[QUOTE="CashMcL"][QUOTE="Crzy1"]

What a lot of you seem to be missing is the fact that Halo 2 got a 9.4 three years ago on a console that didn't have much in the way of online first person shooters, a lot of people said the campaign wasn't that great, but the multiplayer was something different for Xbox, so it got a better score for bringing something new to the table for Xbox players. When it comes to the PC, there are already a TON of online shooters that are deeper, better paced, prettier and don't have auto-aim, so Halo 2 gets no brownie points for innovation, instead it falls under the "just another shooter" category.

Deihmos

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That says it best 

I actually just played Halo 2 on the Xbox after over a year. The game is a really fun multiplayer game and that is why so many people play. It actually has more players than any PC game even after 3 years.

It's basically the same on the PC and the mouse has no auto aim. It's just another shooter but a fun one.

Never said that it wasn't fun, just that there are other, better options on the PC.  If you look at the Half-Life 2 suite of games (HL2, HL2 DM, CS:S) they offer so much more and are at a budget price now and don't require you to upgrade to Vista to play them.  There are numerous other games out there as well, UT2K4 still shines in the multiplayer arena, BF2 and 2142 are great team based shooters and there are WAY to many single player FPS at budget prices at-the-moment to even think about buying a 3 year old game being marketed as "new".  7.0 may be a little high, not really sure how the PC port worked out, but like others have said, if it didn't say "Halo" it probably would have ended up with a lower score if it's the same game I used to play on the Xbox.

What a lot of you seem to be missing is the fact that Halo 2 got a 9.4 three years ago on a console that didn't have much in the way of online first person shooters, a lot of people said the campaign wasn't that great, but the multiplayer was something different for Xbox, so it got a better score for bringing something new to the table for Xbox players.  When it comes to the PC, there are already a TON of online shooters that are deeper, better paced, prettier and don't have auto-aim, so Halo 2 gets no brownie points for innovation, instead it falls under the "just another shooter" category.

   Could really care less what the name on the box is, I'm tired of MS shoveling out these obsolete ports of games that were never intended for the PC after they hijacked the original Halo, that's enough reason for me to leave it on the shelf.  And no, I don't hate MS, have an original Xbox and a 360, I'm just not going to waste my hard-earned money on a port of what is now a sub-par game.