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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
~3 hours searching, got about 4 games most of which had atrocious connections...
Cross posting 'cause I'm a whore.
Halo 4 on Xbox 360:
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Halo 4 on Xbox One (30 second clip. Same puddle)
That's... a disappointment. It's essentially Halo 2 quality water with a slightly better shader now. Why would they have to downgrade anything? Makes me wonder what else they did. Lighting looks a bit more sterile, perhaps. Though that could just be the Xbone and its weird colour output. But then you still have stuff like this when things load in (30 second clip. Exactly as it happened) and frequent dips below what seem 30 in regular gameplay.
This whole game is a mess.
That reminds me of the Wii port of the Metroid Prime games, they were missing small effects like water ripples for some reason.
It is very sad they don't agree.
Well if they ever get MCC working you can always play that to keep you warm at night.
No, thanks I'll enjoy MCC but most people want newer games and will move on e.g., Halo 4.
jizzlobber
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This brute decided suffocating himself by sticking his head in the ground is better than facing the chief
http://gameclipscontent-d2008.xboxl..._=1416056463_b607270ff1cbed01aefc9be07602364b
http://gameclipscontent-d2008.xboxl..._=1416056463_b607270ff1cbed01aefc9be07602364b
Silphonica
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Narpas Sword0
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Godwin
Backfoggen
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Small effects like this often get lost with HD ports. It sucks.Cross posting 'cause I'm a whore.
Halo 4 on Xbox 360:
and
Halo 4 on Xbox One (30 second clip. Same puddle)
That's... a disappointment. It's essentially Halo 2 quality water with a slightly better shader now. Why would they have to downgrade anything? Makes me wonder what else they did. Lighting looks a bit more sterile, perhaps. Though that could just be the Xbone and its weird colour output. But then you still have stuff like this when things load in (30 second clip. Exactly as it happened) and frequent dips below what seem 30 in regular gameplay.
This whole game is a mess.
Kssio_Aug
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No. Certainly luck.
No real improvements will be done till matchmaking patch some time next week (hopefully).
Ah that sucks. End of my ten days off tomorrow as well :-/
I can't remember exactly but basically if you don't manage to have a banshee you are screwed. Yo will need to load last checkpoint. If it's where I think it is you need to clear a few out then rush to the back and grab one early.
They heavily downgraded lightening as well for that level to reach 60fps without having to optimize anything due to time crunch.Cross posting 'cause I'm a whore.
Halo 4 on Xbox 360:
and
Halo 4 on Xbox One (30 second clip. Same puddle)
That's... a disappointment. It's essentially Halo 2 quality water with a slightly better shader now. Why would they have to downgrade anything? Makes me wonder what else they did. Lighting looks a bit more sterile, perhaps. Though that could just be the Xbone and its weird colour output. But then you still have stuff like this when things load in (30 second clip. Exactly as it happened) and frequent dips below what seem 30 in regular gameplay.
This whole game is a mess.
Looks like I'll be playing Halo 4 on 360 then.
1080p and no water shader with drops to the mid 40s vs 720p with water shader and drops to the low 20s.
Right.
You know, I don't agree, but I base my argument on Halo 2 classic.
I wouldn't be surprised if 60 fps is preventing some checkpoints from triggering; it appears as if at least one isn't present at the end of Metropolis.
Make sure you're playing on legendary.
VaultBoy101
Member
Are you playing on Legendary difficulty? It only shows up there.
Special effects and smoother gameplay matter in this case. Dropping frames from 60 to 30 and below is more noticeable than dropping from 30 to 20.
If I really gave a rats ass about high resolution and fps I would've gotten a PS4 and upgraded my desktop instead of X1.
The Henery
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I'm a massive Halo 3 fan but even I have to admit something feels off about it in this collection. Seems as though the 60 FPS makes the movement feel slower than it did originally. It's not a case of misrembering as I've been playing it weekly for the last year. On top of that, the aiming, particularly with the sniper, feels noticeably harder. H3 snipe was always the hardest to use in the series (most rewardingly so) but I've gone from regularly dome peeling to sometimes hitting the head, sometimes missing four shots in a row completely. Obviously it's been hard to generate any momentum or consistency with the way MM has been in MCC, so that's a factor. My aiming has been fine in all the other games though.
Could it also be the Xbox One pad I wonder? I don't like the longer sticks and I'm genuinely completely missing melees because of the restrictive new bumpers. I know how to hold the pad to allow a consistent bumper hit but it necessitates placing ones thumb on the right analog stick in a way which is not comfortable for me. Seriously considering investing in one of those adapters which allow you to use a 360 pad on the One.
Look up the Classic walkthroughs if possible and restart your Xbox.
I believe it randomly appears even if you get the seven checkpoints required.
Has anyone tested the deadzones between H3 360 and H3 MCC?
I wonder if it's similar to some reports where people can't get the pistol to cancel it's spread from pulling the trigger, and they didn't put a deadzone on anything.
Caayn
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Sentinel Beam + Scarab skull = <3 Why? Because fuck you and everyone near you.
Lots of luck, that's the best advise honestly. Also make sure that you trigger all 7 checkpoints. For me it didn't appear when I accidentally triggered more than the 7 required checkpoints.
I've (according to MCC) played 120 Matchmaking games now - I took the days off following the release of MCC so been persevering with the system, and yesterday I had one of my oldest friend's over who brought his Xbox One and MCC.
Best practice for matchmaking - I have been able to find games without having searching bars, however this is rare and obviously less clear whether the game is actually working. To get the searching bars, usually if you back out enough then go back in it will reappear or simply change playlists. If your not finding games after 5 min's do this anyways and try again, after your 3rd attempt, restart the game. We both found this solved our problems intermittently.
Partying up - The game simply wont match you on the same team no matter what you do, both when we tried split screen and when we played on our separate One's. Even if it shows you'll be on the same team on the pre game lobby in the game we found someone would actually be on the different teams. In fact 70% of the time we were on opposite teams. Latest patch notes say this should be sorted most of the time, but I can't confirm that's the case.
To get someone in your party use the Invite player option when everyone is in the matchmaking lobby, and that only. Don't use join player, its inconsistent and when it fails a bug happens when you lose the options to either invite/join and need to back out similar to the matchmaking "solution". I don't recommend using the gamercard option to join in the game as this crashed every single time for both of us, however inviting from Xbox One system worked occasionally. With the Invite player option this worked every time as long as the option was available, at least for us.
I can't begin to write up the amount of bugs we encountered, this game was definitely not ready for launch or properly QA tested, but persevere especially if your here for the multiplayer.
Edit: UI bug
Best practice for matchmaking - I have been able to find games without having searching bars, however this is rare and obviously less clear whether the game is actually working. To get the searching bars, usually if you back out enough then go back in it will reappear or simply change playlists. If your not finding games after 5 min's do this anyways and try again, after your 3rd attempt, restart the game. We both found this solved our problems intermittently.
Partying up - The game simply wont match you on the same team no matter what you do, both when we tried split screen and when we played on our separate One's. Even if it shows you'll be on the same team on the pre game lobby in the game we found someone would actually be on the different teams. In fact 70% of the time we were on opposite teams. Latest patch notes say this should be sorted most of the time, but I can't confirm that's the case.
To get someone in your party use the Invite player option when everyone is in the matchmaking lobby, and that only. Don't use join player, its inconsistent and when it fails a bug happens when you lose the options to either invite/join and need to back out similar to the matchmaking "solution". I don't recommend using the gamercard option to join in the game as this crashed every single time for both of us, however inviting from Xbox One system worked occasionally. With the Invite player option this worked every time as long as the option was available, at least for us.
I can't begin to write up the amount of bugs we encountered, this game was definitely not ready for launch or properly QA tested, but persevere especially if your here for the multiplayer.
Edit: UI bug
SmokedMeat
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Then why did you buy the collection? Should've just stuck with your old versions.
ebullientprism
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Im kinda glad I havent bought it yet. The matchmaking would drive me nuts. MP is what I want it for.
I will get it, no doubt about that. But just waiting till I hear that its fixed completely. Or at least fixed enough to not have all these issues.
I will get it, no doubt about that. But just waiting till I hear that its fixed completely. Or at least fixed enough to not have all these issues.
Diablohead
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A shame about some missing effects in 4, it seems nearly all bundle/collection ports suffer from this, metroid prime being one which was missing a bunch if PAL only effects.
Doesn't ruin the collection for me but sometimes it's a shame.
Doesn't ruin the collection for me but sometimes it's a shame.
Well this is disappointing :\Cross posting 'cause I'm a whore.
Halo 4 on Xbox 360:
and
Halo 4 on Xbox One (30 second clip. Same puddle)
That's... a disappointment. It's essentially Halo 2 quality water with a slightly better shader now. Why would they have to downgrade anything? Makes me wonder what else they did. Lighting looks a bit more sterile, perhaps. Though that could just be the Xbone and its weird colour output. But then you still have stuff like this when things load in (30 second clip. Exactly as it happened) and frequent dips below what seem 30 in regular gameplay.
This whole game is a mess.
Really wish MS would've given X1 a little more GPU juice.
Marvel
could never
The game was rushed, nothing to do with the GPU.
The Henery
Member
Would definitely be interesting. Another thing I've noticed is every once in a while I'll pull the trigger and it doesn't register. Don't know if that's an issue with my individual pad, a general issue or something to do with the master bug collection itself.
Also randomly getting audio drops in H2:A multiplayer.
Backfoggen
Banned
Lmao, do you honestly think they couldn't push that amazing water tech because of performance reasons? It's probably just an oversight.
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
Last night, every time we backed out of searching for a game, everyone got picked out of the party. Is that a glitch too?
Yes, but prior to the patch, to get back into the party, everyone would have to exit and restart the game. That, at least, has been fixed.
Blue Ninja
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I still have Johnson's music from the 343 Guilty Spark as my ringtone. Good memories.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
So guys matchmaking is fine now? This is my 6th match and it didnt kick me out of they lobby. I am happy 
One the side note, where is the epilogue that they were talking about which connects this to Halo 5. I beat halo 2 last night. Saw the opening cut scene with lock but nothing at the end.
One the side note, where is the epilogue that they were talking about which connects this to Halo 5. I beat halo 2 last night. Saw the opening cut scene with lock but nothing at the end.
Brutalitops
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Nope, still taking 10 minutes, and still being teleported on maps randomly when I start to moveSo guys matchmaking is fine now? This is my 6th match and it didnt kick me out of they lobby. I am happy
One the side note, where is the epilogue that they were talking about which connects this to Halo 5. I beat halo 2 last night. Saw the opening cut scene with lock but nothing at the end.
So guys matchmaking is fine now? This is my 6th match and it didnt kick me out of they lobby. I am happy
One the side note, where is the epilogue that they were talking about which connects this to Halo 5. I beat halo 2 last night. Saw the opening cut scene with lock but nothing at the end.
I played a few this morning, a couple of minutes max wait per game.
So guys matchmaking is fine now? This is my 6th match and it didnt kick me out of they lobby. I am happy
One the side note, where is the epilogue that they were talking about which connects this to Halo 5. I beat halo 2 last night. Saw the opening cut scene with lock but nothing at the end.
I don't think it is working properly but if you find a game it seems to be kicking you out of the lobby after a lot less.
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