I'm curious if GFWL invites even show up on the One so I just sent you one
WINDOWS 8 by MACROS SOFTS.
yea.
speaking of which, did you hear the rumoured possible reason for MS skipping windows 9?Hilarious.
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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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WINDOWS 8 by MACROS SOFTS.
yea.
speaking of which, did you hear the rumoured possible reason for MS skipping windows 9?Hilarious.
hastethedav
Member
Just played an hour or so of halo 4 online co-op with a friend. (I couldn't bring myself to beat it so he's helping me get through it) and holy cow. We had to restart twice due to glitches. The cinematic a have glitches and the frame rate feels like it drops to sub 15 in some parts. I thought this was Halo @60fps.
We had to re-do a section a few times due to frame drops (legendary is brutal)
I really hope they fix this. I'd love to have all the halo games in a nice package but this is messy. I guess I should be happy I can at least finish halo 4 now (seriously. I HATE the prometheans.)
We had to re-do a section a few times due to frame drops (legendary is brutal)
I really hope they fix this. I'd love to have all the halo games in a nice package but this is messy. I guess I should be happy I can at least finish halo 4 now (seriously. I HATE the prometheans.)
Yup, and the sad thing is there's actual code out there that made it a good reason why..
I don't think so.
I'm pretty sure there's a bug regarding game saves at the moment. I've been put back at the start of a level several times in Halo 2. Had no idea it effected Halo CE too.
Mohonky
Member
Just watched the quicklook, game looks good.
I ahree with the guys about the mushy controls though, it was alright back when they didnt really know how to do fps on a console but the game definitely seems very slow these days, especially without a sprint. That would annoy me now.
I though Halo 5 beta looked really good because it was a lot faster. I actually believe that will make a good difference to appeal of it. Halo hardcores might disagree but I know it would appeal to me.
As it stands though I think this collection looks like a lot of fun.
Never been much for the Halo multiplayer though, it would be mainly just going back through the campaigns for me.
I ahree with the guys about the mushy controls though, it was alright back when they didnt really know how to do fps on a console but the game definitely seems very slow these days, especially without a sprint. That would annoy me now.
I though Halo 5 beta looked really good because it was a lot faster. I actually believe that will make a good difference to appeal of it. Halo hardcores might disagree but I know it would appeal to me.
As it stands though I think this collection looks like a lot of fun.
Never been much for the Halo multiplayer though, it would be mainly just going back through the campaigns for me.
The Antitype
Banned
After playing through a bunch of every campaign, and even some multiplayer (headache that it was to get into matches...FIX IT 343!), my experience has only reaffirmed my long-held position.
Halo 1 and 2 were very good. But Bungie reached their peak with Halo 3. Brilliant. Absolutely fucking brilliant.
Halo 1 and 2 were very good. But Bungie reached their peak with Halo 3. Brilliant. Absolutely fucking brilliant.
You can change the controls in the settings in case you didn't know.
Halo 3 really is a masterpiece in every way.
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Silent Cartographer has an excellent opening. Storming the beach is basically embedded into my brain from 13 years ago. The recycled rooms and bridges don't do it any favors.
Wouldn't most competent coders go by the kernel version anyways? Not this "if (name of OS = "Windows 9")
execute derp for Windows 95"
i dont know programming
Seconded. Silent Cartographer is probably the best designed Halo mission due to its true "open world" nature, interesting and asymmetric objective design, large weapon sandbox, large friendly AI vs Covenant battles, as well as being situated in the most aesthetically pleasing location in Halo CE.
And this is coming from someone who's favorite Campaign is Halo 2.
You just described like 7/10 missions in CE... especially the AotCR. That mission is literally corridor after corridor. Some canyon sections don't cut it, especially because there's nothing particularly interesting about the terrain.
No prob dude, thanks for playing.
After getting a bunch of games in within the last few hours, I'm really wishing MCC would adopt the Mario Kart 8 style of picking maps/gametypes. There are far too many good gametypes and maps that get outvoted simply because everyone needs their Team BRs. Single Flag CTF on Headlong getting out voted in favor of Team BRs on Standoff? Ugh, come on people.
I could totally see the dev team upping the count on the version string to windows 9 and suddenly finding many of the programs that where just working before that start to exhibit weird behavior. That said, it seems like that wouldn't be difficult to put to the test, however I have not seen anyone attempt such a test. Maybe there is some registry key you could edit or something along those lines.
Hilarious if true, but frankly MS likely wouldn't be to blame for much of it since it's other people's hasty version checking code that is at fault.
I have played a disproportionate amount of Standoff. I have yet to see Valhalla.
Standoff is decent, but I want to see more variety as well.
Yup. Even today Halo 3 MLG is the best competitive teamwork oriented game ever. Halo 3 is a masterpiece for its time everything from griff ball, MLG, forge, and the theater is absolutely brilliant. It was to easy to use.
It perfected everything in 2 for online.
4 MP and 5 look horrible.....
From my experiences today and yesterday Lockout/Lockdown is getting picked a ton in the H2 and H2A playlists. Slayer (Team BR specifically) seems to be drowning out most objective types in Big Team Battle unless it's Gungoose CTF. I've seen Standoff an oddly high amount of times in H3 (I too have yet to see Valhalla).
BTB AR starts in 2014 bruh.
Most people are not using mics because of all the issues especially with the unbalanced teams glitch you're seeing more people vote the br/slayer types. No point in playing objective without mics. Once MM is sorted, halo has always been a social game and more objective types will be voted.
Son of Sam
Banned
Uh, no. Halo 3 MP sucks. Anyone decent that was there from the beginning will tell you this.
A modified version of the H4 engine for Xbox One anyways.
Could definitely see it happening if Windows 9 was the next major OS, but also totally not Microsoft's fault.
The thing is BTB seems to be the most consistent with actually giving you even teams, so objective stuff should be viable.
buddha0991
Member
BTB seems like its by far the most stable one too for some reason
Seconded.
Well, I don't think H3's multiplayer sucks but outside of removing button combo exploits I didn't think it made much of a step forward from Halo 2. Shot recognition wasn't as reliable and the map selection in H3 wasn't on the same level as CE or H2. Guardian is a wannabe Lockout. Valhalla dreams of growing up to be Coag. High Ground wishes it was Zanzibar.
The Antitype
Banned
I was there from the beginning. I'll never claim to be a pro, but I've had a K/D somewhere around 1.5 for every Halo that's presented that data via bungie.net. Strong win percentage too. I'm fine at the game, but hey if it makes you feel like your argument is stronger, dude you could totally kick my ass 1v1 for surez.
For my money, Halo 3 MP was the best, most satisfying, most multifaceted and most diverse of any of the Halo games.
Yes there were some choices that needed to be ironed out, like AR starts in BTB, but by and large they were, and quickly. And the initial map selection wasn't quite as good as Halo 2, though definitely superior to Halo: CE. Combined with the innovation and scope of the feature suite around multiplayer, nothing came close.
It was amazing.
Halo CE and Halo 2 were great stepping stones along the way to Bungie finally nailing the formula in Halo 3. I enjoyed those games plenty too, particularly at the time, but in retrospect and especially put up in direct contrast to Halo 3 in the same package, Halo 3 stands far ahead.
Johan Liebert
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Is matchmaking any better yet? Couldn't get into a single match last night.
Not for me.
It's working for me. 5 minute waits at most for matches.
Other bugs are what are slowing me down for now.
Mr. Enigma
Member
My rank reset to 1 for some reason.
343i is gonna reset the ranks due to the glitch that allows people to rank up in customs.
Are you crazy? It's the most revered Halo of them all for MP. The map selection from Pit, Narrows, Guardian for oddball was brilliant and it is the most revered in the competitive gaming community.
Out of the games I played, no one is using mics because the game is broken. You can't play objective without mics. It requires a high level of coordination therefore is no fun without communication. That is why you are seeing votes for team slayer, brs, etc.
Son of Sam
Banned
No, man. No. The H3 BR spread was ridiculous and created randomness. The maps were god awful, some of the worst maps ever created for Halo. There's nothing H3 does better than H2 other then graphics.
Complete bullshit.
Death Metalist
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The Antitype
Banned
Every time Bungie or anybody else attempts to make a step forward with the MP design, people moan and bitch about how it's not Halo anymore. See Reach for example.
The hit recognition was fine, the only problem certain people seemed to have was with the BR at range, since the weapon was no longer hit-scan. It helped ensure the BR wasn't a broken weapon useful at all ranges. At long-range, it was a good anti-sniper weapon, since the less accurate bursts could still be used to pester a sniper and knock him out of scope, allowing you to cross the distance into it's intended ideal mid-range.
Lockout > Guardian, true.
Valhalla is easily the best box canyon map in the game.
High Ground isn't trying to be Zanzibar. Last Resort is the Zanzibar remake.
There was nothing random about it. At range the bullets spread. You fix that by crossing the distance into the BR's intended ideal range, mid-range, at which point there's little to no spread. The BR should not be effective at all ranges, and Bungie ensured it wasn't. If you wanted the BR to regain perfect accuracy, you cross the distance. That's predictable behavior, not random, and helped ensure the BR had a specific place in the sandbox, and wasn't the OPed monster that the original Halo:CE pistol was.
The maps were not some of the worst created for Halo, lol. Some were bad yes, but there were tons of great ones too. I'll agree that Halo 2 has the best map selection in the series, but Halo 3 is a strong runner up in that regard and bests Halo 2 in pretty much every other area.
I disagree. I think the maps were brilliant and the best made in Halo, and I played mp heavily in them all. This BR spread you are talking about wasn't a spread. You had to lead your shots but nowhere was it a "spread" or scattershot or random. It was skillful.
The Antitype
Banned
Brah, Halo 2 is the best Halo MP ever didn't you hear? You take that SMG start and you love it, you hear me? LOVE IT!
Mr. Enigma
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Yeah. SMG starts on Sanctuary made me just as disappointed. Does 343 need forum archives from Bungie.net 2005?
Doominated
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Matchmaking seems to be working now. For me anyway.
The games are all still laggy as all hell though. Definitely not on dedicated servers. Every match I've been in someone's going 25-30 kills and seeing them is like an auto death, where as everybody else doesn't even react to getting shot.
The games are all still laggy as all hell though. Definitely not on dedicated servers. Every match I've been in someone's going 25-30 kills and seeing them is like an auto death, where as everybody else doesn't even react to getting shot.
High Ground is an asymmetrical map that's built for single flag/bomb objective modes, is designed to be a siege on a human installation where the offensive team starts on a beach, and even has a gate that can be opened/closed for easier access into the base. High Ground is totally discount Zanzibar (and this is made even more obvious when directly compared to Last Resort).
DontBeThatGuy
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SMG starts, AR starts, it doesn't matter. They're both bad.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Just got 6v6 on warlord in a 4v4 playlist. Amazing.
Even better, I had the magic power of booting players from the game...
Even better, I had the magic power of booting players from the game...
The Antitype
Banned
Meh, agree to disagree. Beyond the fact that they're asymmetric and share a similar aesthetic, they play totally differently to my mind, in large part due to the size difference and more emphasis on infantry-play in HG vs LR and Zanzibar (which were more vehicle heavy).
Agree, they were different in my mind especially when we were playing competitively.
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