RodanCeros
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"Never revolutionary", but the multiplayer formula is "the exact opposite of... so many arena shooters".
That contradiction tho.
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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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"Never revolutionary", but the multiplayer formula is "the exact opposite of... so many arena shooters".
That contradiction tho.
I've only played Halo 2 classic and loved every second. Holds up incredibly well.
I heard that you can't, but might be wrong.
I bought this for multiplayer H2 class - don't really have much interest in the campaigns at the moment.
I forgot that the Gravemind level in H2 is so long. So long.
The remastered music hasn't been too great for me. That awesome guitar riff in the original Gravemind is terrible in the remake. Sounds like a 13 year was finally let out of his garage for the first time to play. Really amateurish.
The remastered music hasn't been too great for me. That awesome guitar riff in the original Gravemind is terrible in the remake. Sounds like a 13 year was finally let out of his garage for the first time to play. Really amateurish.
i dont enjoy the series for its multiplayer, so yeah, i am.
justsomeguy
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Yup. Loving it. Enjoying it almost as much as the first time I ever played it... main difference is you don't get that "HOLY SHIT ARE THEY GOING TO LET ME DRIVE THAT TANK????" moment.
Black Mantis
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It's all I bought it for to be honest. I'll play MP at some point, but I've always played Halo for the SP.
Master Yoshi
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Also, let me just say that the visuals in Halo 2 Anniversary campaign have FAR exceeded my expectations. I wouldn't change A THING. This is an anniversary done right. I wish they could overhaul the Combat Evolved anniversary with some of the assets from this one.
This game gets EVERYTHING right. I find myself having more fun than I ever did on my initial playthrough of Halo 2. I think the remastered visuals and audio make every aspect of gameplay more satisfying. From tearing through Flood with a shotgun has never been more satisfying, or enjoyable. I even enjoy fighting Brutes now, which is something I can't say for the original Halo 2.
I think my favorite touch so far has been the remastered audio for Hunters (which look a hundred times more menacing and formidable in this remake. Pressing back for old visuals on them is mind boggling.) Every step they take booms, like a fucking pair of tyrannosaurus that are about to fuck your shit up!
I just wish CEA had taken this approach. The contrast in art direction between that anniversary and this one is blatantly obvious. It seemed like CEA just injected assets from numerous pre-existing games and called it a day. H2A, however, went the distance and really hit a home run, visually.
This game gets EVERYTHING right. I find myself having more fun than I ever did on my initial playthrough of Halo 2. I think the remastered visuals and audio make every aspect of gameplay more satisfying. From tearing through Flood with a shotgun has never been more satisfying, or enjoyable. I even enjoy fighting Brutes now, which is something I can't say for the original Halo 2.
I think my favorite touch so far has been the remastered audio for Hunters (which look a hundred times more menacing and formidable in this remake. Pressing back for old visuals on them is mind boggling.) Every step they take booms, like a fucking pair of tyrannosaurus that are about to fuck your shit up!
I just wish CEA had taken this approach. The contrast in art direction between that anniversary and this one is blatantly obvious. It seemed like CEA just injected assets from numerous pre-existing games and called it a day. H2A, however, went the distance and really hit a home run, visually.
PanicFreak
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I want to play online, especially Halo CE. It's bullshit that it isn't working right now. I feel bad for the people who took PTO to play multiplayer with their friends. Maybe the rule should be to take the following Monday after the release.
I prefer it over the SMG but in my experience AR fights 9 times out of 10 end in me and my opponent punching each other at the same time and dying. And I don't need to express how crazy the melee lunge seemed in Halo 3. Lol.
TheCanisDirus
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This. But i'm also the type who doesn't watch movies and TV shows over and over. Maybe once every 5 years. I've got a half-decent memory... i dont need to play them again. (That said there are some special SP games i do replay once every 1-2 years. Read Mario 64/Zelda etc.)
Vestal
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Hell yeah. Still playing through Halo:CE..
I had forgotten how fucking BIG the maps are lol. Holy fuck at some of these. I just arrived at the Library last night and will be going through it tonight.
TaintedHotSauce
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Not a contradiction. Being different doesn't make some revolutionary. Not sure of that logic behind that statement.
Future PhaZe
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while we're all sitting here with nothing to do i'd love to hear arguments on what H3 mp does better than H2
I'd go as far as to say that H3 is an awful MP game in comparison to H2. You used to be able to fall back on glitches as a reason why H3 was better, but with H2A as a thing now, it just becomes increasingly more clear how much better H2 was in regards to its core mechanics. A faster game, far better battle rifle, larger FoV. I can't play H3 mp anymore...
I'd go as far as to say that H3 is an awful MP game in comparison to H2. You used to be able to fall back on glitches as a reason why H3 was better, but with H2A as a thing now, it just becomes increasingly more clear how much better H2 was in regards to its core mechanics. A faster game, far better battle rifle, larger FoV. I can't play H3 mp anymore...
The Jackdog
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Whoa whoa whoa, wait.
These games are P2P???
Why are we not talking about this more? They said dedicated servers multiple times. Now not only is matchmaking broken, but its not even dedicated servers?
Thats a straight up lie from them.
These games are P2P???
Why are we not talking about this more? They said dedicated servers multiple times. Now not only is matchmaking broken, but its not even dedicated servers?
Thats a straight up lie from them.
Just because you can't use the AR doesn't make it garbage though....
Speaking of which, I got my Xbone Tues 11/4 along with the charge and play kit, I charged the battery that day and unplugged it and been gaming like mad since then and haven't had to recharge yet. Is there a place to tell how charged the battery is?
My thinking (hope) is that the migration messages are just holdover from the old games being P2P and not proof that these are P2P.
I'd like to think that if this was P2P it wouldn't be this broken. My gut is that this is such a problem beyond the actual matchmaking because something is really wrong w/ Microsoft's Azure platform and it's not able to spin up servers properly or perform.
If it was P2P I can't imagine it would be this hard to matchmake games properly if people are self-hosting.
I prefer BTB in Halo 3 to BTB in Halo 2, because it feels more organic and sandboxy. It's got better big maps. Halo 2 excels at pretty much everything else though.
I feel the original trilogy are all damn near tied personally when it comes to multi. I can't put one ahead of the other cause sometimes I'll want to play Halo CE over both just for the pistol.
I'll gladly say 4 and Reach are the worst of the series though.
TheAdmiester
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Press the Xbox logo on your controller when you're on the dashboard, the clock and a battery indicator will appear on the bottom right.
Who got their copy for free here? Show yourselves.
Son of Sam
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2-4min to find a Match but now they're all uneven teams lol
Goddamm 343
Goddamm 343
Meaning you're not getting paid for beta testing the game. You're actually paying them to get a chance to beta test the game. Business-wise, this is a brilliant idea. PR wise, it's a nightmare. As long as there isn't a law passed, they will get away with selling broken, unfinished games to customers who will beta test their game for them.
I really can't ignore how worse this have gotten. Main reason why I didn't buy this game or Ass Creed day 1.
Digital-Hero
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Tap the Xbox button on at the dashboard. It should show a clock and the battery icon.
Future PhaZe
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thats fair, i do prefer h3 for btb admittedly
Pseudo judo
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True, but it was meant to hype the game and so it did it's job. I just see PR as a separate thing altogether.
The MCC clearly has dozens of bugs to work out. I bought it day one an really haven't played it too much, so I really do get where you're coming from.
Everyone can use the AR...
H2 was multiplayer perfection. The weapons/grenades were weaker and just simply not as fun to use. Maps were also inferior to Halo 2.
Steverulez
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I literally cannot believe the state this game is in.
Frame-rate doesn't fluctuate like a lot of "60 fps" games, it just nose dives playing online co-op (4 player) to what seems like teens, it stutters all over the fucking place so much that I'm starting to wonder if its a bug instead of actual performance issues (H3/4 played).
My friend said it in the best way "Playing it on 360 was better than this".
Private matches are completely smooth in my experience but some of the rest of it is just dire. FFS
Frame-rate doesn't fluctuate like a lot of "60 fps" games, it just nose dives playing online co-op (4 player) to what seems like teens, it stutters all over the fucking place so much that I'm starting to wonder if its a bug instead of actual performance issues (H3/4 played).
My friend said it in the best way "Playing it on 360 was better than this".
Private matches are completely smooth in my experience but some of the rest of it is just dire. FFS
SEGAvangelist
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Yeah. This game released incredibly unfinished. It's still a great package and price, but MS messed up releasing it in this state.
Digital-Hero
Member
Contradiction.
Played a few hours last night in Halo 1, 2 and 3. REALLY enjoyed it, and the remastering for 2 is pretty slick. No technical problems so far aside from the animation pacing in the 60 fps cutscenes and the odd dropped frame. I hope people remember that you generally need to "Save and Quit" to keep your checkpoints. The occasional unmatched wall contours are something I notice, but don't seem to bother me. Playing all of them on Legendary.
Haven't tried split-screen co-op yet, but that's in the cards.
Haven't tried split-screen co-op yet, but that's in the cards.
I'm afraid not. I can confirm that I have been host in multiple matchmade games. In-game effects tipped me off, and network traffic monitoring confirmed it.
Halo 3 has good maps?
TheCanisDirus
Member
Yeah wait... i thought the matchmaking MP (custom games = P2P) was all supposed to be dedicated servers!?! There is no way the f'd that up too?
you got me
KnockOneOff
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Might be like titanfall when you get a bad connection drops to what feels like 5fps
Hopefully they sort it
? He's comparing h2 to h3, saying h3's maps were inferior to h2's.
//ARCANUM
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no, he's saying that other maps are inferior TO halo 2 maps. its not a contradiction.
Eh...host issues, standbying, modded matches, rampant noob combos and micro nukes kinda make it less than perfect. It was fun though which is why I'm waiting for them to fix this so I can play Halo 2 without 4 of those things.
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