Halo PC Website

Is it just me or does Halo PC look like it's from Oct 2001?

Is it true the PC version doesn't have co-op?

I'm not sure I understand all of the negative comments about the graphics. This game is old, everyone knows its old, it is no surprise that the graphics will be dated. GTA3 and Vice City look like total shit, but they're extremely fun to play. It's shitty to just say "wow this looks shitty, dated, old, unenticing, blah blah" and leave it at that, because you're just ignoring how great of a game it is.

The point is.. HALO is fucking super mega gigantically fun to play.. the AI makes for excellent firefights. I will probably play it on and off for a good six months AFTER I finish it on Legendary... just running through parts of different levels playing through skirmishes with the Covenant.

If Gearbox didn't fuck up the netcode (which I imagine they probably did, I'm not going to be optimistic about this), the multiplayer could really be a blast too.

I wonder if their engine is going to be sourced out to other companies, a-la Quake3 and UT... would be sweet to see other games made with this engine.

Did they make it uglier for the PC or something? Maybe it's just been so long since I first saw Halo that my memory is failing me but these shots aren't very enticing and I was once (before they shafted the PC gamers) excited about Halo. Now with newer titles due out on the PC I'm not sure I have any desire to play Halo.

Bah what a disappointment. It is pretty clear there is no bump mapping in those screenshots. I just hope they have an option to let your turn it on. Sure not everyone's hardware has the ability to run bump mapped mode fast, but with games like Doom3 and Half-Life 2 coming out, it is obvious people will be upgrading their PCs to run those things.

If it has no bump mapping, it won't be as exciting to me. I was hoping they wouldn't lower the graphics detail for it, but from what's been said and from what it looks in the screenshots, they have. Sure not everyone has great PCs, but that still really sucks.

could be i have seen too many doom3 screenshots, but where is the bump mapping?

I didnt see one positive comment.Maybe its just me ,but the game looks fine for a port and I played the Xbox version to death and Im sure not missing out on the miltiplayer fun on the PC. Yuo know you'll give it a try ;)

It's probably taken so long because of the AI.

With a mouse/keyboard combo the AI from XBOX would be a fuking joke.

I've never played the xbox port, but many of those screenshots look ugly.

Nice heads up on the linkage!

Halo 1 looks like poo-darts compared to Halo 2. :\

How come Halo PC shots are all 800x600, and on the MS E3 site you can download a pack of Halo 2 shots at 2560x1920...a resolution it will never be played at?

http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/halo/Halo/1/051303/ss_b_3.jpg
Blood Gulch and a Banshee!!

Errrr, didn't we all play this game almost 2 years ago ? Whats the point ?

After seeing the new Halo 2 stuff, this looks SO dated...