Fun fact, hired gun hired a lot of the Halo PC/Custom Edition modders from the gearbox software forums like Nitrous0xide. They were modding the Halo 2 E3 teasers into the Halo PC waaaay back in the day.
I remember finding this small community back in the late 2010s. Very small community back then as well but it really felt like the Halo community. I remember hopping in discord calls on their official server and playing for hours with random people. So much fun, what a great project. Still apart of the steam group
I just love the chaotic nature of the fights. Had a game just now, 2 afk players + myself.. Suddenly one enemy join.. We battle night and day Suddenly another enemy join, it's me against 2 trying to protect the blessed flag. Then suddenly my teammate awakens behind the boxes i hid him behind. We kick ass.. We lost but it was a lot of fun.
I remember buying Halo 2 for Vista in like 2010 or so, but it barely ran on my PC due to it being a shitty port, and i couldn't get the multiplayer to work for whatever reason, so I just played the campaign with shitty graphics and framerate. Years later, i mostly play it on MCC, but I found out about Project Cartographer through the og MLG player Walshy, cause he streamed it on Twitch. To my surpise, it was a quality of life mod that fixed most of the issues with the port (runs better, looks better, FoV slider, etc) and the online servers work too! I also like how the lobbies don't disband after a match so it sort of brings that virtual couch that Bungie implemented back then. They even update it during the holidays where everyone wears Santa hats for Christmas or all Spartan models are skeletons for Halloween. I like to play this version now and again because it's just really unique, plus I like the UI that they use for the game browser and lobbies! I want to find a discord community that sets up custom games as well! Great video!
I will absolutely be joining this community. I used to play og Xbox H2 in 2005 up till when halo 3 released. I remember it so well because it was very sad seeing everyone leave halo 2 and hop on new xbox360. Seeing this brought back good memories though. Tower of power, glitches, zombies, all fun exploring realm of halo and I made many friends on xbl I still remember there first names and will never forget.
I find it wild that there are so many different ways to play halo 2 now. I've gathered about 4 ways you could go about playing halo 2 and all of them have a small community of players. 1. Halo 2 on the OG xbox via insignia (still in development at the time of writing) 2. Halo 2 project cartographer (considered the best version as of now) 3. Halo 2 on Master Cheeks Collection (The most widely available version i'm guessing) 4. Halo 2 anniversary edition on MCC (yes it is a completely separate game when searching on MCC) There might be more ways of playing this game but so far i feel mixed about it all. Sure it's great to see people playing what they love, but on the other hand the community is so split that it makes it all the more difficult to find a proper halo 2 lobby.
i played a bit of PC but i was hella ass at H2 so it wasnt the most fun for me, i did like sitting at the menu and playing the campaign, i mightve enjoyed it more if i was better at MP 💀
Hit reg is big one, the aiming on MCC H2 is messed up OG never had acceleration and 343 addded it so even if you put it to 10 it still doesnt match to OG, can play the game just like og Xbox with the game type OGH2, can quit matches and not get a 10 min ban if you lagged out, can join in progress, has a more in depth weapon offset, more in depth sens settings on controller (i dont play kb&m so cant give thoughts on that) if you wanna play 12.679 sens you can if you wanna play 5.6897 deadzones you can. Game is only about 3 gigs instead of 20+ gigs cause mcc makes you download H2A. Can play zombies with flood biped by using the game mod Zombies can fully turn off text chat if you want with F9 mcc you cannot your text chat can only go to Squad only so if you're playing with friends and they type in squad you'll always see it. On mcc in cgb ffa there is a chance you can have "teammates" they look like they are your teammates but they aren't. Hope this helps a bit since no one replied to you
@@Cairbyy oh wow that’s a solid amount of differences. I would love the H2 hit reg in MCC to be fixed/improved. Same with the blank melees. It’s brutal.
Yea me too but I doubt it. 343 came to the carto team way before MCC PC and 343 just threw it out the window. So I wouldn't hold your breath. @@levi22es
I feel like some people would play a Halo 3 PC port if it kept most of the UI and menus that the 360 had back then, along with non disbanding lobbies, that would be cool concept
or for potato pc users lol my pc is 14 years old this will probably run mcc for sure won't ye tried it on my pc and multiplayer worked well at like 80 fps
The end of the video corrupted with the render if you are wondering why it abruptly cuts
I never got a chance to play Halo 2 MP in the old days but I can now .
We never left dawg, come play
Honestly, I’ll lowkey take Project Carto over MCC easily, most obvious is hitreg, I assume it’s decent as a high ping player for carto
Hoping they bring ranks back to this mod! I haven't been able to get a ranked match of Halo 2 on MCC in almost 5 years.
i think there is ranked matches on project cartographer
Carto is the giggity giggity of halo 2 on PC. It's the best. Just start asking Bertha and uncutfighter to get ranks back ;)
Fun fact, hired gun hired a lot of the Halo PC/Custom Edition modders from the gearbox software forums like Nitrous0xide. They were modding the Halo 2 E3 teasers into the Halo PC waaaay back in the day.
I remember finding this small community back in the late 2010s. Very small community back then as well but it really felt like the Halo community. I remember hopping in discord calls on their official server and playing for hours with random people. So much fun, what a great project. Still apart of the steam group
I just love the chaotic nature of the fights.
Had a game just now, 2 afk players + myself..
Suddenly one enemy join..
We battle night and day
Suddenly another enemy join, it's me against 2 trying to protect the blessed flag.
Then suddenly my teammate awakens behind the boxes i hid him behind.
We kick ass..
We lost but it was a lot of fun.
I remember buying Halo 2 for Vista in like 2010 or so, but it barely ran on my PC due to it being a shitty port, and i couldn't get the multiplayer to work for whatever reason, so I just played the campaign with shitty graphics and framerate. Years later, i mostly play it on MCC, but I found out about Project Cartographer through the og MLG player Walshy, cause he streamed it on Twitch. To my surpise, it was a quality of life mod that fixed most of the issues with the port (runs better, looks better, FoV slider, etc) and the online servers work too! I also like how the lobbies don't disband after a match so it sort of brings that virtual couch that Bungie implemented back then. They even update it during the holidays where everyone wears Santa hats for Christmas or all Spartan models are skeletons for Halloween. I like to play this version now and again because it's just really unique, plus I like the UI that they use for the game browser and lobbies! I want to find a discord community that sets up custom games as well! Great video!
I will absolutely be joining this community. I used to play og Xbox H2 in 2005 up till when halo 3 released. I remember it so well because it was very sad seeing everyone leave halo 2 and hop on new xbox360. Seeing this brought back good memories though. Tower of power, glitches, zombies, all fun exploring realm of halo and I made many friends on xbl I still remember there first names and will never forget.
I find it wild that there are so many different ways to play halo 2 now. I've gathered about 4 ways you could go about playing halo 2 and all of them have a small community of players.
1. Halo 2 on the OG xbox via insignia (still in development at the time of writing)
2. Halo 2 project cartographer (considered the best version as of now)
3. Halo 2 on Master Cheeks Collection (The most widely available version i'm guessing)
4. Halo 2 anniversary edition on MCC (yes it is a completely separate game when searching on MCC)
There might be more ways of playing this game but so far i feel mixed about it all. Sure it's great to see people playing what they love, but on the other hand the community is so split that it makes it all the more difficult to find a proper halo 2 lobby.
i played a bit of PC but i was hella ass at H2 so it wasnt the most fun for me, i did like sitting at the menu and playing the campaign, i mightve enjoyed it more if i was better at MP 💀
H2 cart is the best. I dont even play mcc anymore
Yeah it’s so good even tho mcc got fixed. H2 cart just feels smoother.
h2 cartographer hit reg is crispy
id take it any day over mcc
Now you can play it on Android
just downloaded the game cuz I finished the insanely sweating first halo
What are some big differences between H2 on MCC vs project cartographer? Obviously crosshairs, but what else?
Hit reg is big one, the aiming on MCC H2 is messed up OG never had acceleration and 343 addded it so even if you put it to 10 it still doesnt match to OG, can play the game just like og Xbox with the game type OGH2, can quit matches and not get a 10 min ban if you lagged out, can join in progress, has a more in depth weapon offset, more in depth sens settings on controller (i dont play kb&m so cant give thoughts on that) if you wanna play 12.679 sens you can if you wanna play 5.6897 deadzones you can. Game is only about 3 gigs instead of 20+ gigs cause mcc makes you download H2A. Can play zombies with flood biped by using the game mod Zombies can fully turn off text chat if you want with F9 mcc you cannot your text chat can only go to Squad only so if you're playing with friends and they type in squad you'll always see it. On mcc in cgb ffa there is a chance you can have "teammates" they look like they are your teammates but they aren't. Hope this helps a bit since no one replied to you
@@Cairbyy oh wow that’s a solid amount of differences. I would love the H2 hit reg in MCC to be fixed/improved. Same with the blank melees. It’s brutal.
Yea me too but I doubt it. 343 came to the carto team way before MCC PC and 343 just threw it out the window. So I wouldn't hold your breath. @@levi22es
can you get vista achievements with PC or does that not work?
I didn't know that there is still a player base for this.
There is!
wait... so will it be compatible on Windows 11 though?
it should be
Tried it today and the site doesn't work and I cant log in
huh weird, worked last night for me
Im also Having problems logging in, I play every week weird
Host had issues with their servers or something, it's up again lol
cant find a copy of halo 2 :(
i have played halo 2 vista and i dont see any difrence to the mcc only the ui and stuff is diffrent
Downloaded and it works but lobby’s are dead smh
Imagin if there was a halo 3 reach 4 or halo 5 pc versions not mcc or forge full fledge individual games
Then nobody would play them
And most of the halo playerbase is on Xbox
@@joerowland2625 ok that's something new I learnt
@@joerowland2625 they may for 3 and 4 since the online doesn't work for the original 360 version since it shut down
I feel like some people would play a Halo 3 PC port if it kept most of the UI and menus that the 360 had back then, along with non disbanding lobbies, that would be cool concept
Does it unlock multiplayer achievemnts?
or for potato pc users lol my pc is 14 years old this will probably run mcc for sure won't
ye tried it on my pc and multiplayer worked well at like 80 fps
The site is offline 😭😭
It’s back online 😊