I know Farcry came later than Halo but in my opinion it pees all over Halo in terms of outdoor environments. As far as the game in general I think it's definately better than Halo 2 which it was more of a contemporary with.
Of course Microsoft are missing the fact that most PC gamers couldn't care less about Halo. When the first one came out it was a hit because there were no other decent FPS games on consoles. On the PC there were plenty at the time including several that were better. If they'd released it on the PC then it might have had a chance anyway but they didn't. When they finally did release it on PC I don't know of a single PC gamer who bought it. No-one cared. It was old technology with inferior gameplay, lacking many features that PC gamers are used to and looked downright primitive compared to the crop of PC games that were being released about the same time.
Now they're making the same mistake again. If they'd released Halo 2 on PC as soon as it came out it might have had a chance of success even if it was up against superior games at the time like Halflife 2 and Farcry. How bad will it look 2 against PC games with a whole additional 2 year's worth of advances?
So again my response to the relase of Halo 2 on PC - who cares?
Slashdot Mirror
I know Farcry came later than Halo but in my opinion it pees all over Halo in terms of outdoor environments. As far as the game in general I think it's definately better than Halo 2 which it was more of a contemporary with.
Of course Microsoft are missing the fact that most PC gamers couldn't care less about Halo. When the first one came out it was a hit because there were no other decent FPS games on consoles. On the PC there were plenty at the time including several that were better. If they'd released it on the PC then it might have had a chance anyway but they didn't. When they finally did release it on PC I don't know of a single PC gamer who bought it. No-one cared. It was old technology with inferior gameplay, lacking many features that PC gamers are used to and looked downright primitive compared to the crop of PC games that were being released about the same time. Now they're making the same mistake again. If they'd released Halo 2 on PC as soon as it came out it might have had a chance of success even if it was up against superior games at the time like Halflife 2 and Farcry. How bad will it look 2 against PC games with a whole additional 2 year's worth of advances? So again my response to the relase of Halo 2 on PC - who cares?