should Halo go to the PS2 ?

[sf2_ryu]

I believe that Halo should go to the PS2 since the GTA 3 and Vice city went to Xbox.

[Ghosty]

I Dont See Whats Wrong With It Cept That The First One Isnt On It. So If They Should Put The Second On PS2 They Should At Least Put The First One On It.

[Gryph]

The PS2 can't handle it.

[Inky]

it would be like playing super mario world on the atari 2600

[Daeval]

Microsoft owns Halo and even its developer Bungie. Furthermore, Halo is the lynchpin in the success of Microsoft's XBox.

 

Whether it should or even if it could, Halo isn't going anywhere.

[shin_nihon_kikaku]

The PS2 can't handle it.

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I bet it could. I wouldn't be suprised if the N64 could handle it. There is nothing special about it.

[SlickDizzy]

The PS2 can't handle it.

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That, and Bungie is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft still made money when Halo was ported to PC and Mac, rather than porting it to the PS2, an absolute direct competitor. The Xbox already suffers from less-than-great sales, so why ruin it ALL by porting one of the few extremely good Xbox exclusives?

 

If you go by that logic, Xbox users should get Gran Turismo 4. Grand Theft Auto was done by a third-party who would make money regardless of what it was ported to.

 

(off topic, but does anyone remember the Halo of old? From back when Bungie was a Mac-exclusive publisher, and it was looking like one of the most revolutionary games out there? Shame that the released game was NOTHING like the early versions....)

 

(off-topic part 2: any Marathon fans here?)

 

EDIT:

 

I bet it could. I wouldn't be suprised if the N64 could handle it. There is nothing special about it.

 

The Ps2 could "handle it" in a way. It would either be completely unplayable with a frame rate of 1-2 per second, or it would be bogged with so much loading that the game would become worse than Stuntman...

 

As far as gameplay, it's nothing special, but the graphics are woth noting, and that's the part the PS2 would have trouble with...

Edited November 8, 2004 by SlickDizzy

[Gryph]

(off topic, but does anyone remember the Halo of old? From back when Bungie was a Mac-exclusive publisher, and it was looking like one of the most revolutionary games out there? Shame that the released game was NOTHING like the early versions....)

 

(off-topic part 2: any Marathon fans here?)

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/me raises hand

 

I remember all that Halo could have been but never was. Watching that first MacWorld (or was it E3?) video was spectacular. Then the news came that it was going to be an FPS and then that it would be an XBOX exclusive.

 

And I am a Marathon fan. One of my friend's had a Mac so that was awesome.

 

First picture of Halo ever from 1999:

Edited November 8, 2004 by GryphonKlaw

[SlickDizzy]

(off topic, but does anyone remember the Halo of old? From back when Bungie was a Mac-exclusive publisher, and it was looking like one of the most revolutionary games out there? Shame that the released game was NOTHING like the early versions....)

 

(off-topic part 2: any Marathon fans here?)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

/me raises hand

 

I remember all that Halo could have been but never was. Watching that first MacWorld (or was it E3?) video was spectacular. Then the news came that it was going to be an FPS and then that it would be an XBOX exclusive.

 

And I am a Marathon fan. One of my friend's had a Mac so that was awesome.

 

First picture of Halo ever from 1999:

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*sniff*

 

I would say "Ah, the beginnings of a great series..." but it's really more like the beginnings of an overrated and mediocre FPS that isn't much fun...I'd rather play Postal 2, for instance, any day of the week.

 

I wish there was an early playable build of Halo out there somewhere, I'd be all over it like Elaine on an opportunity to dance...with the little kicks and the thumbs and everything.

 

I should fire Marathon up again...

Edited November 9, 2004 by SlickDizzy

[Green_LAntern]

lets just say halo if went to ps2 would be gay

[SlickDizzy]

lets just say halo if went to ps2 would be gay

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...was that even a legitimate sentence?

[shin_nihon_kikaku]

(off topic, but does anyone remember the Halo of old? From back when Bungie was a Mac-exclusive publisher, and it was looking like one of the most revolutionary games out there? Shame that the released game was NOTHING like the early versions....)

 

(off-topic part 2: any Marathon fans here?)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

/me raises hand

 

I remember all that Halo could have been but never was. Watching that first MacWorld (or was it E3?) video was spectacular. Then the news came that it was going to be an FPS and then that it would be an XBOX exclusive.

 

And I am a Marathon fan. One of my friend's had a Mac so that was awesome.

 

First picture of Halo ever from 1999:

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

*sniff*

 

I would say "Ah, the beginnings of a great series..." but it's really more like the beginnings of an overrated and mediocre FPS that isn't much fun...I'd rather play Postal 2, for instance, any day of the week.

 

I wish there was an early playable build of Halo out there somewhere, I'd be all over it like Elaine on an opportunity to dance...with the little kicks and the thumbs and everything.

 

I should fire Marathon up again...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

There was NEVER anything at all revolutionary about Halo, in the beginning or the final release. But I like your "overrated and mediocre FPS that isn't much fun" sentence. That pretty much sums up how bland Halo is.

[SlickDizzy]

(off topic, but does anyone remember the Halo of old? From back when Bungie was a Mac-exclusive publisher, and it was looking like one of the most revolutionary games out there? Shame that the released game was NOTHING like the early versions....)

 

(off-topic part 2: any Marathon fans here?)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

/me raises hand

 

I remember all that Halo could have been but never was. Watching that first MacWorld (or was it E3?) video was spectacular. Then the news came that it was going to be an FPS and then that it would be an XBOX exclusive.

 

And I am a Marathon fan. One of my friend's had a Mac so that was awesome.

 

First picture of Halo ever from 1999:

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

*sniff*

 

I would say "Ah, the beginnings of a great series..." but it's really more like the beginnings of an overrated and mediocre FPS that isn't much fun...I'd rather play Postal 2, for instance, any day of the week.

 

I wish there was an early playable build of Halo out there somewhere, I'd be all over it like Elaine on an opportunity to dance...with the little kicks and the thumbs and everything.

 

I should fire Marathon up again...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

There was NEVER anything at all revolutionary about Halo, in the beginning or the final release. But I like your "overrated and mediocre FPS that isn't much fun" sentence. That pretty much sums up how bland Halo is.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Well, revolutionary might have been a bit of an exaggeration, but for 1999, it was looking pretty damn cool. Plus, IIRC, the game seemed to have some real-time strategy elements involved as well (I remember a demo movie where you saw Master Chief directing his comrades to do things).

 

But regardless, it turned out to be just another FPS. I'm just glad they didn't use the Marathon title on it; it would be blasphemous.

[Agozer]

lets just say halo if went to ps2 would be gay

Heh. I don't know if it would be gay, but it certainly wouldn't run.

[KyokugenKiss]

halo doesnt turn me on, the graphics are too boxy