Halo for the PC has gone Gold

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-09-14 08:07pm

Oh yes, it has. You want proof? Gearbox was kind enough to leave some evidence, at least for a while. The evidence was copied before it was taken back down by Gearbox.

http://3glenns.org/Halo/gearboxhome_gold.html

What does that mean? Well the Master Chief is Gold. Is that normal? No. Check out the normal Gearbox page.

www.gearboxsoftware.com

For further information on whats going on, check:

http://halo.bungie.org/

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-09-14 08:34pm

So it's ready for printing?

Or is the MC actually going to be gold ingame?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-09-14 08:44pm

Does it include M$ Sidewinder-only game mode so you can actually not beat
the game in less than a day

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-09-14 09:08pm

Rye wrote:So it's ready for printing?

Or is the MC actually going to be gold ingame?

Gee, I fucking wonder

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-09-14 09:21pm

MKSheppard wrote:Does it include M$ Sidewinder-only game mode so you can actually not beat
the game in less than a day

Say what you will about their software, I've always found MS Mice and Joysticks to be rock solid, dependable and functional. My first "real" joystick was a MS Sidewinder 3D Pro with MW2 bundled with it. That stick served me well for several years and probably is still working for the person I gave it to when Saitek's Cyborg USB caught my eye.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-09-14 10:29pm

Hotfoot wrote: Say what you will about their software, I've always found MS Mice and Joysticks to be rock solid, dependable and functional.

Hence my referring to it as Sidewinder only mode

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-09-14 10:32pm

They upped the difficulty for the PC version. I don't know how, but that's what they've said.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-09-14 10:42pm

Shinova wrote:They upped the difficulty for the PC version. I don't know how, but that's what they've said.

Probably increased enemy health and reduced aiming aids. Using a gamepad for aiming an FPS is clumsy and unintuitive. It'll probably be twice as easy and fast to make shots with the mouse and keyboard, so they'll make the enemy harder to kill.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-15 01:16am

They turned the auto-aim off, but apparently that's it as far as SP modifications go.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-09-15 01:26am

There was autoaim?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-15 01:29am

Howedar wrote:There was autoaim?

Yeah. If you can aim close to the target, you will score a hit. In most PC shooters, the dot in the center of your aiming reticle has to be on the target's body or you won't score a hit.

The reason for this change is the superior accuracy of the keyboard/mouse control technique vs the shitty overgrown-cockroach controller used by the XBox.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-09-15 01:45pm

Its offical, Halo has gone Gold. Gearbox put the gold colored MCs back on the front page AND they have a new picture release.

http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/projects_halo.html

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-09-15 01:46pm

http://halo.bungie.org/misc/halopcgoesgoldpr/

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2003-09-15 03:33pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Howedar wrote:There was autoaim?
Yeah. If you can aim close to the target, you will score a hit. In most PC shooters, the dot in the center of your aiming reticle has to be on the target's body or you won't score a hit.

On Legendary, it's almost non-existent. My long range pistol kills were sorely diminshed while on the difficulty. That said mouse + pistol would make it unstopable.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-09-15 03:53pm

Darth Wong wrote:Yeah. If you can aim close to the target, you will score a hit. In most PC shooters, the dot in the center of your aiming reticle has to be on the target's body or you won't score a hit.

The reason for this change is the superior accuracy of the keyboard/mouse control technique vs the shitty overgrown-cockroach controller used by the XBox.

Well, to be fair, the Xbox controller is actually pretty well designed as far as console controllers go. Granted, the size issue alone makes it difficult for some people to use, but assuming you get one that is appropriately sized for your hands, it's got a good layout of controls. Obviously it's no contention for Mouse and Keyboard when it comes to FPS control and accuracy, but it does a pretty darn good job for a controller (facilitated by the auto-aim, of course). However, auto-aim help has been in First Person Shooters for a long time, going back even to the days of DOOM and Duke Nukem (where you could even allow auto-aiming online). Even Half-Life has an auto-aim feature. The Rainbow Six series even has scalable auto-aim. Of course, most of the time when you go to play multiplayer, auto-aim gets turned off. I don't know if that was the case in Halo for XBox or not, since I didn't play it enough to notice the difference (in fact, I've never played XBox Halo SP).

Also, for fighting games like Soul Caliber 2, the XBox controller really shines, in my opinion. The Gamecube controller has just a sloppy mess of buttons on it and is horribly lopsided. The Playstation controller, while solid, has always been way too small for me, and the analog control stick seems a little off-base. Your thumb wants to naturally go to the D-Pad, which isn't as useful in those types of games.

Still, as far as Halo is concerned, I'm not really interested in picking it up for the PC any time soon. The co-op singleplayer would be the primary draw to this game for me, and it's just not in the PC version. They say it'll be there eventually, but frankly I'm not going to squander my money on a vague promise. Once the co-op mode is ready, I may pick it up from the bargain bin, but otherwise it's not really worth my time. It's not really anything special, the graphics are okay, but now seriously dated. The gameplay is nothing that hasn't been done in several other games before it, the level design is lackluster, and it's bound to have several bugs in it on first release.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-15 05:06pm

Its September 30th release date may also put some people off, assuming Half-Life 2 makes its predicted release date.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-09-15 06:15pm

Some of us have been playing Halo PC for a while now, in a limited capacity, and even online.

Edit: I wrote Halo 2 instead of Halo PC, my mistake.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-09-15 10:52pm

I'm going to get it because the multiplayer alone is worth the admission.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-09-15 11:50pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I'm going to get it because the multiplayer alone is worth the admission.

From what I've seen, without co-op, the multiplayer is interesting, but nothing that hasn't been done before.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-09-16 01:29am

Hotfoot wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:I'm going to get it because the multiplayer alone is worth the admission.
From what I've seen, without co-op, the multiplayer is interesting, but nothing that hasn't been done before.

Well, I've had a blast playing it on X-Box, and with all the extra stuff they added to the multiplayer, it's a sure-fire LAN party winner.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-09-16 01:33am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Hotfoot wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:I'm going to get it because the multiplayer alone is worth the admission.
From what I've seen, without co-op, the multiplayer is interesting, but nothing that hasn't been done before.
Well, I've had a blast playing it on X-Box, and with all the extra stuff they added to the multiplayer, it's a sure-fire LAN party winner.

Oh yeah, I knew I was thinking of some good multiplayer game when I suggested having a small LAN at your place. W00t to Halo PC.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-09-16 02:30am

When's the Australian release? The box is in stores, next to Jedi Academy and Homeworld 2 (with the coming soon stickers on them) but that's it.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2003-09-16 05:17am

Vympel wrote:When's the Australian release? The box is in stores, next to Jedi Academy and Homeworld 2 (with the coming soon stickers on them) but that's it.

The offical release date is 28 September.

Officaly

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2003-09-16 05:17am

Vympel wrote:When's the Australian release? The box is in stores, next to Jedi Academy and Homeworld 2 (with the coming soon stickers on them) but that's it.

Homeworld2 is in my local EB store already, and the Halo for PC is slated for a start of october release.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-16 01:47pm

Weee!