Halo: Reach MCC |OT| Reaching back into the MCC without an MC

[wbloop]

Time to whip out the Reach reveal trailer.


That trailer was my first real contact with Halo as a Sony/Nintendo kid and holy shit, did I want a 360 after that.

I got a PS3 a year later and never played a single Halo game. Time to redeem myself now on PC. Hype!

 

[Deleted member 61469]

God I hope it's not bigger than a few gb download, otherwise not having preload was such a dumb idea.

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Isn't it like 25gigs? lol

 

[DoradoWinston]

Honestly I'm with you when CS removed the cross team chat I actually stopped playing the game. As me talking and having funny shit happen during the warm up with the other team was great. Or when we would trash each other at half time. It's so boring now not getting that.

One of the largest reasons I bought cod was getting to experience that again in the lobbies. Sure it's gonna be a lot more rare but I believe it was something that honestly changed a games online experience.

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personally im glad i grew up pretty much surrounded by that. It would be a genuine shock I feel to play a game with lobbies like that if all I knew was like Fortnite lmao

 

[Sordid Plebeian]

 

[VenomousCoffee]

HALO CE was in many ways my first 'modern' game (as in, not NES or Genesis or the like) and the entry for me back into gaming. Going through this thread has me really wanting to do a proper replay of the whole series and feeling pretty nostalgic for that old Xbox I had.

Dammit, I think my allergies are acting up.

 

[Zeneric]

1440p 120fps on my 970 gpu (and 6600k/16gb) possible? Let's seee...

 

[Deleted member 43]

Did I explicitly stay home from work today to play Reach?

No, no I did not.

Did I implicitly stay home from work today to play Reach?

Why yes, yes I did.

 

[Sargerus]

FLIP THE SWITCH!

Stinkles

 

[Munch Pokeballs]

Once NBNS was added I think it became great, but yeah launch REACH nearly killed the competitive scene and Halo 4 pushed it off a cliff.

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As someone that loved Reach and then 4 later even I acknowledge its stark differences from previous games. And I can see how these things affected the community.

I do wonder if it had been treated as a separate style and if Halo 4 and other numbered entries stayed less experimental if it would have played out differently. I'm also curious if the class based style could have been better received nowadays. Things like Overwatch have seen such success it's clear there is a market.

 

[Alec]

COUNTING DOWN.

 

[Meauxse]

Did I explicitly stay home from work today to play Reach?

No, no I did not.

Did I implicitly stay home from work today to play Reach?

Why yes, yes I did.

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I have been having an internal debate all morning whether I "need" to take this afternoon off. I'm going to wait until I see reports of the server status.

 

[Deleted member 6235]

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this is totally me right now

 

[Serious Sam]

Any reason why this game (I mean MCC) isn't Play Anywhere? One would assume that such an important MS franchise would use all the bells and whistles of Xbox-PC ecosystem. Really odd...

 

[Fiddle]

I do wonder if it had been treated as a separate style and if Halo 4 and other numbered entries stayed less experimental if it would have played out differently. I'm also curious if the class based style could have been better received nowadays. Things like Overwatch have seen such success it's clear there is a market.

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Overwatch is a great example of how a no-sprint Halo can be released nowadays too. Around H4s launch there was lots of talk that Halo "needed" sprint to survive in the gaming landscape.

 

[Lukar]

Any reason why this game isn't Play Anywhere? One would assume that such an important MS franchise would use all the bells and whistles of Xbox-PC ecosystem. Really odd...

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Only excuse I can think of is it's because the collection originally released before Play Anywhere was a thing, and with the extra work required to get all the games running on PC, they want to make sure they get money back on it.

 

[Soap]

Eyeing my clock like crazy. Come on!

 

[Fiddle]

1 minute!!

 

[Cyanity]

So they're only releasing Reach today? Do we know when CE and 2 are coming out as well?

 

[Theorry]

Looks like MCC is 15gb and Reach 10gb

 

[Sargerus]

ITS LIVE

 

[Deleted member 45460]

Any reason why this game (I mean MCC) isn't Play Anywhere? One would assume that such an important MS franchise would use all the bells and whistles of Xbox-PC ecosystem. Really odd...

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Game originally came out before PA was a thing, and they're completely remaking the games and not just giving them cheap/quick ports.

 

[TromboneTony]

I'M IN

 

[Altair]

It's up!

 

[Lukar]

So they're only releasing Reach today? Do we know when CE and 2 are coming out as well?

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When they're ready. Testing for CE starts early next year though.

 

[Proven]

Just got a 36.7 GB update for Xbox, downloading now

 

[Kida]

42GB update on Xbox One D:

 

[Soap]

Mine is just saying Halo Masterchief collection on PC but not booting to anything =[

 

[Deleted member 61469]

Looks like MCC is 15gb and Reach 10gb

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Shit

 

[Moose]

 

[Theorry]

Shit

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Not confirmed

 

[sleepr]

42 GB update on xbox. 😂

 

[thenexus6]

22GB on windows PC store and its going soooo slowly.

 

[disgraciau]

Downloading. 15 GB on Steam.

 

[Sr Kitsune]

I'm using the install button on the steam app, but nothing comes up. It's just grayed out. Should I get a message or something?

 

[Fiddle]

I'm only seeing a 15gb download on pc, I don't see where Reach can be downloaded currently

 

[Sid]

42 GB update on xbox. 😂

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lol

 

[wookybro]

15 GB? Ugh why wasn't there a preload for this

 

[Deleted member 16908]

It's happening.

 

[smashkirby]

oh an update, i wondered why i was staring at a splash page..

 

[Soap]

Update just went up on gamepass PC. I will go have dinner and return.

 

[Cyanity]

When they're ready. Testing for CE starts early next year though.

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Ok then, I'll just buy reach alone then. This is so exciting!!!

 

[Umbrella Carp]

I'm downloading Halo on Steam....What a time to be alive.

 

[Rumble]

Downloading now on steam!

 

[Sargerus]

jesus these download speeds, servers are getting hammered.

 

[Deleted member 28461]

Motherfucker. I ate an edible 45 minutes ago in anticipation of it kicking it right at 1:00. Didn't realize I'd have a 46 GB download to wait for.

 

[Deleted member 45130]

Just got a 36.7 GB update for Xbox, downloading now

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Fuck sake, won't be playing this tonight then..

 

[sandboxgod]

Are there any visual upgrades on the base Xbox One? Or is it pretty much the same looking game?

Xbox Game Pass tweeted that the game is available now and I am thinking if I should download the 90 gigs

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Good lord is it that big on Steam too???? Gonna have to uninstall some stuff.

 

[upinsmoke]

I dont see it my end. Its asking me to buy it but I should have it as part of gamepass through the mcc anyway?

 

[Nooblet]

Win Store download is slowwwww.
Friend downloading on steam is doing it at full speed.

 

[TheDanger]

no update for me yet for xbox

 

[¡ B 0 0 P !]

Sucks I'm stuck at work. It's only 4 hours until I get home but it feels like forever.

 

[Serious Sam]

Game originally came out before PA was a thing, and they're completely remaking the games and not just giving them cheap/quick ports.

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Only excuse I can think of is it's because the collection originally released before Play Anywhere was a thing, and with the extra work required to get all the games running on PC, they want to make sure they get money back on it.

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Doesn't even make sense to have Play Anywhere initiative then, because money excuse can be made for every single Play Anywhere game as well. And I wouldn't call games like FH4 and Gears 5 "cheap/quick" ports.