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[Ecto311]

Unless I am missing something living in the US but I got the game at best buy and tried a return before and there was no way since it was open. I don't see how a refund is possible here since the digital version says no refunds (and I understand if you get with them and be a prick then you can get one refund) but an open disc is not returnable anywhere that I know of. I know amazon will do it sometimes too since I did return skylanders to them but I claimed that the portal was giving issues when I bought a better version at another place.

 

[Yaranaika]

Unless I am missing something living in the US but I got the game at best buy and tried a return before and there was no way since it was open. I don't see how a refund is possible here since the digital version says no refunds (and I understand if you get with them and be a prick then you can get one refund) but an open disc is not returnable anywhere that I know of. I know amazon will do it sometimes too since I did return skylanders to them but I claimed that the portal was giving issues when I bought a better version at another place.

Nobody is going to take an open case return.

 

[The Inventor]

Yes it is, this launch has been a complete joke and an insult to Halo fans.

I am a Halo fan but I won't lose my mind to the point of selling everything and go to live in the mountains. Disappointing indeed, but this must be fixed with the upcoming patch. Matchmaking issues and bugs still here after it? Ok, then I'll be with you.

 

[Impala26]

Would you prefer this one instead?

Have some Trent Reznor instead!

Great minds think alike...

 

[jelly]

So, are all the different studios who got outsourced the games doing patch work while 343 do their online stuff then they bring it all together and hope things go smoothly?

Best of luck with that. I wonder how much post release support all games will get, single player multiplayer, playlists. Could write a few books about 343 and Halo behind the scenes. Did they expand too far into merchandise, media and lore. How big are 343 dev teams without outsourcing. Since Certain Affinity are busy, safe to say 343 are doing Halo 5 in house.

 

[Doctor West]

I've yet to get into a single MP game of any kind. Wish I didn't buy this.

 

[Jonneh3003]

I generally play Team Slayer which is a mix of Halo 1, 2 and 3 and even though there's around 100 maps I still end up playing the same 10 or so every time :c

 

[CreateNowSleepLater]

Nope.

No one expected it to not work until the weekend before release when people got the game early -- but even then the assumption was that they might have still had to tweak things behind the scenes for launch.

No one expected it to be this bad.

Says who? How do you know what was known and what wasn't? I really doubt 343 is a bunch of idiots. They had a date to hit. it wasn't getting delayed.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

I thought people said x0 skills don't disable most achievements just the score related ones. I just gravemind with bandana activated and no achievement.

 

[Sephzilla]

I generally play Team Slayer which is a mix of Halo 1, 2 and 3 and even though there's around 100 maps I still end up playing the same 10 or so every time :c

Yep. To echo what I've said before, I wish MCC would use a Mario Kart 8 styled system for picking levels instead of a pure democratic vote. That would help alleviate Lockout Team Slayer BRs being picked 7 out of every 10 games.

 

[Outlaw Torn]

I thought people said x0 skills don't disable most achievements just the score related ones. I just gravemind with bandana activated and no achievement.

The 0x skulls disable all completing campaign, score, and time achievements. You can still get achievements such as the skull and toy achievements with the 0x skulls on.

 

[Seventy70]

Better than people defending 343 when they've done little else but ruin the series.

They deserve all the negativity. They fucked up. I can't help but feel for those people who took time off for the launch.

This. People payed for the game and it should have been working on day one. I can understand server issues during launch, but all of the other problems are unacceptable.

 

[PanicFreak]

Just checking in for my daily "is halo working?"

Surprise! It's not!

Spoiler

343 Guilty

Soon

 

[Gorillaz]

Unless I am missing something living in the US but I got the game at best buy and tried a return before and there was no way since it was open. I don't see how a refund is possible here since the digital version says no refunds (and I understand if you get with them and be a prick then you can get one refund) but an open disc is not returnable anywhere that I know of. I know amazon will do it sometimes too since I did return skylanders to them but I claimed that the portal was giving issues when I bought a better version at another place.

Refunds on open media and games are few and far between.

 

[ShinAmano]

Lost my save on halo 2 sniper alley on legendary first issue I have had with the game so far.

 

[RoKKeR]

Has anyone every played a fucking even match in this god forsaken game? Matchmaking times for me are great, but every single time it is a lopsided match that just isn't fun.

So damn frustrating, it's like the game doesn't know how to read even numbers. Your lobby fills right up with players to an uneven number and just calls it good.

/rant

 

[GluedOnBeard]

I got a refund just now for my digital purchase. Wasting way too much time with the game and I'll pick it up on disk once I know things are sorted. Probably go back to Destiny or play Titanfall in the mean time.

 

[BlindRage]

Have we heard from frank since he said info coming tonight? (As in last night..)

 

[Skullface]

Have we heard from frank since he said info coming tonight? (As in last night..)

Nope. Please Stinkles info please.

Edit: These p2p matches are killing me. Can't wait for the dedicated server goodness.

 

[keezy]

I got a refund just now for my digital purchase. Wasting way too much time with the game and I'll pick it up on disk once I know things are sorted. Probably go back to Destiny or play Titanfall in the mean time.

I thought they stopped doing things like this.

 

[Ramirez]

Has anyone every played a fucking even match in this god forsaken game? Matchmaking times for me are great, but every single time it is a lopsided match that just isn't fun.

So damn frustrating, it's like the game doesn't know how to read even numbers. Your lobby fills right up with players to an uneven number and just calls it good.

/rant

Why are you even bothering with MM until the patch? Save yourself the rage and frustration my man.

 

[ClosingADoor]

I thought they stopped doing things like this.

As far as I know, every company in European countries are required by law to take returns on online purchased goods in the first week. You don't even have to give a reason for the return.

 

[yankeehater]

Why are you even bothering with MM until the patch? Save yourself the rage and frustration my man.

I have been playing MM every night since launch and having a really good time with it. No rage or frustration at all. It will be nice once it finds matches quicker, but it taking a few minutes isnt enough to rage over.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Why are you even bothering with MM until the patch? Save yourself the rage and frustration my man.

Seriously.

We know Mm is completely fucked, just stay away untill it's sorted.

 

[Impala26]

As far as I know, every company in European countries are required by law to take returns on online purchased goods in the first week. You don't even have to give a reason for the return.

I'm not advocating returning MCC at this point in time, but I really wished that this was the law across the globe. I've been hesitant to "go digital" with all my various media, etc. because of lack of permanence or the ability to reliably share it, return it, resell it, etc.

EDIT: Read that wrong, thought you were referring to digitally purchased products BASED in Europe.

 

[iMax]

As far as I know, every company in European countries are required by law to take returns on online purchased goods in the first week. You don't even have to give a reason for the return.

So long as it's sealed.

 

[Smell E. Butz]

I have been playing MM every night since launch and having a really good time with it. No rage or frustration at all. It will be nice once it finds matches quicker, but it taking a few minutes isnt enough to rage over.

Over the past 3 days, I've tried to find a match for about 3 hours total. Nothing. And yes, I restarted my searches every 5 minutes. Definitely frustrating.

Your experience =/= everyone's experience.

 

[Syncytia]

I have been playing MM every night since launch and having a really good time with it. No rage or frustration at all. It will be nice once it finds matches quicker, but it taking a few minutes isnt enough to rage over.

Same here, except maybe 3 matches max. Getting put into uneven teams every match is 1) boring 2) frustrating.

Mostly playing around in forge since I never really properly learned it.

 

[DJ Lushious]

No doubt. Cliffy B was 100% right what he said about devs and GAF. If I was a dev I would NEVER visit this site.

What did CliffyB say exactly?

 

[yankeehater]

Over the past 3 days, I've tried to find a match for about 3 hours total. Nothing. And yes, I restarted my searches every 5 minutes. Definitely frustrating.

Your experience =/= everyone's experience.

Of course everyones experiences will be different but the post I was replying to was saying that it was all rage and frustration for everyone and that isnt the case. I am curious why some people seem to be able to find matches no problem and other people cant at all. Hopefully the fact that some people are able to join matches consistently means that it isnt as broken as it seems and the patch will fix it for everyone.

 

[GringoSuave89]

What did CliffyB say exactly?

Devs hate Gaf. We're a bunch of neckbeards. Etc etc.

 

[Zel3]

So I've been playing Halo CE Singleplayer to pass the time until MM is fixed. Here are the issues I've encounted while playing, everyone else feel free to share yours.

- Terminals not working
- Skipping Guilty Spark level
- Sound not working after viewing the Jenkins cutscene, forcing me to restart the game
- Wraiths appearing to be blown up from far away until you get close on the level Two Betrayals
- Game crashing during Keyes

Yeah.. hopefully Halo 2 runs better than CE.

 

[watership]

Why are so many games being released all unfinished and fucked up? Not liking this trent.

Complexity. Code problems and bugs. Inability to test realworld on-line experience. Project management issues. Deadlines. Poor Management. Last minute disasters. Money.

 

[DJ Lushious]

Yea Booshka, I cleared the Wraith part of Two Betrayals out, I think that level took me the most time. Close to 2 hours, lol.

Which wraith? The first one after leaving the control room or the one later on?

You guys know the campaign checkpoints are fucked, why do you keep relying on it? I just finish the level, none of them take more than a couple hours on legendary, or you could just pause it and leave the box running.

Well, because it's bullshit that we even have to worry about saved campaign checkpoints being fucked. And not everyone can afford the time needed to roll through a complete level on Legendary. For some people, we have to rely on campaign checkpoints. Which is, of course, why they were created to begin with.

 

[DJ Lushious]

Devs hate Gaf. We're a bunch of neckbeards. Etc etc.

That still doesn't tell me exactly what he said. >_< Is there a link? Where'd he say it?

 

[Ramirez]

I have been playing MM every night since launch and having a really good time with it. No rage or frustration at all. It will be nice once it finds matches quicker, but it taking a few minutes isnt enough to rage over.

You're not getting uneven matches? I can find matches by myself, but I have no desire to play 5v6 on Lockout or 3v3 on Last Resort.

 

[superNESjoe]

So I've been playing Halo CE Singleplayer to pass the time until MM is fixed. Here are the issues I've encounted while playing, everyone else feel free to share yours.

- Terminals not working
- Skipping Guilty Spark level
- Sound not working after viewing the Jenkins cutscene, forcing me to restart the game
- Wraiths appearing to be blown up from far away until you get close on the level Two Betrayals
- Game crashing during Keyes

Yeah.. hopefully Halo 2 runs better than CE.

I didn't seem to have any issues with Halo 2 Anniversary or Halo 3. I'm on Halo 4 now, and the framerate chugs pretty bad at some points.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

So I've been playing Halo CE Singleplayer to pass the time until MM is fixed. Here are the issues I've encounted while playing, everyone else feel free to share yours.

- Terminals not working
- Skipping Guilty Spark level
- Sound not working after viewing the Jenkins cutscene, forcing me to restart the game
- Wraiths appearing to be blown up from far away until you get close on the level Two Betrayals
- Game crashing during Keyes

Yeah.. hopefully Halo 2 runs better than CE.

-I've found maybe 3 or 4 terminals during Halo CE, they gave me no problems.
-The Guilty Spark level is indeed with that problem, I had the same thing.
-I had a sound issue after a cutscene. It was in the Guilty Spark level if I'm not mistaken... is that one you're talking about? Only the monsters sound disappeared though, and it came back to normal later in the same level. Other then that, no sound issues at all here.
-No game crashing during gameplay here at all. The only crashes I had during the MCC colection until now were at the menu screen (one of them just after beating Halo CE, but again, when it came back to the menu screen).

Edit:
Also... where's Sintkles with our updated news! T-T

 

[Ramirez]

Which wraith? The first one after leaving the control room or the one later on?

Well, because it's bullshit that we even have to worry about saved campaign checkpoints being fucked. And not everyone can afford the time needed to roll through a complete level on Legendary. For some people, we have to rely on campaign checkpoints. Which is, of course, why they were created to begin with.

The end of the level where you have to get a Banshee from an area guarded by two Wraiths and a ton of on foot enemies.

Of course the save thing is bullshit, but it's well known to be broke, so I personally wouldn't waste my time relying on a broken system. So I just complete the level or pause the game until I can get back to it. Not ideal, but better than losing progress on legendary and havin to redo it.

 

[Son of Sam]

the only thing holding me back from getting a refund is the beta. i really want to try that Halo 5

 

[Zel3]

-I've found maybe 3 or 4 terminals during Halo CE, they gave me no problems.
-The Guilty Spark level is indeed with that problem, I had the same thing.
-I had a sound issue after a cutscene. It was in the Guilty Spark level if I'm not mistaken... is that one you're talking about? Only the monsters sound disappeared though, and it came back to normal later in the same level. Other then that, no sound issues at all here.
-No game crashing during gameplay here at all. The only crashes I had during the MCC colection until now were at the menu screen (one of them just after beating Halo CE, but again, when it came back to the menu screen).

Edit:
Also... where's Sintkles with our updated news! T-T

I think we're talking about the same cutscene. I could still hear my gun and music.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

I think we're talking about the same cutscene. I could still hear my gun and music.

Yup!! That was what happened to me! I think the sound of the enemies just came back at the very end of the level, or when the next level started. Not sure anymore. But yup... only the gun and music sounds were working.

 

[Impala26]

The end of the level where you have to get a Banshee from an area guarded by two Wraiths and a ton of on foot enemies.

This is arguably the most difficult part of CE's campaign on Legendary. I'm pretty sure I literally had nightmares based on the stress I was experiencing at this part back in the day.

 

[yankeehater]

You're not getting uneven matches? I can find matches by myself, but I have no desire to play 5v6 on Lockout or 3v3 on Last Resort.

Oh I definitely do get uneven matches, but for every time it is 3v4 against I get one that is 4v3 for, so it seems to even out. Plus if you stick with a group for more then one match then it evens up quick. I think people are to quick to quit out after a match ends.

 

[Prologue]

Hopefully the patch is before the weekend.

 

[Ramirez]

Oh I definitely do get uneven matches, but for every time it is 3v4 against I get one that is 4v3 for, so it seems to even out. Plus if you stick with a group for more then one match then it evens up quick. I think people are to quick to quit out after a match ends.

I agree about people quitting out, but it's very possible they're crashing instead of quitting, lol.

It's similar to the host boot thing, games are hard to find as it is, why be a shit lord and boot people out to be back in a search lobby? People are dumb.

 

[DJ Lushious]

The end of the level where you have to get a Banshee from an area guarded by two Wraiths and a ton of on foot enemies.

This is arguably the most difficult part of CE's campaign on Legendary. I'm pretty sure I literally had nightmares based on the stress I was experiencing at this part back in the day.

For future playthroughs, get the Ghost in the area before and just book it to the banshee. It may take a couple of tries, but you can manage to get in the banshee straight from the ghost and fly outta there.

EDIT - Here's a link of someone doing it. They're doing it on Easy, it seems, but it is absolutely doable on Legendary. I was able to on Sunday, when I played through this level.

 

[NullPointer]

Yeah.. hopefully Halo 2 runs better than CE.

Terminals in H2 have the same issue (troubles with the Halo channel), you'll run into framerate issues in the later snowy missions, and worst of all you can't depend upon the game saving your progress mid-mission.

I ended up playing through and enjoying it, but I always completed the current mission before quitting for the night.

 

[The Lamonster]

Devs hate Gaf. We're a bunch of neckbeards. Etc etc.

Actually, Cliffy hates GAF. Devs often post on GAF, albeit often under internet anonymity. Stinkles is probably MIA because his game is broken. I wouldn't want to deal with all this shit either if I were him...

Kinda like how Urk disappeared when people started figuring out how hollow Destiny was, and Urk was a Gaffer before he was even at Bungie.

 

[ryan299]

I'm laughing that they couldn't even get nightfall to unlock for people. This game should of been delayed.