oh cause i heard that you can only play it if u have a windows live id or somethin which i have already wit my 360 and its 50 a year so is that the same as the 50 a yr xbox live therefore i wouldnt have to pay anything extra?
oh cause i heard that you can only play it if u have a windows live id or somethin which i have already wit my 360 and its 50 a year so is that the same as the 50 a yr xbox live therefore i wouldnt have to pay anything extra?
soccer_fan93
If I remember right you still need Windows live but you no longer require a xbox live gold subscription to play games for windows over multiplayer. Widows 7 or vista is required to play them so thats why I still don't have the game.
Games for Windows - LIVE is completely free, and you won't have to pay anything extra. Even if you didn't have an account, you would be able to set one up and play for free.
oh so halo 2 pc online is now free? either way i got a gold membership for my 360 and a windows live id
Blade8Aus
It's been free ever since it was released...
Well, GfWL users previously had to pay for gold as XBL users do, but the game could be played online with a silver account. Now, I believe you just get all the GfWL Gold content for free with silver... or something to that effect. ;)
I didn't think they even charged you with a live account on Halo 2. They did on Gears of Wars try get PC gamers to have and xbox live account to play online. Well we just said FU and then M$ made it free to play.
I didn't think they even charged you with a live account on Halo 2. They did on Gears of Wars try get PC gamers to have and xbox live account to play online. Well we just said FU and then M$ made it free to play.
mattuk69
you guys say that to most every thing on pc...Online play, buying dlc...buying actual full games...
I didn't think they even charged you with a live account on Halo 2. They did on Gears of Wars try get PC gamers to have and xbox live account to play online. Well we just said FU and then M$ made it free to play.
mattuk69
And now it's glitched and you can't install it properly without a bunch of cracks on workarounds (which I think they said they will correct at some point). And epic wonders why nobody bought it on the pc.
I didn't think they even charged you with a live account on Halo 2. They did on Gears of Wars try get PC gamers to have and xbox live account to play online. Well we just said FU and then M$ made it free to play.
WilliamRLBaker
you guys say that to most every thing on pc...Online play, buying dlc...buying actual full games...
Almost all games. But not all. Check out FSX and see just how much payware addons are available for it. There's a virtual industry of payware mods for it. There are some games with addons people will be willing to pay for.
I didn't think they even charged you with a live account on Halo 2. They did on Gears of Wars try get PC gamers to have and xbox live account to play online. Well we just said FU and then M$ made it free to play.
SAGE_OF_FIRE
And now it's glitched and you can't install it properly without a bunch of cracks on workarounds (which I think they said they will correct at some point). And epic wonders why nobody bought it on the pc. It doesn't need any cracks or workarounds you just need the latest official patch.
I didn't think they even charged you with a live account on Halo 2. They did on Gears of Wars try get PC gamers to have and xbox live account to play online. Well we just said FU and then M$ made it free to play.
WilliamRLBaker
you guys say that to most every thing on pc...Online play, buying dlc...buying actual full games...
Considering the PC has the largest library (and largest selection of quality games) even if you only count this generation, SOMEONE must be buying them for developers to keep making games for the platform.
And if you were trying to be clever or funny, you also failed miserably.
so if i already got a live account will they charge me extra to play online?
gamer-adam1
No, playing online with Halo 2 PC is free, all you need to do is buy a copy of the game.
isnt it vista only?
I don't see how that is relevant, but it "requires" Vista, or Windows 7. It can be made to work on XP, though I think there might be online issues in that case.
Out of interest, how active are Halo CE and 2's communities? I think I played the CE demo a few months ago, and there were loads of full servers.Ravensmash
In terms of numbers small, like 5000. But thats 5000 every time, all the time. PC games dont have the "wasteland" online that plauge consoles.
oh so halo 2 pc online is now free? either way i got a gold membership for my 360 and a windows live id
Doom_HellKnight
It's been free ever since it was released...
Well, GfWL users previously had to pay for gold as XBL users do, but the game could be played online with a silver account. Now, I believe you just get all the GfWL Gold content for free with silver... or something to that effect. ;)
Yeah, but playing online has always been free since its release.
[QUOTE="Ravensmash"]Out of interest, how active are Halo CE and 2's communities? I think I played the CE demo a few months ago, and there were loads of full servers.Cali3350
In terms of numbers small, like 5000. But thats 5000 every time, all the time. PC games dont have the "wasteland" online that plauge consoles.
5000 for a Halo game is almost the definition of what people mean when they call an online community a wasteland, KZ2 has around 50k and it gets called a wasteland by some.
[QUOTE="Ravensmash"]Out of interest, how active are Halo CE and 2's communities? I think I played the CE demo a few months ago, and there were loads of full servers.SPYDER0416
In terms of numbers small, like 5000. But thats 5000 every time, all the time. PC games dont have the "wasteland" online that plauge consoles.
5000 for a Halo game is almost the definition of what people mean when they call an online community a wasteland, KZ2 has around 50k and it gets called a wasteland by some.
How many are playing Halo 2 online on the xbox? Zero.
In terms of numbers small, like 5000. But thats 5000 every time, all the time. PC games dont have the "wasteland" online that plauge consoles.
5000 for a Halo game is almost the definition of what people mean when they call an online community a wasteland, KZ2 has around 50k and it gets called a wasteland by some.
How many are playing Halo 2 online on the xbox? Zero. And they are 9 and 6 year old console games respectively. I was just curious, because I know there was a large CE community.
5000 for a Halo game is almost the definition of what people mean when they call an online community a wasteland, KZ2 has around 50k and it gets called a wasteland by some.
Ravensmash
How many are playing Halo 2 online on the xbox? Zero. And they are 9 and 6 year old console games respectively. I was just curious, because I know there was a large CE community. They are,maybe that´s why they weren´t very sucessfull on the PC when compared to CS,TF2 or others.
I don´t know about Halo 2,but I have Halo CE for the PC and I know it still has a pretty decent active online comunity,at least good enough to easily find a game.
[QUOTE="Ravensmash"][QUOTE="Arach666"] How many are playing Halo 2 online on the xbox? Zero.Arach666
And they are 9 and 6 year old console games respectively. I was just curious, because I know there was a large CE community. They are,maybe that´s why they weren´t very sucessfull on the PC when compared to CS,TF2 or others.
I don´t know about Halo 2,but I have Halo CE for the PC and I know it still has a pretty decent active online comunity,at least good enough to easily find a game.
Nice to know, I missed out the MP on the first one (obviously).
I didn't think they even charged you with a live account on Halo 2. They did on Gears of Wars try get PC gamers to have and xbox live account to play online. Well we just said FU and then M$ made it free to play.
WilliamRLBaker
you guys say that to most every thing on pc...Online play, buying dlc...buying actual full games...
Yeah, it's not like WoW has 12million subs or anything...
We're just not willing to be bent over and charged for things that were always, and should always be free. Like access to multi-player.
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