This week, I picked up Halo for the PC. Halo is widely considered the best game for the Xbox and was lots of fun when I’ve played the console version.
Now I’m a multiplayer kinda guy. I thnk the best opponent is another person, not a computer AI. So my thoughts on Halo are about the multiplayer mode. My thoughts are simple.
Halo Multiplayer Sucks.
There I said it. It doesn’t live up to any of the hype and is barely mediocre.
Bad things about Halo Multiplayer:
It’s s-l-o-w. Everyone moves like they are in molasses.
No dual mode weapons.
The ‘killed’ info is non-descriptive.
The weapons are underpowered.
No ‘lock-on’ modes.
Weapon fire creates glare the obscures the view of target.
Can only hold two weapons.
Weapon switching sucks.
Godo things:
The Warthog.
Ragdoll death graphics.
The Single player game is fun, but Halo simply doesn’t live up to the hype.
It’s inexcusable laziness to carry over console related design compromises (like the weapon switching and number of weapons) to the PC.
I suspect Halo was faster for the Xbox because designers had a static target to hit. With the PC they had to write the thing to run on a hodge-podge of hardware, which no doubt led to many inefficiencies in code.
I’m not at all bent about the lack of lock-on modes. That would sort of suck in multiplayer anyway.
C’mon, there needs to be a lock-on mode for rockets targeting vehicle of some sort. Without it, they are nigh-invulnerable to the rest of the pea-shooters in Halo.
C’mon Mike. I can tell you’re holding back a little. Why don’t you REALLY tell us what you think? Don’t pull punches this time.
I seem to remember that only being able to carry two weapons thing was a conscious gameplay decision; I like it.
As far as lock on modes, well. The size of some of the levels would make that kinda silly, I think. On say, Sidewinder, there’d be no chance of getting a warthog anywhere close to a base without being blasted.
Lock-on modes would render vehicles useless. It’s a question of balance.
If I can hit planes with RPGs in Battlefield 1942, you can hit a warthog with a rocket launcher in Halo.
Hey Mike,
Apropos of nothing, here’s a game that might be up Michele’s alley…
http://www.aboutpaducah.com/local/games/btq/
Cheers,
Chris
It rules and you all suck because I am better.
if u retards dont know how to blow up a vehicle you are stupid. just throw a fucking plama nade and it will stick to the vehicle and either kill them or roll the vehicle and smash them. you all must be stupid.
well, what i dont like about it is… that the security ratings are too high. i installed the game on 2 computers, and set up a lan. here to find out that each copy must use different cdkeys in order to play via Lan . Although i did trade my cdkey for others because, they had the same problem. Otherwise the game is ok but does not support Anti-Alising.