They have to sell it through Steams store if it's on Steam. That's why EA left.
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection announced for PC (Steam/Microsoft Store) - Staggered release, Reach first
- Thread starter AlexFlame116
- Start date
Yeah I imagine it could feasibly support both purchase options.
Which was like the stupidest pettiest reason ever btw
- "hey if your game is on steam, transactions kinda have to go through steam maybe?"
- "what the FUCK, bye"
- "uh ok"
Honestly, I wish MCC for xbox1 staggered realease perhaps it wouldn't have been a broken mess that way.
If I had to guess, staggering is the best way to get the massive collection into players hands without repeating the disaster that occurred the first time around.
Also, prior to working on the PC release, they needed to get the Xbox version into its current state. It was a mess for a long time.
Thank god they realized being exclusive to the Windows store would have been a death sentence to this game. Now it might actually have a MP population.
As long as its not a pile of garbage like the X1 version was.
As long as its not a pile of garbage like the X1 version was.
Very happy to play it, since I have never owned an Xbox and FPS with console controllers suck so much. Never played from 2 onwards so yeah. Still sad about the split release, hopefully there's an option to buy all the content right from the get-go (very Season Pass likely) instead of charging too much for each drop.
This is going to sell sooo much. The Halo fans on PC are there day zero no questions asked, then there's the console double dippers because fuck it I want it on my steam library too, people who never played it because it was on console but have been hearing praise for decades and are excited to try them, there's people supporting the cool goodwill of microsoft even if they don't plan on playing it straight away, there's all the curious people who never touched Halo but will buy anything popular and trendy that lands on Steam, etc etc.
They're going to end up putting Gears, Forza and Sea Of Thieves on Steam after this.
They're going to end up putting Gears, Forza and Sea Of Thieves on Steam after this.
I'm thinking they've put most of the development behind them, they're just being careful and making sure everything's up to snuff. I'd think Infinite's release is their ultimate deadline to get all the games out.
I am really hyped to play Reach in 4K HDR on my Xbox One X, and I am glad that so many folks will get to experience these games on PC because they are awesome experiences! I bought the Reach book recently based on a friend's recommendation, and so now I get to play the game for the first time the way that I really want to on my console.
The peak of my online play was Halo 3. I've pretty much been out of the Halo loop since ( I played Reach but was never as hooked on that) missed 4 and 5, so I'm looking forward to revisiting the series. Hopefully MS bundles all the Gears games in the same manner and drops them on Steam.
In. Day 1. Bought and paid for. Microsoft confidence is now boosted.
But one of my questions is Halo 5? Where does that fit in with this? Will it be after the initial rollout of the games?
But one of my questions is Halo 5? Where does that fit in with this? Will it be after the initial rollout of the games?
Steam store page lists the need for an Xbox Live account, so I think there will be crossplay. Concerning the age-old pad vs mouse argument - if anything, Halo 5 Forge has shown that pad players can hold their own against mouse and keyboard players (granted, the mouse aiming had acceleration issues and the pad players had Halo's infamous sticky aim working for them). That's all I'm going to say on that topic, not keen on opening that can of worms. Again. Besides, players can always opt-out from it in the game's option if they only want to play against people of their own platform.
Do you guys remember that Steam info leak? It was huge!
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-3-coming-to-steam/1100-6403351
After 6 years...
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-3-coming-to-steam/1100-6403351
After 6 years...
2 questions
Chronologically speaking, am I good to play Reach first? I'm going to want to play them as they come out but I certainly do hope they release them in chronological order as I'm not familiar with that.
And it's been forever since I played Halo one or two but do these games have 4 player local split-screen? that is a major bonus for me and the kids if so.
Chronologically speaking, am I good to play Reach first? I'm going to want to play them as they come out but I certainly do hope they release them in chronological order as I'm not familiar with that.
And it's been forever since I played Halo one or two but do these games have 4 player local split-screen? that is a major bonus for me and the kids if so.
Hah, love that motion blur dig. Wonder if locked 60 tho because of animations?
Can't wait for Reach, I've been holding off on MCC altogether until it released. The idea that I get to play every Halo game in 4K 60FPS for "free" on Game Pass is just ludicrous. I can't wait.
You could, but I'd play in release order if possible. Halo 1, and possibly Halo 2, will feel pretty dated after playing Reach.
You could, but I'd play in release order if possible. Halo 1, and possibly Halo 2, will feel pretty dated after playing Reach.
Fucking amazing. How can Reach be my most anticipated game of the year!!??
I think its the Halo game with the best tech and art direction even under its old res and TAA. It will look incredible at 4k/60fps
I wonder if you can go higher than 60 on PC if not that's disappointing but I understand that could fuck up something in the game.
But that means waiting for the staggered release to get to Halo 1 :(
Reach is the first one of the main series (ie not including Halo Wars and the smaller mobile games)
As you said, it would fuck up so much in the game. Aren't all the physics tied to the framerate too? I can imagine stuff in cutscenes fucking breaking because all the cutscenes were VERY in-game.
Which is what I loved about Halo. I could throw down a bubble shield in Halo 3 right before the cutscene point and It'll be right there in the scene.
That's the thing I don't know if Halo Reach tied the physics to the fps or not. If it did it's not worth opening that and potentially breaking the damn thing lol
One of the points for the PC version in their waypoint blog does state "adjustable framerates" to me I hope to god adjustable means above 60. It's clearly something they want to do but can't promise quite yet.
End of the day they say they want it to be a high quality PC game. I can't think of a single respectable PC shooter that is capped at 60.
These aren't new games, keep that in mind. Other than 1-2, they're all build from the ground up for an Xbox 360. I'm not saying they WON'T update it for higher fps, but if they can't, I fully understand why.
It's called marketing. I don't like it either, but that's the way they hype each news bit to build more excitement towards release.
Which means they are going to make quite significant changes to the renderer.
