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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action

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Okay maybe I spoke too soon, H2A Anniversary playlist worked for me, but trying Halo 2 Classic and its spinning. Hard to know if its because its broken or because not enough people are trying to play this playlist
 

RoKKeR

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Just played Sierra 117 with a friend.

Halo 3. <3

Will always have a special place in my heart... game looks so fucking good.
 

eshwaaz

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I'm thinking of getting this and I'm only interested in the campaigns, but I've heard there are performance problems. Will someone please summarize? I've not been following the thread.
 
This H2A campaign on Heroic is making my blood boil.
Agreed, really makes me appreciate 3 and 4's much faster shield regeneration. The first level on High Charity took me ages, the AI is certainly a bit unfair at times. No idea how i managed legendary back in 2004.
 
Non br start is one thing... But why in gods name is radar accepted as the norm... Who actually likes radar? It breaks any of the good arena maps. Radar should only be for btb...
 
I'm thinking of getting this and I'm only interested in the campaigns, but I've heard there are performance problems. Will someone please summarize? I've not been following the thread.

Halo CE Anniversary has some stuttering, framerate dips, judder issues, and light tearing. Halo 2 Anniversary is pretty solid but not 1080p. Halo 3 is mostly 60fps and looks wonderful. Halo 4 looks pretty damn amazing but struggles to reach 60fps. Overall it's pretty good with Halo CE being the weakest.
 

scoobs

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dude, this game is so broken right now I give up. Can't invite my friends to a party for 10 minutes, then randomly I can. Sit in queue for slayer on halo 1-3 for 20 minutes. So salty right now
 

BeforeU

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
At least we now know why they didn't put in a population counter.

lol I think they will add it though. And take it out when Halo 5 comes. Because I have a feeling people will be playing this a lot even after Halo 5 is out.
 

Skel1ingt0n

I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
BTB playlist is completely broken.

I want an objective gamemode god damnit

Dude, me too.


Time and time and time and time again, it's like these developers don't even remember there are people who like objective games. In a mix, everyone always votes slayer.

I just want CTF and Assault all day, everyday.
 

Kssio_Aug

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I'm thinking of getting this and I'm only interested in the campaigns, but I've heard there are performance problems. Will someone please summarize? I've not been following the thread.

It seems Halo CE and Halo 4 are the ones with the most frame rate issues. However, I just did Halo CE's chapter 6 and until now, besides some noticiable frame rate issues on some sections, none of them was near a game breaker. Also, if you change to classic graphics it will be smooth 60fps all the time.

Halo 4 I cant say much cause I havent played enough. But I believe its biggest problem is with local co-op performance.


Honestly, its my first time ever playing this series, and I highly recommend it for the campaing! Having tons of fun with online co-op and SP!

There are some annoying bugs though, like creating a party to play sometimes can, for whatever reason, become a bit complicated... Cant even explain why.
 
So is there anyway to load your games if you get booted? It just came up and said 'disconnected from xbox live' booted us from our mission and probably cost us an hour of progress. Kind of annoying as our internet never went down and we're playing offline :/. Not the first time something like this has happened either.
 

reddish

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Dude, me too.


Time and time and time and time again, it's like these developers don't even remember there are people who like objective games. In a mix, everyone always votes slayer.

I just want CTF and Assault all day, everyday.

Same. Slayer is great, but a playlist with nothing but Halo CE and Halo 2 big team CTF and assault variants would basically be all I'd ever play if given the chance.
 

Skel1ingt0n

I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Same. Slayer is great, but a playlist with nothing but Halo CE and Halo 2 big team CTF and assault variants would basically be all I'd ever play if given the chance.

yep yep yep
 

Grisby

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I just got done with a full team slayer on H1 Battle Creek.

I just got done with an original, internet connected game on Battle Creek.

IN 2014.

Amazing, this is how this collection is supposed to feel.
 

Kssio_Aug

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Lots of online matches reports now. Is it better now?
Tried a coulpe of hours ago and even with the reduced modes I wasnt able to find a proper match.
 

Zareka

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Just got sent into a matchmaking game where I'm the only one playing...

Happened to both me and a friend today.

Also, in the matches we actually got in to, the game didn't once pair us in the same team. Oh yeah! We also got into a CE match with 8 people total. Naturally this came out in the actual match as a 6v2.

This game is awesome when it works. But how did they screw the matchmaking this badly?
 
LOL 343i!

Halo 2 SP just crashed for me on Delta Halo. I was at the lake near the end and crashed after cycling BACK Button for the graphics swap because I wanted to see the old graphics. The game put me back at an OLD checkpoint near the beginning of the level. Just lost 15-20 minutes of progress!
 

eshwaaz

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One thing that truly baffles me, is the insistence of forcing so many npcs into the engine, given the fact that the "crowd-tech" always suffered from obvious pop-in/ LOD issues.

Even in the fully scripted and controlled environment of the E3 single player vertical slice of gameplay, the pop-in was very noticeable and consistent.

This brings me to believe that this is an inherent flaw deeply embedded within the coding of the engine itself. Which again drives me to question the implementation of the excessive numbers in the first place.
I understand the scenario most likely has been centered around the decisions of marketing-minded higher ups, yet I fail to grasp the rationale behind making an executive call, that inevitably will have a severely detrimental effect on the public perception, of not only the specific product in question, but the overall value of your brand in general.

It seems Halo CE and Halo 4 are the ones with the most frame rate issues. However, I just did Halo CE's chapter 6 and until now, besides some noticiable frame rate issues on some sections, none of them was near a game breaker. Also, if you change to classic graphics it will be smooth 60fps all the time.

Halo 4 I cant say much cause I havent played enough. But I believe its biggest problem is with local co-op performance.


Honestly, its my first time ever playing this series, and I highly recommend it for the campaing! Having tons of fun with online co-op and SP!

There are some annoying bugs though, like creating a party to play sometimes can, for whatever reason, become a bit complicated... Cant even explain why.
Thanks, guys. The state of Halo CE Anniversary sounds disappointing. I'll probably still bite before the end of the year.
 
It's gotten really good at matchmaking me in Halo 2 Classic games, it seems. So good in fact that it keeps sticking me in those games when I'm searching for Halo 3 games, haha. Can't really complain after the last two days though, I guess.
 
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