Halo PC overrated?

I've heard many rumours that Halo PC is overrated. Is this true?

I think that after all the hype from the X-Box crowd, it could not help
but be overrated. Halo is GREAT for a little green and black box with a
couple of buttons operating it, but to PC users with 102 buttons on a
keyboard and 2 buttons and a wheel on the mouse, there wernt enough features
to please. The lack of a secondary fire button , and inability to carry more
than two weapons and 4 grenades made it a little less than what was
expected. Also, it was easily beatable. I beat it in about 4 hours, But i am
a pretty good gamer and it was on the easiest setting.
I think overall on a scale of 1-10 it should get a 7. Multiplayer has some
issues too.

Note to tim: dont put your actual email addy on these newsgroups because
Spammers gather email addresses from newsgroups.

"Tim McClure" <bass_playa89@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've heard many rumours that Halo PC is overrated. Is this true?
>
>

A bit late for that warning now. He is now in Viagara heaven/hell while
signing up for the latest University course in home consolidation loans.

Probably.


"Nickelplate" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I think that after all the hype from the X-Box crowd, it could not help
> but be overrated. Halo is GREAT for a little green and black box with a
> couple of buttons operating it, but to PC users with 102 buttons on a
> keyboard and 2 buttons and a wheel on the mouse, there wernt enough
features
> to please. The lack of a secondary fire button , and inability to carry
more
> than two weapons and 4 grenades made it a little less than what was
> expected. Also, it was easily beatable. I beat it in about 4 hours, But i
am
> a pretty good gamer and it was on the easiest setting.
> I think overall on a scale of 1-10 it should get a 7. Multiplayer has some
> issues too.
>
> Note to tim: dont put your actual email addy on these newsgroups because
> Spammers gather email addresses from newsgroups.
>
> "Tim McClure" <bass_playa89@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:xDfpb.940$s9.395598943@newssvr11.news.prodigy .com...
> > I've heard many rumours that Halo PC is overrated. Is this true?
> >
> >
>
>

HAHAHAHA! lol yeah, by now he probably has added a few hundred inches to
some stuff and "made millions quick from his home!!"


<ff> wrote in message news:eroAPseoDHA.688@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> A bit late for that warning now. He is now in Viagara heaven/hell while
> signing up for the latest University course in home consolidation loans.
>
> Probably.
>
>
> "Nickelplate" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eUZ4cHcoDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I think that after all the hype from the X-Box crowd, it could not
help
> > but be overrated. Halo is GREAT for a little green and black box with a
> > couple of buttons operating it, but to PC users with 102 buttons on a
> > keyboard and 2 buttons and a wheel on the mouse, there wernt enough
> features
> > to please. The lack of a secondary fire button , and inability to carry
> more
> > than two weapons and 4 grenades made it a little less than what was
> > expected. Also, it was easily beatable. I beat it in about 4 hours, But
i
> am
> > a pretty good gamer and it was on the easiest setting.
> > I think overall on a scale of 1-10 it should get a 7. Multiplayer has
some
> > issues too.
> >
> > Note to tim: dont put your actual email addy on these newsgroups because
> > Spammers gather email addresses from newsgroups.
> >
> > "Tim McClure" <bass_playa89@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:xDfpb.940$s9.395598943@newssvr11.news.prodigy .com...
> > > I've heard many rumours that Halo PC is overrated. Is this true?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Tim McClure" <bass_playa89@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:xDfpb.940$s9.395598943@newssvr11.news.prodigy .com...
> I've heard many rumours that Halo PC is overrated. Is this true?

YES.

I hadn't played the Xbox version but obviously heard Halo being hyped to the
max by Xbox gamers over the last few years. I bought the full PC game a few
days ago, and quite honestly, what is the fuss all about? It seems Xbox
owners are seriously starved of quality games, because PC Halo is just
another dime-a-dozen first person shooter.

A couple of issues in particular;

Level design...what the hell? Once you've seen the corridor style for a
particular level, you've seen 90% of the level. Also, the majority of rooms
serve no purpose at all (no command rooms, barracks, that type of stuff)
other than an excuse to have shootouts in.

In order to get the game looking impressive, performance is atrocious. In
order to get a playable framerate, visuals are atrocious (particularly
texture quality and screen resolution). Er, Houston, we have a problem here.
A playable framerate is obviously what I went for, and seriously, even 5
year old Half-Life looks more impressive on my rig (P4 2.4ghz, 1gig ram,
256mb Fx5900).

The console roots are apparent...all fighting takes place on ground level.

From what I saw (I gave up after the appalling Library level), Halo is very
repetitous. I remember the first time I played Half-Life, seeing and
experiencing something different around every corner. Halo has none of that.

Basically, I was seriously unimpressed. If anyone else hasn't ever played
the Xbox version, I'd highly recommend not just going out and buying it on
reputation like I did, but playing the Halo PC demo first.

"Nickelplate" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eUZ4cHcoDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I think that after all the hype from the X-Box crowd, it could not help
> but be overrated. Halo is GREAT for a little green and black box with a
> couple of buttons operating it, but to PC users with 102 buttons on a
> keyboard and 2 buttons and a wheel on the mouse, there wernt enough
features
> to please. The lack of a secondary fire button , and inability to carry
more
> than two weapons and 4 grenades made it a little less than what was
> expected.

The inability to carry more than two weapons is actually a feature and do
believe you can carry 8 gernades four of each kind..

ah, 8 grenades. thats still not enough for me... How is the 2 weapon thing a
feature?( just wondering) I know that it makes it more realistic, but I just
like a little LESS realism, i LIKE to be able to justm 10 feet high and
bounce off of walls and carry a BFG that is bigger than i am. Thats all.

"None40" <noway@none.com> wrote in message
news:uK0S7FxoDHA.2232@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> "Nickelplate" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eUZ4cHcoDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I think that after all the hype from the X-Box crowd, it could not
help
> > but be overrated. Halo is GREAT for a little green and black box with a
> > couple of buttons operating it, but to PC users with 102 buttons on a
> > keyboard and 2 buttons and a wheel on the mouse, there wernt enough
> features
> > to please. The lack of a secondary fire button , and inability to carry
> more
> > than two weapons and 4 grenades made it a little less than what was
> > expected.
>
> The inability to carry more than two weapons is actually a feature and do
> believe you can carry 8 gernades four of each kind..
>
>

I agree completely, Jim!! the library level WAS HORRIBLE and it was exactly
the same. the covenant ship was the SAME EVERYWHERE. You must have read my
mind before you posted...


"jim" <jim@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:bo8c25$1au02u$1@ID-82663.news.uni-berlin.de...
> "Tim McClure" <bass_playa89@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:xDfpb.940$s9.395598943@newssvr11.news.prodigy .com...
> > I've heard many rumours that Halo PC is overrated. Is this true?
>
> YES.
>
> I hadn't played the Xbox version but obviously heard Halo being hyped to
the
> max by Xbox gamers over the last few years. I bought the full PC game a
few
> days ago, and quite honestly, what is the fuss all about? It seems Xbox
> owners are seriously starved of quality games, because PC Halo is just
> another dime-a-dozen first person shooter.
>
> A couple of issues in particular;
>
> Level design...what the hell? Once you've seen the corridor style for a
> particular level, you've seen 90% of the level. Also, the majority of
rooms
> serve no purpose at all (no command rooms, barracks, that type of stuff)
> other than an excuse to have shootouts in.
>
> In order to get the game looking impressive, performance is atrocious. In
> order to get a playable framerate, visuals are atrocious (particularly
> texture quality and screen resolution). Er, Houston, we have a problem
here.
> A playable framerate is obviously what I went for, and seriously, even 5
> year old Half-Life looks more impressive on my rig (P4 2.4ghz, 1gig ram,
> 256mb Fx5900).
>
> The console roots are apparent...all fighting takes place on ground level.
>
> From what I saw (I gave up after the appalling Library level), Halo is
very
> repetitous. I remember the first time I played Half-Life, seeing and
> experiencing something different around every corner. Halo has none of
that.
>
> Basically, I was seriously unimpressed. If anyone else hasn't ever played
> the Xbox version, I'd highly recommend not just going out and buying it on
> reputation like I did, but playing the Halo PC demo first.
>
>

"Nickelplate" <I_dont_want_free_viagra_or_mortgages@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:%23%23ujwfyoDHA.1020@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> ah, 8 grenades. thats still not enough for me... How is the 2 weapon thing
a
> feature?( just wondering) I know that it makes it more realistic, but I
just
> like a little LESS realism, i LIKE to be able to justm 10 feet high and
> bounce off of walls and carry a BFG that is bigger than i am. Thats all.
Well to each their own..


>
> "None40" <noway@none.com> wrote in message
> news:uK0S7FxoDHA.2232@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > "Nickelplate" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:eUZ4cHcoDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > I think that after all the hype from the X-Box crowd, it could not
> help
> > > but be overrated. Halo is GREAT for a little green and black box with
a
> > > couple of buttons operating it, but to PC users with 102 buttons on a
> > > keyboard and 2 buttons and a wheel on the mouse, there wernt enough
> > features
> > > to please. The lack of a secondary fire button , and inability to
carry
> > more
> > > than two weapons and 4 grenades made it a little less than what was
> > > expected.
> >
> > The inability to carry more than two weapons is actually a feature and
do
> > believe you can carry 8 gernades four of each kind..
> >
> >
>
>

"Nickelplate" <I_dont_want_free_viagra_or_mortgages@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:%23%23ujwfyoDHA.1020@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> ah, 8 grenades. thats still not enough for me... How is the 2 weapon thing
a
> feature?( just wondering) I know that it makes it more realistic, but I
just
> like a little LESS realism, i LIKE to be able to justm 10 feet high and
> bounce off of walls and carry a BFG that is bigger than i am. Thats all.
Well to each their own..


>
> "None40" <noway@none.com> wrote in message
> news:uK0S7FxoDHA.2232@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > "Nickelplate" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:eUZ4cHcoDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > I think that after all the hype from the X-Box crowd, it could not
> help
> > > but be overrated. Halo is GREAT for a little green and black box with
a
> > > couple of buttons operating it, but to PC users with 102 buttons on a
> > > keyboard and 2 buttons and a wheel on the mouse, there wernt enough
> > features
> > > to please. The lack of a secondary fire button , and inability to
carry
> > more
> > > than two weapons and 4 grenades made it a little less than what was
> > > expected.
> >
> > The inability to carry more than two weapons is actually a feature and
do
> > believe you can carry 8 gernades four of each kind..
> >
> >
>
>