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Halo PC Interview

by Steve Gibson, Jun 03, 2003 11:36am PDT

Related Topics – Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Combat Evolved, halo, Gearbox, Interview

A few weeks back I paid a visit to Gearbox Software to check out Halo for the PC. I'm honestly not a huge Halo fanboy by any means only having played through about half of the game in co-op mode with a friend being my experience. I'm no expert on the game and for looking at a port to really know the "important" questions you need an expert. Luckily the art geek who does so much stuff around here Mike is a Halo superfreak. The following interview with Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford covers a bunch of the basics and and of course more

Shack: Will the PC version include the same "make your own rules" multiplayer game type the Xbox supported? Randy Pitchford: That's actually much nicer in the PC version. Creating the game modes is more accessible now, and there are more features and options. It's really neat because if you like a game like Counter-Strike, you can quickly modify the game using these simple menus to make it so you only have one life per round and so on. If you like Battlefield 1942, you can set up a King of the Hill game with a fixed number of respawns (like tickets). It's really cool because there are conventional options and crazy stuff too for when you're in the mood to goof around in a LAN setting with your friends. ...

I got to put in a couple of hours of multiplayer Halo on the PC and absolutely loved it. The vehicles and the maps really gave off this great vibe of a futuristic battlefield. The obvious comparison would be BF1942 set in the future and that's probably the best comparison I can think of. If the network code proves to be able to not suck on the this could get really popular really fast.

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Halo comment: (someone please answer?)

I enjoy this game and I've just read the map in the map room and had someone drop me off in the ship to a platform - kind of a sneak underground air attack - I beleive this is the start of the underground missions.

Anyhow.
The game is fun - infact it's good and the controls are great for a console game.

but ummmm why do I keep seeing posts along the lines of "greatest game ever" and or other such things proclaiming it's totally fucking amazingly good?

It's good but (for me) it's no where near that good? - am I missing something?
Does it get a lot better?
Are they only saying this because of coop mode or something? (I'll never get a chance to try that)

Anyone wanna tell me not why halo is good, but why halo is "fucking incredible" - for those who actually feel that?
- thanks.

Jun 03, 2003 2:36pm PDT

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are we going to have to pay to play halo for pc online???

Jun 10, 2003 3:48pm PDT

are we going to have to pay to play halo for pc online??? : Cpt. Baseballbat

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I thought that HALO would become the greatest multiplayer game ever when they first anounced it for PC, long before the decided to use xbox as the platform. But now... its facked, basicly. But it's still a very good coop game for xbox. Don't think they should have gone to all the trouble converting it to a PC game, it wont be worth it..

Jun 04, 2003 3:23pm PDT

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Here it is:

There's some people who, no matter what, will defend Halo to their dying breath because they had fun playing it.

I had fun playing it. For about a half hour, then got bored of the the enemies, which were all carbon copies of each other and the level design was teh poop. Then I discovered co-op, which is still fun for me to this day. Overall though, if someone said, "Would you rather play Battlefield1942/Counter-Strike/Quake3/any decent PC shooter, or Halo?" I'd pick any of the former. Hell, PONG is entertaining if you have a good opponent. While Halo is admittedly a significant step above Pong (duh), it still isn't anything to write home about, it's just the best console shooter out there. Anything can be fun with your friends. MORE IN REPLY TOMORROW MORNING!

Jun 03, 2003 10:08pm PDT

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      All I'm asking you to say is, "Yeah, I can possibly see why people like so much." How fucking hard is tha : freshview

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Are Halo maps as big as 1942 maps? The few gameplay videos I saw looked very linear

Jun 03, 2003 2:08pm PDT

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  most feel like quake dm maps, only 2 are large outdoor maps (at least on X-box Halo) : bahfehgah
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    ...and those were the only maps that FELT like Halo. What I mean is, during the development of Halo back... : phreakshow
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A lot of people say "I saved $$$" by not buying an Xbox, and just buying Halo PC. Well, you lost 18 months of play time, and you will need a video card (DX9 compliant) that costs 150% that of the Xbox to make it look as good!

Of course a PC that costs upwards of 7-10x the cost of the Xbox will make the game look good (perhaps better)!

Jun 03, 2003 1:40pm PDT

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Single player is still gonna blow but multi should be great fun.

Jun 03, 2003 4:13pm PDT

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    Repetative, uninspired waves of enemies at nicely timed intervals. Poor controls, IMO fps's have always ... : digitaljihad
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      We know how you feel. How about letting someone that isn't the ultimate MS fanboy answer? : brewsterdog
      
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      Talk about bitter, as of late most of your replies are bitter and filled with negative vibes. : digitaljihad
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Why does it look like almost all the bump mapping is gone? That was like half of what made halo look good...those PC shots look like crap.

Jun 03, 2003 5:30pm PDT

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  look at the ice in this shot. Isnt that bumpmapping? http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/halo/Halo/2/0... : Snifter_42
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      He's no fool. That is bump mapping to the left of the tank treads. See the specular on the ice? It's bein... : Porkasaurus
      
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Hmm let's see...

- WSAD movement, spacebar Jump, left shift duck, Invert mouse.
- Fire on mouse button 1
- Throw grenades on mouse button 2
- 'Q' melee attack or mouse button 3
- mousewheel cycle weapons
- mouse button 4 or 5 or for Use
- 'E' for Zoom

Ok I ready.

Jun 03, 2003 1:04pm PDT

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      And I even invert my mouse! : Flawless Cowboy
      
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      man. what a freak. : freshview
      
      seriously. : johnny rotten
      
      then you can't strafe-jump to the right. ricockulous. : tigeN
      
      WSAD, C is crouch, R is reload, either E or F is use depending if the game has leaning, LMB is fire, RMB ... : Fred Garvin
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Which video cards have pixel shader 2.0 support?

Jun 03, 2003 11:45am PDT

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Offering a dedicated server for other platforms is not as likely at launch

WARNING: MASSIVE STUPIDITY DETECTED

Jun 03, 2003 12:02pm PDT

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Now will the 5.1 in this game be crappy EAX type 5.1 or will it be a true AC3 5.1 stream we can send to our recievers?

Jun 03, 2003 3:05pm PDT

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This blows:

"Shack: What would be a standard way one would control a vehicle - say the warthog, with a keyboard and mouse?

Randy Pitchford: We are fans of the Xbox model. Adjusting my view while in the Warthog is as fluid as it is when IÃ¢Â€Â™m on the ground. I guide my steering simply by looking at where I want to drive and moving forward."

Oh man. They're actually deciding to KEEP some console controls for the PC? The situation looks dire, true-believers.

Jun 03, 2003 3:08pm PDT

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    - yes, and i hate steering with a mouse. it feels like ass in first or third person. : Turd Ferguson
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  - no, you can plug a keyboard/mouse into a few a of the consoles :) : paganritual
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I missed something in this interview, where Shack says:
"Shack: What would you say a good Ã¢Â€ÂœtargetÃ¢Â€Â system spec would be to have a good Halo experience?"

And then Randy goes on to say "you're going to be fine on memory"..."CPU won't be an issue".

Did the Shack mention a spec system to run Halo on, and we didn't get the details? Just curious, 'cause Randy seems to be saying "Your system (XXXX) will be ok" without knowing what system he is talking about.

Ok, I am done!

Jun 03, 2003 4:51pm PDT

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He says everything like it's some amazing feature--"what?! 16 whole players in multiplayer--GADZOOKS!" I'm pretty skeptical: I think this is gonna suffer from the "good on console, average pc release" dealie. It sure sounds like they're just gonna throw a pc port out the door and then keep talking about all the great features we'll see in patches. And then when no one buys the game since it's just an average console port, we will see no patches and hence will be 0wn3d.

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- Bingo! Forsaken was a great game years ago that suffered from this. : Shithead

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halo.eof.net!

Jun 03, 2003 12:08pm PDT

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- I love you. : Flawless Cowboy
- Holy shit! \m/ : Cygnus X-1
- mmmm yes, thats better than waffles. : Silent Wolf
- yes : johnny rotten
- I will have your manbabies. : DKo5
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      yes I'm sure the true blue will have to weather the requisite first few weeks of shack hype... :) : johnny rotten
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dag, yo. all i wanted from this game was co-op.

there are too few good co-op games these days, this makes me sad.

Jun 03, 2003 1:46pm PDT

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    - well, obviously this isn't the problem with Halo. : freshview
- No Halo PC co-op = no sale from me! =[ : DinK

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I knew by the time this Halo PC got close to release the screenshots would look like hell compared to games coming out now.

Jun 03, 2003 4:38pm PDT

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I might be having FUN on my PC again soon~!

Jun 03, 2003 4:06pm PDT

I might be having FUN on my PC again soon~! : g.lee

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Is the 16 player limit a hardcoded thing, or simply a result of the maps?

This actually looks like it could be a cool game...a lot of the nifty stuff that BF42 has with a faster pace.

Jun 03, 2003 4:01pm PDT

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*sigh* i might have to buy this game and school you bitches

although adding the banshee for blood gulch will add a new dimention to CTF games...

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Who's the publisher for the PC version?

Jun 03, 2003 3:26pm PDT

Who's the publisher for the PC version? : hamm

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I think i'll have to buy this. Even though I dont own an x-box i've borrowed my friends countless times and have beaten halo 4 times by myself, twice on legendary. 3 times co-op. Im an addict :(

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It looks pretty bland. There are games on the way that really outdo it visually - Chaser and Breed leap to mind.

Jun 03, 2003 1:58pm PDT

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- Breed does NOT look better than Halo, and I'm angry you even suggested it. Did you even play the demo ... : DKo5
- Breed. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! : johnny rotten
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w00t my 9700P's Pixel Shader 2.0 will be able to be used in this game!!1 :)

Oh and is that "art guy, Mike" haiku?

Jun 03, 2003 2:36pm PDT

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- yes. : DKo5
- There is an art guy who works at Gearbox whose name is also mike. : boomstickah

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I'm glad its fianlly coming to the mouse enabled PC. (Yes the lack of a mouse is the sole reason I couldn't enjoy it on the Xbox).

I have some questions though. No demo recording? I recall Epic doing that with UT2k3 outta the box and getting flamed HARD for it.

Also for all the comparisons to BF1942 that people are making, Halo is lacking something that makes taht game so fun. That being a high player count.

Randy said that most maps are 16 players or LESS...? Well that doesnt make it any worse of a game, but it does change the dynamics of it and makes it less like BF1942 then people want it to be.

Overall I'm excited to play the SP and MP. But I just had to share my opinion. :)

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need hirez shots. :D

Jun 03, 2003 2:28pm PDT

need hirez shots. :D : maulla

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COOP WOOT COOP WOOT

Jun 03, 2003 1:55pm PDT

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    - true, but it'd be even better if co-op were enabled over the internet. : dopeman

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bet MS told them they couldnt improve the graphics so it would look better then Halo2

Jun 03, 2003 11:52am PDT

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    they have better per-pixel effects in Halo 2, not to mention MUCH better shadow effects. : freshview
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    aside from that whole normal mapping and lighting thing? :) : johnny rotten
    - hey i just saw that huge video slimjim posted, give me rendered footage outside a shitty quicktime player... : dopeman

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Nice interview. This game is going to rock the PC - I think it will be 2nd to CS in no time when it comes to multiplayer if the netcode is good.

Jun 03, 2003 11:45am PDT

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  I don't know, who hasen't already played Halo to death by now? You think it can be the 2nd most played g... : Shadore66

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So basically you can modify the multiplayer game all you want, but you can't have co-op?

What a cock tease...

Jun 03, 2003 1:51pm PDT

So basically you can modify the multiplayer game all you want, but you can't have co-op? What a cock t... : m4yhem

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most of the multiplayer maps for halo were pretty crappy - only 2 of 10 or so supported vehicles - i'll puke if i find servers actually running those tight cramped maps like Wizard.

Jun 03, 2003 1:47pm PDT

most of the multiplayer maps for halo were pretty crappy - only 2 of 10 or so supported vehicles - i'll p... : bahfehgah

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I hope they have the air planes in multiplayer. You could drive all the weapons but that. Maybe the maps wern't big enough

Jun 03, 2003 1:27pm PDT

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WHEN????

Jun 03, 2003 1:26pm PDT

WHEN???? : ariakaz

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Im so happy that some of the Xbox/Halo haters ,will finaly see what this game is all about.Its fun,its better than most of the crap out there(BF too) and it will make lots and lots of money.

Jun 03, 2003 1:25pm PDT

Im so happy that some of the Xbox/Halo haters ,will finaly see what this game is all about.Its fun,its be... : Cashh

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I would give it a try on the PC. I played it via Xbox and quite frankly got bored about when you first hit that bridge. Not to far. I found the controls cumbersome and not very exciting. I was glad that I borrowed the game from a friend and did not waste my money on it. I honestly do not see the attraction. Perhaps I am spoiled with PC FPS gaming.
Now put it on the PC, with some nicer graphics, better controls, and online play. Then I will give it another try.

Jun 03, 2003 1:21pm PDT

I would give it a try on the PC. I played it via Xbox and quite frankly got bored about when you first h... : digitaljihad

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Gah possibility of no coop over net or lan = teh lose :\

Jun 03, 2003 11:44am PDT

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