Because even in its current state the MCC is better than Destiny.
Destiny works but is terrible, MCC is good but doesn't work... Hmmmm, I think that makes it a toss up.
Because even in its current state the MCC is better than Destiny.
My problems are:
1. Maps failing to load once i.e. you are waiting for the white progress bar to appear on the loading screen but it never does and you are thrown back to the main menu (I only get it for H3/H2A Maps), other party members may make it through. I'm sure other people must be suffering from this as you see players have dropped out with no greyed out name when you start leading to uneven games. I can always find players fine but for H3/H2A its so hit and miss as to if you will find games. I'm running a fibre connection in the UK, and have a cone nat. I believe I'm only getting this when hosting a party but i'll see if I have time to confirm it this weekend by playing some rumble pit.
2. Dedicated servers - playing halo 2 is just like it used to be i.e. its p2p, 7-8 shots to kill someone with a BR whereas they knock your shields off completely.
3. Ranks, at the moment its like playing social slayer, you end up playing with either good or bad teams and are just wasting your time. Coupled with the dedi issue its heart breaking to get rolled over unfairly.
If they can fix these then I will come back but its an utter shit show that they haven't managed it so far - 5 weeks in. I went back to playing gears 3 yesterday (out of frustration) and had more fun than I've had in the last fortnight trying to play MCC.
I understand that 343 are in a media blackout to try and minimise the fall out from this, but not being forthcoming with what they have planned is hurting them badly. I'm pissed off enough not to try the Halo 5 beta as a protest.
Gotta agree with this. It dont matter what connection you have, this game will ALWAYS give host to US players.
We need the dedicated servers now! And it either needs a select the datacenter option or it just puts you in the closest datacenter and we matchmake there.
It has gotta be said, wtf are you doing 343?
How can you tell who has host?
How can you tell who has host?
The following was just posted in the other thread. A comment made by a 343 employee on reddit:
"Hey Sosd, we're aware that non-US players, especially AUS players, are still seeing Matchmaking difficulty. Can you PM me your gamertag? I'll have the team take a look.
If you're reading this and have what you believe to be gamertag-specific Matchmaking issues (i.,e. you're having an issue but your friends are not), please feel free to reply to this comment or PM me with gamertag and issue, with details of which playlist(s) are affected. I'll get the info over to the team, which will help with debugging and investigation."
Seriously, what the fuck is this shit? Are you kidding me? Non-US players are still seeing Matchmaking difficulty? How about everyone is still seeing Matchmaking difficulty. This game is clearly never going to be fixed. What a bunch of bullshit.
The logistics of fixing this game must be absolutely maddening. 343i, Saber Interactive, Certain Affinity, United Front & Ruffian Games probably have to work on their own fixes for their own portions of MCC and somehow incorporate it all into one patch. No wonder it feels like when one thing gets fixed, another gets broken.
Perhaps this was a project too big in scale for 343i to handle, at least in the time they were given.
Different reviewers with different perspectives and biases.
In the first place, Ryan McCraffey should never be allowed to review Halo.
They seem so out of answers that they're now trying to fix the game one user at a time lolThe following was just posted in the other thread. A comment made by a 343 employee on reddit:
"Hey Sosd, we're aware that non-US players, especially AUS players, are still seeing Matchmaking difficulty. Can you PM me your gamertag? I'll have the team take a look.
If you're reading this and have what you believe to be gamertag-specific Matchmaking issues (i.,e. you're having an issue but your friends are not), please feel free to reply to this comment or PM me with gamertag and issue, with details of which playlist(s) are affected. I'll get the info over to the team, which will help with debugging and investigation."
Seriously, what the fuck is this shit? Are you kidding me? Non-US players are still seeing Matchmaking difficulty? How about everyone is still seeing Matchmaking difficulty. This game is clearly never going to be fixed. What a bunch of bullshit.
They need to just keep updating the game as quick as possible till it's completely finished.
No need to go backwards.
Also, does anyone else think that the compensation that we're getting is a tad bit ridiculous? At this point I feel like they need give everyone free access to something non-Halo. I don't even want additional content on this collection until the base content is in a stable state.
Also, does anyone else think that the compensation that we're getting is a tad bit ridiculous? At this point I feel like they need give everyone free access to something non-Halo. I don't even want additional content on this collection until the base content is in a stable state.
Also, does anyone else think that the compensation that we're getting is a tad bit ridiculous? At this point I feel like they need give everyone free access to something non-Halo. I don't even want additional content on this collection until the base content is in a stable state.
You have my sympathy OP
I'd be livid if I spent 60 euros on a hd rehash of a series I loved that then doesn't even work properly compared to the originals
false advertising and delivering broken products is REALLY getting out of hand, there needs to be some kind of legal standards to protect consumers
If any of you in this topic bought a toaster and it didn't work or the timer button was stuck you'd be outraged and ask for a refund.
You pay a ton of money for this shit, it's no different than any other product.
I find this very interesting. The Ubi fallout was massive, but I personally haven't seen as much anger directed towards Microsoft. I wonder if the UK law that came into being recently about returning digital downloads (I think) can enable people to get their money back.I'm surprised how much little buzz this gets in the gaming journalist world compared to Assassin's Creed which got absolutely slammed. This game is a bigger blunder than both Unity and BF4, and that's saying a lot. I still can't properly play online one month after launch.
I'm enjoying the campaigns so I cant agree with you at all
What sort of compensation would you like to see?
Again, Microsoft's reason for releasing this game in this unfinished state is that they needed it in time for Black Friday as part of their sales strategy, which was obvious from the moment they announced the 20GB day-one patch. It doesn't matter that the game still isn't working properly; no-one is going to return their Xbone because of it and stop buying Xbone games and switch to a competing console. There are no negative ramifications for Microsoft. Which is why a recall won't happen, either.
Again, Microsoft's reason for releasing this game in this unfinished state is that they needed it in time for Black Friday as part of their sales strategy, which was obvious from the moment they announced the 20GB day-one patch. It doesn't matter that the game still isn't working properly; no-one is going to return their Xbone because of it and stop buying Xbone games and switch to a competing console. There are no negative ramifications for Microsoft. Which is why a recall won't happen, either.
Was just playing the scarab level on Halo 3 the other night. Made it through almost the entire level, just needing to get to the AA gun, when my 2 month old son woke up. This means diaper change, bottle, burping, etc. I know it's probably not going to work, but I pause, choose Save/Quit. I come back about two hours later to see if it worked and I was met with the beginning of the level again. Awesome job 343!
Again, Microsoft's reason for releasing this game in this unfinished state is that they needed it in time for Black Friday as part of their sales strategy, which was obvious from the moment they announced the 20GB day-one patch. It doesn't matter that the game still isn't working properly; no-one is going to return their Xbone because of it and stop buying Xbone games and switch to a competing console. There are no negative ramifications for Microsoft. Which is why a recall won't happen, either.
It hurts the Halo brand in the long term which is Microsoft's most important IP. If Halo 5 doesn't connect with players I would worry about the franchise going forward.
This has happened to me a few times now. So fucking frustrating. some of these missions are really long and i dont want to do the whole thing again.
I dont understand how they could fuck up a save system - it's the same shit with BF4.
I do think most people who play MCC have little interest in the ODST campaign.
Not played for a few weeks, decided to try it out again today since Destiny is bumming me out, my heroic save for halo 1 was wiped lol. Halo 2 already deleted my mid-level saves nearly every time I try to save and quit.
I really feel no urge to play this game, every time I go to play it something dumb happens.
ODST better work when it's released as I loved that game but I expect it to have problems either way.
This has been said many times.
There are no mid level saves in HALO.
There never were and they didn´t implement it from scratch just for this collection.
You have to play one level and finish it.
Yes it´s not optimal but this is no bug !
I'm still getting uneven teams, just as often as before. It's so close though, everything else is working fine.
I was told by Microsoft, if you can't live in the digital age with Xbone, they are still willing to sell your peasant rear-end a 360.I got the digital version yesterday at around 4:30 p.m. This morning at 10:30 a.m. it was still at 39% downloading/installing....
This has been said many times.
There are no mid level saves in HALO.
There never were and they didn´t implement it from scratch just for this collection.
You have to play one level and finish it.
Yes it´s not optimal but this is no bug !