As did, I. =(
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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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As did, I. =(
This game is fucking garbage! Fuck everyone involved who made the decision to release this game, from the devs to the MS itself. Especially fuck their shitty PR who keep talking about updates and improvements and all the hard work they team is doing because it hasn't improved shit.
I just really want to play the game. I've wasted so many hours dicking around while it's searching. It's just disrespectful because they kept leading me on like their updates were going to work when it was pretty clear that the issues were widespread and numerous. They had months to work on the game and we saw what was released, it was naive to think they could fix it in a week, or two, or three. Still I thought they would at least be able to get the matchmaking working in a week. The incompetence on this is gross, they should be embarrassed.
The fact that I'm even considering returning a Halo game is dumbfounding to me because I'm a huge fan of the series. I don't care about the money, $60 isn't a big deal for me, it's the principle of not putting up with this or any other broken ass release. I feel bad for the kids who get this game and are screwed when they could have got something that worked
This release was supposed to be a celebration of Halo. All that goodwill is gone now, serious damage has been done to this release and to the series. It's a shame because I love the series but 343 and MS fucked up irreparably on MCC.
I just really want to play the game. I've wasted so many hours dicking around while it's searching. It's just disrespectful because they kept leading me on like their updates were going to work when it was pretty clear that the issues were widespread and numerous. They had months to work on the game and we saw what was released, it was naive to think they could fix it in a week, or two, or three. Still I thought they would at least be able to get the matchmaking working in a week. The incompetence on this is gross, they should be embarrassed.
The fact that I'm even considering returning a Halo game is dumbfounding to me because I'm a huge fan of the series. I don't care about the money, $60 isn't a big deal for me, it's the principle of not putting up with this or any other broken ass release. I feel bad for the kids who get this game and are screwed when they could have got something that worked
This release was supposed to be a celebration of Halo. All that goodwill is gone now, serious damage has been done to this release and to the series. It's a shame because I love the series but 343 and MS fucked up irreparably on MCC.
Pretty sure, yeah. Best accidental change in the game.
That was a bug?! I was wondering why everyone with a carbine was killing me instantly
WordsintheWater
Member
Where is my SWAT playlist.
... and Halo 4's. ;_;
When will the game actually work so I can consistently play any playlist? Right now I'd settle for just Halo 4 as long as it actually functions :-(
ebullientprism
Member
I have a new favorite thing.
Wanted to rewatch the amazing CGI cut scenes for halo 2. Sure enough there is an option in the menu just for that. Yay!
Hit that and it throws me to Halo channel. Why? They are right there in the game. OK you gotta shill the chanell. Fuck it whatever.
And then it gets better. Halo channel tries to stream the cutscenes off the internet. What. The. Fuck.
They are sitting on my HDD. In pristine 1080p. Why the fuck are you streaming that? My connection can't stream at that quality smoothly.
Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
Wanted to rewatch the amazing CGI cut scenes for halo 2. Sure enough there is an option in the menu just for that. Yay!
Hit that and it throws me to Halo channel. Why? They are right there in the game. OK you gotta shill the chanell. Fuck it whatever.
And then it gets better. Halo channel tries to stream the cutscenes off the internet. What. The. Fuck.
They are sitting on my HDD. In pristine 1080p. Why the fuck are you streaming that? My connection can't stream at that quality smoothly.
Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
Take your favourite band. Fire everyone in it and replace them with the bands biggest fans.
Want to see them in concert?
Probably more convenient, rather then to add entire new options and such into the already broken menus.
Doesn't seem like something to get that upset over, though.
JimiNutz
Banned
At this stage they should strip it back to just one playlist (whichever is most stable currently).
Get that working consistently for everyone and then build from there...
WordsintheWater
Member
I agree, think this would be the best way to go about it.
i diddnt really know how bad it was for this game until my friends and i tried to LAN it, we could only get one online game before everything shits itself, at one point, all three of xbox1's that had MCC all crashed at the same time!!! i was having alot of fun when we could get a match going. i really do hope that 343 will fix everything as soon as possible, i suspect that we wont see progress until after Dec due to Halo 5 BETA, but lets hope for the best!!!
Joel Was Right
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I've been out of the loop. Can someone please explain what happened?
ebullientprism
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Halo MCC Early Access is a little buggy.
soulassssns
Banned
Thank goodness I don't get to play until next summer.
Thanks for beta testing guys. ; )
Thanks for beta testing guys. ; )
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
... Guys, is it a known bug for the game to become unresponsive at the pause menu after viewing a terminal?
I just started playing CE, this happened after it switched to the Halo Channel for the terminal on The Pillar of Autumn.
[EDIT] - Terminal on the second mission, Halo, didn't cause this problem, fortunately.
I just started playing CE, this happened after it switched to the Halo Channel for the terminal on The Pillar of Autumn.
[EDIT] - Terminal on the second mission, Halo, didn't cause this problem, fortunately.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Just got a refund screw em. I can live without the H5 Beta and will repurchase sometime in the new year when it goes on half price sale or something.
RandyBobandy
Banned
Shit still doesn't work properly for me. Waiting on support to process my refund. At least they're doing it this time
No faith in 343 at all. Don't even care about Halo 5 at this stage
No faith in 343 at all. Don't even care about Halo 5 at this stage
They launched this game with SMG starts on coagulation.
That's all you need to know about how much the people who made this have played halo.
Diablohead
Member
no it's a valid complaint, fuck that halo channel it does more harm then good.
xbox one games should not be allowed to force swap between game and app in its current state, and the halo channel has bugs if it's own too like overlapping music and videos.
I wanted to see the halo 2 videos again too but at the time was unable as halo channel could not find them.
soulassssns
Banned
Still looking forward to Halo 5 Guardians
Bungie isn't much better, to be honest. Their last two outings were Halo: Reach and Destiny.
The content is not the issue in MCC. It's the clear overextension/outsourcing of work that has caused these technical issues, mostly likely.
We know that 343i/Microsoft are capable of launching games relatively smoothly; see Halo 4, whether or not you agree with the design decisions that game did not have significant launch week problems if my memory serves me correctly.
That's the biggest shame; have a stable launch for a game of questionable quality to some; and then launch an unstable game of relatively great quality to most.
The content is not the issue in MCC. It's the clear overextension/outsourcing of work that has caused these technical issues, mostly likely.
We know that 343i/Microsoft are capable of launching games relatively smoothly; see Halo 4, whether or not you agree with the design decisions that game did not have significant launch week problems if my memory serves me correctly.
That's the biggest shame; have a stable launch for a game of questionable quality to some; and then launch an unstable game of relatively great quality to most.
joeygreco1985
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I have a Halo CE campaign achievement from 9 days ago that is still stuck on unlocking....
soulassssns
Banned
LOL, I wouldn't know bro as my Xbox One and Halo MCC are back in the states unopened waiting for me.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Tried playing for the first time after the patch...what's actually different?
CitizenCope
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Going to an MCC LAN party. Are we going to have issues doing customs? Been planning this for a long time. This could be a disaster.
Some "statistics" at 343's side, apparently. Meanwhile everything they listed in the release notes is still pretty much broken for people trying to play the game.
Customs should be good.
Jonneh3003
Banned
I could actually find games before, I mean I had to wait a while but I eventually found them. Now I'm just stuck on a searching screen for eternity :c
Managed to get in 2 games earlier with no problems, just tried again and the game spared us from playing halo 4 by crashing out the lobby. Still takes ages to find players
Still a better experience than last week, which is a bit depressing. The menu seems the most buggy part of the game for me, that and CE multiplayer.
Still a better experience than last week, which is a bit depressing. The menu seems the most buggy part of the game for me, that and CE multiplayer.
TheCanisDirus
Member
Searching...
All I get. Still.
All I get. Still.
Future PhaZe
Member
oh my god this is getting good
Kssio_Aug
Member
During the night right after the patch were released > Many matches were found, but had lots of "freezes" issues (in the loading screen or in the carnage board). No uneven team matches at all.
At lunch time yesterday > Could not play any single match. Just "You lost connection with the host."
At night yesterday > Played lots of matches, sometimes I had the error above, but was finding them quite fast (could be much faster though). Just one match with uneven teams. No freezing issues at all, but crashed once just after one match.
Tonight > Played like 4 matches, they took quite long to be found. Got several "You lost connection with the host" issues. No "freezing" issues, no crashes.
Each time of the day a different experience. lol
But by all of this, I ask myself if the biggest problem here is some server instability.
At lunch time yesterday > Could not play any single match. Just "You lost connection with the host."
At night yesterday > Played lots of matches, sometimes I had the error above, but was finding them quite fast (could be much faster though). Just one match with uneven teams. No freezing issues at all, but crashed once just after one match.
Tonight > Played like 4 matches, they took quite long to be found. Got several "You lost connection with the host" issues. No "freezing" issues, no crashes.
Each time of the day a different experience. lol
But by all of this, I ask myself if the biggest problem here is some server instability.
Haha, yeah this is silly. Doesn't help that the Halo channel is a piece of shit either.
Mihalis0013
Neo Member
ROFLMFAO
SlinkyFriend
Neo Member
I thought it would be something that would be nifty to have not something I could see myself solely playing haha
i dont want to downplay the colossal fuck up of the MCC, but i dont think its any indication at all about how halo 5 will launch. one game is a very ambitious collection of many games under one UI umbrella which was outsourced to a variety of different studios and cobbled together. the other is a new mainline game handled almost entirely by the studio. if anything, the launch state of halo 4 should be used to gauge the state at which halo 5 is set to launch in, and if memory serves, it launched just fine. apples and oranges.
I know. I just love how Microsoft & 343i thinks that a lot of people are gullible enough to buy their PR bullshit, LOL.
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