On Halo 2's Dedicated Server
by Maarten Goldstein, May 05, 2007 10:02am PDTA new Halo 2 Vista blog is available at IGN. This installment deals with the dedicated server included with the game.
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More Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo: Combat Evolved
- XBOX
- Release Date: Nov 8, 2001
- Genre: Action
- Developer: Bungie
- Publisher: Microsoft
Comments
* Host listen servers
* Store favourite servers
And you need a silver (free) live account to set up a dedicated server. I don't like that fact, it seems like they are controlling dedicated servers so that in the future they can charge for them, much like EA does for BF ranked servers.
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- If you want to host a game online (non-dedicated), you have to pay a monthly fee for Xbox Live Gold. For your PC.
- If you want to host a dedicated server, you need a CD-KEY. I wonder if you can then join your own server while the key is in use?
- Probably zero chance of a linux dedicated server since it's a Microsoft product.
- You need Vista to play, and a pretty ballsy machine.
All this hassle for a 3 year old mediocre (as far as PC FPS games go) multiplayer experience? I really can't see this doing very well at all. Especially when it will be going up against Quake Wars, Crysis, UT2007 and whatever else is coming out.