Halo 2 is actually dead on MCC

[ran]

I have never played more than 5 games out of Halo 2 out of 100 hours I have in this. Do people just no longer have this installed or is the matchmaking just that bad?

[TadeuszekPL]

people dont care about the original halo 2 on mcc thats it
if ya wanna play halo 2 on pc, try project cartogropher
or try halo 2 aniversary multiplayer i have not played it yet but i havent played multiplayer mcc at all

[Clancy McFancy]

I get halo 2 more often than CE in social.

[Sahelanthropoz]

because halo 2 is full of sweats and most of the cheaters.

[Tommy Wiseau]

People are tired of being banned when their game crashes, the game crashes alot. I dont even bother with MP uninstall feature works well.

[Outchilln]

ive never had issues getting Halo 2 games

[Nul1fy]

the only halo game you'll reliably find games in it seems is reach

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

According to MintBlitz, people re activated Halo 2 servers on the original hardware.

Not entirely sure how that even works, but it seems to be a thing. Might be where to go to find active games too.

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

Originally posted by LegendaryThunder:

Originally posted by Kitt 🌟 Stargazer:

According to MintBlitz, people re activated Halo 2 servers on the original hardware.

Not entirely sure how that even works, but it seems to be a thing. Might be where to go to find active games too.

They're emulating the Live! master server, not everything works and it sounds like how well a game runs is based on the charity of the fanbase. There is a specific racing game on it that was pretty much rebuilt by sheer force of will from its community. I remember the original xbox had some very solid racing titles and may have been the peak point of Console sim racing.

Does Microsoft not have issues with people doing that out of curiosity?

I will admit, that's kind of neat regardless. Shows some real dedicated.

[ran]

Originally posted by LegendaryThunder:

Originally posted by The New Display:

I have never played more than 5 games out of Halo 2 out of 100 hours I have in this. Do people just no longer have this installed or is the matchmaking just that bad?

Because halo 2 is bad, it was poorly made, poorly lead and was filled with spiteful hubris. Bungie thought they were going to and I quote " Sh*t on John Carmacks lawn " because he was still working on Doom 3 and they thought they could do it better faster. In the end Doom 3 released before halo 2, gave us tech that helped moved the needle a bit and ran on some kind of coding magic because it should not have ran that well at all on Xbox let alone have online death match.

Halo 3 lost its xbox live population to Modern Warfare 1, they added sprint, loadouts and perks in order to deal with it. Bungie were not geniuses, stole their matchmaking system from dreamcast games like Choo Choo rocket and merely got it right and lucky with Halo CE.

dude youre so right. doom 3 was better cause had it nothing but dark levels where you could only hold the flashlight without your weapon. so good. dont get me started the on the online implementation. way better than halo 2.

[ran]

Originally posted by Kitt 🌟 Stargazer:

According to MintBlitz, people re activated Halo 2 servers on the original hardware.

Not entirely sure how that even works, but it seems to be a thing. Might be where to go to find active games too.

i just tried halo 2 on insignia via xemu. its not as nice compared to MCC where you can run it at higher than 60 fps.

[UpfrontBowl62]

Originally posted by LegendaryThunder:

Originally posted by The New Display:

I have never played more than 5 games out of Halo 2 out of 100 hours I have in this. Do people just no longer have this installed or is the matchmaking just that bad?

Because halo 2 is bad, it was poorly made, poorly lead and was filled with spiteful hubris. Bungie thought they were going to and I quote " Sh*t on John Carmacks lawn " because he was still working on Doom 3 and they thought they could do it better faster. In the end Doom 3 released before halo 2, gave us tech that helped moved the needle a bit and ran on some kind of coding magic because it should not have ran that well at all on Xbox let alone have online death match.

Halo 3 lost its xbox live population to Modern Warfare 1, they added sprint, loadouts and perks in order to deal with it. Bungie were not geniuses, stole their matchmaking system from dreamcast games like Choo Choo rocket and merely got it right and lucky with Halo CE.

Think you mean 'CoD 4'. Not 'Modern Warfare 1'. No one calls it that.

[Erick]

On weekend nights, you can find some custom Halo 2 games in the custom game browser, and at peak hours you can find Halo 2 matchmade games fairly quickly. Halo 2 in MCC isn't necessarily dead, just that the majority of players are mainly on Halo Reach and Halo 3.

That and Halo CE and Halo 2 in matchmaking are mainly made up of parties and non-casual players, so it might not be fun for many players. In my experience, Halo 2 Anniversary in matchmaking is fairly populated enough and you'll find more casual players when its pretty active. Only wished it had more maps for it.

[acSiegemaster]

Originally posted by LegendaryThunder:

Originally posted by The New Display:

I have never played more than 5 games out of Halo 2 out of 100 hours I have in this. Do people just no longer have this installed or is the matchmaking just that bad?

Because halo 2 is bad, it was poorly made, poorly lead and was filled with spiteful hubris. Bungie thought they were going to and I quote " Sh*t on John Carmacks lawn " because he was still working on Doom 3 and they thought they could do it better faster. In the end Doom 3 released before halo 2, gave us tech that helped moved the needle a bit and ran on some kind of coding magic because it should not have ran that well at all on Xbox let alone have online death match.

Halo 3 lost its xbox live population to Modern Warfare 1, they added sprint, loadouts and perks in order to deal with it. Bungie were not geniuses, stole their matchmaking system from dreamcast games like Choo Choo rocket and merely got it right and lucky with Halo CE.

Unfathomably based post. Imagine how good halo 2 might have been if it was better managed, they didn't waste time on a fake E3 demo, and 2/3rds of the $240 million budget (adjusted for inflation) wasn't dumped into advertising.

[Clancy McFancy]

Originally posted by LegendaryThunder:

Originally posted by The New Display:

I have never played more than 5 games out of Halo 2 out of 100 hours I have in this. Do people just no longer have this installed or is the matchmaking just that bad?

Because halo 2 is bad, it was poorly made, poorly lead and was filled with spiteful hubris. Bungie thought they were going to and I quote " Sh*t on John Carmacks lawn " because he was still working on Doom 3 and they thought they could do it better faster. In the end Doom 3 released before halo 2, gave us tech that helped moved the needle a bit and ran on some kind of coding magic because it should not have ran that well at all on Xbox let alone have online death match.

Halo 3 lost its xbox live population to Modern Warfare 1, they added sprint, loadouts and perks in order to deal with it. Bungie were not geniuses, stole their matchmaking system from dreamcast games like Choo Choo rocket and merely got it right and lucky with Halo CE.

Finally, reason.

[Clancy McFancy]

Originally posted by LegendaryThunder:

them that bad people would just start fixing ( LMAO, who am I kidding? ) the Vista version of halo 2.

that happened.