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.