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Halo 3 for MCC is now available on Steam!
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Halo 3 still has one of the best uses of light bloom I've seen in a game, it gives it this angelic look throughout the campaign that just never gets old for me plus the explosions look oh so nice with it. It's stunning how well this game holds up visually even with those 2007-era character models. Halo 3 really is Halo at it's best to me. Yeah, the Brutes aren't as fun to fight as Elites and the BR can get annoying trying to land shots, but it's vehicle play is just sublime. I really hope Infinite can recapture that. Something about sprint and armor abilities just gutted the vehicle combat in Reach/4/5.
I had the weirdest thing happen to me earlier today though, I was playing for like 4 or 5 hours with my gamepad over bluetooth and I noticed the framerate had some noticeable stutter going on like it wasn't running the 144hz my monitor said it was. Similar to the other games in the collection upon release.
However, then my batteries died so I plugged my gamepad in over usb and low & behold the framerate instantly smoothed out. Full 144 fps without any stutter or frame drops whatsoever. It was beautiful. I kind of want to try the same thing out with the other games and see how they perform.
I had the weirdest thing happen to me earlier today though, I was playing for like 4 or 5 hours with my gamepad over bluetooth and I noticed the framerate had some noticeable stutter going on like it wasn't running the 144hz my monitor said it was. Similar to the other games in the collection upon release.
However, then my batteries died so I plugged my gamepad in over usb and low & behold the framerate instantly smoothed out. Full 144 fps without any stutter or frame drops whatsoever. It was beautiful. I kind of want to try the same thing out with the other games and see how they perform.
Playing Halo is fun and 3 especially is really good, but I'm wondering how they are going to evolve it for Halo infinite.
Because back in the day, Master Chief felt like the epitome of the space marine super soldier badass, right? I'm not saying he was necessarily the BEST or whatever, but he felt like the one I thought to when I imagined a space marine.
Now, that's Doomguy from DOOM 2016 and Eternal. Halo is still really fun, but it is weird to go back to the guy that used to be considered THE space marine and feel like he isn't to snuff. Chief walks super slow, he only carries two guns at a time, he has a standard looking melee and no other major ability.
There's a lot of controversy about how Halo 4 and 5 followed the tread of Call of Duty, adding sprint and later aim-down-sights mechanics, and I agree with those who feel that was a mistake. But I honestly think that if Infinite did that but took after the modern DOOM series, that'd be a major step in the right direction. You can't make him as crazy as Doomguy, but it something to make feel a bit less like a relic of the past.
Because back in the day, Master Chief felt like the epitome of the space marine super soldier badass, right? I'm not saying he was necessarily the BEST or whatever, but he felt like the one I thought to when I imagined a space marine.
Now, that's Doomguy from DOOM 2016 and Eternal. Halo is still really fun, but it is weird to go back to the guy that used to be considered THE space marine and feel like he isn't to snuff. Chief walks super slow, he only carries two guns at a time, he has a standard looking melee and no other major ability.
There's a lot of controversy about how Halo 4 and 5 followed the tread of Call of Duty, adding sprint and later aim-down-sights mechanics, and I agree with those who feel that was a mistake. But I honestly think that if Infinite did that but took after the modern DOOM series, that'd be a major step in the right direction. You can't make him as crazy as Doomguy, but it something to make feel a bit less like a relic of the past.
Halo 3, it's a masterpiece. Although, it is so good you'll find it difficult to not go back to the rest of the series.
Help!! When I opened up the MCC collection it told me the game was "offline" so the MS store is now forcing me to redownload I attempted to uninstall the game first before redownloading but now I cannot get my space back on my ssd. The program doesn't show up anywhere at all. I can't even manually delete the files
I am a bit confused. Can I buy this seperately or do I need the Master Chief Collection? Steam has this message:
- This content requires the base game Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Steam in order to play.
You can buy it on its own, it's just the way MCC is all structured it's still technically "DLC" for MCC.
You can buy any of the games separately. The MCC base game is just a launcher included free with any of the games you purchase.
Took a quick peek at theater, shame to see it hasn't really been improved since the days of the original (I think?). Timeline scrubbing would've been nice, and a proper mouse+keyboard UI. That said, wasn't there a slow-motion toggle before? I could swear there was, but I can't seem to find anything wrt that.
e: oh yeah, it was right trigger on the controller. Man, the theater sucks with m+kb. That's a bummer.
e2: also, tried playing with the controller, but man, I've really grown to hate playing shooters or first-person games in particular on a controller. Back to m+kb for me, I guess. Practice makes perfect.
e: oh yeah, it was right trigger on the controller. Man, the theater sucks with m+kb. That's a bummer.
e2: also, tried playing with the controller, but man, I've really grown to hate playing shooters or first-person games in particular on a controller. Back to m+kb for me, I guess. Practice makes perfect.
Played the first 3 levels. Absolutely superb, flawless port. Great audio, runs smoothly and beautifully in 4K.
Excellent! Thank you both for clarifying.
No. Don't do that. Come enjoy the multiplayer though.
I really just wouldn't skip. Don't give into the launch hype. Play some multiplayer and take your time playing through the campaigns.
As in campaign? I recommend you play them all, as they're all great and the story will have a bigger impact when you play Halo 3.
Yeah campaign i played CE ages ago with the first pc version but i don't remember anything about it only that the levels felt a bit repetive and samey.
God this felt good at 110 FOV. I remember flighting and being unable to go beyond 60 which was rough. 110 is a revelation.
Two questions, though:
1)Is there a file share or way to get all the old classic custom gametypes + maps (Duck Hunt, Halo on Halo, Ghostbusters, etc)? Hoping to do a custom game night but want to make sure I've got everything. I've found the 'Find Player' option but everytime I punch in a gamertag from this list it says 'player not found'. Can't even find my friends. Any ideas why? Anti-cheat failed so I couldn't do anything :/ Had to move it to another drive to verify and run :/
2) Through PC Game Pass is it necessary to have the entire Master Chief collection installed or can you just do Halo 3? I've currently got it all installed at over 70gb but hoping to cut down/convince more friends to download just 3.
Thank you :)
Two questions, though:
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2) Through PC Game Pass is it necessary to have the entire Master Chief collection installed or can you just do Halo 3? I've currently got it all installed at over 70gb but hoping to cut down/convince more friends to download just 3.
Thank you :)
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For me, at least, it has a certain wackiness that none of the other Halo games have, and the physics engine (and the generous amount of physics objects in some of the levels) is a big part of it. Already had multiple amazing BTB moments with people dying left and right due to debris and flying warthogs and shit.
I feel like this is chaotic Halo at its best, and chaos is the reason why I like these games as much as I do.
Yeah, I think I'm leaning towards Halo 3. Sounds like it plays really well, going by some of the comments.
It's up there with Half Life 2 as possibly the best single player FPS campaign of all time and is only £7 on Steam. You really can't go wrong.
I think H3 is the most fun campaign. Even more so in co-op.
Slightly off topic but have they confirmed that Halo Infinite is launching on PC the same date as Xbox? And that it will be on PC game pass?
The MP is all over the place. Stuttering is the least of its problems. Hit detection and lag spikes, warping people etc
Ive seen no one mention stuttering in the mp across the internet. I was ready to just accept my computer is shit.
Good to know people are facing these issues too.
Big team battle is 8v8 social playlist, my group played it all night.
Just being able to use a mouse makes Legendary so much easier. I remember back on release how we struggled getting through the games, but now it has not really been a problem at all. Halo 2 is slightly harder since no one is allowed to die, but that just made it more fun and actually gave us a bit of a challenge. :P
Halo Reach was the last Halo that Bungie developed, so they updated the gameplay comparing the the earlier games.
Why don't you try for yourself with a Game Pass trial?
Played my first Halo 3 BTB on rats nest.
I was getting merked. And it is glorious. Playing with a mouse is a little weird but omg the game is still a blast. Gimme that Valhalla goodness.
Can't wait to go through the campaigns again, especially H2A since I haven't played it with the updates yet. Those cinematics yummy. It's been so long since I've played you old friend :)
I was getting merked. And it is glorious. Playing with a mouse is a little weird but omg the game is still a blast. Gimme that Valhalla goodness.
Can't wait to go through the campaigns again, especially H2A since I haven't played it with the updates yet. Those cinematics yummy. It's been so long since I've played you old friend :)
I swear some parts of the Halo community are idiotic.
Nah, Halo's gameplay is deeper than the likes of Unreal Tournament.
Nah, Halo's gameplay is deeper than the likes of Unreal Tournament.
Yeah you totally could but I recommend loading up 'The silent cartographer' from Halo 1, see if the first 15 mins suckers you in. If so just start Halo 1 from scratch.
If you end up playing Halo 1 and at the halfway mark notice the level design falls off a cliff... just skip ahead to the last mission and read a quick story synopsis.
if the game is so dated even the Silent Cartographer into doesn't draw you in... then yeah totally just skip to Halo 3.
the reason I use that as an example is... it was the demo mission and that first 15 mins suckered in a lot of fans for the franchise. I honestly dont know how well it would have aged though.
Does anybody know what the 'legacy' skull is in the customisation? I remember it was only for bungee employees, was there a certain criteria I had to meet to unlock it ? ( like play halo 3 before) or is it just unlocked by everyone by default
If you're talking about the flaming helmet for Halo 3, then yeah that was unlocked for everybody.