Mr. Enigma
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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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Hell yeah!
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Was pretty sure. Your avatar was like seeing a 2 legged horse.
On topic, I am too pumped to head to bed right now. I have been lurking a lot, but haven't read through all the pages. Any general idea on how long the physical install is?
Bungie
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So tomorrow I will embark on the halo adventure for the first time, I am incredibly excited.
I am rather confused about all this skull talk though, what are they? My understanding is they are collectibles which you can activate to make the game harder/easier depending on the skull? Can you collect them and not activate them so that achievements aren't affected?
I am rather confused about all this skull talk though, what are they? My understanding is they are collectibles which you can activate to make the game harder/easier depending on the skull? Can you collect them and not activate them so that achievements aren't affected?
Death Metalist
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lmao, no better quality available sadly.
It's actually pretty quick maybe 5 - 10 minutes if I am not mistaken. The real deal comes when it reaches 80% where it'll start downloading the 15GB file however, you are free to start H1, H3, H4 campaigns.
Skulls are game modifiers. Basically they change a small aspect of the game in some way. For example, one removes your HUD entirely, another makes it so when you kill a certain enemy (grunt) with a headshot they explode into confetti. There's a bunch of them and their effects vary wildly. The ones which make the game more difficult usually have a score multiplier attached to them. Scoring is an optional mode in campaign where you get points for kills, headshots, sticks etc.
In the older Halos (2 and 3 I believe) you could find these skulls lying around the levels and if you picked them up you unlocked whatever modifier was attached to that skull. In the MCC I think they're all unlocked from the start.
FatMarshall
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Is there anybody on the east coast who wants to run through all four campaigns (on Normal, not Legendary) at the release mark? I'm getting physical so I won't have MP access for a long while.
Just PM me. Might not reply until tomorrow though. I'll probably pull an all-nighter like I did GTA V.
Just PM me. Might not reply until tomorrow though. I'll probably pull an all-nighter like I did GTA V.
lifeexpectancy
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She's tripping on Doritos-Flavored Mountain Dew.
Cheers.
Ok that is just vile. Forget gamer fuel, that right there is vomit in a cup.
Any sane person that can stomach DRINKING Doritos... I don't even... I can't.
lifeexpectancy
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You can't play online co-op without downloading the update IIRC. As I understand it any and all online multiplayer (whether pvp or coop) is part of the update. So unless you have someone nearby who can play split-screen, you'll be lone wolfing it till the patch downloads.
Unless I'm wrong and this was a misunderstanding when they were talking about the update being for multiplayer. Maybe it's PvP only.
Please someone say they got it today from shopto.
Give me hope the postman will turn up with mine.
FatMarshall
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Wow, first the thing with the disabled achievements with Bandana skull on, now this. You're just laying all the bad news on me tonight aren't you?
Seriously though, that's really unfortunate. I'll have to confirm this later with someone who has the game though just to be sure.
Blue Ninja
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Couple more days. :'( Saving money has never been this hard.
Death Metalist
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Continuing on with the hype!
(Theater mode is back baby! So far my understanding is that it's limited to Halo 3 and MP games)
Mines from Shopto, but my postman is always late, about 3pm onwards usually. If I get my copy, I'll post in here.
Blue Ninja
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Lol, apparently I had another pre-order open and I can go pick up that copy.
Guess I'll sell my other one when it arrives. :lol
Guess I'll sell my other one when it arrives. :lol
Blue Ninja
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Meh, made sure to call the store where I was supposed to pick it up, and even though their website says it's available they can't sell it yet. Since tomorrow's a public holiday, they can only sell it on Wednesday too, so might as well wait for my copy to arrive in the mail and cancel this pre-order now.
I'd completely forgotten I had that pre-order still going.
This is why I miss small mom and pop shops, they don't give a crap about that. Shame all the good ones near to me closed
Deaf Spacker
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Yeah, I'm still playing Diablo 3 and Forza Horizon 2 so the Halo collection might have to wait.
SmartWaffles
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God damn it my XOne is still stuck at the customs.
lastplayed
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lifeexpectancy
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Yah sorry man I've been following the game religiously since announcement. Unfortunately a lot of their statements, even the most direct ones, still leave room for interpretation.
Instead of just flat out saying "You can play online co-op without the update, but you can't play matchmaking without it", they say things like (paraphrasing) "Online multiplayer won't work without the update, but the great news is you can enjoy the campaign while the update is downloading thanks to the power of the cloud!"
It'd be super fantastic if we could just get flat-out straight answers and direct statements from gaming companies without the PR speak.
Idiot tag me if I'm wrong and they HAVE actually detailed this info in a concrete way somewhere along the line and I missed it...
Here's some info straight from the Halo bulletin about skulls.
I'm digging through past bulletins to find something about online being disabled until the patch is done. If nothing else I'll know as soon as my Hong Kong version unlocks since for some reason it isn't pre-loading the update like the US digital version, b/c my buddy and I are marathoning the campaigns later today.
Don't tell me you've never put some Mountain Dew and Doritos into a blender.
Monster Zero
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Should I call in tomorrow or not, I already have Tuesday Wednesday off vacation, but that midnight. Damn government Holiday's
FatMarshall
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Well thanks for the info then. I'd be following this game the same as you if I didn't have so much shit going on in my life right now. This game is launching at the worst time for me right now.
That was the benefit of Halo 4 being bad. I got so much shit done and gotten so far in my life over the course of these 2 years. I guess the streak ends tomorrow night.
Auto-Reply
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Has the terrible co-op lag in CE Anniversary been fixed for the XB1 version? (on 360 host was fine, co-op partner had horrible lag)
Blue Ninja
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2 purely Anniversary, then 1, 2, 3 & 4 in order. Gonna take special time to explore outside Delta Halo.
This is why I miss small mom and pop shops, they don't give a crap about that. Shame all the good ones near to me closed
Never really had any of those stores here, at least not that I can remember. This particular store has always been pretty good in regards to letting me get games a bit early, though. There's still a chance I can go pick it up tonight, probably, just not sure if it's worth the hassle. I saved €140 on buying my Xbox from Amazon.de with Destiny and the MCC, if I could sell that copy it'd all be fine.
Hope yours arrives mate, mine has literally just been posted through the letterbox!
Twin Tails
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apparently it has not
lastplayed
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It's unlocked for me. I'm in!
Will be starting a stream soon.
Will be starting a stream soon.
Xzilerate1690
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Yes. It won't unlock until midnight for you. Changing your location to a place where it's already past midnight and has been unlocked doesn't work. I've tried it.
lifeexpectancy
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It's unlocked for me. I'm in!
Will be starting a stream soon.
Did the day one update show up for you on the NZ version? I've tried every which way including deleting and re-downloading the Hong Kong one multiple times and when I check it in 'manage game' it still says 45gb as of yesterday.
The weird thing is on the HK marketplace, if you pick the tile that doesn't say anything about the preorder bonus, it says the download will be 59gb. But then when you download it, it's only 45gb on the 'manage game' info screen.
So either I have the update and it's just reading the total file size wrong, or I'm in for a ~1hour wait while I download it later on once the game launches. I shoulda kept the USA marketplace version downloaded just in case (deleted them both before re-downloading the HK one). I keep waiting for Time Warner to shut off my internet, probably over 400gb already this month.
1st world problems, yo.
Shpeshal Nick
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Why the hell wouldn't the Halo Channel be up yet?
ThankeeSai
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lifeexpectancy
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It unlocks based on the time in the region from whose marketplace you purchased it.
So since you bought it on the US marketplace, it will not unlock for another 18 hours for you (aka Midnight Eastern Time in the states).
I live in the US but bought the Hong Kong version, which unlocks in about 5 hours from now IIRC.
Were they playing split screen customs or customs over Xbox Live?
If it was customs over live that gives hope that online co-op will work without the update, unless they already had the update too, in which case just ignore me.
FatMarshall
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I was wondering this as well. I've heard so little about it at this point. I thought everything launched at the exact same time MCC launches.
lifeexpectancy
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It's all based off the USA launch. The Halo Channel should launch tonight to coincide with the USA release since it's not officially out here yet.
Sorry Kiwis.
Edit: Just noticed I'm on top of the wall of shame. First time that's been the case for me, although the thread isn't very old yet so I'm sure it will change, and this will probably be the last time I'm ever at the top of the shame wall in any thread lol b/c I'll be too busy playing MCC.
Damn it, my friend was right (bought it from the Japan store).
But nevermind, I have to study anyway
I was thinking the same thing but like you said they have said very little about so I'm not so sure about it releasing along side the MCC.
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