Buyer's Remorse - An open letter to the devs of H2V

[nooBBooze]

Id say if they havent already a huge ass update in their oven there isnt much of a chance h2v will drastically improve any time soon. (based on already stated arguments).
Maybe some sort of patch, wich cracks open some backdoors so some of the talented members of this board would be free to improve h2v is rather realistic.

[Arteen]

I for one am glad H2V is Vista-only. It makes the decision not to purchase it that much easier.

[Mass]

Also, petitions don't do shit, I hope you realize that.

True, they're not elected officials and most people already purchased.

Its still a nice "lots of people kinda fucking hate you" thing.

w/e I didn't buy it cause of the money for a new computer with Vista, having to use vista, having to use my gamertag or pay for a new one, and after everyones initial response, particularly to the editing kit.

Also, sigged Arteen.

[jahrain]

I thought guns don't kill people?

Bullets do.

They could if someone choked on one.

[p0lar_bear]

If Microsoft is the gunner, Hired Gun is the gun, and Halo 2 Vista is the bullet, it's like they're unleashing a torrent of .50 AE on us hapless civilians. A true act of terrorism.

[stunt_man]

You mispelled gauge.

Nice work, not angry, but informative.

+rep to people who signed.

EDIT: Instead of just posting this around, you should absolutely consider find the mailing address for the top dogs (Bungie, MGS (well, Hired Gun), GFWL etc. Another thing that would be effective is if everyone in the community printed the letter and flooded one well-chosen address.

Just my two-cents.

[Vicky]

Another thing that would be effective is if everyone in the community printed the letter and flooded one well-chosen address.

Good idea.

[Atty]

IF, and it is a big IF, Halo 3 is brought to PC I sincerely doubt that there will be an editing kit or an SDK as PC people like to think of it, because from Bungie's perspective there is one: They call it forge.

No, that would be the Sappien of the Halo 3 Editing kit, most likely. They'd probably unlock a bit more to make it more appropriate to custom map making. Bungie and more importantly Microsoft both know if they port Halo 3 to PC (or when, I should say, because we all know it is bound to happen) it has to include custom map options. They know that the Halo PC community and most other PC Gaming communities rely on custom content to keep a game alive and for most custom content possibilities are the only reason for purchasing most games.

Hopefully they both realize that H2v was a flop and build upon that, Halo 2 Xbox was a let down as was its PC counterpart, we can only hope that the improvement of Halo 3 Xbox is also seen in its port compared to H2.

[Agamemnon]

Oh wow, so we finally got to publish this. Hooray.

[p0lar_bear]

Hopefully they both realize that H2v was a flop and build upon that, Halo 2 Xbox was a let down as was its PC counterpart, we can only hope that the improvement of Halo 3 Xbox is also seen in its port compared to H2.

Microsoft sees the Halo franchise as an XBox title, and that's all there is to it. You know damn well that if they feel like porting it to shut the rabid fanboys up, they'll order yet another half-assed port, complete with the bloated LIVE system, and this time there won't be an editing kit map maker, because Forge is there; it fits the bill in their opinion of customization.

If they implement LIVE this time around, I hope to god that it won't be as restrictive as it was in Halo 2, and actually offer features worth the yearly fee, such as cross-platform play, and optimatch that actually works.