The Real Napsta
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I think the updates are making things worse. I can't get a match at all today.
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Halo |OT 21| Battle is the Great Redeemer | LIVE. DIE. RESPAWN.
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It did. As it went on I think it got better. It was mostly just the moments at the beginning when they were trying to be all "tactical" and "serious" that were almost comedic for me.
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Locke certainly seems like he has some potential as a character. Helmetless combat aside he seems reasonable, intelligent, and competent. So basically everything Palmer isn't. The Elite looked really weird yeah. It was off putting how it moved and the fact that it got through such a crowded area to the third floor was kinda dumb.
I do look forward to seeing what the next chapters put out though. Especially if it's going to ramp up. Wonder if that tentacle thing was the flood or a "new" threat?
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I still can't believe this whole mess with MCC happened. I never fathomed that Microsoft and 343 would push a Halo game out the door in this condition. And its not just MM; there are so many issues having to do with crashes and bugs that people keep reporting. Its really put me off the game and has discouraged me from playing even campaign. I'm also a stickler for the details and am super unhappy about the missing game components and customization features. It seems that we're better off playing the original games if we still want the authentic experience (except for Halo 1 & 2 MP which we have no good alternatives for). And that's really disappointing considering how great everything sounded (and how nice the UI looked) leading up to launch. The only thing that's made me keep my copy is the fact that I really want to play the H5 beta.
(H2A is a whole other disappointment. It doesn't feel complete nor polished. Its missing sound effects and has odd new sound effects, bad model art, & floaty controls. It feels like something made by a B-team or worse.)
(H2A is a whole other disappointment. It doesn't feel complete nor polished. Its missing sound effects and has odd new sound effects, bad model art, & floaty controls. It feels like something made by a B-team or worse.)
When it works, it'll be one of the best things I've ever played. The Halo 3 campaign at 1080p/60fps was amazing, as was the level of Halo 2 Anniversary I played.
They need to fix this shit though, it's getting bad going on almost 48 hours of launch with little to no matchmaking at all. I've had 4 matches total, of which only 1 was finished to completion. And every single one was lopsided.
This will probably sound odd but I prefer those games at 30 fps. It seems to me that all of the animation was done with a lower frame rate in mind; whenever I see the games running at 60 (or near 60) they look odd to me.
I'm positive that they saw this coming no matter what they may say publicly.knowing how much this launch hurts us as fans i can't imagine how all the devs must be feelingso much hard work undone in 3 days they must all be absolutely gutted
Son of Sam
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knowing how much this launch hurts us as fans i can't imagine how all the devs must be feeling
There's no way they didn't know man.... No way
It certainly sucks.knowing how much this launch hurts us as fans i can't imagine how all the devs must be feeling
However I wouldn't say that all that hardwork has been undone so much as just unraveled a bit. This is a major collection and 343 seem to be working really hard to fix it up. I'm sure things will recover.
There's actually a very major way. It's called scale.
They probably were aware of some of the bugs but not to this degree.
knowing how much this launch hurts us as fans i can't imagine how all the devs must be feeling
It sucks to be them right now. And if this persists, MM issues and all of the bugs, they will never hear the end of it (and rightly so). Whomever made the decision to push this game for this fall made the wrong call. I hope this debacle and AC: Unity get these publishers to rethink rushing incomplete games to market. Now more than ever gamers should be holding back their money and waiting for the retail release to be scrutinized.
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kittens
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I'm not hurt at all, lol. I'm honestly not even bothered. This'll be awesome once it's up and working smoothly. I wish that was now, but oh well. I definitely agree that 343 folks must be feeling the weight of this big time, though.
Blueblur, you always seem to be an emotional wreck.
Calm down man.
This is me right now. Chilling and loving that I have all Halo's on my new Xbox.
Calm down man.
This is me right now. Chilling and loving that I have all Halo's on my new Xbox.
Like they care? Whoever preordered the games gave them free money essentially.
I'd be pretty unhappy if the thing I paid $60 for is fundamentally broken.
I couldn't disagree more, but whatever.
FTFY
I don't agree either. Now that I've seen and played campaign at 60fps, I can't go back for Halo. It needs to be this smooth moving forward.
Thanks for getting my back Ryn.
And 60fps Halo is like sweet sex to my eyes. PCMasterRace is right. That shit is gorgeous.
I thought you were coming with to the Winchester to wait for this to blow over?
Poodlestrike
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I'd be more bummed out, but a) I've seen worse, and b) I've got DA:I on EA Access to keep me busy
Because I'm complaining about the broken game? Am I not allowed to? This is really the first time I've taken a few minutes to post about it. The rest of the time I'm busy with work, school and on twitter in spurts.
Ehhh, I don't like thinking that way. I know folks tend to be really pessimistic nowadays but I'd like to think that when sales numbers and bad press affect your company, you would do a 180 and do your best to ensure it never happens again. That would include listening to the game director the next time he says "we need more time".
meant hurts in the sense that i have this amazing package sitting on my xbox that i can't fully play. its like playing a demo and knowing how awesome the full game will be but its not quite there yet
No problem breh
I don't know why but when I see things moving at 60 fps it feels like it's moving in slow motion. That's the best way I can describe it really. Though I do get used to it after a while. It looks gorgeous don't get me wrong and I look forward to more of it but something about it feels... weird.
Kinda reminds me of how Microsoft originally tried to push online only for the Xbox One across the board and we pushed that shit right back in. Consumers can make a difference (though in that case nobody had actually bought anything yet I suppose). Even if you (not specifically you Blue) think companies are just soulless money eating machines though, they will care about their reputation. Bad rep can kill sales.
KiboSenshi
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The context is a Halo fan holding copies of MCC.
Altered Juice
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yeah we're not getting a bug fix until december.
I guess the one benefit of having MM not working is that I watched the beginning of Nightfall. I'd echo some of the same sentiment as others. I think it'll be some fun sci-fi. It was a decent job setting everything up. The delivery of the bomb was a bit silly, I think there are ways they could have done it better, but it is what it is.
I wished they either wore their helmets or less of the armor, if they were supposed to be covert then they should have been more so.
MM better yet?
I wished they either wore their helmets or less of the armor, if they were supposed to be covert then they should have been more so.
MM better yet?
Yeah I'm slowly losing out on hope this will be fixed this week. Just sad, almost a whole year of buildup, two years of people not really playing any Halo, all those leaks, excitement, watching all those PAX, E3 Gamescom, reveals, all those tournaments, and it's all gone down the drain with this launch. People are looking for refunds, people who took time off work have to make up for it now, they're going back to other games again, just completely killed all the momentum.
Hardcore fans like us will definitely be aware and keep playing, but they're losing out on new fans, casuals, people who were excited to try all 4 for the first time. Just sad.
Hardcore fans like us will definitely be aware and keep playing, but they're losing out on new fans, casuals, people who were excited to try all 4 for the first time. Just sad.
Demoncarnotaur
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This game really is a mess. My friend and I were in MM, somehow it ended up making a match with us as a 1v1. It then put us into two different loading screens. Mine crashed, his put him in a match... by himself, and it wasn't ending. Trying to quit said he would be penalized, and pausing the game would pause the actual match. Wtf? :lol
I think since the game has come out I have only been in 4 or 5 MM games.
Hell, MM isn't the only issue. Sometimes I can't even join someones 'lobby'. Did they ship unfinished code somehow? This is crazy.
I think since the game has come out I have only been in 4 or 5 MM games.
Hell, MM isn't the only issue. Sometimes I can't even join someones 'lobby'. Did they ship unfinished code somehow? This is crazy.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Yeah this sucks. Took us 10 minutes to get all three of us into one party and now we're just staring at the MP matchmaking screen and have been for 15 min.
It worked better for me last night.
Sucks for 343, but what the hell happened? Did their entire server farm over at MS explode and create a black hole?
It worked better for me last night.
Sucks for 343, but what the hell happened? Did their entire server farm over at MS explode and create a black hole?
TheOhrenberger.
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Do you think 343 tries to get the halo 5 beta out earlier and keep it out longer now just to get people to load up MCC again? If these problems last through the weekend there will be a lot of people who never come back in again without some sort of incentive.
ViewtifulJC
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I was trying to join you and kittens party for a good 15 minutes today. Roster just straight up didn't work, said I was in party with your guys when that was clearly not the case.
I've never played a game this straight up nonfunctional before. Like...this is really crazy to me how botched this whole thing is.
RowdyReverb
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Maybe we should all just agree to pretend that launch day is actually next week. This thread is getting depressing.
I think they genuinely want to get feedback on it because 4 kinda blew up in their faces. Halo 5 is the only game population they really care about, if MCC remains barren then it only reassures them that Halo needs to be taken in a new direction. I mean, packing in the beta with the MCC was certainly a sales incentive, but the fact that the beta is this early and not sometime in May tells me they give a shit.
Good. There were people exploiting them to get max rank.
Already? Haha they could get that many matches?
but not others
im level 1 but there's a 7 in the game im playing now
soooo
confused ( i was level 3 about 3 minutes ago)
You could go into a custom game via invite from the lobby and it would rank you up if you won.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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What's that link for the achievements list again? The one that's neatly organized.
RowdyReverb
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I can't find these tweets. Is it not from @xbox or @halo?
Sweet, it's working.
Halo's twitter said an hour ago they were waiting on Live to come back up to roll out a patch.
Xbox Live said it is up but experiencing some issues.
Waypoint said there is a Live issue causing the slow times, not their end. link
So Halo is pretty cool.
Beat the unbeatable.
Do the impossible.I agree completely.
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Beat the unbeatable.
Kick reason to the curb and do the IMPOSSIBLE!! That's the way Team Gurren rolls!!!
Do you really think they are stupid enough to think the population in MCC might tank because of a need for a new direction in Halo or that they only give a shit about the Halo 5 population? C'mon dude. This is getting ridiculous.
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