XB1 Halo Master Chief Collection

[Veliko]

the MP was bad too. The fans pretty much universally thought so. they started with 400,000 players and after two months half of them left and never came back.

I remember reading the forums on Halo Waypoint. It was just a bunch of children screaming and gnashing their teeth, it was hilarious.

 

[purbeast0]

i liked halo 4 single player and never even put the MP disc into my 360.

 

[boomhower]

I'll be buying in digital format. Played the first couple and am mainly buying to play through the story line. Never played and MP on them, just started with CoD and had moved to a PS3 at that point.

 

[railven]

Halo 4 has got to be the worst Halo next to Halo Spartan Assault. I'd rather play ODST than Halo 4.

I really wish they'd shoe horn Reach into the MC Collection. I'd even pay extra for it.

 

[Anteaus]

Halo 4 has got to be the worst Halo next to Halo Spartan Assault. I'd rather play ODST than Halo 4.

I really wish they'd shoe horn Reach into the MC Collection. I'd even pay extra for it.

This is just a hunch, but I'm willing to bet that we'll see another collection next year which includes Halo Wars, ODST, and Reach. From Microsoft's perspective, it would be great PR to be able to claim that players who buy an Xbox One will have access to the entire Halo catalog. Also, releasing it a few months before Halo 5 would be genius.

I have zero evidence to back this up so take it for what it is. Still, if I were MS, it's what I would do.

 

[railven]

This is just a hunch, but I'm willing to bet that we'll see another collection next year which includes Halo Wars, ODST, and Reach. From Microsoft's perspective, it would be great PR to be able to claim that players who buy an Xbox One will have access to the entire Halo catalog. Also, releasing it a few months before Halo 5 would be genius.

I have zero evidence to back this up so take it for what it is. Still, if I were MS, it's what I would do.

Well, considering Halo 1 and Halo 2 got the touch up treatment, it is fair to say Halo 3 and 4 will also get their touch up on their respective 10yr Anni too.

So I have no doubt in my mind the nickle and dime 'ing is strong in this one.

"Add Halo 3 Anni to your collection!!! $20 retail disc or $20 Digital option!"
"Coming soon: Halo 4 Anni, Reach, and ODST TOO!!!"

Frankly, with all the "remakes" as of late, I'm not surprised at all.

 

[Lil Frier]

the MP was bad too. The fans pretty much universally thought so. they started with 400,000 players and after two months half of them left and never came back.

The story was just...blah. Not very exciting to me and how exactly an AI can manifeat itself outaide of a comouter and shield you from a nuke I will never understand.

Because worrying about the logic/physics of something in a video game set 500+ years in the future's a great idea, haha.

 

[Lil Frier]

This is just a hunch, but I'm willing to bet that we'll see another collection next year which includes Halo Wars, ODST, and Reach. From Microsoft's perspective, it would be great PR to be able to claim that players who buy an Xbox One will have access to the entire Halo catalog. Also, releasing it a few months before Halo 5 would be genius.

I have zero evidence to back this up so take it for what it is. Still, if I were MS, it's what I would do.

Personally, I'd say:

Master Chief Collection: 2014
Guardians: 2015
Assorted installments collection: 2016
6: 2017/2018

Makes more sense to stick more Halo between the two major releases, like they're doing here.

 

[dguy6789]

Well, considering Halo 1 and Halo 2 got the touch up treatment, it is fair to say Halo 3 and 4 will also get their touch up on their respective 10yr Anni too.

So I have no doubt in my mind the nickle and dime 'ing is strong in this one.

"Add Halo 3 Anni to your collection!!! $20 retail disc or $20 Digital option!"
"Coming soon: Halo 4 Anni, Reach, and ODST TOO!!!"

Frankly, with all the "remakes" as of late, I'm not surprised at all.

Well it's either they do that or they just rush and make a new game every year like sports games. I'd much rather them do very polished main releases every few years and have optional filler stuff in between to be appetizers for the diehard fans.

 

[railven]

Well it's either they do that or they just rush and make a new game every year like sports games. I'd much rather them do very polished main releases every few years and have optional filler stuff in between to be appetizers for the diehard fans.

Not sure about most people, but I can wait an extra year between releases on a series I greatly enjoy.

For example:
Halo 3: ODST didn't d much for the overall narration. One can skip ODST and not really miss anything from the overall Halo universe.

Halo Wars was a fun diversion but most of the Halo fans I know didn't even bother because "not a shooter, bro." I enjoyed it, found the controls to be excellent for a console and then MSFT shuts down Ensemble. Ha, guess that's the end of an RTS Halo.

Halo Spartan Assault - let's just not talk about this.

Halo 4 - Why is this even a Halo game? Why did I have to re-familiarize myself with characters and hunt down a book which then got thrown out the window? But this is in the MC collection? (If you haven't noticed, I really despise Halo 4. haha.)

Beside my Halo 4 mini-rant, those games in between major Halo titles are almost throw aways in the general scope of the series. Now instead of enjoying a joyful romp through something like say Halo Wars 2 I get to replay Halo 2 with the shinies (now that I mind this much, but my excitement won't be as measurable come Halo 3/ODST/4 Anni versions. After Halo 2 Anni I want nothing but Halo 5 (just to see if they can salvage this mess) or Reach Anni.

 

[brokEN2]

Did Halo 3 and 4 run at 720p 30fps on the 360 and now will be 1080p 60fps?

Also I wonder if now if Microsoft will now make an anniversary for Gears of War at all or anything

 

[railven]

Did Halo 3 and 4 run at 720p 30fps on the 360 and now will be 1080p 60fps?

Also I wonder if now if Microsoft will now make an anniversary for Gears of War at all or anything

Halo 3 was 600p@30 if I recall (possibly 630p or 640p)

Halo Reach and 4 were 720p.

And yes, they will now be 1080p/60.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Because worrying about the logic/physics of something in a video game set 500+ years in the future's a great idea, haha.

Yeah but when Bungie had the game they pretty much always stuck to something that was believable. I never questioned any of it because I would say to myself "I could see that". Halo 4 was a little over the top near the end there.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Not sure about most people, but I can wait an extra year between releases on a series I greatly enjoy.

For example:
Halo 3: ODST didn't d much for the overall narration. One can skip ODST and not really miss anything from the overall Halo universe.

People say this but this game is the most deeply story driven game in the series IMO. You are meant to find the audio logs to uncover Sadie's Story which is the story of a girl who wanted to enlist in the UNSC but ends up trapped in New Mombassa during the covenant siege. It's a very somber story and expands on the struggle for survival of those stuck in the city with no way to escape. She tries to save her father who is being held hostage but eventually is convinced to leave him behind and board the train leaving the city.

The main story revolves around the superintendent and the data core that has info on what the covenant are looking for and there is a covenant engineer who defects and you have to protect and escape the city with.When you eventually do you see the Covenant destroy New Mombassa. If you finish it on Legendary difficulty you see Sergeant Major Avery Johnson question the engineer and explain he intends to find out everything there is to know about the artifact the Covenant are digging up and you see the Prophet of Truth overseeing the excavation of the forerunner artifact which sets the stage for Halo 3.

It fills in a lot of blanks and leads right into the next game, but has enough side story to be interesting on its own.

 

[Lil Frier]

I'd play ODST sometime, if I had it and a 360. Luckily, my brother-in-law has it and my cousin has a spare 360 sitting in my room. I've considered playing it a few times, borrowing it from my brother-in-law, but I just never did it. I still say Reach was my favorite campaign, and reading what you said about ODST, it furthers my belief that they should have brought the whole story (at least, all of the FPS installments) to the One.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Yeah the jump from Halo 2 to Halo 3 on its own doesn't really fill in the pieces of story as to what happened. ODST does a decent job of it. Many people don't like it because you aren't playing as the god soldier Master Chief and it's less action oriented with more of the gameplay driven by atmosphere. People were used to hyper beast mode from master chief and wanted that I guess. The story for ODST as I mentioned wasn't as central as the other games either. In the other Halo games the story moves along front and center. You have to do some extra digging to get it out of ODST.

 

[Anteaus]

Yeah but when Bungie had the game they pretty much always stuck to something that was believable. I never questioned any of it because I would say to myself "I could see that". Halo 4 was a little over the top near the end there.

I understand what you mean. With science fiction, it's common to modify how physics work in a particular universe. That said, once the new rules are established you can't just break for the purpose of pushing an irrational plot device. It's bad writing and can break suspension of disbelief.

I cringe every time I see that video of Master Chief riding that bomb out into space and guiding it to it's eventually destructive end. I get that Master Chief is Mr. Fantastic and with his suit and guns can take down entire alien armies. That said, he can't just violate Newton's Laws. There were so many things wrong with that scene.

Don't get me started on that film Gravity. It was one of the prettiest and yet worst films I have ever seen for exactly these reasons.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I haven't watched Gravity...been meaning to though heh.

What was wrong with him riding the bomb? Wasn't he floating above earth and used the gravitational pull to bring him in toward the Covenant ship and he timed it just right with help from Cortana?

Perhaps I'm forgetting some detail that makes it seem odd.

 

[Veliko]

Yeah the jump from Halo 2 to Halo 3 on its own doesn't really fill in the pieces of story as to what happened. ODST does a decent job of it. Many people don't like it because you aren't playing as the god soldier Master Chief and it's less action oriented with more of the gameplay driven by atmosphere. People were used to hyper beast mode from master chief and wanted that I guess. The story for ODST as I mentioned wasn't as central as the other games either. In the other Halo games the story moves along front and center. You have to do some extra digging to get it out of ODST.

The city acting as a repetitive hub was something of a killer.

 

[Anteaus]

I haven't watched Gravity...been meaning to though heh.

What was wrong with him riding the bomb? Wasn't he floating above earth and used the gravitational pull to bring him in toward the Covenant ship and he timed it just right with help from Cortana?

Perhaps I'm forgetting some detail that makes it seem odd.

Gravity isn't powerful enough where he is to accelerate him toward the ship. When he activates the bomb and kicks off, he only gives it enough push to make it go maybe 1-2 m/s. It should have taken the bomb ages to get to the ship as there was nothing to accelerate it. Instead we see the ship blow up and Master Chief accelerating away as if he had rocket boots ahead of the explosion. Ok perhaps the concussion propelled him, but come on any bomb large enough to kill a capital ship would have owned him, especially considering it blew up on his side of the ship. Haha anyways it's a complete nit pick and doesn't detract from the game. My point was that these games break all sorts of rules to make the plot move forward. Some are worse than others.

What can I say though? Master Chief is the *hit.