ShaiKhulud
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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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Entirely? No. But the most egregious errors? Yes. I'm pretty sure all of us can live with the issues and kinks being ironed out over the next few weeks if it means we can start to find matches in seconds, join matches in seconds, bring our parties into matchmaking and find matches.
The biggest problems are the networking/matchmaking which they said they're targeting.
Twin Tails
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thats pretty much a staple in any halo game
Yeah, Halo 4 is far from smooth. Worse game in the collection in regards to framerate and lock ups.
They'd have been better off just dropping it and focusing on Halo CE, 2 and 3.
aygomyownroad
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Do after playing some Halo:CE I decided to skip straight to 4 to see what it was like as it is the only halo game I haven't played.
Started the game and was pressing buttons and it has a sprint! Can't remember being able or needing to run in previous Halo games. I then found a computer and got an achievement for pressing a button (i never listened to what was said). I then had to go up the elevator shaft and there was a QTE:
I had to press a button to save my life, I have a 42 inch 1080p lg screen and by the time I noticed what button I needed to press I had died...
So annoying and cheap. So had should I give it a go or abandon it like an unwanted child
Started the game and was pressing buttons and it has a sprint! Can't remember being able or needing to run in previous Halo games. I then found a computer and got an achievement for pressing a button (i never listened to what was said). I then had to go up the elevator shaft and there was a QTE:
elite appeared
So annoying and cheap. So had should I give it a go or abandon it like an unwanted child
soulassssns
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And then promptly drop the "Master Chief Collection" title then as well.
maneil99
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Its shit, skip it. It leaves the open battles for corridors and the prometheans are unresponsive bullet sponges
I guess they couldn't have called it "The Original Trilogy" or something.
soulassssns
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Prometheans suck but I disagree with your opinion about H4 being "shit". The game isnt full of QTEs either and there is wide open battles as well. Stop being so dramatic!
ffejeromdiks
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Not true, the campaign is definitely enjoyable. Thats one of the games few qte's. Play the rest and make your own opinion man, it does start kind of weak though, just give it time.
soulassssns
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Maybe but it would just be weird cutting out Master Chiefs last game. If anything it should have been just Halo 2 Anniversary.
Well obviously they couldn't handle all of these games at once. So, why not?
Besides. H4 was pretty much dumped by everyone a month after release. No one would have cared if it wasn't in the collection.
I'm very sceptical about their promises. It seems to me, that MM is completely busted and has a plethora of game-breaking bugs and I don't have the confidence in the team to fix them within 8 days (much less, if you consider that the patch is probably done and going through cert right now), when they had months ahead of release to work with.
WordsintheWater
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Custom games work fine, I guess I didn't read his post closely enough. I was talking about the matchmaking.
soulassssns
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Not like you speak for ALL of the fans or anything. Definitely not me.
I would have, I've never played it. I'm glad it's there.
WordsintheWater
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Those are issues though, here's the list of what I experienced. I don't care what anyone in here says there is no way this game should have been released the way it is now.
-Saves getting erased at checkpoints in Halo 2
-Sound cutting out in the campaign in Halo 2
-Gun not firing in Halo 2
-Not being able to join parties despite an open NAT for everyone involved
-Roster list not properly displaying/while searching for a game the roster list is still there
-Having 2 different UI's overlap each other
-Having a host back out after the game is over inexplicably dismantles the whole party
-Getting split up from my team a bunch of times
-Party lobby glitching out and acts as if I joined the lobby even though I did not
-Had the game hardlock on me twice
-Stuck in an endless loop of connecting to your game, waited 10 minutes once and nothing occurred
This was one of my most anticipated releases and it comes out in this state? It's a shame and I can't believe Microsoft allowed their flagship series to come out like this
Mr. Enigma
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Just played my first game on the Halo 2 DLC map Elongation. At points, the sound completely cut out and stopped working.
WordsintheWater
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Much love and care. None of it crammed in or hastily included.
Didn't Polygon update their review for Battlefield because of the issues? I wonder if they will do the same thing here if this lasts a while.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Maybe coincidental but after I couldn't find matches in any playlist for like 10 minutes, I quit the game and rebooted it and then easily found Team Slayer matches in like a minute or two.
343 has basically said to back out and try again after 5 minutes of searching.
I've rebooted like five times. Open NAT and everything. Haven't gotten a single match the entire day.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
I know, I never spend more than a few minutes searching, I just wasn't getting anything.
So I'm playing The Master Chief Saga playlist and after the Assault On The Control Room mission, the game just literally skipped 343 Guilty Spark and jumped right into The Library. Lol.
Is this going to screw up the Master Chief Saga achievement?
Is this going to screw up the Master Chief Saga achievement?
They did update the MCC review, but metacritics don't care, they only count the first score.
jizzlobber
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I haven't encountered any bugs in campaign yet, played h2a and half of h3... Terminal vids don't load sometimes but that could be the halo channel, no biggie.
Loved h2a, I tried playing h2 a few years back and couldn't do it, it hadn't aged well.
But it really loved the story this time thanks to the blur cut scenes... The story really is great and the writing is week done, quite funny at times (hungry brute wants to eat Arby).
Could see where they list some creativity however, the brute character doesn't seem very alien to me, just a big gorilla race, and Buggers are so lame, bugs with plasma pistols? Stupid... The other races are much cooler.
As popular as the brute chopper is, it's stupid and doesn't make sense, why would an alien race get around on choppers with blade wheels?
Now multi... Please fix it soon, not just matchmaking but fix ask the bugs.
When I get a game it's brilliant, maybe remove the banshee from zealot (I ANNIHILATED a team in the thing)... I love the remade levels, let me play them more please
Loved h2a, I tried playing h2 a few years back and couldn't do it, it hadn't aged well.
But it really loved the story this time thanks to the blur cut scenes... The story really is great and the writing is week done, quite funny at times (hungry brute wants to eat Arby).
Could see where they list some creativity however, the brute character doesn't seem very alien to me, just a big gorilla race, and Buggers are so lame, bugs with plasma pistols? Stupid... The other races are much cooler.
As popular as the brute chopper is, it's stupid and doesn't make sense, why would an alien race get around on choppers with blade wheels?
Now multi... Please fix it soon, not just matchmaking but fix ask the bugs.
When I get a game it's brilliant, maybe remove the banshee from zealot (I ANNIHILATED a team in the thing)... I love the remade levels, let me play them more please
I don't need to.
People abandoned Halo 4. Numbers don't lie. It's easily regarded by most of the community to be the worst in the series.
halo 4 is a great game.
I know that here in gaf its cool to hate it and all, but thats very far from the reality.
why dont you play it then come back and write your impressions?
Some people might want the campaign in is what he/she is saying
Hot Potato!
having some fun in h2a campaign
having some fun in h2a campaign
NullPointer
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This has been my only issue with Halo 4, and I've made it a point to chill for a bit when going through those transitions. Outside of those loads everything has been just about perfect but am still in the early going.
God damn does Halo 4 look and feel good though
Such bullshit.
The combination of the new cut-scenes and the new terminals really help to make that story shine.
Best moments are moments like these; thankfully all the Halo games have been consistent when it comes to marines killing themselves with grenades after being shot.
Fried Food
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Got into 2 games last night (lol )
Man Halo 3 really is my favorite halo game for multiplayer. The nostalgia hit was harder then anticipated.
)Man Halo 3 really is my favorite halo game for multiplayer. The nostalgia hit was harder then anticipated.
not only.
yesterday I had some peeps over, we played some h2a multi for old time's sake, and pretty soon they were asking to put h4. they liked the online multiplayer, they liked the abilities, the maps etc.
(me myself I think I gravitate more to h3 multi, but we'll see how it goes after the game functions are fixed)
and since I said online, it still is very very very far from working properly for me.
soulassssns
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LOL, I was not disagreeing with the numbers (seen them before) only that nobody wouldnt care part.
But nice graph though...
WordsintheWater
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Oh wow thought they would give it more time than within the week to update it, good on them though.
RandyBobandy
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GameSpot dropped their review to 6.5 too
Twilight Gap
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the games are good.
the collection, with the exception of the H2A remaster, is a mess.
i blame the xbox one though.
the collection, with the exception of the H2A remaster, is a mess.
i blame the xbox one though.
Just want to point out that the ranking chart proves nothing since we don't have a corresponding view of the XBL population volume. The charts do not disprove an assumption that the same number of people played H4 with the same duration profile as H3, while the XBL population grew.
Death Metalist
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Yup, I love halo 4. It's not the best in the series nor is it my favorite but I really enjoyed it. It had the mystery, great locals/enemies, beautiful visuals as well as artstyle and it managed to tell a somewhat small, personal story that I appreciated alongside the other shit that was happening around Chief and Cortana. It also starts right after Halo 3 immediately. This cutscene always blows my mind. Look at how Chief reacts, his subtle head movements tell so much without even showing his face. It's disappointing that it's short and the final "boss" was laughable. Also, while it is not the series best soundtrack, it had amazing pieces that really sold the mythical feel of the game and them dealing with the unknown, again.
My personal favorites:
Main menu theme
117
Arrival
Haven
I guess what I am trying to say that as far as sequels go, they could have done a way, way worse job than what we got with Halo 4. If people are talking about the MP specifically then yeah, didn't like it all as much.
Sparrowhawk
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Started matchmaking while browsing GAF and got into a match without knowing and was kicked. D:
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It gets pretty bad in all of the Campaigns
ProvenDeadly
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343 continues to show why they are the woat
Wasn't it coded by companies other than 343?
Since we are talking about framerate, there is something weird I'm noticing.
I was playing Halo (the CEA level), and when driving the warthog, I felt like the game suddenly became slow, and the animations were stuttering (can't find a better word). I'm not seeing the 60FPS there.
Also, I got my first freeze in campaign. However, neither the game nor the console crashed, but the controller. Couldn't do anything with it, even rebooting the Xbone didn't matter, the controller was still broken. Ended up putting the batteries out, and back in. I'm assuming this was caused by the game anyway.
I was playing Halo (the CEA level), and when driving the warthog, I felt like the game suddenly became slow, and the animations were stuttering (can't find a better word). I'm not seeing the 60FPS there.
Also, I got my first freeze in campaign. However, neither the game nor the console crashed, but the controller. Couldn't do anything with it, even rebooting the Xbone didn't matter, the controller was still broken. Ended up putting the batteries out, and back in. I'm assuming this was caused by the game anyway.
ProvenDeadly
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343 had the final day to ship the game right? They created the UI right?
Twilight Gap
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did something from Live just fuck the game up? some of these bugs are things you'd expect to weed out pre-alpha.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Which is why I'm astounded that people have put blind faith into Halo 5 being good. What are they basing that belief on?
ProvenDeadly
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No it's 343 industries we are talking about here
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