Last Player Falls; Halo 2 Online is Officially Dead

[Marcus Yam]

Now on to the three newer Halo games on the Xbox 360.

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[leafblower29]

Why did they want to stay with halo 2 so much?

 

[christopherknapp]

That is pretty cool of Microsoft to do that, considering they took away the servers for H2 and all.

 

[shadow187]

[citation][nom]leafblower29[/nom]Why did they want to stay with halo 2 so much?[/citation]
Maybe they liked the game?

 

[fatedtodie]

Maybe they like living in the past with graphics that are crap. Or maybe they have not realized that they are not in high school any more and having a "11 pm bed time" is not cool.

Or maybe they are insane and have not realized THERE IS LIFE AFTER HALO, GET OVER IT YOU FREAKIN MORONS.

/rant

 

[sicpric]

Some people just like old games. Take for example Warcraft 2, people still play that online so /shrug

 

[Clintonio]

[citation][nom]fatedtodie[/nom]Maybe they like living in the past with graphics that are crap. Or maybe they have not realized that they are not in high school any more and having a "11 pm bed time" is not cool.Or maybe they are insane and have not realized THERE IS LIFE AFTER HALO, GET OVER IT YOU FREAKIN MORONS./rant[/citation]
Or maybe they were having a good laugh, keeping a game they enjoyed alive, for little cost to their lives? A lot of people prefer older games. For instance, Counter Strike is still more well known than Counter Strike: Source.

I don't see where you're coming from attacking them so much.

 

[killerclick]

I still play the original (1993) Master of Orion regularly and I'd be pretty pissed off if someone told me I couldn't play it anymore.

 

[poseidon2112]

[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]I still play the original (1993) Master of Orion regularly and I'd be pretty pissed off if someone told me I couldn't play it anymore.[/citation]

I was going to say exactly that. I still play old games. I think older games are better than most of the newer versions that come out. And I too still play MoO2 using DosBox onine.

This is why I prefer computer games without a central server. If I want to start my own Unreal Tournament (or insert other classic pc game here) server to play against people, i can.

Remember Heat? I wish there was still a service like that which provided the framework for IPX network games.

 

[hellscook]

Maybe they were sold a game that included online play and like to keep playing it as it was offered. I still play online games from over a decade ago and I would be pretty mad if suddenly the online play function stopped working.

 

[THEfog101]

Agreed, i still play what is in my opinion is the best RTS ever, Age of Empires 2, sadly the last of the official servers hosting it went down a few years back

 

[insider3]

That was nice of Microsoft to do that.

 

[anamaniac]

I preferred H2 over H3...
Then again, I prefer a mouse and keyboard.

Would be nice if all online games offered both official and unofficial dedicated and non-dedicated server options.

 

[isamuelson]

[citation][nom]insider3[/nom]That was nice of Microsoft to do that.[/citation]
Yeah, and it's only worth it if those people have an XB360. If they don't, then it's worth nothing.

 

[nforce4max]

[citation][nom]thefog101[/nom]Agreed, i still play what is in my opinion is the best RTS ever, Age of Empires 2, sadly the last of the official servers hosting it went down a few years back[/citation]

Wow I still play that game to and enjoyed building my own maps which are far more easy than AOE3. It is a shame that the AI isn't that good when it comes to islands.

 

[tommysch]

[citation][nom]Clintonio[/nom]Or maybe they were having a good laugh, keeping a game they enjoyed alive, for little cost to their lives? A lot of people prefer older games. For instance, Counter Strike is still more well known than Counter Strike: Source.I don't see where you're coming from attacking them so much.[/citation]

No not really, CS 1.6 is pretty much dying.

And btw CSS isnt exactly a new game.

 

[joz]

I'd only be pissed if I got told I couldn't play Diablo 2 anymore.

 

[scott_madison1]

I know several people who still play everquest online and that came out in 99. World of warcraft is over 5 years old now, I'd be lost if they turned those servers off!

 

[chriscornell]

I still play the first SimCity and Civilization, and they are still among the best games ever made imho.

 

[shovenose]

too bad