Halo : Master Chief Collection XBOX ONE review

[BaronSqwelch]

Halo 3 down... no bugs or progress issues!!
Halo 4 started... crashed the console to a black screen after level 1!
Had to unrecline the sofa to turn it off... an outrage!!

[MarioMark]

Now this is all patched up I've been giving it a serious play through. After going through the first 3 games it starts to sink in how much of a fantastic and ambitious collection this is. I think the multiplayer issues of over shadowed a great collection of games. I'm at Halo 4 now and the simple step up in frame rate and resolution has made an already good looking game look next gen. It seriously looks like it was made for Xbox One in some areas. The 2nd mission requiem looks fantastic when you first step outside. It's ashame they couldn't get Marty O'donnell composing in the 4th game.

[charlesr]

"all patched up" - so is matchmaking and stuff all sorted as well as SP bugs? What's the latest?
If so, I might grab this.

And is there any issue with buying pre-owned, like use of codes etc?

[EvilBoris]

There are no codes, just beat in mind buying the game on disc, you will be hit with 30gb of data to bring the game up to scratch

[MrKirov]

I bought a preowned MCC, it was all good.

I'm finding Halo 2 and 3 online hard. The aiming is... Off? I don't know maybe it's just how it's an older game, but playing Halo 4 and Titanfall the aiming in all directions is quicker and smoother- I guess it's how they're newer games, but it's weird jumping between games. I have to spend a bit more time on it I guess.

[MarioMark]

I just had my aim set to high (2 numbers up from default I believe), not really an issue for me but each to their own.

I'd like to see Halo Reach added to the list as DLC. Halo 6 will probably complete the 2nd trilogy on Xbox One so it will be nice to have every FPS Halo ever on one system

[EvilBoris]

I bought a preowned MCC, it was all good.

I'm finding Halo 2 and 3 online hard. The aiming is... Off? I don't know maybe it's just how it's an older game, but playing Halo 4 and Titanfall the aiming in all directions is quicker and smoother- I guess it's how they're newer games, but it's weird jumping between games. I have to spend a bit more time on it I guess.

The older halo games have way less auto aim than the newer ones, that will be partly it.
Halo 2 classic supposedly has some poor hit registration as it's based on halo 2 vista.

[charlesr]

My first thoughts about this game:

Why oh Why is there a "press menu button" screen???? Why not just take me to the menu??? Is there any sane reason this exists?
Forza 5 suffers from this rubbish too.

Lovely music.

Halo Hub is cool - looking forward to watching some of that.

And now off to actually play something

[EvilBoris]

are you complaining about the "start screen"? :/

[charlesr]

Yep! Or rather load times. They all need to die. Played a bit more. Had some amazing fun MP games. Happy days! Glad they managed to get it all fixed.

[charlesr]

I've started playing Halo CE on Legendary. I don't remember being this hard before. I'm off the Pillar and down on Halo and next to a structure with a "Lifeboat beacon" or something. There were a bunch of humans on it, but they all died fast. I killed the first wave dropship, but then another 2 dropships arrived and I haven't figured out how to deal with them. If I hang out on top of the structure picking off one set of dropship elites, the other set runs up the steps behind me. Dammit I feel so inadequate. I blasted through this back in the day no problem.