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Halo: The Master Chief Collection announced for PC (Steam/Microsoft Store) - Staggered release, Reach first
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wait...as far as I can tell, you are only allowed to select your armor in those games...but I mean, the entire armor.
In halo 3, you could mix and match different parts, and I know you could do that in Halo 4. Has that changed in MCC?
From those that purchased the MCC, can you explain to me how does multiplayer work.
Is there one central multiplayer for the entire collection or does each game have its own multiplayer ?
Is there one central multiplayer for the entire collection or does each game have its own multiplayer ?
Yeah, you can only have armor sets for whatever reason. Pretty baffling.
Can....can they fix that?
It's not as big a deal in Halo 3 as I could never tell what armor someone was wearing aside from the helmet anyway, but armor customization is a much bigger part of Halo Reach since it changed your character model in cutscenes. Being able to mix and match there is more important than anywhere else.
Nice, Motion Blur was pretty offputting when revisting Reach after it hit backwards compatibility.
They've talked about adding it, but no one really knows at this point. I don't get it either.
I think my memories of the motion blur may be a bit skewed too favorably, and if I replayed the game I'd remember taking issue with a lot of it.
That said - I do know I liked some of the ways it applied in combat/action scenes during gameplay.
That said - I do know I liked some of the ways it applied in combat/action scenes during gameplay.
There is a "multiplayer" section of the game that is just like the multiplayer of any game. In that section, there is a social and ranked section as well. In the social section, there are different "playlists" to choose from. 2v2, 4v4, objective, 8v8 etc. From there you can choose any game to play, and choose what game types you will play. It is really customizable so you basically play exactly what you want. In the ranked section, there are specific playlists that you can't customize. So if you play the ranked hardcore Halo 3 playlist, it's a 4v4 of MLG settings.
To sum it up
Social is extremely customizable and you search exactly for what gametype, player count, and game you want. In ranked, it is standard playlists with each game having its own dedicated playlist.
I really hope they have the full customisation from Reach and just not armor sets. I loved they way you could make your spartan look.
Both, there's individual playlists underneath a match composer, with the match composer you can select which games and gametypes you want to play and it will match you accordingly.
Yes. Like I said in the previous post, you pick from preset armor sets in MCC and there is absolutely no mix and match customization.
Matchmaking looks like this:
- Ranked
- A variety of fan favourite playlists with rotating Games and Gametypes
- Social
- Here you just use the Match Composer that looks like this:
- Here you just use the Match Composer that looks like this:
They could fix armor customization in a sense. But since the MCC slices all the games up, it's no longer in engine when you're changing the armor so there isn't a way to show you what your Spartan looks like without making a sort of complex solution. Like making an image of every possible permutation in reach would be Overkill... So they need a way to generate the images without being in game.
All colours, all pieces, everything.
All colours, all pieces, everything.
Honestly wish they just waited a few years for the ten year anniversary of Reach to give it the H2 anniversary treatment, I love the game, and it being on PC is kinda insane, but damn if Reach isn't the Halo that I want that treatment with the most.
It would be a huge oof if they didn't include this. Reach had the best customization in the entire series imo.
TO think about all that money that MS has been sitting on for so long. PC is the perfect place for their games.
The PC announcement is the absolute top post of r/Halo, even higher than the announcement for Infinite. Damn, people really were waiting for this.
I saw a post with 110k points last night on r/all, people are excited
The PC announcement is the absolute top post of r/Halo, even higher than the announcement for Infinite. Damn, people really were waiting for this.
Should check r/pcgaming
The PC announcement is the absolute top post of r/Halo, even higher than the announcement for Infinite. Damn, people really were waiting for this.
It's not too high, actually. Though they elected to have a megathread rather than a direct link.
I think that was r/Gaming, which is at over 124k now, but it's also not even the top post of the month.
Just getting rid of the ghosting and upping it to 4K will probably give it a similar overhaul. Let alone running at 60fps.
Well...I hope they find a simpler way to do it, but if that's what it takes...
I need my spartan to look fabulous, 343i. Let me make it happen.
Considering ODST was cheap i don't expect Reach to be super ridiculous in terms of price. I am willing to go up to $30.
Speaking of ODST would be great if they added Firefight to that game too.
Speaking of ODST would be great if they added Firefight to that game too.
Agreed, not only did it offer the best way to customize your spartan, the armor parts themselves have never looked better.
I'd give up any of those Halo games to get Perfect Dark with M&KB support.
Here's my non-educated, overly optimistic speculation that is definitely 100% going to happen:
Halo 5 is a ways off but needs to be out before Infinite, will release at the start of next year. The rest of the games therefore need to be out even earlier.
Reach gets shadow-dropped on Sunday - that's clearly why they're holding out on release details until then.
As soon as the announcement goes live, a bunch of big streamers will have the game already and will be streaming right away.
MCC games will then be released between now and the end of the year, one every couple of months.
Trump gets impeached. Brexit gets cancelled. The world in general decides to chill the fuck out, stop all the bullshit, and relax with some Halo. Guaranteed.
Halo 5 is a ways off but needs to be out before Infinite, will release at the start of next year. The rest of the games therefore need to be out even earlier.
Reach gets shadow-dropped on Sunday - that's clearly why they're holding out on release details until then.
As soon as the announcement goes live, a bunch of big streamers will have the game already and will be streaming right away.
MCC games will then be released between now and the end of the year, one every couple of months.
Trump gets impeached. Brexit gets cancelled. The world in general decides to chill the fuck out, stop all the bullshit, and relax with some Halo. Guaranteed.
Halo 3 never got the anniversary treatment either. To be honest though, I don't really think Reach needs it. A resolution boost and jump to 60fps will do wonders for that game. It was always a gorgeous and impressive looking game, it's just held back by its sub-720p resolution and frame rate in the 20s.
I love everything I'm reading here. Hopefully at least the first part comes to fruition!
I hope you're right about every single part of this, but especially the bolded.
It's almost exactly identical to the original game. They added the optional redone visuals and soundtrack, but they run on top of what is basically a port of the Windows version of the original game. Ditto for Halo 2 Anniversary, which is based on Halo 2 Vista.
