They already announced Halo 6* is coming to PC.
* they haven't actually named the next Halo yet but it's been officially acknowledged as a thing for a while now
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Halo MCC development update
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They already announced Halo 6* is coming to PC.
* they haven't actually named the next Halo yet but it's been officially acknowledged as a thing for a while now
Are you planning to touch any of the difficulties? Halo 2 legendary is well legendary for being rougher to play. Someone did a comparison and found the Chief/Arbiter were only stronger in terms of health to a flood infection form.
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It'll honestly be wired to have the next Halo FPS on PC, but not the MCC
Yep Halo 2 legendary means you basically die in 2-3 shots which is crazy. Although I will say the first level is probably the hardest one on legendary overall. Spam noob combo.
Hopefully never.
I read the post earlier when Frankie retweeted Brian Jarrard (since I unfollowed all Halo and 343 personnel social media accounts except for Frankie's ages ago). Its fantastically detailed and honestly refreshing. I'm not going to jump back into Halo anytime soon because of it but I am interested in this dialogue 343 is supposedly starting. I'll keep reading the next couple of posts and looked forward to continued transparency.
I literally don't have answers to that kind of granular question to hand but it's precisely the kind of thing we'll touch upon as we move forward with both the project and the communication of its progress.
4k 60 port of REACH when
Yes I need this. I hope they add it.
Right, but I think there's an audience for people on pc who want to play the prior games. Jumping in at number 6 is not as attractive as jumping in with a collection of the entire series up to that point.
Frank bud, are we forgetting the most offensive lie you've ever told? What about the grenade that explodes into CE Pistols huh?! Still waiting!
I want the awful blur/ghosting removed from reach too pls 343
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- Gamepass, that alone can give a big boost
- Good enough updates can bring people back (see No Man's Sky)
- A potential relaunch to reignite interest
- Potential extra features like custom game browsers, tournament modes and mixer to help the community grow
It's not impossible to get people back on the game
This is awesome! Can't wait to test the update, I'll literally call off a good three days straight just to play all the games on the MCC again!
Don't know why they'd do that. For better or worse, Halo 2 Legendary is what it is.
Me and my bro had a minigame on Delta Halo where we'd try to jump out from behind a rock and land on another rock. You won if the jackal across the level didn't snipe you dead before you landed.
My brother lived an entirety of one times.
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You know what'd be awesome? A once-a-week or once-a-month Mixer stream of super-granular development progress. (See? Mixer? Look at that BRANDING INTEGRATION opportunity there.)
Or invite me over to ask a zillion questions.
Great read! This post and the video last fall really got my attention. Looking forward to some classic Halo action.
I think it would be great to see them kill the current version on the store and release a MP only version. Sell the campaigns as DLC. Put the MP only version on game pass and then subscribers will jump in for "free" but end up buying the campaigns as $10 additions.
Would possibly help subsidize Reach getting added-give existing owners and game pass users Reach MP for free and sell them the dlc separately.
I think it would be great to see them kill the current version on the store and release a MP only version. Sell the campaigns as DLC. Put the MP only version on game pass and then subscribers will jump in for "free" but end up buying the campaigns as $10 additions.
Would possibly help subsidize Reach getting added-give existing owners and game pass users Reach MP for free and sell them the dlc separately.
Until there's ever an announcement for a Windows 10 version, which I think is very possible given Microsoft's vision, the only way to play them is on an Xbox console. There's really no point in asking such a question given the magnitude of a yes answer would never be revealed in such fashion.
Thanks, is the any plan to put the MCC on the PC? Thanks for being as transparent as you can.
I'd really like to see an improved UI as well. Specifically, I'd like to know HOW I unlocked a particular customization after I've earned it! I'd also appreciate the ability to choose which Halo theme plays in the background on the menu. Otherwise I really like what I'm hearing, especially in terms of reducing time between matches and improving matchmaking.
Exciting news! It was great to be able to play all of the campaigns on the Xbox One. Though at this point it'd be nice if somehow the multiplayer would be free to play, that way the games population would (hopefully) be fairly healthy.
With the statement about intending to be transparent going forward, surely we can expect some kind of answer on this subject. Sure, in the past I wouldn't have thought we'd get any information on it, but with this new era of transparency and honesty (taking this statement at face value), it seems like the kind of thing they would address publicly.
I'm getting excited already. Extra H3 and H4 customization options would be amazing icing on this belated cake. Emblems working correctly would be too.
C'mon. Y'know damn well even if the answer was yes, they would never confirm something like that by one employee on a gaming forum to their flagship franchise. The transparency is about the fixes and updates to the game itself, not if it will appear on another platform. There would be an official announcement by Microsoft if that ever occured.
Honestly, no. Truth be told I was blowing off leftover steam more over the Reach TU than 4, and by blowing off I mean that post made me go "Maybe I went a little too hard" and now I'm much more chill about developers being caught between a rock and a hard place. Plus with my short journey through the sausage factory as a Cartographer meant I was a little more than wrapped up in it all mentally than probably most community members. I legitimately did not expect it to get the feet it did. I got random Twitter DMs from devs I didn't talk to before going "yo, i read your post on ESPN. Did you know it was there?". My reaction was less "awesome, it's everywhere!" and more "oh god more people than wwmonkey and homeboyd are reading my posts here oh god oh god". And then someone told me a person asked Frankie about the post at one of the cons and I'm like OH GOD PEOPLE ARE READING IT DEFCON 2
Like it got so much stuff off my chest it would have felt fake to do anything like that anymore. If that makes sense to anyone?
Plus there are parts of the post I wish I didn't write. Played up some parts of the data more than I needed to for a point. Didn't need to write it so acidic, either.
And last year I was up in Seattle for things and had breakfast with Frankie. And he's just the most chill and honest person, even after you .txt'd his studio all over the internet years ago. It's been 5 years, everyone all around is now older and a bit wiser in the community. The industry is starting to get a bit more open now, and I hope gamers encourage this "we're trying this, and it might not work out" type of posts that 343, Bungie, Ubi, etc et all are doing now. Some things won't work out, but that's videogames for you. But people also don't need to punish a good deed by interpreting something as a promise when it was openly labeled as a maybe, and we can see more big studios continue this kind of conversation.
Everyone and their aunt has said their piece on MCC. It happened. 343 is doing the right thing by coming back to it, and they now have a dedicated legacy sustain strike team, which was probably my main issue back then to the point I'm surprised they didn't change my gamertag to Legacy Sustain. The blog gave me the information I love hearing. And truth be told, I've played like 30 total games of Halo 5. I'm not qualified to speak on Halo 5 for anyone. You can still ask me about 6GB of Reach .maps though.
My main hope is they streamline the controls for the next game. 5's controls make me feel like Caboose in RvB sometimes. "Why are there six pedals when there's only four directions?"
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For everyone saying "what's the point now?" I don't think you realize how much halo means to some of us.
I absolutely am super excited about this.
I absolutely am super excited about this.
Took me and a friend over 3 hours to get past the hanger bays on Cairo Station because we kept on running out of Plasma Grenades. Then months later playing the game online I first encountered the noob combo... I was so livid!
The ship has sailed for me in regards to this game on console, for those who still play i am happy they are updating and fixing the game after what happened because not only is it good for the gamer its good for them to learn from their mistakes and not let it happen to anything else they do make in the future.
Although, I would LOVE to have this on PC......
Although, I would LOVE to have this on PC......
This is going definitely going to be a do or die moment for 343. I can't even imagine the hit to their reputation as well as Microsoft's if the MCC is still messed up after the fix.
It would be scientifically accurate to rename puberty to Cairo Station On Legendary. You enter it a child, and leave it bruised, tired, and the realization that you still have 80% of the game left to play even though you're an adult now.
What do you mean about health/flood infection form?
It's changed in MCC?
I love Halo 2 legendary, don't mess with it.
I'd give it a shot, PC port would be preferred but I'd give it a shot on X1X if they succeed in fixing the game.
Well, would you look at this. Something!
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Any Halo fan worth their salt should be concerned about anything besides MCC being prioritized.
Yes, please.
Might this step include fixing broken/incorrect shaders such as those in Halo 1?
HALLEFRICKINLUJAH!!!!!!!
I hope you realize how frustrating it was to have dedicated servers, which were promoted as a feature and given as the reason why Halo 1 was able to work online, barely work after launch day, if at all, then see Halo 5 use them 100% of the time.
Would be nice to have them in custom games too, even if only for Halo 1.
Not inflammatory at all. :-)
Yup.
I agree.
Dumpster fire? It was a whole gawt-dang TIRE FIRE! And arguably still is!
Actually hearing from people who ran the project, and proper apologies no less, is a good sign. As are the few things so far that have firm promises of being actually fixed (mostly networking at this point). But the original Halo trilogy deserves more. It deserves Microsoft's full respect, as not only are they beloved, pioneering games, they are the games that made the entire Xbox brand successful. So do the right thing. Punt Gearbox's Halo 1 PC code. Make Halo 2 MP play "exactly as it shipped 10 years ago". And make Halo 3 play exactly the same, if not better than it does on Xbox 360 and Xbox One BC. Show everyone what made Halo Halo.
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Any Halo fan worth their salt should be concerned about anything besides MCC being prioritized.
Yes, please.
Might this step include fixing broken/incorrect shaders such as those in Halo 1?
HALLEFRICKINLUJAH!!!!!!!
I hope you realize how frustrating it was to have dedicated servers, which were promoted as a feature and given as the reason why Halo 1 was able to work online, barely work after launch day, if at all, then see Halo 5 use them 100% of the time.
Would be nice to have them in custom games too, even if only for Halo 1.
Not inflammatory at all. :-)
Yup.
I agree.
Dumpster fire? It was a whole gawt-dang TIRE FIRE! And arguably still is!
Actually hearing from people who ran the project, and proper apologies no less, is a good sign. As are the few things so far that have firm promises of being actually fixed (mostly networking at this point). But the original Halo trilogy deserves more. It deserves Microsoft's full respect, as not only are they beloved, pioneering games, they are the games that made the entire Xbox brand successful. So do the right thing. Punt Gearbox's Halo 1 PC code. Make Halo 2 MP play "exactly as it shipped 10 years ago". And make Halo 3 play exactly the same, if not better than it does on Xbox 360 and Xbox One BC. Show everyone what made Halo Halo.
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As good as it is as other says it's being worked on...
It should not have been such a problem in the first place, it really does mean it was poorly put together and that is really bad service to Halo fans. The games and series deserves a lot better.
I don't think it's wrong to point out that yeah, it's been a really long time. The OG Halo trilogy are pretty timeless to me so I personally don't mind but years is regardless a long time to wait.
And of course I would like to see a PC version but then I can also imagine it will be Windows store exclusive.....
It should not have been such a problem in the first place, it really does mean it was poorly put together and that is really bad service to Halo fans. The games and series deserves a lot better.
I don't think it's wrong to point out that yeah, it's been a really long time. The OG Halo trilogy are pretty timeless to me so I personally don't mind but years is regardless a long time to wait.
And of course I would like to see a PC version but then I can also imagine it will be Windows store exclusive.....
I don't see any chance of them re-releasing this still messed up.
Alrighty then, let's be open.
Remastered Reach and PC version, what's the deal?
Wow. Lot more of a response than I was expecting. But thanks. You write well. Even that brief explanation was a good read. Completely understandable as far as your explanation though! Thanks for the thoroughness.
Will LAN support be coming to MCC? I usually ask this every year but never get an answer :(
why do you keep going on with this?
The "transparency" has to do with fixing the MCC that people have already bought. I don't know how a potential PC release has anything to do with that. Trying to extend the "transparency" talk to mean "343i should answer every question anyone could ever have related to current and future Halo games or they aren't telling the truth" makes me question what you're trying to say here...