I just d/l and play the Halo demo, and I think it's not as great as the Xbox version. I'm not sure why, but I think this game doesn't have the same "magic" as the Xbox version. Overall, it's pretty good but two things that bugs me: the graphics and multiplayer. On my Sony, I had to turn everything down/off in order to keep 15-20 fps (slow but playable). Unfortunately it will slow down to a crawl if they're are other players/monsters/explosions on the screen. My last gripe is the servers are SLOW. I was able to get in some good games, but for the most part it is too laggy. Don't go for the hype and download the demo first if you're interested. My 2 cents

Yeah its a kinda slow game even on my top end machine, but I played it in 1280x1024 (duh). Next time I'll play in 1024 res.

No matter how low the resolution you play it at. Halo goes poorly inside indoor levels, it gets worst as the further you go.

Bloody Microsoft, trust them to f*** this up!

im not suprised the game is messed up after all it was going to be for pc then they decided to take the pc code and make it xbox code then they ported back to the pc wheres the logic in that?

My thoughts exactly Snoop!
I have a pretty tight rig and when theres alot of stuff going on, it tends to lag abit....
My thoughts, the propiety hardware in a Xbox has been underestimated, or the game code for the xbox is seriously superior.

|Drew|

well considering the PC version will be running along side XP, on OS that likes a lot of ram whereas xbox has nothing but a bios like type system which requires little or no power at all.. and the fact XBOX has been coded to run games and games only.. all ported games from console to pc have either no improvement or left a sour taste in the users mouth..

:/ hmm i was gunna get that on Monday lol ill have to think about it now

I've got the full version and it runs fine on my machine and its no where near top end. Duron 1200 256m ram geforce 2 mx 400 @800x600 i don't have a problem

:Cringe: 800x600

The game runs decently i agree, but there are parts where things slow and i loose a frame.
I just found it weird considering the stats of my rig are about 4 times that of the xbox.

|Drew|

same with me, i have a 3ghz and ti4600 but still it seems to run jerky

i ran unreal2 at high res and antialising without jerks so this must be a very bad port

wait for unreal tournament 2004, its like halo with the vehicles etc. check this out..
7mb video download

http://www2.mythica.org/halo/old/halo_nvid...idia_promo.mpeg
lol just saw this on another forum and thought it was funny

poor poor ppl. You have outstanding machines, some 3 times mine and I can run halo very well without a jerk I can get it upto 1024x768 but the graphics card speed just cant cut it to well. i could bump up the speed, but im to lazy. My machin is 133x9 unlocked duron 256ddr2100 40gighdd and geforce 2 mx 400 @200mhz. Could take it up to 220 and the cpu can go up to 1286mhz befor it becomes unstable. but it offers nothing more then @ 1200 but enough of my life story. PIONT AND BRAG. Sorry don't get to do that often

it runs fine on my pc.

but the game just sucks, sorry it does. Heres why:

The AI: its bugged up, NPC say they are going to do one thing, eg, stay and wait for you. Then they run off and get themselves killed.

The physics: it is like running around under water. you move sloooowly, turn slooooowly, hell even the jeep moves slooooowly. like your underwater or something. Dont give me the Low Grav excuse.. it doesent work, the gravity is the same onboard ship, on the halo, or where ever you are. it shouldnt feel like your under water, its awfull.

As for good bits... the story line, the story is great, thats all thats kept me playing the game. CHROME is a far superior product, and is a very similar game to HALO, but its much beter.

www.chromethegame.com

i tried chrome and thought it was boring after a few level's ,i got as far as the mission where you have to disable the sam site's and get inside the space station to steal some data (a code for some encrypted data i belive)

But besides all the dis is it a Good Game ovall?

Halo's rubbish.

pc yes.. xbox undoubtably a decent game

YAY! English i Can understand Thank you Doggie and AaronXP

It would have been a good game if it had been released three years ago, one of the greatest even. With mods and time to mature on the PC, it could have been the Counterstrike-killer. Sadly, they dropped the ball.

They should have sped up everything for the PC. It had to be slower on the X-Box due to the control method. When you have a keyboard and a mouse, you can react more quickly. And they added nothing except a couple of maps and some DX9-level shaders.

It's a game everyone should play through at least once (ESPECIALLY if you own an Xbox), and the multiplayer still has tons of potential, but there are some things that they should have thought through a little better when it hit the PC.

Well i got the Game 2day and it works like a Charm on my Machine and no Studders or anything but its a Good Game but i agree dat Xbox Verison betta cuz summat about the PC Verison dats different

Well I have been playing this game for some time now and I can say it's a good game (if you have nothing else to play).
My pc specs:AMD Athlon Xp2000 ati radeon 9200 (gigabyte) 512mb ram.
At the begging I was playing the game at 800*600 and everything was fine,but I run it another time and when the game runs for about a minute my pc reboots.
Now I'm playing it at 640*480 without any problem.
Does anyone have the same problem?
Done the update to v 1.02 but nothing changed.

i have the full version and it works very well + a like the game + it a good story line