowrun as well! Flips off Bill Gates... :P

The only reason Halo runs only for Vista is so Microsoft can promote Vista. I HATE THEM! :devil: I mean, Vista is nothing but a glorified XP with dx 10 that can barely run anything. :P

this is sweet and also halo 2 vista came out in austrlia 17 may in JB-HIFI so i might get it on saturday and see once and for all if it will work on xp using directex 9 also look for my name jackson117 and ill say my alien name once i get it. this is sweet woooooooooooooot wooooooooooooooooooot

Hope I can play this O.o

I'm not so much interested in halo as I am DX10. IS there some kine of upgrade so I can keep xp but have dx10 because I already have spare computer with vista and its the pits.

"will the gfx be any better? "

Yep. Much better, as is evident from the screenshots that have been released. Compared to H2X it looks beautiful.

"I heard a rumor that Halo 2 for Vista will have a Level Editor... is this true?"

Not a level editor as such, but it will use the same tools as the Halo Editing Kit, allowing players to create their own maps, weapons, vehicles, bipeds, etc.

"*flips off Vista* I would Vista but the are monturing you so closely that is you go to new grounds they cut off your internet"

Uh, no. That was probably some sort of block put up by the network admin (were you at school?) or your internet was playing up. MS would'nt bother blocking you from going to Newgrounds...

"Actually, no - DirectX9.0L is for Vista only (the L stands for Longhorn). It allows Vista to run DX9 games.
Halo 2 will not run on Windows XP because Microsoft want your money for Vista.

To be honest, I don't see why anyone even cares about Halo 2 any more. It was an average game on release, and doesn't begin to compare with any half-decent PC shooter now.
It's two years late, and looking no better for it. Game over, methinks. "

That's pretty much the general consensus, that it's all a big marketing ploy. I don't entirely agree, though I don't particularly feel like arguing about it and you're entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. As for the second part, try telling that to all the people who haven't played H2 and don't have an Xbox... or all those people who do have it on Xbox, and want to create custom content from it. Halo Custom Edition is still chugging along merrily and it wasn't even a standalone release but rather a free addon, and it's been out for nearly 3 years. H2V will probably be thriving for some time considering the calibre of the Halo CE community's mappers (Neuro, Mothergoat, ejburke, Wave of Lag, SnaFuBAR and Tweek come to mind, and those are just the ones I could think of on the spot). With maps like No Remorse, Portent, and Immure 2 being considered for porting to H2V, I can see it really taking off once more people start getting Vista.

I know one of the testers through the Gearbox and H2vista.net forums, if any of you have heard of Nitrousoxide (of H2CE fame), that's him. He occasionally drops by to give us info that hasn't been publically released, so far things sound quite good though I won't be rushing out to buy a new OS and a PC that can handle it just for H2V. I'll be waiting until Vista's bugs are ironed out and I actually have some money...

will the gfx be any better?

I heard a rumor that Halo 2 for Vista will have a Level Editor... is this true?