Halo PC Goes Gold, Producer Quizzed

Scorpion_1169 writes "According to Bungie.org, Microsoft/Gearbox's long-awaited version of Halo for the PC has gone gold, and is scheduled to hit store shelves on September 30th." There's also an interview with Bungie producer Michel Bastien over at Bungie.net, answering questions such as who might have leaked a Beta version of Halo online ("Nah, we don't know who it was. It really sucks because this build was not the most glorious build we've put together"), and the existence of easter eggs ("Like the Xbox game, you want to play through 'The Maw' on Legendary. We've got a couple of well-kept surprises, which, hopefully, we can roll out in the future...")

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Re:Why ... ?

[JM Apocalypse]

I fail to understand why my comment is "flamebait" ... I was expressing an opinion, and if you disagree with it, then just ignore my comment.

In my opinion, Halo is not a very good game by todays standards. This is worsened by the fact that Halo 2 is coming out, and with all of these re-releases, new aspects of the game are added that may possibly ruin Halo 2. This is just a gimmick to get the XBOX customers to pay $50 more to see the new "features" of Halo.

When I played Halo, I basically played it for little more than a week, until I had beat the game on Legendary (which I have). Then, after that was done, I just stopped playing it. The original Halo was good the first time you played it, but then nothing new happened, the game could not be expanded. Yes, you can play multiplayer, but that's only good if you have someone to play multiplayer with.

You have to remember that the only version that Halo is released for PC was to make a profit, just when the original XBOX sales are going to die out. If you are too poor to afford a $180 XBOX, then how are you going to afford a computer that is powerful enough to play the game. And, why on earth would anybody want to play a game using a keyboard? From my personal experience, game-play is much better with the use of a game-pad, which lets you better control your gaming experience and get much more involved in the game, instead of trying to remember where the Y key is, and in the process, accidentally launching a few grenades at yourself.

If you really want to experience Halo, the way it is meant to be, just stop complaining and buy a copy of the XBOX version. An added bonus is that you won't have to wait another 2-3 years for the PC version of Halo 2 to be released.

-fin-