Halo PC Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 03, 2003 5:25am PDT

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

GameZone has posted their own Q&A with Gearbox president Randy Pitchford about the Halo PC port. Questions about the differences between Xbox and PC Halo, system requirements, multiplayer modes, plans to port Halo 2 and what Randy would consider to be Halo's most memorable / most intriguing / most enjoyable aspects.

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By: boomstickah x Show Full Post

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We've all come to the conclusion that COOP will be hacked in very soon after the release. It'll be a well made game and an excellent port. I'm looking forward to it.

Jul 03, 2003 10:08am PDT

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- I doubt that. There seems to be some deeply rooted problems in getting Co-Op out the door, a fundamental... : phreakshow

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By: blashy x Show Full Post

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Most memorable; it took over 2 years to port to pc and now we hope people will still buy it in the same numbers they would have 2 years ago... yeah right.

Jul 03, 2003 6:33am PDT

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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=7965979 : DKo5
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    It doesn't matter if they only worked on it for 10 months, it's the amount of time since the original rel... : jipey
    - It is going to sell well - it's a marvelous piece of software. I've been waiting, like many others, for i... : deadlycookie
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      define 'well'. It'll sell a million on the PC. At least. : johnny rotten
      
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      I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Halo PC will not hit 1 million copies sold. : Vincent Grayson
      
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      get ready to lose sucka! :) : johnny rotten
      
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      What kind of numbers did the Vice City ports do on PC? I'm inclined to agree with the idea that this won... : |hawkeye|
      
      I will agree, actually PC games rarely sell the same numbers as console games. : freshview
      
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      Dunno about VC, but GTA3 PC broke a million. : johnny rotten
      
      Which is pretty fucking sad. GTA3:VC is a pile of trash on the PC. I'm almost ready to stop asking for ... : phreakshow
      
      i'd second that, quake3 was pretty damn hyped for its time and that sold 800k now with the FPS market bei... : SERIOUSly the SAMe

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By: Dynotaku x Show Full Post

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"Halo's most memorable / most intriguing / most enjoyable aspects."

Hmm, I'd say co-operative mode, which of course won't be in the PC version. :P

Jul 03, 2003 7:34am PDT

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"Halo's most memorable / most intriguing / most enjoyable aspects." Hmm, I'd say co-operative mode, wh... : Dynotaku
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By: eggsagain x Show Full Post

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Argh. There's one thing they aren't talking about in these interviews. Maybe ShackNews can request their own interview covering some of these more detailed aspects? Here's what I want to know:
Now that it's on the PC, people are going to go crazy trying to mod aspects of the game or hack it. What's being done to prevent cheating?
Are the developers going to release any tools so we can create our own maps?

Jul 03, 2003 10:09am PDT

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- The Shack did do an interview. : DKo5
- Ah, I see it now. They even asked what I wanted to know. : eggsagain

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By: DKo5 x Show Full Post

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This will be my only post in this thread today (see: Tuesday's HaloPC Q&A for my responses to most bashes)

*BZZT* You are wrong! Gearbox has only been working on this for 10 months - in that time, they've had to rewrite the majority of the rendering and audio system (first 'real' 5.1 audio in any PC game, afaik), write from scratch an entire networking system, and port the best Xbox game to the PC.

Jul 03, 2003 7:35am PDT

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By: Dynotaku x Show Full Post

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Personally I think they should just release the multiplayer portion only as a stand alone option and sell it for $19.95, like you can get CS as a stand alone for the people who don't care about the HL SP game. I mean, I've already beaten Halo Xbox SP like 3 or 4 times, I dont' care about playing it on my PC, and without co-op, what is the point exactly? I know they won't do this, but it'd be nice to have the option.

Jul 03, 2003 12:22pm PDT

Personally I think they should just release the multiplayer portion only as a stand alone option and sell... : Dynotaku

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i can see the banshee camping already...

Jul 03, 2003 11:23am PDT

i can see the banshee camping already... : carnivore

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