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[CoffeeJedi]

hmm, stupid question then... i know nothing of the xBox really

is there a mouse and keyboard available for it? i have alot of trouble playing Halo or any FPS with a thumbstick (i run into alot of walls)

[devolver]

[Extrasonic]

[Sep7imus]

[CoffeeJedi]

[Epic1980]

I had never played Halo until I played it on the PC.
Then I met some guys who had Halo parties with the Xbox and I had to adapt.
It took one 5hour night of multiplayer, but now I can play either way. A few Halo parties later and I'm womping on them!

You can do it!

[thebruce]

[Crisko]

I'm all joined up on the beekeeper group. Now I have to keep up with two BBSs.. x_X

[Triese]

Count me in if we do start up a ILB group.

[KaptainKlak]

I've played Halo on Xbox and PC, though predominately on Xbox, and I must say that the thumbstick is the only way to fly. A lot of FPS's don't work too well on consoles, but what you have to remember about Halo is that it was designed specifically for the Xbox controller, and since the Xbox was still in the design stages, the Xbox controller was altered at times specifically for Halo. In the end, you get a controller that, while big (USE THE BIG CONTROLLER), is perfect for the game. And yes, Unreal's speed is, well, unreal.

Just play it a few times (before Halo 2 comes out) and on November 9th, we'll all be on the same playing field.

[ROBOGriff]

My co-worker is too cheap to buy an Xbox but he still wants to play Halo like an Xbox. So he purchased an xbox controller and some dohicky that allows him to connect it to USB. He now plays Halo PC like the xbox version. We can no longer whoop him like a step-child.

[Vilnius]

Count me in, too.

My gamertag is: Kbach, or it might be K-bach. I'm not sure. I've haven't done XBL in a long time.

[Avatrix]

[CoffeeJedi]

i played it at my buddy's house the other weekend, after 30 minutes or so, i did pretty well running and shooting, he had the newer controllers, not the giant ones, still felt weird to me, about half of us were pc gamers, we all felt weird with thumbsticks
aiming doesn't seem as precise to me, my thumb doesn't have the same precision as my hand/wrist
complicated moves were hard to pull off, like jumping sideways, spinning the opposite direction and shooting an enemy... something like that's pretty easy on a keyboard/mouse combo, but hard with a controller because i couldn't sidestep and jump at the same time

maybe a miracle will happen and someone will release a Halo2 compatible mouse adaptor before Decemberween

[Triese]

For all of you pc gamers (me included), look at it this way, you are just fine tuning those great hand-eye coordination skills that you already have. After one 6 hour lan party I had picked up all the skills I needed to crush my roommates. The great parts is that it is just like riding a bike, you never forget. Once you have the skills you can jump back on at anytime with minimal effort to refresh your skills.