Should I buy Halo, or Halo 2 for PC?

I have vista, and everything to run Halo 2, and therefore can run Halo: CE as well.

But I was wondering... Should I buy Halo, or Halo 2? I'm leaning towards halo 2, for more weapons and graphics, but am unsure for Multiplayer. I have Games for Windows - Live Gold.

Any advice?

Halo 1 is a great shooter.

I thoroughly enjoyed playing it on PC.

If not halo, what would you guys recomend????kierancluchey

Look at every shooter that came since mmm 2004 and that scored more than 4 on 10 in gamespot and you will have something better than Halo

[QUOTE="kierancluchey"]If not halo, what would you guys recomend????Franko_3

Look at every shooter that came since mmm 2004 and that scored more than 4 on 10 in gamespot and you will have something better than Halo

C'mon, halo isn't that bad. I don't care about graphics, or it being a port, since I haven't really played it at all. Just a few split screen games with my friends.

Halo 2 is a decent game (at least, going by my experience on the Xbox version), but for a 2004 game that came out several years late on the PC, it's probably not worth your time and money.

Other choices you could check out would be Battlefield 2 Deluxe Edition, Battlefield 2142, Call of Duty 4, Counter Strike Source, and The Orange Box.

Here's the list for you.thusaha

I've thought about the Orange Box, and my PC, prolly won't run Crysis. The others I could consider.

Ignore the haters. Many PC gamers think of themselves as too elite to admit to enjoying a lowly console game like Halo, but the original is actually a fairly good game. The weapons are well balanced, it was one of the first FPSs in which you aren't a walking arsenal and can only carry a couple of guns, it was also one of the first (but not the first) shooters to include vehicles, and the campaign is excellent during its outdoor portions, but gets bogged down by some Doom-like corridor crawling in its later portions. It was also incredibly fun to play in co-op, although this doesn't carry over to the PC version. The PC version does however have improved DX9 graphics and precise kb/m control.

The Halo sequels, however, are complete crap and best avoided entirely. It's kind of like the Matrix: the first one was a farily good movie as a standalone despite having some shortcomings and being massively overrated by its rabid fanbase, but the sequels were garbage.

The Orange Box >>> Halo > Halo 2.thusaha

Where one > means another game... lol. But I'd like a multiplayer with better graphics than TF2, and Halo/2 have slightly better graphics and more maps. Not to poo-poo on graphics here, it's just, I spent a few months on WoW and want more stunning games for a break. Halo is more stunning than WoW, but still old graphics.

Were you joking when you said you've never heard of Half-Life?

If not then you need to download Steam right now and buy Half-Life 1 and 2, because you missed two of the greatest games of all time on any platform, and easily the two greatest shooters of all time.

Ignore the haters. Many PC gamers think of themselves as too elite to admit to enjoying a lowly console game like Halo, but the original is actually a fairly good game. The weapons are well balanced, it was one of the first FPSs in which you aren't a walking arsenal and can only carry a couple of guns, it was also one of the first (but not the first) shooters to include vehicles, and the campaign is excellent during its outdoor portions, but gets bogged down by some Doom-like corridor crawling in its later portions. It was also incredibly fun to play in co-op, although this doesn't carry over to the PC version. The PC version does however have improved DX9 graphics and precise kb/m control.

The Halo sequels, however, are complete crap and best avoided entirely. It's kind of like the Matrix: the first one was a farily good movie as a standalone despite having some shortcomings and being massively overrated by its rabid fanbase, but the sequels were garbage.

cmdrmonkey

Yes, All things considered I might still go for halo. But, in the end I might end up buying H2, and Orange Box later. I'm moving into high school, so I'll likely get more homework starting September. So 5 games may be too much. Halo 2 seems to me like nothing more than a more current version on Halo 1. And Halo 3 will be expected on PC by 2012 no doubt.... yeah.

Were you joking when you said you've never heard of Half-Life?

If not then you need to download Steam right now and buy Half-Life 1 and 2, because you missed two of the greatest games of all time on any platform, and easily the two greatest shooters of all time.

cmdrmonkey

Heard of it, don't know what it's like, and I like multiplayers. I'll play it one of these days.

No you will play it NOW or you can't call yourself a PC gamer, or even a gamer for that matter.

It's that friggin' good.

No you will play it NOW or you can't call yourself a PC gamer, or even a gamer for that matter.

It's that friggin' good.

cmdrmonkey

Lol, ok then, guess I'll chip in an extra 10 dollars and get orange box. Guess beating my friends at halo can wait for another 20 games of my kils at 0, and theirs at 24 and 25.

No you will play it NOW or you can't call yourself a PC gamer, or even a gamer for that matter.

It's that friggin' good.

cmdrmonkey

Does it have multi-player? or is it Single Player, with TF2 being the only online one?

Counter-Strike is more or less the multiplayer for Half-Life 1/2.

You should get CS: Source. I'm not a huge fan of TF2 myself.

Counter-Strike is more or less the multiplayer for Half-Life 1/2.

You should get CS: Source. I'm not a huge fan of TF2 myself.

cmdrmonkey

M`Kay, still might just settle for Orange Box. I originally just planned on getting Halo so I could practice and beat my friends.

Here's the list for you.thusaha

Halo 1 multiplayer is still very active. It's one of my favorite pc multiplayer games.

Don't know about Halo 2 as I don't have vista.

[QUOTE="thusaha"]Here's the list for you.blackdreamhunk

NOLF 1 and 2? They are, very good games. You can probably find them on Amazon, especially via the Marketplace for very cheap.