thesteelknight

Well thank you so much for the information. I will do as suggested. I agree the UI or main menu screen could have been done a bit better with little effort. Not sure why they didn't, but probably was low on the priority list.

Im not here to sling mud or anything. I've been a hardcore halo fan since halo CE (non anniversary edition). However 343 industries. In the litany of problems with the MCC. Game freezes has been at the top of my list. My friend and i were planning on running Co-op for Halo CE anniversary till this sunday when we would do halo 2 all day. We have only been able to finish the first mission. everything else we try the game will randomly freeze us both and we have to quit out of halo completely. We lose everything. The lag is bad and we both have more than enough bandwith to host. Whoever is not hosting has about a second of delay and we get the message for connection lost more than a few times. 343 industries. I know you are working hard and im gonna say this once. This is a 60 dollar game that was a repackage really. So with the anniversary of halo 2 with new cinematics its totally worth 60 bucks. But the undertaking of putting multi-platform games on one system with all the bells and whistles plus all the multi-players included. It may or may not be a massive undertaking, but im more than sure that it is one NO ONE could get perfect out of the gate. So i expected this, and im not really all that sore about it. I feel for your issues and am very glad to see the round the clock work on it. Most games that are launched and the only thing on the disc is a game that has this many bugs have no excuse. But this complation to me has and should have a bit of lattitude due to the scope of what was released. so Im posting this just so you know as of last night eastern standard time, this issue is still an issue for me and my friend. Im just making sure to put in the bug report incase more info is needed. thanks for all the hard work TheSteelKnight. and all hail the Master Chief ":)

343i, Credit where credit is due. You guys pulled off something that i would have bet my life savings you would have screwed up in true microsoft fashion. So right now i admit i am eating crow about your ability to handle the franchise. so lets recap the campaigns only: Halo 1 = epic Halo 2 = developers gave there fans the finger, two of them Halo 3 = Good but not great, no pushing of the envelope in story or execution Halo odst = short, but awesome story, relatable characters great pacing Halo reach = developers gave the halo universe and lore contenuity two middle fingers, story was iffy, character we wanted to see got killed with no good scenes, other characters we wanted to die much sooner than they did. Needless to say Halo is my favorite game of all time, but has not been handled near as well as it could or should. And this is why. THE CAMPAIGN IS EVERYTHING TO THIS FRANCHISE. YOU MARGINALIZE THE STORY AND YOU LOSE BUSINESS. 343i did a great job on story and the hard work shows and i really really do hope you guys get all your money back and more, cause i know ill be buying more halo stuff cause of how great you did the story and the characters. now here is a small list of what needs to be improved and i can garuntee an automatic pre-order of halo 5 and possibly even a new xbox edition with it 1. Story was good but delivery was messy. need smoother and more comprehensive delivery. So many elements were left unexplained and or missing completely. example MC meeting spartan-IV's for the first time. nothing was mentioned. Having to watch story elements in waypoint is annoying. 2.What is and what isnt cannon anymore is so up in the air its rediculous. like spartans armor, if halsey is back what happened to fred and the other spartans. 3.No cheap thrills, armor abilities were tastefully done, but some are a little out there for a soldier in the field. Sentry? jetpack? 4.Ending. I do not mind the loose threads, but sheer cliffhangers are annoying (halo2). but a boss fight with the didact might have been nice. It is okay that masterchief is not a match for the didact hes not supposed to be but having him fall off a bridge......kinda a cop out. Some advice though for the future. IMHO your formula is damn near perfect, but does need some work. Good pacing good mechanics, epic story, epic action, and good dialog. One reason the new batman movies worked is because they were believable. The sequels didnt take concepts and keep blowing them out of proportion for money. It was more real. Halo needs to evolve this same way. last but not least the Masterchief 1.Thou shalt not change his armor much more, halo armor revisal was good but keep messing with it and it might bite you in the butt. 2.Thou shalt put in more awesome action sequences of MC doing awesome stuff. please. We wanna see more MC being a bad@$$.