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

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7DollarHagane

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Gandie said:
Is there even any skill matching right now? I suck after not playing since Reach, and I'm completely demolished in a lot of matches ;_;
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maybe but i think the issue is that the only people with the patience to wait 10-30 minutes to get a match are the most hardcore fans and best players.
 
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Oozer3993

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I wish completing missions in playlists unlocked the associated achievements for completing the level and marked it as complete in the Campaign menu. Or is it supposed to and it's just bugged?
 
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Newlove

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I had low expectations from some of the reviews but I really enjoyed the first episode of Nightfall. It didn't feel cheap, the drama was quite effective, especially the last few minutes with a good musical score to accompany it. Interesting story. CGI wasn't terribad. I would recommend it.
 
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Mr E.

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I wish clearing the level on legendary would activate the heroic,easy achievements. Unless my version is bugged, to get all achievements you will have to do it all again on easy etc.

Seems pointless.
 
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Master Yoshi

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Skullface said:
I have to disagree. I always enjoyed the rush of trying to find a substantial weapon on, say, Lockout and getting into smg spars along the way. It was also very cool to try and find creative ways to use smgs to take out that dick with both the br and sword. Br is too premium for a starter imo.
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Mr E. said:
I wish clearing the level on legendary would activate the heroic,easy achievements. Unless my version is bugged, to get all achievements you will have to do it all again on easy etc.

Seems pointless.
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I think my heroic playthrough gave me all the achievements for normal and easy as well?
 
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Master Yoshi

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So here's a problem I've encountered. On the Halo CE map "Infinity" you can't jump as you traverse the map, even at ground level. Every few jumps I'd take, it would damage me. I commited suicide twice from 'hopping'.
 
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Shogmaster

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Day 5 and still can't play Nightfall. Loops between Buy Halo button and Nightfall menu. When I finally watch it, probably from a torrent dl, no way in hell it's gonna be good enough to overcome all the fucking hassle.
 
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Emperor Bohe

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Collingwood said:
Halo 4 SWAT's superiority lies completely in logic.

It takes the best parts of both Halo and Call of Duty and removes the radar for good measure (best way to play Halo). You get Halo's movement, skill requirement for head shots and gunplay, combined with Call of Duty's match pace and quick TTK.

It's glorious. Halo 4 never allowed it to soar because of the SHIT MAP SELECTION. I can only play on Adrift and Haven so many times in a row.
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SWAT was the one area where Halo 4 shined. Although I preferred Reach's SWAT.
 
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tootsi666

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Skullface said:
I have to disagree. I always enjoyed the rush of trying to find a substantial weapon on, say, Lockout and getting into smg spars along the way. It was also very cool to try and find creative ways to use smgs to take out that dick with both the br and sword. Br is too premium for a starter imo.
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I agree that BR is too powerful to spawn with, but SMG is just useless in too many scenarios. The thing I dislike most about H2 is that there isn't really a good starting weapon/s. Reach probavly had best starting weapons with AR/Magnum.
 
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Death Metalist

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Playing campaign co-op with my brother and cousin has got to be one of the buggiest things I have ever came across where missions LITERALLY don't start and i'll have to either sign out and in, turn the xbox off or enter a level to overwrite the save I was in with them before getting out or maybe one of us not having an open NAT. The roaster system is completely fucked inside and out, IT HURTS. I want to finish halo 4 and we are stuck trying to get the final level loading screen to work but NOTHING, it's been 20 minutes we have been trying to see what the fuck is wrong for it to get it to work. How can a series of this calibur, come out in a state like this from MS, BOGGLES MY MIND.

EDIT: Playing alone campaign works perfectly though, but I want to play co-op damn it.
 
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User 73706

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Honestly, on my solo Legendary run of CEA (360), the thing I had the hardest time with was the damn Belly of the Beast section of Truth & Reconciliation. Not the gravity lift part, the section immediately after in the vehicle bay with the Wraith and single Active Camo where you and the marines had to defend against a bunch of waves of Covenant including a few sword-wielding Spec Ops Elites.
 
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jizzlobber

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Sub-Zero at a Starbucks said:
Honestly, on my solo Legendary run of CEA (360), the thing I had the hardest time with was the damn Belly of the Beast section of Truth & Reconciliation. Not the gravity lift part, the section immediately after in the vehicle bay with the Wraith and single Active Camo where you and the marines had to defend against a bunch of waves of Covenant including a few sword-wielding Spec Ops Elites.
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The key is keeping the marines alive imo, when you hear a door open late which one it is and take out the elite before he drops all the marines... Plasma pistol is also key in both h1 and h2 on legendary, take their shield out and smack them in the squid lips.
 
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Juke Joint Jezebel

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Halo CE's campaign gets WAY easier after "Assault On The Control Room" on Legendary, once the flood get introduced the game gets a ton easier. While they're more agressive, their AI routines are much more predictable, they just try to rush you. 2 shots with the pistol to the head kills them, shotguns are great for camping corners when they rush you in a corridor, and ammo for all the effective human weapons drop frequently from them too so ammos not an issue. You've just got to be patient, keep an eye on your radar and just back up when they're coming.

Covenant are a pain in the arse on Legendary.
 
Xbudz

Xbudz

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Here's a trick that seems to help connecting with friends..

Search for a game by yourself, back out to the main menu before it finds people- then invite your friends.
 
joeygreco1985

joeygreco1985

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Patch didn't fix the campaign bug where the game doesn't save your progress. I was in the middle of the Heretic level in Halo 2, saved and turned the system off. Resumed and the game dropped me at the start of the level again. 2nd time this has happened to me this week.
 
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danwarb

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I don't remember the Banshees being quite so aggressive CE (campaign coop). They were trying to splatter the Warthog. Instant dive and grind.
 
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MouldyK

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Played Split-Screen Matchmaking with my older brother yesterday, here is what he hated:

- Frame-rate is all over the shop with Halo 4 and Halo 2A, they should just cap it at 30fps for Split-Screen if it is going to be that bad.

- Unlike every other Halo game, both people only counts as 1 vote, making there be overall less voting in a game. Imagine a Team Slayer match with only 2 4 Player Split-Screens...there'd be 2 votes only.

- Matches always say "Match Incomplete" at the end.

- I think one of the Recon Control Settings for one of the games (think Halo 4), it only says "Use Second Weapon", not "Throw Grenade/Use Second Weapon" like EVERY OTHER GAME IN THE COLLECTION.

- Can't see how Spartan Armor colours look when customizing.


It's like 343i just do not care for split-screen anymore when 2-4 players count as 1 vote only and the framerate is sub-par.
 
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RoKKeR

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Very solid afternoon with the game. Friend and I ran through the middle levels of Halo CE (343 Guilty Spark and Library look amazing) and then I found a MP match in like 10 seconds afterwards.
 
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Narpas Sword0

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MouldyK said:
Played Split-Screen Matchmaking with my older brother yesterday, here is what he hated:

- Frame-rate is all over the shop with Halo 4 and Halo 2A, they should just cap it at 30fps for Split-Screen if it is going to be that bad.

- Unlike every other Halo game, both people only counts as 1 vote, making there be overall less voting in a game. Imagine a Team Slayer match with only 2 4 Player Split-Screens...there'd be 2 votes only.

- Matches always say "Match Incomplete" at the end.

- I think one of the Recon Control Settings for one of the games (think Halo 4), it only says "Use Second Weapon", not "Throw Grenade/Use Second Weapon" like EVERY OTHER GAME IN THE COLLECTION.

- Can't see how Spartan Armor colours look when customizing.


It's like 343i just do not care for split-screen anymore when 2-4 players count as 1 vote only and the framerate is sub-par.
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To be fair it seems like they don't care for anyone since the entire game is a pile of shit
 
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MouldyK

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Narpas Sword0 said:
To be fair it seems like they don't care for anyone since the entire game is a pile of shit
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-sighs- I don't want to, but...

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...I applaud you, but that also makes me sad.
 
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Diablohead

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I finally got into a co-op halo 2 game today with a family member, he only lives about 50 miles away so the connection was good, however the way it works online really ruins the experiance for player 2.

Frame rate is all over the place.

Movement can stutter even if it's rather good ping/lag free, the network code makes the game drop frames everywhere.

I also noticed that in halo 2 if you look at each other and turn the flashlight on, in anniversary mode you can't see the light shine from the helmet on each other while in classic mode you can, it's another lost detail which was cool, now forgotten.

Not sure if I can stomach playing over halo 1 and 2 fully in online co-op, it feels like a LAN connection being choked.
 
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MouldyK

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Diablohead said:
I finally got into a co-op halo 2 game today with a family member, he only lives about 50 miles away so the connection was good, however the way it works online really ruins the experiance for player 2.

Frame rate is all over the place.

Movement can stutter even if it's rather good ping/lag free, the network code makes the game drop frames everywhere.

I also noticed that in halo 2 if you look at each other and turn the flashlight on, in anniversary mode you can't see the light shine from the helmet on each other while in classic mode you can, it's another lost detail which was cool, now forgotten.

Not sure if I can stomach playing over halo 1 and 2 fully in online co-op, it feels like a LAN connection being choked.
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They need to fix this so much. I hope Halo 5 makes it to the station okay...
 
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