My Complaints about H2CE
H2CE stands for Halo 2 CE. For those of you who don't know what Halo 2 CE is, it's an attempt to make Halo 2 for the PC by using Halo CE (Custom Edition). You can check out the project website here. The only map I've used is H2_New_Mombasa. First, I'd like to say that the entire H2CE team did a great job, considering that they had to work within the limits of the Halo PC engine. That said, I've noticed several flaws that detract from the Halo2-ism of the game. Apart from the fact that it's a multiplayer map (Halo CE only supports Multiplayer), all of these flaws are very minor. The team could probably fix them in minutes. My biggest complaint is against the hud (mainly the battle rifle and the dual SMGs). The battle rifle hud can't show all the ammo in a clip. This is probably caused by the fact that the battle rifle shoots three bullets at once. The ammo display on the back of the rifle (like on the assault rifle in Halo 1) is correct, but the visual representation of bullets left in the clip is too small to show all of the bullets. The other main problem I have is with the dual SMG hud. It doesn't show the ammo of the second SMG at all. You have to guess how much ammo you have left. Also, the hud for the primary weapon (any weapon) should be on the right, not the left. Besides the hud, I dislike how slowly the shields charge. They should charge at the speed of Halo 2, not Halo 1. And finally, the spraycan was badly done. There is no first-person perspective of it, nor a reticle. It sometimes sinks through the floor when dropped. And it doesn't stop making the spraying sound until a few seconds after you stop spraying with it. Let me restate something: H2CE is AWESOME! It just needs some minor tweaking. Also, these things may be functional in other maps or in later versions of New Mombasa. Okay that's it.

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