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Halo 2 Patched Via Xbox Live | |
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| Time: 15:57 EST/20:57 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Brian Kvalheim | ||
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Halo 2 has been in gamers hands for little over a week. Bungie has been monitoring the game's performance and has decided to fix a few nagging issues that have been ruffling some of the gaming community's feathers. Bungie has now made available the first patch for Halo 2, which can be downloaded via Xbox Live. The patch contains fixes for the long wait for matchmaking in multiplayer games, 480p support, and a newly unlocked multiplayer map. | ||
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| #1 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at 11/22/2004 11:27:33 AM |
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halcyon is a FUD monger. You wouldn't have even noticed the issues you listed, if bungie hadn't listed them for you in their weekly update.
For all those with an open mind... Halo 2 is truly a work of art. And the ONLY criticism I had (slow matchmaking on XBoxLIVE) was COMPLETELY rectified with the FREE update a few days ago. FUD will not stop Halo2's momentum. Anyone that plays the game is an instant fan. |
| #2 By 37 (67.37.29.142) at 11/22/2004 12:12:31 PM |
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I have to agree with #56. In fact, I have not sen LOD choppiness <sic> and texture loading problems.
Secondly, I have NEVER seen an official comment from MS that states they don't intend to use the harddrive for patches. |
| #3 By 37 (68.185.170.174) at 11/22/2004 7:12:18 PM |
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Odd that I have not experienced it and others have...and we share the same hardware and software.
And since there is no word from MS on NOT using the hard drive for patching, I will assume that to be inaccurate. And I believe it is advantageous to have the hard drive for patching. PS2 games that are bug ridden do NOT get the choice of being patched AND I would prefer the ability to be patched. And if "anyone" on this entire board of discussions can tell me that it's possible to release a bug free game on any console or PC is just lying through their teeth. It's impossible. So Haly, damned if they do, damned if they don't. Just another excuse to tear apart what is an excellent gaming console. |
| #4 By 37 (67.37.29.142) at 11/23/2004 8:31:48 AM |
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While I believe *EVERY* company should do what they can to release bug free software, it's "impossible" to do so.
And you are correct, it does invite those to release games early. But that is not the case for every situation. Example, Halo 2. One of the longest games in development, and delayed numerous times to fix bugs and polish online play. How in the world can you possibly beta test a real life scenario with 80,000 people playing every second, covering a million + matches in a weeks time? That is likely to expose a bug that could not have been noticed in real world beta testing. There are going to be exceptions. In my opinion, the hard drive is there for saving games, your personal music burned for backgrounds in games, downloading additional maps, dashboard updates and finally patching. While patching should be last resort, I am excited that it is there. Other game consoles are getting buggy games without the ability to have the glitches addressed. Xbox owners have this luxury, and I find it advantageous. All companies should have more strict QA.....not just for MS, but for PS2 and Nintendo. But it's the Nintendo and PS2 gamers that lose out. Xbox fans have the ability to b!tch and moan until they get a patch...and they see an avenue to do so. |
| #5 By 37 (67.37.29.142) at 11/23/2004 6:22:48 PM |
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While I wish it was done right in the first place, I know it's impossible...and I know that I am content with using my hard drive for patching.
If it is true that the next Xbox is released in 3 forms...one without HD, one with and one PC, I know for a fact I will opt for the HD one, in prep for expansions, recording music for personalized games and of course, patches :) I should add that I have a Media Center PC now at home, and I am supposed to have the Xbox Media Center Extender kit shipped to me, so I will have yet another reason for my hard drive on my Xbox :) This post was edited by AWBrian on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at 18:25. |
| #6 By 37 (67.37.29.142) at 11/24/2004 8:17:46 AM |
| When you buy the Xbox Media Extender Kit, you are given 2 CD/DVD Roms. One for your PC and one for your Xbox. The one for the Xbox installs the required software to connect to the home network to your Media PC. And the one for the Media PC installs the required bits to connect to your Xbox. |
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