Halo : Master Chief Collection XBOX ONE review

[jamesy]

I thought the first 3 or 4 hours of the halo2 campaign were excellent and then it fell apart in a big way. The multiplayer however I still find more entertaining than anything else to this day.

[yesteryeargames]

http://youtu.be/_Qevl6pbCu8

Haha those hitler parodies

[PeteJ]

Scores and reviews say otherwise

Edge 9 out Of 10
IGN 9.8 Out of 10
EGM 10 out 10

And so it went on ...

The only place that mattered back then was a certain ntsc-uk.com. We gave it an 8 after what I remember was quite a lively debate

I've tried hunting down the review but can't find it, either here on an online archive.

[Uli]

in Halo 2 Anniversary i am having problems with save points not being saved when i quit and, just like in the Halo CE remake, shots get stuck in invisible walls.

apart from these issues i am having a blast playing through the Halo 2 campaign for the 3rd time now. i started on Legendary but gave up after the first few enemy encounters at Cairo station. i have the feeling Legendary is even more difficult as in the original. anyone else tried it?

[PeteJ]

Not picking it up until I know it is fixed, but I do remember one bit Cairo station on legendary was one of the hardest sections of the game.

[EvilBoris]

in Halo 2 Anniversary i am having problems with save points not being saved when i quit and, just like in the Halo CE remake, shots get stuck in invisible walls.

apart from these issues i am having a blast playing through the Halo 2 campaign for the 3rd time now. i started on Legendary but gave up after the first few enemy encounters at Cairo station. i have the feeling Legendary is even more difficult as in the original. anyone else tried it?

It's just as I remember, the 2 hangers being just as much of a bastard as they were.

[Uli]

Not picking it up until I know it is fixed, but I do remember one bit Cairo station on legendary was one of the hardest sections of the game.

yes it's best to stay away from the game and wait at least until the save system issues are resolved. but as to my knowledge the bugs in Halo CE Anniversary (360) were never fixed so i don't have high hopes 343i will have this fixed either.

[jamesy]

I've played the first two levels of Halo:CE and didn't get the achievements for completing either one. The exact same bug actually happened to me on the 360 version of the game where I couldn't exit the second level without jumping off the cliff at the end.

There's so much potential here but at the minute it just seems to be really glitchy.

[Neon Ignition]

I've not had any issues so far but mp remains as stubbornly offline as DriveClub was. I hope digital only console fans who wanted online only for this gen remember all this when predicting the next consoles to be discless and pure online to play again.

[BaronSqwelch]

Going through Halo 2 in Split screen at the mo...enjoying it but its incredibly glitchy. Not crediting us as completing Outskirts (but cheevo popping) then the opposite on Delta Halo...enemies popping into and out of view.
Best one was the scorpion tank getting stuck in the scenery then blasting into the air 100ft before crashing through the floor into the infinite blackness!

[yesteryeargames]

Still an awful broken mess even after their huge 1 gig patch, Matchmaking painfully slow like before and maybe even worse.

[Atticus]

Fired up the MCC last night and enjoyed a decent portion of the Halo CE campaign. Still feels epic. A great game remains a great game. I was slightly worried I'd be getting more nostalgia than fun but it delivers on both. Never played much of the sequels (apart from Halo 3 multi-player) so there's a load of content in the package that'll be new to me too. Awesome package.

[kingmonkey]

Just wanted to echo others thoughts on this.

Playing through chronologically on legendary and the game is as bastard hard as I remember. Currently on the assault on the control room level, the fifth and longest of Combat Evolved. Dying time and time again but loving it regardless, as it still holds up as a fantastic experience.

The glitches have been largely humorous instead of game-ruining. Special mentions go to weapons getting stuck rotating in the walls at various points, and jumping out of the scorpion tank and immediately falling straight through the floor into the eternal abyss below!!

I definitely prefer Bungies original assets as opposed to the remastered look. Be interesting when I get through to Halo 2 as I understand the remaster is a lot more faithful and in keeping with the original game.

Brilliant, enjoyable stuff so far

[EvilBoris]

I don't think that Saber interactive did a very good job with the assets in the original. I think I mentioned it at length in the original thread, it verges on going into ameteurish mod territory at times with the team totally failing to understand the design language that runs through the entire series.

Halo 2 is much better from what I've played, though sometimes I'm not even sure if I'm looking at the old or new graphics.

[BaronSqwelch]

Anyone else having trouble with their progress saving in Halo 2?
Have done 9 missions now but only 5 are showing as completed. The achievements popped but game says we haven't done them.