Twilight Gap
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Halo Master Chief Collection: H1-4. H2 full remaster. 1080p60. $59.99 Nov 11 Xbox One
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Diablohead
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Add some polys to keyes and the captian's head and all is good.
Just reading the names of the OG Halo MP maps makes me so, SO very happy. Can't wait to play it on its orig engine again.
I think I remember all of the Chiron portals still.
User 73706
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Damn, I really love H2A's gunfire audio now that I'm listening to it. It seems a little more flat than some of the poppy, squishy and crunchy audio from Halo 4, but that's a good thing - it actually has a little bit of bass to it, whereas Halo 4 had such wonky audio design with certain weapons like the Gravity Hammer that you basically had to have good headphones to enjoy the sound design or else everything just sounded chirpy.
It also seems to have been developed with the intent of being able to pinpoint gunfire on human and Covenant sides, down to the weapon, which is extremely useful given how often a variety of guns and combatants are potentially at play at a given time in Halo 2's tighter playspaces chock full of allies and enemies. The audio IDs seem way more pronounced than some of Halo 4's sounds, particularly the low-grade Covenant weapons and most Promethean ones, and the lower-sounding fire FX seem closer to Bungie's original sounds which, ironically, sound pretty chirpy in Halo 2.
It also seems to have been developed with the intent of being able to pinpoint gunfire on human and Covenant sides, down to the weapon, which is extremely useful given how often a variety of guns and combatants are potentially at play at a given time in Halo 2's tighter playspaces chock full of allies and enemies. The audio IDs seem way more pronounced than some of Halo 4's sounds, particularly the low-grade Covenant weapons and most Promethean ones, and the lower-sounding fire FX seem closer to Bungie's original sounds which, ironically, sound pretty chirpy in Halo 2.
What's not to like?
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I rather them have updated all the halo 2 maps.
DLC!
Two competely different resource teams.
cartoon_soldier
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EdibleExplosives
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This collection is amazing value for money.
This is tempting me to buy an Xbox One, but I'm not sure I can justify spending around £400 just to play old games.
If I wasn't planning to upgrade my PC next year, I'd buy one in an instant.
This is tempting me to buy an Xbox One, but I'm not sure I can justify spending around £400 just to play old games.
If I wasn't planning to upgrade my PC next year, I'd buy one in an instant.
cartoon_soldier
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Considering how fantastic the Halo campaigns are even, will love replaying Halo 1/2 with updated gfx.
And Halo 3 also has considerably better animations, which H2A won't really touch.
And better Elite models, unless H2A scraps the crappy Halo 4 ones it's using in the demo.
iGotUrHost
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To be fair, the Last of Us is a year old, while Halo 1,2, and 3 are much older games
ebullientprism
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Wait, is that the Arbiter talking to the young Spartan in the trailer? I just saw that.
It also does include Halo 4. Which released a few months before The last of us. LOU at 60 bucks is a shameful rip off.
It also does include Halo 4. Which released a few months before The last of us. LOU at 60 bucks is a shameful rip off.
Well said.
Even though this leaked, the price blew me away. I just imagined that this was somehow going to be $99 or something.
Unbelievable!. Orange box was defnitiely one of my all-time fave collections, but even IT doesnt come close to what is offered here.
MS RAISED the bar. 100 maps? WTF. Jizz material.
I love that H2 is getting the 'anniversary' treatment. What I'd love MS to do is port over the H1 Anniverary from the 360.
H1 was completely slept on. It was in 3D and used Kinect to 'Analyse' objects which you could read about them in your 'library'. The voice options for stuff like weapons, reload, grenade etc. would be cool as well.
MVP announcement of E3 in my humble opinion.
Deputy Moonman
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Not only that, but I had low expectations for them to port the Halo 2 multiplayer let alone for all 4 games. I was of the thinking they would do the same thing they did with Halo:CEA. It's pure craziness made even more ludicrous by the pricing. DOPE!
You forgot Halo 4!? Which isn't that much older.
The Last of Us got the remaster treatment Halo 2 gets in this package. Halo 4 not.
Not to say 60 bucks is a bit elevated for TLOU, and 60 is low for this collection. Just putting stuff a bit more in perspective.
Also, is it allready mentioned here Amazon UK has it on preorder for 360 as well?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I9WV6BI/
Probably a mistake?
Thanks. I would play the others if they were somehow available on XB1. I just want to catch up on the story before the release of Halo 5 if it goes along with the story as well.
ElRenoRaven
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Yup I have to eat crow. I was sure that they wouldn't port all of Halo 2's features over but they did it for all of them. That went beyond anything I pictured happening. 343 did good. I have to give them props.
cheezcake
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TLOU doesn't get the same remaster treatment as H2 actually, a remaster implies brand new tech and assets are used. Like H4 and H3, TLOU remaster is just going to run at higher res and framerate and use higher poly models in game, but the assets will remain largely, if not completely, unchanged.
From the TLOU remastered Playstation page
No new assets, mostly just rebuilt to run on a different architecture, all the improved shadow and lighting stuff is likely just adjustments to resolution of the shadowmaps and such.
Stinkles, i have a question if your reading and want to make an old man happy 
How does multiplayer voice chat work in the halo collection? Halo 2 allowed banter between teams in the in the lobby and proximity chat in the game so that you could explain to the opposition how good your moves were in taking them down. (An Englishman will walk but never tea bag should have been the lyrics in Stings song).
Will you be allowing party chat, I for one love the conversations in games and although many prefer party chat i hate it for making team based conversations almost non existant. I'm an advocate for actually disabling party chat in matchmaking but i'm sure that most of GAF think the other way.
Also, with dedicated servers, are you planning on making them regional, or will we be able to choose the region we play in. Cards on the table, i'm British but some of my most memorable games and friends have lived over the other side of the pond, and frankly, I find American gamers more open to actually taking whilst playing thus aiding team play.
I've read articles all over and both these points haven't been asked yet so a reply would be fantastic.
How does multiplayer voice chat work in the halo collection? Halo 2 allowed banter between teams in the in the lobby and proximity chat in the game so that you could explain to the opposition how good your moves were in taking them down. (An Englishman will walk but never tea bag should have been the lyrics in Stings song).
Will you be allowing party chat, I for one love the conversations in games and although many prefer party chat i hate it for making team based conversations almost non existant. I'm an advocate for actually disabling party chat in matchmaking but i'm sure that most of GAF think the other way.
Also, with dedicated servers, are you planning on making them regional, or will we be able to choose the region we play in. Cards on the table, i'm British but some of my most memorable games and friends have lived over the other side of the pond, and frankly, I find American gamers more open to actually taking whilst playing thus aiding team play.
I've read articles all over and both these points haven't been asked yet so a reply would be fantastic.
VGChampion
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Seriously. The only hope I had going in for this was the fact that there was no readily available Halo MP on the One at the moment. I went in hoping for a real Halo 2 MP experience. Just like everyone else this has blown me away. Halo 1-3 are probably my most played games ever.
Why do so many people in this thread not realise that the first Halo Anniversary is also included?.
I don't get what point you're trying to make, are you really trying to say that 'The Last Of Us' remaster has just as much value as the Halo Collection?
Because the OP needs some serious work. Someone (Stalker) get on this ASAP! Can we just make a new one that will be kept updated with news as it drops? Frank & co. have answered a ton of questions in this thread (and others relating to this collection) and they're just getting lost in the shuffle.
Haloid1177
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We're expecting a nice collector's edition to be revealed for this closer to launch right?
DudeWithNoName
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I just can't wait until November for my Halo fix. I think I'll jump back into Halo 4 tonight.
Halo 4 and Halo 5 Beta. Whoops.
Flying Toaster
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We better be, I need a super duper cat helmet edition so both my cats can be masterchief.
Lets go back to the joy of the first page and stop quibbling...its everything we ever wanted (within reason)
right now i'm most excited for playlist that is "play every warthog map"
JimiNutz
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This is a very good thing.
I would find it strange if playing through chronologically only to have H2 look miles better than 3 and 4.
This package really is the ultimate Halo fan service.
I don't. My second sentence says 60 is elevated for TLOU, while low for Master Chief. For that price, it's a great package.
I was only stating TLOU isn't a simple upped res port.
But would be better priced at 30 or 40 nonetheless.
I miss it too, I added a suggestion to the ideas site for a auto toggle to make it easy/automatic for parties friends to drop to game chat if together in the same game.
https://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/251648-friends-parties/suggestions/6033649-party-chat-to-game-chat-auto-toggle
Its the same as halo anniversary. Because they are bolting the new graphics on the old engine it is not as efficient as a new game. There will also be weird effects like in halo ce anniversary the movement of the characters looks halting and bizarre in the new graphics. It will look like a 360 game with very good resolution and frame rate...and that is good enough
Miles Quaritch
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Someone link me to the Master Chief Collection thread. I seem to have stumbled into the TLOU:R thread...
The possibilities..
barneystuta83
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Halo 5 Beta is dated.
https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/476053319408840705
A beta almost a year before launch (Autumn/Fall 2015 launch)? Or, would they release it sooner?
https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/476053319408840705
A beta almost a year before launch (Autumn/Fall 2015 launch)? Or, would they release it sooner?
Dusktildawn48
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this guy is clearly an idiot. every halo fan wanted this.
No. They made it very early so they can implement all changes necessary. It's kinda like a real beta, not a glorified demo of some sort. This was all said in an IGN interview, I believe.
Wasn't as well recieved as what microsoft thought it would be eh?, videogame forums and Amazon tell differently lol.
I hate it when people state their own viewpoint as 'fact'.
VGChampion
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Ha, I couldn't care less about Halo 5. The Halo 1-3 MP is what has me running. Once I see another good sale on Kinect included Xbox Ones I'm jumping in. This is the first Xbox I didn't have at launch and they won me back with this.
I hope so, not a fan of the box art, so I hope there is at least a steelbook edition and throw in a "best of" series soundtrack and I would be happy to pay an extra $10.
User 73706
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Booooooooo.
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