Yep, you heard that right. Microsoft's flagship franchise has been turned into garbage you'd expect from a garbage B-tier team. Maybe that's what 343 is.
Many people including myself, bought Xbones to play Halo. I spent over 500 to relive memories from Halo 2. This franchise has been tainted since Halo 4 was released, and then further damage from this shoddy collection. Can't wait for Halo 5 to come and go, with a whimper.
And why hasn't the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, said anything about this debacle? He was hyping it up left and right before release.
All I know is I bought a paperweight that I can't return. Thanks 343. You can count me out from giving you money ever again.
If you'd read anything about the problem you'd know its not completely their fault. The game was designed to run with the Xb1's original party system the one that Microsoft had to backpedal on because it was broken, the problems with MCC come from the incompatibility of the new party system that they had to shoehorn in. However as a Halo fan myself I think if you want to leave the franchise then thats fine. Do it, but don't put down a group of people who whether you liked it or not, poured their hearts into halo 4 and the MCC and despite their problems (and yes I know that there were many) they are entertaining games when they do work, and I personally have to say that aside from the debacle of launch week my MCC actually works fine, I've never had to wait any longer than about 7 mins for a match and thats usually in the low pop playlists.
My point that I'm trying to make and which I'll most likely be called a shill for, is that the Halo community at large has become a rather elitest and entitled bunch and definitely one whose opinion on a game seems to flip with each new game that comes out.
For a long time Halo CE was the pinnacle of FPS for me and quite a few people, then halo 2 came out and people complained that they preferred the multiplayer in Halo 1 despite its lan only nature. Then halo 3 came out and guess what? Turns out the entire community preferred Halo 2 but when it finally became time for Halo Reach to release, everyone complained and said Halo 3 was the best after Halo 2, and of course then with the release of Halo 4 everyone flocked back to reach claiming that they had "Way more fun on Reach".
Its happened with every game that has come out, and I'm sorry but at least for me personally, while I've enjoyed every halo multiplayer, I've never particularly cared whether or not its the way everyone remembered or whether it was every really that important. For me the story has always delievered my money's worth and then some, and Halo 4 definitely did that in a big way for me with the bridging of books and games happening at long last (yes with retcons but still I enjoyed it).
For me it comes down to one thing, have I enjoyed every halo game released? Yes, unequivocally so, I've always had my little niggles but I've enjoyed every single game.
If you don't enjoy the game, don't buy it, if you've already bought it, then trade it in, and get something else, because we buy games to enjoy them don't we? Or do we buy them to berate the Developers and complain about every problem despite the knowledge that the team is DESPERATELY trying to fix it. I mean it could be worse, we could have had a situation like AC: Unity where while ubisoft started patching the hell out of it, they basically said "Oh well, better just move on to the next one"
Just my two cents, not looking to begin an argument or a flame war. I accept you find the problems in MCC untenable and for that I'm extremely sympathetic, but to insult the people who made it, is simply churlish and unbecoming and a increasingly alarming sign of the state that the Halo fanbase I used to love has fallen into.
This quote quite simply terrifies me and reminds me of the posts stinkles made about the death threats that had been made against him and his family. What on earth has happened to the gaming community that a comment like this could even be made? What gives you the right? If you purchased a book and then halfway through find out that you don't like it would you then suggest that the Author should quit and do something else? Your comment astounds me and I hope it stems purely from frustration because if you actually believe what you said then I am truly frightened
