I do not understand why this was even cut out of 3+4 in the first place. Bizarre.
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Halo MCC development update
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It probably helps that Azure has matured exponentially since MCC's release. That NAT traversal stuff being added to the MCC due to the latest SDK also sounds like part of why they're able to guarantee dedis now, because I have a hunch P2P was also the fallthrough if you had trouble connecting to the instance due to NAT.
They have the advantage now of Halo 5 giving them lots of experience wrangling Azure , etc.
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Now that they've mentioned these I'm really hoping they all make it through. Setting up Arena Tournaments for any Halo game sounds amazing and would be great for the competitive community. A custom game browser would breathe new life into Forge and custom games. Lastly Mixer Integration could be amazing, just imagine a streamer playing through the campaign and the viewers are able to enable the different skulls on cooldowns as they play!
Nice update. The talk about transparency reminds me of bungie's recent talk around being more transparent about Destiny development. Is 2018 the year of transparency?
Still play MCC monthly or so so I'll be happy to have these updates. The part about being able to start up and shut down the game engines faster is cool and I wonder if that means they may be able to reenable Join In Progress for custom games, which is a feature my friends and I do use for Halo 5 and miss having in mcc. Nice being able to start up a 3 person FFA and have another friend join part way through.
Still play MCC monthly or so so I'll be happy to have these updates. The part about being able to start up and shut down the game engines faster is cool and I wonder if that means they may be able to reenable Join In Progress for custom games, which is a feature my friends and I do use for Halo 5 and miss having in mcc. Nice being able to start up a 3 person FFA and have another friend join part way through.
Great news, I'm on the fence to enlist for giving 343 feedback. And at least we got Stinkles back !
The news about the possibility of exploring a game browser addition to MCC is really great. That, plus adding the game to Game Pass could really revitalize not only The Master Chief Collection, but Halo overall.
I'm hyped. Halo games have unlimited replay value. I might even pick up an X if the enhancement are significant enough, since I'm so committed to the Xbox ecosystem already.
Hope it finally delivers on the original promises. Still doesn't make up for the blatant lies and half truths we got at launch.
I'm rooting for 343. Halo MCC was gonna be the one package to get me to get a XB1 few years back, but with how it turned out I was....well, turned off on the system.
If they do manage to get all the games up to par as they should I may be getting a XB1S at a good price later this year. Will be paying close attention to this.
If they do manage to get all the games up to par as they should I may be getting a XB1S at a good price later this year. Will be paying close attention to this.
This for sure. I was so disappointed when I found out the state MCC was in. Sure it's late, but at least they are fixing it and making it right. I'm excited as well.
Great news, make MCC deserving of the Halo legacy. Will run through this again once the patch drops. Played through all the SP just fine.
It's amazing that they're doing this at all. That alone is commendable. Obviously, the more commendable thing would've been to release a finished game, but even if MCC had years of development, with that many outsourced devs working on separate components of the game, that wasn't going to happen. Most studios would look at a project like this and think "it's a spot on our record, but we'll be fine in the long run."
It's nice that they're trying to fix it, but they really missed the bus. I don't think that many people are going to come back to play it. They had a great opportunity to springboard off of the hype at launch, but that's long gone.
Booting up the collection, it feels dead. There is little community management, numbers, or signs of activity. There are simply too many playlist options for such a small player base. It can be incredibly hard to find a game for Halo 1 or 2 classic. If they're going to try to fix it, they need a small team to stay in touch with the player base and push certain playlists. I would like it if they had different weekends dedicated to particular games.
Booting up the collection, it feels dead. There is little community management, numbers, or signs of activity. There are simply too many playlist options for such a small player base. It can be incredibly hard to find a game for Halo 1 or 2 classic. If they're going to try to fix it, they need a small team to stay in touch with the player base and push certain playlists. I would like it if they had different weekends dedicated to particular games.
I liked Halo a lot. This was going to be a reason for buying the Xbox One, but I just never bothered because of the bad news. I want to wait for the Xbox Two now instead and hope it has more games I want, but this is a step in the right direction.
Yup, plenty of games have gone on to attract more people over time, and for a franchise as huge as Halo I think it's definitely possible.
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Although this would be pretty damn cool, I highly doubt it for TMCC. Perhaps for Halo 6 they'll have some neat Mixer features though; it's a solid streaming service.
I can honestly say if Halo wasn't around I wouldn't game.
Here's hoping that 343 gets back on track and give us a true Halo and a legendary Master Chief. A true Chief.
Just hope they take all the time they need to shape 6.
I ended up with a mostly positive experience playing this collection.
I got 175 hours out of it and some enjoyment from the multiplayer.
I was only able to play H2A co op online without horrendous slowdown. If this can be fixed I'll definitely jump in again.
I got 175 hours out of it and some enjoyment from the multiplayer.
I was only able to play H2A co op online without horrendous slowdown. If this can be fixed I'll definitely jump in again.
Something I'm sure we all want to adhere to and hope they can pull off, right.
I'm assuming they're going to have to really dig into the game code... Which is not going to be simple to debug considering the complexities of 4 games in one.
Sounds like a nightmarish project - but I'm really happy they're taking this on. Much respect.
while it may be late, it's admirable that they just didn't sweep it under the rug. at this point they could have done that, but they didn't.
you are not thinking ahead. this is for getting hyped for halo 6 and/or whatever is on the horizon.
plus backward compatibility/fixing this collection is preserving the future.
I am definitely disappointed this is not coming to PC as well. Would be the perfect time. I feel if they wait too much longer, a PC port wouldn't do as well as now, when I think the news and talk about it would help a lot. I'd buy it again if I had to. Such a wonderful package in theory.
But I am glad to see this being fixed up. Just a shame I don't have an xbox one any more :/ Can't really afford to atm either.
But I am glad to see this being fixed up. Just a shame I don't have an xbox one any more :/ Can't really afford to atm either.
I'm not getting a One X until this gets the patch. The only Halo game I've played is 3 at a friends house when it first came out.
So we will have two versions of MCC? LIke Battlefield is doing with the CTE?
Another 70GB uff.
I hope they priotize folks who still played MCC over the years over some youtubers who only played it some weeks.
Another 70GB uff.
I hope they priotize folks who still played MCC over the years over some youtubers who only played it some weeks.
This is the only Halo game I still play regularly. It's relatively stable already and you can find matches relatively quick. I do hope this will give the game a significant population boost though!
Only thing left to do is add reach and make it free with every xbox purchase to get playercounts back.
Me too. But it's just a dream.
2018 - MCC fix/update
2019 - Halo 6?
2020-21 - Maybe Halo Wars 3
(That's my theory ofc.)
They specifically mention inplementing Mixer integration, not sure what else they could mean.
People are disappointed that it's not on PC, then if it comes to PC, they will complain that it's only in the Windows Store.
Halo 5 doesn't have arena function though, and it launched a year after the update.
Anyway, they sound hopeful. Hopefully everything gets done by summer/fall. With MCC being completed and graphically updated, I'd have no reason not to pick up the console finally.
Anyway, they sound hopeful. Hopefully everything gets done by summer/fall. With MCC being completed and graphically updated, I'd have no reason not to pick up the console finally.
As someone who just played through the campaigns in this collection recently, I can honestly say I experienced no real problems. I didn't try the multiplayer which I guess is where most of the problems are. I am excited about any visual and performance improvements.
Absolutely this.
Good to see some details about the MCC fixes finally and I like how it sounds. Seems like significant changes/improvements, which I'm very happy about.
I hope that the whole process is working out for them (and us) and that the result is a flawless Halo Legacy Collection. Will definitely jump into this, as soon as I get access to it.
I know it's just theories, but I kinda doubt that HW2 did well enough for them to warrant a HW3 anytime soon. Also, there is still this Creative Director job listing open at 343i that talks about leading an external studio that is in the process of making a Halo VR game, possibly in UE4.
I hope that the whole process is working out for them (and us) and that the result is a flawless Halo Legacy Collection. Will definitely jump into this, as soon as I get access to it.
I know it's just theories, but I kinda doubt that HW2 did well enough for them to warrant a HW3 anytime soon. Also, there is still this Creative Director job listing open at 343i that talks about leading an external studio that is in the process of making a Halo VR game, possibly in UE4.
In all fairness, SP were great -almost- since the beginning of MCC. The real problem was MP.
I remember waiting for this game to release. I started playing online games with Halo 2. Anyone who was around at that time can attest to how massive Halo 2 was. Halo 2 WAS xbox live at the time. My 100 person friends list was only populated with Halo 2 players. I loved the fuck out of that game. Problems and all, modders, standbyers, host bridgers, derankers, quitters etc etc.
I bought an Xbox One the week before MCC released. I still remember staying up all night waiting for the game to install so I could play it. And i remember how fucking tired I was in work the next day. And especially how disappointed I was when the realization that it was broken.
However, I still have over 100 hours put into the campaigns. I played them all on Legendary and ran through ODST when it dropped. I enjoyed every single second of that run through. On campaign alone, I got my value out of the Xbox and the game.
The meat was the multiplayer though. I seen myself playing these games for years to come. I played Halo 2 on my 360 until the servers went down. I still remember those dudes leaving their xboxs on for days just to keep playing Halo 2.
This new update gives me hope. For real. Im over the fact they delivered a stillborn multiplayer experience. I hop on for a match or two every couple of months.
If 343 can deliver a working game with Xbox One X enhancements, all will be forgiven. I still love Halo, even if i play other games more than Halo 5, it was still the game I grew up with along with many others here.
I'm glad they are taking this seriously and i dont care how "late" it is or the fact its 2018. Fix it up. Either way I'll be there day one for Halo 6 like have been all along the way. Halo is more than a game for a lot of people, its history and a massive part of their lives. Me and my friends playing till all hours of the morning back in the day.
Taking the One Bomb up into the top of the cavern on Waterworks and watching the chaos ensue in Big Team battle. Or super jumping out of every map possible. Playing Tower of Power on Ascension (No shields, shotguns only, one turret in the tower). Playing Zombies on Foundation, everyone climbing up into that one room and shooting endless zombies as they run in (And the honor code for switching teams when you died, and cursing out people who wouldn't switch teams).
Endless queuing in Team Slayer to get a high a rank as possible. Playing co op on the couch with my friends...
I have endless memories with people I know in real life and met online. Halo was a huge par of our lives.
So yeah, a good portion of us could give a fuck if its 2018. This matters.
I bought an Xbox One the week before MCC released. I still remember staying up all night waiting for the game to install so I could play it. And i remember how fucking tired I was in work the next day. And especially how disappointed I was when the realization that it was broken.
However, I still have over 100 hours put into the campaigns. I played them all on Legendary and ran through ODST when it dropped. I enjoyed every single second of that run through. On campaign alone, I got my value out of the Xbox and the game.
The meat was the multiplayer though. I seen myself playing these games for years to come. I played Halo 2 on my 360 until the servers went down. I still remember those dudes leaving their xboxs on for days just to keep playing Halo 2.
This new update gives me hope. For real. Im over the fact they delivered a stillborn multiplayer experience. I hop on for a match or two every couple of months.
If 343 can deliver a working game with Xbox One X enhancements, all will be forgiven. I still love Halo, even if i play other games more than Halo 5, it was still the game I grew up with along with many others here.
I'm glad they are taking this seriously and i dont care how "late" it is or the fact its 2018. Fix it up. Either way I'll be there day one for Halo 6 like have been all along the way. Halo is more than a game for a lot of people, its history and a massive part of their lives. Me and my friends playing till all hours of the morning back in the day.
Taking the One Bomb up into the top of the cavern on Waterworks and watching the chaos ensue in Big Team battle. Or super jumping out of every map possible. Playing Tower of Power on Ascension (No shields, shotguns only, one turret in the tower). Playing Zombies on Foundation, everyone climbing up into that one room and shooting endless zombies as they run in (And the honor code for switching teams when you died, and cursing out people who wouldn't switch teams).
Endless queuing in Team Slayer to get a high a rank as possible. Playing co op on the couch with my friends...
I have endless memories with people I know in real life and met online. Halo was a huge par of our lives.
So yeah, a good portion of us could give a fuck if its 2018. This matters.
Its good to see them going back and try cleaning this up.
I hope that eventually this will hit the much hated Windows 10 store so I can play it again UwU
I hope that eventually this will hit the much hated Windows 10 store so I can play it again UwU