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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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You bought a broken game.
Kadin
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Well I see the potential for a great game, I really do. But at this point, the frustration is just too much to keep attempting to have a smooth experience. I'm sure others will just power through it but I'd like to just toss it aside and use the money on games I can enjoy here and now instead.
Plus I have to believe that for every person who does refund, it has a lasting effect on Microsoft and 343. Maybe not enough to make a huge impact, but one that they'll clearly be aware of versus just keeping the game and dealing with the issue.
BuggeryBugz
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Because this collection could be one of the best titles to ship on X1 if MS delivers the experience they sold through their marketing of the game. Consumers want that game; they just want a finished, polished product. They don't want to be beta testers for a $65 price tag.
I fully intended to rebuy the game if and when it's fixed. I want to play H1-4 online on dedicated servers.. Inject that right into my veins!!!
Fair enough. I just think that if you have the game, keep it until it's fixed if you're going to buy it again anyway. In saying that, there are heaps of sales that you can spend that $60 on now though.
Mr. Enigma
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So basically, we can gather that patch #4 has improved things a lot for solo people, but it's still a broken-down mess if you're in a party.
Diablohead
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I'd say that it sped up searching but didn't exactly fix anything else, even causes a new lobby bug which can also cause a game crash.
It fixed staying in lobbies after games for me too. Before the latest patch, the game would either freeze or boot me to the "find game" menu after a match. Doesn't do that for me anymore.
This patch improved things a whole lot for me; I would definitely say that the game is a "buy" if someone can get the same experience that I'm getting right now (since it does seem like the patch isn't working for everyone).
WordsintheWater
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No it's not, maybe for you, but there are many people having a bunch of issues. It will take more than one more patch.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Yeah, that happened to me during the intro. Restarted the game, and still got it, so just skipped to the mission using the UI
manny10032
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Got into a 5v5 on Halo 2 on my first try!
You just bought the game?
Got into a match of Gungoose CTF for the first time ever (not just Halo MCC). What an amazing mode! Everyone on gun-mounted ATVs, flipping around, having a good old time. Then I switched to Halo 2 Classic and did extremely well on a Lockdown match.
Then I switched back to Halo 2 Anniversary and it gave a 6 person party a 4v2 matchup in one bomb assault. Can't win them all, I guess.
Then I switched back to Halo 2 Anniversary and it gave a 6 person party a 4v2 matchup in one bomb assault. Can't win them all, I guess.
The Halo Theme - Scorpion Mix almost makes up for it though!I noticed this too and it bummed me out. I loved Peril
9/10 H2A playlist attempts are working now for me (even teams / solid connection / about 1 - 2 minutes search time). My NAT is open. Only works that well when I am solo searching tho. Still very hard to find games with my party.
- Fix party/roster connection/stability
- Fix ranks
- Fix game crashes
- Fix checkpoint/progress/save bugs
And we at least have a release candidate 1.
- Fix party/roster connection/stability
- Fix ranks
- Fix game crashes
- Fix checkpoint/progress/save bugs
And we at least have a release candidate 1.
Altered Juice
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mfw people vote for h2a when it already has 3 dedicated playlists:
BeamImpact
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one of my biggest problems with the MCC will be that i will always ask myself if the game is running P2P or dedicated servers now
im sure itll be the same even very late into the game when everything is patched
this step to go P2P by 343i just created doubts, it would take an official statement that P2P no longer happens to actually persuade me :/
im sure itll be the same even very late into the game when everything is patched
this step to go P2P by 343i just created doubts, it would take an official statement that P2P no longer happens to actually persuade me :/
FUNKNOWN iXi
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lmfao so true man.. i cry evertimmfw people vote for h2a when it already has 3 dedicated playlists:
Sometimes you have ten people and the options are Stonetown, Orbital BRs and Wizard.
In that case, H2A is the only sane choice.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Your post offends me.
What?!?
Altered Juice
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It's pretty ballin'. Had to trade in my old PS3 to Microsoft to get a $100 coupon off the 'bone tho
It's pretty ballin'. Had to trade in my old PS3 to Microsoft to get a $100 coupon off the 'bone tho
Oh okay. $100 Trade-in.
Voting/veto is the worst thing to happen to Halo multiplayer aside from the death of free multiplayer maps. I've probably played several thousand fewer games across the various post-Halo 2 games as a result.
I got so sick of how homogenous Halo 3 and Reach became as a result. Same maps, same gametypes over, and over...ugh. Everything interesting = VETO, VETO, VETO
It's high time for Halo to have server lists.
Chaotic-Strike
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Yeah the problem isn't so much as finding a game now it's staying in one.
Not even close.
The way all of the games are sorta subtly raining weird inconsistencies over you as you just walk through the campaigns, I'm not holding my breath that it'll ever work 100%. I've been playing games for more than 20 years, and this could be the most casually broken supposedly "finished" game I've played. I haven't even touched the multiplayer, and just doing the solo stuff it still feels like it's using my own arm to slap me in the face, repeatedly.
Given that Halo 3 didn't even start in some regions until the second patch, I wouldn't be surprised if more of these issues are region specific. Which honestly seems like a mess bordering on impossible to untangle. We sat here like dumbasses and waited for months until they whacked the Xbox Store so the Ultra Edition of Killer Instinct was available, and that was prrretty glaring.
Given that Halo 3 didn't even start in some regions until the second patch, I wouldn't be surprised if more of these issues are region specific. Which honestly seems like a mess bordering on impossible to untangle. We sat here like dumbasses and waited for months until they whacked the Xbox Store so the Ultra Edition of Killer Instinct was available, and that was prrretty glaring.
BeforeU
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7DollarHagane
Banned
I just went 16 and 1 in halo 2 classic team slayer.
Feels good man, comes back to you instantly.
These kids on xbl seem worse than they were back in 2005.
Feels good man, comes back to you instantly.
These kids on xbl seem worse than they were back in 2005.
Blackstarhat
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Just got this along with my xbox and matchmaking seems ok.
What? Stonetown is far from a BTB only map. The biggest issue is that everyone votes slayer br's and never gets to experience a ctf or bomb on that map.
Regret Upon Approval
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Somehow I had a 7v7 Btb game.
Another Btb game failed to load and I ended up party leader of 14 people.
Lol.
All in all though, much better.
Another Btb game failed to load and I ended up party leader of 14 people.
Lol.
All in all though, much better.
Nintendont
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It's kind of amusing to see how people share this sentiment nowadays when Halo 2 pretty much laid down the groundwork for casual FPS games with stuff like strong aim assist/bullet magnetism, regenerating health, and ranks to keep people hooked.
Makes me wonder if Call of Duty will be considered a hardcore skilled professional shooter in 10 years too lol
Heatseeker2
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I was never asked to download the newest patch. Although I'm assuming it did it in the background for my digital copy.
The way I've manged to get games going now is always after I perform a hard reboot. In case anyone wasn't aware you can issue this command from the settings power menu heading (restart now).
If I stop playing for an hour and power off/suspend and come back games are hard to get into/impossible until I do a hard reboot.
Is this the case for anyone else? Did anyone else with a digital copy get asked to download the newest patch?
The way I've manged to get games going now is always after I perform a hard reboot. In case anyone wasn't aware you can issue this command from the settings power menu heading (restart now).
If I stop playing for an hour and power off/suspend and come back games are hard to get into/impossible until I do a hard reboot.
Is this the case for anyone else? Did anyone else with a digital copy get asked to download the newest patch?
Aim assist and bullet magnetism are essential (to an extent) in console fps especially when there are longer kill times and shield recharge a la Halo. Halo 2 provided a large skill gap and that's what gave it a good reputation as a skilled professional shooter imo.
Nintendont
Banned
I never said it wasn't needed, but Halo 2 obviously turned it up higher than necessary to make it easier to aim.
MAX PAYMENT
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People sold this game with the intent of rebuying it a couple weeks later?
That is so dumb.
That is so dumb.
You cannot abandon a causal player base to accommodate the hardcore consumer. Even though Halo 2 had a lot of autoaim/magnetism it also had a big skill gap which allowed new people to work their way through the ranks. Don't forget the newer generation of gamers demand instant satisfaction.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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