Halo 2 Vista delayed due to nudity? - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 25th May 2007, 09:46

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/05...ue_to_nudity/1

Halo 2 Vista, which PC owners have been waiting for for over three years now, has been delayed again due to nudity accidentally appearing.

DougEdey · 25th May 2007, 09:51

I want the game now...

yakyb · 25th May 2007, 10:41

very funny anyone have a screen?

ralph.pickering · 25th May 2007, 11:05

America is so f***ed up. Seriously.

I'm happy for little Johnny to play games containing mindless (but entertaining) violence, but god forbid he should see a virtual breast.

Maybe if they were less uptight about sex they'd be less inclined to go shooting up schools and colleges?

Kaboom22 · 25th May 2007, 11:15

Great picture

perplekks45 · 25th May 2007, 12:41

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Originally Posted by Kaboom22

Great picture

Looks like gay porn though.

The good-ol'-nudity problem, eh? Childish and stupid...

DarkLord7854 · 25th May 2007, 12:44

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The Vista version of Halo 2 has been the victim of reoccurring delays in the past due to problems with some of the new technologies being included in the updated, DX10 version of the console best-seller.

That's crap, I have Halo2 Vista, there's a few higher res textures, but that's it. They don't even support widescreen formats, so instead of 1440x900 res I'm stuck at 1024x768 -.-
And it's definitely not DX10, it only uses DX9

Wish I could return the game, was such a waste of money. Bleh.

CardJoe · 25th May 2007, 12:56

Bindi assures me that it's definitely DX10, a vista ONLY release. How did you get it anyway, it's not released yet.

DrFreeze · 25th May 2007, 12:58

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Originally Posted by DarkLord7854

That's crap, I have Halo2 Vista, there's a few higher res textures, but that's it. They don't even support widescreen formats, so instead of 1440x900 res I'm stuck at 1024x768 -.-
And it's definitely not DX10, it only uses DX9

Wish I could return the game, was such a waste of money. Bleh.

not to ruin your hissy fit, but how would it run Dx10 on dx9 hardware? upgrade your 7900GS to a GF8 series card and we'll talk again

Zurechial · 25th May 2007, 13:22

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The delay has pushed the game's release back from this week until the 8th of June, so mark that date in your calendar if for some reason you actually want to play this graphically updated version of a mediocre, two and a half year old console port.

Master Chief got pwned by Joe.

mikeuk2004 · 25th May 2007, 13:25

wheres Jack when you need him??? He aint hiding is he??? becuase its MS lol

CardJoe · 25th May 2007, 13:36

The odd thing is I really liked Halo 2 coop on the Xbox. It was fun, but the singleplayer was pretty dull for a lone player and the multiplayer was something I could never get the hang of.

Coop always makes any game better though, so by that notion Left4Dead will be the most awesome game ever made since Serious Sam coop.

DarkLord7854 · 25th May 2007, 13:43

Co-op is in Halo2Vista

woof82 · 25th May 2007, 13:44

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Originally Posted by ralph.pickering

America is so f***ed up. Seriously.

I'm happy for little Johnny to play games containing mindless (but entertaining) violence, but god forbid he should see a virtual breast.

Maybe if they were less uptight about sex they'd be less inclined to go shooting up schools and colleges?

Interesting point.

See, now I'm just curious as to what the actaul content was.

I've also noticed that the way that some news articles have been written made it sound like hot coffee was MS's fault.

DarkLord7854 · 25th May 2007, 13:58

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Originally Posted by DrFreeze

not to ruin your hissy fit, but how would it run Dx10 on dx9 hardware? upgrade your 7900GS to a GF8 series card and we'll talk again

http://www.pcgamersblog.com/50226711...directx_10.php

http://videogames.netscape.com/story...rt-directx-10/

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6169711/index.html

Sorry to say, but, Halo2 does not support DX10. Of course, if you have a GF8 series it'll run "better" but that's it.

CardJoe · 25th May 2007, 14:52

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Originally Posted by DarkLord7854

Co-op is in Halo2Vista

True, but so did Halo 2 on xbox. Why pay £30 to microsoft to get a console port thats two and a half years old that they've only bothered with to showcase their new tech anyway? I used to have the game for Xbox and played coop to death on that with Bauul until my brother sold it.

Halo 2 Vista? Don't see the point in buying it. Nowadays you can get an Xbox really cheap from gamestation anyway so why not get it and the original halo 2 to play it as it was meant to be played and only spend about £20 more.

Ugh. I need to stop this ranting.

Bauul · 25th May 2007, 16:06

I remember playing the original Halo on PC, a stupidly system hungry game that just didn't work as well on the PC as the console. I'd imagine Halo 2 would be similar. Personally, I think it would make sense if Microsoft released it as a budget title, like £5 or something. I mean, they're not going to set the world on fire with a console port of a game everyone who has wanted to play it already has. However, if they made it beautiful and DX10 only, it would lend encouragement to people to upgrade, which can only help Microsoft. It seems odd they honestly think people would pay full price for a game like this.

Not that it's a bad game, as Joe points out the co-op was great fun, if only because you couldn't really die, and saying "yeah I'll cover you!" before gutting your teammate in the back with the sword thing was great fun too (sorry Joe). But it's not worth another £30 for basically the same thing again. Hmm, though of course with all future releases what the publishers have played for it remains to be seen.

pendragon · 25th May 2007, 17:03

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Originally Posted by CardJoe

True, but so did Halo 2 on xbox. Why pay £30 to microsoft to get a console port thats two and a half years old that they've only bothered with to showcase their new tech anyway? I used to have the game for Xbox and played coop to death on that with Bauul until my brother sold it.

Halo 2 Vista? Don't see the point in buying it. Nowadays you can get an Xbox really cheap from gamestation anyway so why not get it and the original halo 2 to play it as it was meant to be played and only spend about £20 more.

Ugh. I need to stop this ranting.

do you think maybe some people like playing FPS's with a mouse instead of an effing gamepad?

maybe? ...I do.

CardJoe · 25th May 2007, 17:41

True, but do those people like playing old console ports with a mouse or would they prefer to save their monies up for Crysis, which will cost the same? Maybe?...I do

DarkLord7854 · 25th May 2007, 18:25

I returned mine to Wal-Mart

25th May 2007, 09:46	#1
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CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,940	The odd thing is I really liked Halo 2 coop on the Xbox. It was fun, but the singleplayer was pretty dull for a lone player and the multiplayer was something I could never get the hang of. Coop always makes any game better though, so by that notion Left4Dead will be the most awesome game ever made since Serious Sam coop. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

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