View Full Version : Buy Halo on XBox or PC?
I am going insane... no I'm really not kidding, waiting for these stupid games to come out. It's been so long since I've played a new game that I forgot where to buy them. Anywho I have an XBox that more or less just sits around. None of the games I have on it are really that great. I have the RTCW game, but the music really depresses me... I don't know why. It just does. I was looking through some demo disks that a friend gave me and I saw that one of them had a Halo demo on there. I played it and immediately fell in love. I have a nice widescreen hi-def TV with a Sony surround sound system hooked up to it. I bought the hi-def kit so now I'm running my XBox to my TV with component in and to the reciever with optical audio. Halo with my setup was a very sweet experience. I'm just debating if I want to wait another month for it to get to my little hometown so that I can play multiplayer or buy it for XBox so that can tide me over until HL2 comes out and get my multiplayer fix with that. It would be a good excuse to finally play my XBox more often. I just don't know if I can wait another 3 or 4 weeks for it to get here only to have HL2 arrive at the same time and not be able to get both.... AHHHH Well this message is entirely too long. I'll be suprised if any of you read this. Oh well... what do you think?
-BTW I'm leaning towards getting it for XBox
AC Slater
09-11-03, 08:17 PM
I'd get it for the xbox. Kick back on your couch and enjoy Halo on a big screen.
Xbox. Cheaper and you gotta use that thing for something rather than dust storage :)
ThePerfectCore
09-11-03, 08:52 PM
Xbox. I don't know about everyone else, I just think it looks better on Xbox.
Halo also feels more "natural" with a controller.
Cypher720
09-11-03, 09:03 PM
i agree about the more natural feel part:)
i have had it on xbox since the day xbox was released...and i love it - and ive also had halo2 preordered ever since i was able to...50 years ago:)
You guys really should not download leaked software. Also, it feels more natural on Xbox because you've been playing it on Xbox for 2 years. If you'd been playing it on PC for 2 years then tried it on Xbox it would feel totally wrong in just the same way.
KraziKid
09-11-03, 09:20 PM
I say both. I got it for XBox the day it came out, and I will be getting it for the PC the day it comes out. Firstly, online free multiplayer is a big thing for me, and secondly keyboard and mouse are nice too. Don't get me wrong, I love my XBox controller (The original one, not the new ghey Controller-S), but I like keyboard + mouse too.
Wow, thanks for the reply guys. I honestly expected all of you to say PC.... I might run out and get it tomorrow... I have all afternoon off! WOOHOO!
Cypher720
09-11-03, 10:06 PM
Originally posted by Xaeron
I have a nice widescreen hi-def TV with a Sony surround sound system hooked up to it
care to explain why you would NOT get it on xbox?!?!?! - lol
my friend has a projector (i dont know the screen size though...bottom line: its big) - that is the BEST way to play halo!
we played 3 player (we didnt have a fourth), and each screen was the size of your TV...lol - its incredible - thats why id go for xbox
USAPGAPRO
09-11-03, 10:23 PM
I'd go with PC. Just cause its cool like that.
nothing beats mouse and keyboard combo to play a FPS so i will go for PC version besides for me to play Halo means going over to friends place and hear his bragging over his lovely xbox unlimited times :p
Lazlo Panaflex
09-11-03, 11:16 PM
Originally posted by baqai
nothing beats mouse and keyboard combo to play a FPS so i will go for PC version besides for me to play Halo means going over to friends place and hear his bragging over his lovely xbox unlimited times :p
Ill Second that, i HATE the xbox controller/controls, im soooo stoked for the pc version to come out...weve been waiting a while and its about time. Oh yeah and its not goin to feel "unatural" for anyone if they buy it for PC and havent played if for months/years on the xbox.
blackhabit
09-11-03, 11:18 PM
pc and buy another xbox controll and mod to work with the pc like i did
software can be found here http://www.codeunderground.com/cucode.html
I played it on Xbox and I thought that it was kinda dumb. UT is more fun imho, and that second stick thingy for your head movement (basically taking the place of a mouse) I just couldnt get used to. And no I didnt play it at a friends for only 5 minutes, I borrowed my cousins Halo cd for my own xbox and played it for about 2 hours straight and just couldnt get used to it. Maybe I just need to give it more time, but I think that UT2k3 is much more fun.
Flashfx2
09-11-03, 11:35 PM
If you have friends with xboxs then get the xbox so you can have some awesome halo parties. If you don't then get it on the pc so you can play the multiplayer games that way.
WeaponX6X
09-12-03, 10:56 AM
For FPS, Mouse and Keyboard OWNZ controller...any controller. There is no debate about this you can't get the same accuracy you get with a controller that you do with a mouse. Also the PC version will have more eye candy to it.
Fushyuguru
09-12-03, 11:04 AM
Xbox. You can always play multiplayer on Gamespy if you have a hub and a fast connection. I do it all the time. Spank some kids with my pistola Fush style.
Fushyuguru
09-12-03, 11:06 AM
Originally posted by TUK101
... I borrowed my cousins Halo cd for my own xbox and played it for about 2 hours straight and just couldnt get used to it. Maybe I just need to give it more time...
When you do get used to it, you fall in love. Thats why many game reviewers nowadays compare all console fps controls to Halo setups. Once you can move both thumbs simultaneously its really fluid and you have no idea how you played anything without it before. Headshots are incredibly simple if you are coordinated, makes for some sick strafing moves too.
ticktock123
09-12-03, 03:59 PM
i have halo on the x-box and i am thinking of getting it again on the computer just because i love paying FPS type games on my computer...i am a lot better at them...and now that i think of it i died a lot of times in halo....stuipid halo bad guys...grrr...anyways...get it on the pc is my choice or both...it is all good
pik4chu
09-12-03, 04:04 PM
Xbox all the way... I find games are always better on thier original systems...
and where did the leaked game thing come from? I see no mention of that anywhere in this thread.
Originally posted by pik4chu
Xbox all the way... I find games are always better on thier original systems...
and where did the leaked game thing come from? I see no mention of that anywhere in this thread.
Well Halo was planned as a PC game until MS bought Bungie so the games native system is kind of fuzzy in that regard. Just like so many other games that are simultaneously developed for multiple platforms these days. As for the leaked game thing, ya gotta read between the lines ;)
Well I bought it for XBox this afternoon. I played it for a few hours and had a BLAST! I can honestly say that I've never had more fun playing a game. That was absolutely a blast. Woohoo, I can't wait to play some more. I'll probably end up getting it on PC too LOL....
Well it sounds like the members of OCers.com have once again helped a fellow member make a tuff decision. ;) :cool:
Originally posted by TUK101
Well it sounds like the members of OCers.com have once again helped a fellow member make a tuff decision.
Bah he was going Xbox all the way. I'd actually like to change my vote.. PC version hooked up to your fatty home theater :D
KfistoRok
09-13-03, 10:37 PM
No brainer.
Where you been last two years if you are considering getting it for xbox now?
Get it on pc now and play multiplayer for free.
xbiker321
09-14-03, 02:36 AM
I have xbox and PC, I am going to get it for PC Fo Sho
Hey hey hey... don't trash me for getting it on XBox... you're bums I tell ya, bums! I'll be getting it on PC too it looks like. I'm only 2 levels from beating the game on Xbox. It will be nice this way because when a friend comes over we can play co-op on the Box and when there's nobody around I can play the PC version on the net.
Fushyuguru
09-14-03, 01:18 PM
Originally posted by Xaeron
Hey hey hey... don't trash me for getting it on XBox... you're bums I tell ya, bums! I'll be getting it on PC too it looks like. I'm only 2 levels from beating the game on Xbox. It will be nice this way because when a friend comes over we can play co-op on the Box and when there's nobody around I can play the PC version on the net.
Its a fun game, but the multiplayer is what shines.
Also, am the only one who spend the time to go through Legendary while only picking up pistols and plasma pistols? Probably.
I cant tell you how many times I died just trying to get off Truth and Reconciliation. Bungee made that part rediculous in single as the silver and blue elites just keep respawning. So you end up just jumping down to the banshee and hope for the best. Midair deaths abound.
Originally posted by Fushyuguru
When you do get used to it, you fall in love. Thats why many game reviewers nowadays compare all console fps controls to Halo setups. Once you can move both thumbs simultaneously its really fluid and you have no idea how you played anything without it before. Headshots are incredibly simple if you are coordinated, makes for some sick strafing moves too.
how long will that take getting used to?? I have the xbox version and it's been sitting doing nothing the last 1 year or so .... if I remember correctly, I spent over 5 hrs and I couldn't get the "fluid" feeling like I was the first 5 minutes I played doom 2 a long time ago :D ...
sautegod
09-15-03, 04:19 AM
I'd forget about halo and buy the sims for xbox. Now there's an exciting game that really uses the xbox to its full potential. then after you got the handel for that you can go pick up snickers the mouse.
Fushyuguru
09-15-03, 09:05 AM
Originally posted by nut581
how long will that take getting used to?? I have the xbox version and it's been sitting doing nothing the last 1 year or so .... if I remember correctly, I spent over 5 hrs and I couldn't get the "fluid" feeling like I was the first 5 minutes I played doom 2 a long time ago :D ...
Maybe some are more coordinatd than others...
I was getting used to it in and hour or so. Try inverting the sticks.
Originally posted by sautegod
I'd forget about halo and buy the sims for xbox. Now there's an exciting game that really uses the xbox to its full potential. then after you got the handel for that you can go pick up snickers the mouse.
:eh?:
OC Noob
09-17-03, 02:35 PM
Originally posted by Fushyuguru
Maybe some are more coordinatd than others...
I was getting used to it in and hour or so. Try inverting the sticks.
Yeah, its either cordination or you don't use game pads at all and need a few days to get used to them.
Halo made things very easy on the player vs most FPS on consoles with the tiny crosshair expecting mouse accuracy from a pad. Moving, turning, aiming, strafing, jumping, everything is very easy if you are half way decent with a game pad.
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