This made it so that Halo PC was one of the most popular shooters in the era, all the way until the release of Halo 2. A year later, the game was also supplemented by the Bungie-approved Halo: Custom Edition, a modding tool that came with the entire developer's kit, allowing people to manipulate the game and create their own vehicles, weapons, campaign levels and maps. This is marks the first time Halo: Combat Evolved could be played online, as Xbox Live did not exist when Halo: Combat Evolved was released, meaning it had no multiplayer. It also adds the Banshee to multiplayer, which was not present in the Xbox's version of multiplayer, as well as a new vehicle called the Rocket Warthog.Īlso, in Halo PC, the multiplayer is fully outfitted into the game, with working servers maintained by GameSpy Arcade. It also adds the Flamethrower to the multiplayer, which was originally a weapon cut from the game, but was readded just for use in multiplayer on Halo PC. It also adds the Fuel Rod Gun to multiplayer, which is present but unusable in the campaign due to its self-destruct feature, and wasn't present in the Xbox version of multiplayer. They are: Death Island, Danger Canyon, Infinity, Timberland, Ice Field and Gephyrophobia. The game comes with all the old maps, including brand new ones exclusive to this version of the game. However, this mode wasn't required for Xbox, as the game was designed with its graphics card in mind, and it doesn't slow down because of that, as the two pieces of hardware run 'symbiotically.' One of these new features was ' Safe Mode,' allowing the player to lower the graphics setting to its most basic form to allow the game to run on low-end computers. However, Halo PC has many new features that the Xbox system lacked, whether due to system/time limitations, or the fact the ideas didn't exist at the time or the technology was unavailable. In Halo PC, this feature has been removed, and now only one person can play campaign at any given time, even over online.ĭue to the PC/Mac's inability to support splitscreen play, splitscreen multiplayer has also been removed as a feature, although LAN will still work.Ī player wielding the Fuel Rod Gun on Danger Canyon On the Xbox version, up to four players could play campaign together in splitscreen. Nothing at all was changed about the campaign aside from co-operative play being removed. 1 Features that are different from the Xbox Versionįeatures that are different from the Xbox Version Campaign.
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