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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*[[Achievement]]s were included with the PC version of Halo 2, though they can only unlock while you are logged into Games for Windows-Live. These Achievements are shown on your Live profile and go towards your Gamerscore, just like Xbox 360 games.
*[[Achievement]]s were included with the PC version of Halo 2, though they can only unlock while you are logged into Games for Windows-Live. These Achievements are shown on your Live profile and go towards your Gamerscore, just like Xbox 360 and Xbox One games.
*Halo 2 Vista is the first and only Halo game thus far to feature Tray and Play. In addition, no other Games for Windows-Live title has implemented this feature.
*Halo 2 Vista is the first and only Halo game thus far to feature Tray and Play. In addition, no other Games for Windows-Live title has implemented this feature.
*It is suspected that the Halo 2 Editing Kit has had many features disabled or deleted, which would disallow all types of custom tag creation. As of April 2011 there has been no custom map that has been created with custom player models, vehicles, scenery/objects, scripts.
*It is suspected that the Halo 2 Editing Kit has had many features disabled or deleted, which would disallow all types of custom tag creation. As of April 2011 there has been no custom map that has been created with custom player models, vehicles, scenery/objects, scripts.
*Halo 2 Vista is the only Halo game that is able to truly run at 60 frames per second in all game modes, not just including the menus (which also ran at 60 FPS in the Xbox version). [[Halo PC]] is also technically capable of running at 60 FPS, but all animations for characters, vehicles, effects, etc. are locked at 30 FPS, like most of the other titles in the series.
*Halo 2 Vista is the only pre-Master Chief Collection Halo game that is able to truly run at 60 frames per second in all game modes, not just including the menus (which also ran at 60 FPS in the Xbox version). [[Halo PC]] is also technically capable of running at 60 FPS, but all animations for characters, vehicles, effects, etc. are locked at 30 FPS, like most of the other titles in the series.
*Halo 2 Vista was rated M for Violence, Language, Blood and Gore, and also Partial Nudity, which the Xbox version lacked. It turns out that a bug in a .ass error appeared to show the butt of a naked man. This can be removed simply with a patch downloadable from the Halo 2 Vista website.
*Halo 2 Vista was rated M for Violence, Language, Blood and Gore, and also Partial Nudity, which the Xbox version lacked. It turns out that a bug in a .ass error appeared to show the butt of a naked man. This can be removed simply with a patch downloadable from the Halo 2 Vista website.
*This is the only Halo game that gives achievements that are not tracked on [[Halo Waypoint]].
*This is the only Halo game that gives achievements that are not tracked on [[Halo Waypoint]].
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