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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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I played 8 matches online in a 2 hour period splitscreen last night. I find when no games have been found after searching for 3 minutes that going to the dashboard and quitting the MCC game usually gets me in a match again very quickly when i open it again.
It also helps to stay in the post game lobby after a game ends so you get thrown into another game with the same people immediately. Biggest issue I ran into last night was people voting for halo 3 and for smg starts.
It also helps to stay in the post game lobby after a game ends so you get thrown into another game with the same people immediately. Biggest issue I ran into last night was people voting for halo 3 and for smg starts.
The Jackdog
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theres no way it just didn't fail cert, i feel like I'm taking crazy pills
I am jealous of those of you that are not having single player issues.
I (like many others) have had a lot of trouble finding matches in MP, however, that wouldn't bother me all that much if I could play single player.
I beat Pillar of Autumn on heroic (thankfully not legendary) and got to the final cutscene when the game basically crashed to xbox home screen. I opened it back up to no achievement or credit for completing the mission. Since then I have completed the first three missions, but I also experienced another crash.
Neither SP or MP is working all that well for me.
I (like many others) have had a lot of trouble finding matches in MP, however, that wouldn't bother me all that much if I could play single player.
I beat Pillar of Autumn on heroic (thankfully not legendary) and got to the final cutscene when the game basically crashed to xbox home screen. I opened it back up to no achievement or credit for completing the mission. Since then I have completed the first three missions, but I also experienced another crash.
Neither SP or MP is working all that well for me.
Inexcusable to delay the update. Like seriously, why even bother to declare Wednesday as patch day only to come out a day before it's supposed to hit basically saying: "We're not saying what went wrong but keep on waiting suckers."
What a massive disappointment this whole release was and still continues to be.
What a massive disappointment this whole release was and still continues to be.
Kssio_Aug
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The game crahsed for me just after I beat the Halo CE campaing and it returned to the main menu. But it never crashed during the gameplay or in any transition between a mission to another, or between cutscenes.
Lockjaw333
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My buzz on this game has been totally killed at this point. If MP was fully functional at launch I would have logged countless hours into all of the MPs, but now with FC4 and DA:I having dropped I don't feel much desire to go back to this game until its totally fixed.
The campaigns, at least the Halo 2 Anniversary campaign, doesn't even save checkpoints, I've had to totally restart a few levels. Playing the campaigns isn't even fully functional.
I guess I'll come back to this once the patches are out, but honestly I'm not sure. We will have Halo 5 beta in December, and all of the November games to play. Sigh.
The campaigns, at least the Halo 2 Anniversary campaign, doesn't even save checkpoints, I've had to totally restart a few levels. Playing the campaigns isn't even fully functional.
I guess I'll come back to this once the patches are out, but honestly I'm not sure. We will have Halo 5 beta in December, and all of the November games to play. Sigh.
same. campaign has been pretty much smooth as butter for me aside from that one time i got "the library" loading screen after AOTCR
moltonasty
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Yooooo still!? I got this on launch day and haven't even popped it in since I heard about all the problems, and I have other games to play. But, I keep checking in this thread to see if it's running as it should yet. This is fucking shameful.
Has it been brought up that the Phantom is flying backwards?
wow.
Woffls
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Lovely. I might actually try and do this one solo... maybe not for CE because I don't enjoy most of the game.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
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Almost makes me want to get rid of the game.
Was so excited for it, but this launch has really put a bad taste in my mouth. Pretty sure this is a case of just wanting to get it out for the holiday season instead of actually putting in the time to ensure that it would be functional for launch. Absolutely inexcusable.
Was so excited for it, but this launch has really put a bad taste in my mouth. Pretty sure this is a case of just wanting to get it out for the holiday season instead of actually putting in the time to ensure that it would be functional for launch. Absolutely inexcusable.
Enordash
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I feel you on this. I was all ready for Halo to be the go to game for me and my friends. I was super hyped up to have all-day marathons like the old days. Now everyone is swearing off the game until it's completely fixed. If that happens soon (looking amazingly unlikely at this point) it won't be a big deal. I'm afraid that friends will just move on entirely here soon. Maybe Christmas will see a resurgence of people.
you've obviously not been playing games very long....
Same, campaign has been good for me so far.
The Jackdog
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How many times do you think they'll fail cert before matchmaking is fixed?
1th times? 2th times?
1th times? 2th times?
-1th
Tooth times for shizzle.
SlipperyMoose
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I still have issues joining games. Every now and again it works but most of the time it just searches for games and nothing happens. I know there is a patch coming out but damn is this frustrating.
I don't think this product will inspire a lot of consumer confidence for future Halo projects by 343i. What boggles my mind is how could they have possibly let this happen? Most of their promises have been broken. The UI is cluttered (I miss the separate and original UIs from the older games), the games are riddled with glitches, and the multi-player is barely functional. Say what you will about Bungie, but their Halo games always arrived polished (barring some bits of H2) and functional.
The Jackdog
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The UI feels like a mix of halo 4's "card" looking UI (Which i liked!) and earlier halo's more box/line UI (which I liked!) smashed together (which doesn't look good!).
Its a shame cause it honestly does feel like they are doing all the right things with 5. Return to competitive, hiring a pro team just for testing, esports push, beta a full year from release, etc.
Kssio_Aug
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I did not have an X360, but Halo 4 arrived pretty solid, doesnt it?
Anyway... I'll give them credits until the next patch this week (hopefully). Thats a very ambitious project, and maybe they had to rush for time schedule... Also that was involving many other companies. However, the next patch is my limit to see the matchmaking problem fixed.
I have a question about the Halo 2 campaign. When playing on Legendary Co-op with no skulls active if one person dies it returns us to the checkpoint. Is this correct? When reading the Iron Skull it says a death in co-op returns you to the checkpoint, but the skull is not turned on. I honestly can't remember what difficulties I played the original campaign on back in the day, but I don't remember going back to the checkpoint every time 1 person died.
Also, they need an option to adjust in-game sound/music. The remastered soundtrack for H2A might be amazing, but I can't hear my shield has been depleted because of the guitar or brass playing so loud. I have to revert to playing in classic mode, so the music doesn't consume every other sound effect in the game.
Also, they need an option to adjust in-game sound/music. The remastered soundtrack for H2A might be amazing, but I can't hear my shield has been depleted because of the guitar or brass playing so loud. I have to revert to playing in classic mode, so the music doesn't consume every other sound effect in the game.
CloudyTuba
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Yeah I agree. Patch being delayed means something went wrong. Either it failed cert or it just plain didnt fix shit like they hoped.
Yeah was thinking this last week.
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I just finished CE on Legendary and after completing the 5th mission I saved and quite. Next day or two days later I resume the mission and it says I have completed 343 Guilty spark on Legendary. Didn't even play it. It launches me into the library when I hit resume. I also have not had an achievement pop for the last 5 completions, or my counter for the Legendary achievement move up from 5/40. Should now read 10/40. I went back and tried some missions on Easy and they still didn't pop for completion. Title screen shows 10/10 and legendary completed, but not in the achievement tracking. Really a bummer. Terminals have been okay for me, but not all those achievements have popped either. Haven't noticed frame rate issues, but I can't see the difference between 30/60 so I am the wrong person to ask on that one.
The problem is that 343i didn't work directly on this project but outsourced many aspects, while putting their name on the box still.
Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It's Just Missing In Action
backflip10019
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That's for sure. I've bought every Halo game on launch day (after CE, including the piece of jank that MCC is now), and I can tell you I won't be buying Halo 5 until it's confirmed that it works and isn't broken.
Because there may have been more issues that popped up that they need to fix? Or should they have still released the patch anyway? I could understand if they said the patch is delayed a month or even a week but just a few days? Just a few days = treating their consumers as suckers even though the patch will more than likely be better off for it?
Enordash
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I remember immediately getting on and playing games with Halo 4. I think that people had certain problems with how the game played, but I don't remember insane matchmaking issues and bugs/crashes.
Grouping with friends is impossible and beyond buggy, achievements are glitched, terminals are glitched, online co-op campaigns are laggy, matchmaking doesn't work, game crashes to dashboard quite often, roster function is broken.
That's it for me, I'm out. I bought this digitally, how do I go about getting a refund for this?
That's it for me, I'm out. I bought this digitally, how do I go about getting a refund for this?
backflip10019
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Call MS. Explain the situation. They should refund you no problem.
VisceralBowl
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Just got the 'failed to upload' error in red text on H2A forge.
Kssio_Aug
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Honestly, I prefer a couple of days of a delay that actually fix the problem, than get it now and see that matchmaking is still broken... that would just torn appart any hope that I have for a fix.
That said, they better fix it. Thats a lot more important then some days of delay... Fix the issue is extremely necessary.
That said, they better fix it. Thats a lot more important then some days of delay... Fix the issue is extremely necessary.
ozz ex machina
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It's just an online cup. Not sure if it needs to be delayed again.
Master Yoshi
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Has it been brought up that the Phantom is flying backwards?
Secret flood controlled Phantom confirmed...
Will Blur cutscenes need a patch, now? :s
DeMeester
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That's the default behaviour of the Halo 2 campaign on legendary. It would be nice if they had a skull that disabled this for Halo 2. At least it would be a lot better for people trying to play with less skilled players on the legendary difficulty
.Twin Tails
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there was no firefight in any of these games
None of the games in it have Firefight.
Ah damn yeah! ODST and Reach only. Blech.
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