Halo 2

Product Details

• ASIN: B000NV8F58
• Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.7 x 3 cm ; 168 g
• Release Date: May 31 2007
  

By : Microsoft
List Price : CDN$ 29.95
Price : CDN$ 13.50
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Item Description

From the Manufacturer
The entertainment phenomenon that conquered the digital universe is once once again out to save the planet as the award-winning, most beneficial-promoting Halo 2 is coming to the Windows Vista platform. Optimized for the advanced gaming attributes in Windows Vista, Halo two promises to revolutionize the initial-individual shooter expertise for Windows gamers, as it did for consoles. With its traditional story, enhanced visual presentation, multiplayer excitement and all-new Map Editor, Halo 2 for Windows Vista offers extra game customization and new content material than ever just before.
Windows Vista gamers will be able to expertise the epic story of Halo two as Master Chief delves additional into the mystery of the Covenant in the aftermath of Halo’s destruction. What he discovers will soon threaten the fate not only of Earth, but of the Universe itself.
Features:

• Epic Narrative: The saga continues with Halo two, the international award-winning sequel to the very productive and critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved. In this sequel, the battle comes to Earth, and Master Chief, a genetically enhanced super soldier, is the only factor standing amongst the relentless alien Covenant and the destruction of all humankind.
• Exciting Single-Player Gameplay: Experience very first hand the epic struggle among Master Chief and the Covenant armada. Brandish dual-wield weapons Covenant arms and pilot human and non-human vehicles and aircraft to battle intelligent AI alien enemies.
• Unmatched Web based Gaming: Halo 2 for Windows Vista will tap into the power of Live Anyplace, a service equivalent to Xbox Live, to deliver online matchmaking for Computer gamers. The service will enable Windows Vista gamers all more than the globe to connect through their PCs and play on an revolutionary and competitive on-line forum.
• New Multiplayer Map Editor: The game will also function the all-new new Map Editor, guaranteeing additional new, fan-generated content in the future. The Halo two community can now tap their endless creative prospective to create an unlimited quantity of user-made multiplayer levels.
• Total Community Freedom: Halo 2 for Windows Vista delivers gamers the freedom to host their own dedicated servers for maximum multiplayer action.
• Superior Presentation and Cinematic Excellence: Bring the vast, imaginative world of Halo 2 to life on the Windows Vista platform via greater-resolution textures and enhanced lighting effects. Knowledge the unmatched cinematic high quality of Halo 2 through the power of Windows Vista.
• Unprecedented Pedigree: The Halo franchise is one of the finest promoting and monumental entertainment experiences in history with far more than 14.five million units sold worldwide, alot more than 18 Game-of-the-Year awards, 750 million hours and 500 million matches logged over Xbox Live. Halo 2 was also one of the most profitable entertainment launches of all time – including books, films, graphic novels, games and music. Halo 2 for Windows Vista brings this extraordinary expertise to Windows Vista gamers everywhere.

The Legendary Adventure Enchanted for Windows Vista. Halo 2 is the sequel to the extremely prosperous and critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved. In Halo two, the saga continues as Master Chief - a genetically enhanced super-soldier - is the only thing standing amongst the relentless Covenant and the destruction of all humankind.

Consumer Evaluations

The Original Halo was a ground-breaking title. The expectation for HALO2 was so great that Microsoft decided to greedily milk its own users...
Pc users have been waiting for HALO2 to be released for Windows for over three years. Now is too little, also late. Not to mention the shameless WinVista promotion.
All these years Microsoft was dragging its feet. Why? The release of (compatibility-hell) WinVISTA was coming - and HALO2 was planed to enhance sales. Then WinVISTA got repeatedly delayed - and so was Halo two.
Result: In 2004 the graphics had been cutting edge, in 2007 they are just presentable. Even although the game calls for an above typical (and rather high-priced) Hardware configuration, it actually looks worse than UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004.
QUESTION: why is HALO2 only compatible with WinVISTA because it does NOT take advantage of DirectX10?
ANSWERS : (1) let's help sell those WinVISTA finally! (2) there are hardly any reasonably priced DirectX10-compatible video-cards obtainable (3) let's charge the users for playing On the internet with WindowsLIVE
The gameplay and overall presentation is not that various from the original Halo. Confident, surfaces got better textured, shiny reflections got added and now (limiting and clumsy) dual-yield is available - but do these basically make a distinction to a true gamer?
It is definitely a shame that Computer users get exploited in such shameless way. Just after all, HALO3 is finding released for X-BOX.
Wow! We get the privilege of playing the prior generation game! Are not we lucky...

The game came in in fantastic time right after I purchased it. Only downside was I did not pay attention that it expected Windows Vista. A mistake on my component, but it works fine on my friends pc. An amazing game. Highly advised :]

 

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