Halo: The Master Chief Collection

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  1. IGN
    Dec 13, 2019
    95
    Overcoming its deserved reputation after a notorious launch, today the Halo Master Chief Collection is a polished, super-deluxe package of content that successfully links three generations of amazing Halo games together in a way that feels like it was made by and for people who care deeply about this legendary shooter franchise. The enhancements to the campaigns make it a joy to replay Master Chief’s story (and two other UNSC tales as well), but it’s the now-smooth multiplayer that’s worth coming back to over and over again. It’s not just a collection of some of the best first-person shooters ever made, it’s a great redemption story, too.

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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 307 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 239 out of 307
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  1. Burnout95
    Dec 3, 2019
    10
    No pay to win or pay to progress. You unlock everything by playing and completing achievements. MY CHILDHOOD IS BACK BABY!
  2. SouthernBread
    Dec 3, 2019
    2
    I'm writing this upon the release of Reach and so far....this is a really, really poor showing on Microsoft's part. If this was literally anyI'm writing this upon the release of Reach and so far....this is a really, really poor showing on Microsoft's part. If this was literally any other game that wasn't dripping in nostalgia, it'd be getting reamed. One of the most bare-bones and basic pc ports I've played recently. Absolutely no graphics options at all (aside from three preset options that allow no tweaking, or even any indication of what they actually do) and the aspect ratio is completely out of whack even at 1080p. Still very much plays like a game released 8 years ago (understandable) with no improvements whatsoever (why?). It won't even launch through the Xbox app, I have to use the Win10 start menu to get it to run.

    I expected a lot better. In depth graphics tweaks, maybe even some graphical improvements, or at least some basic QoL improvements. Instead we got an extremely basic port with extremely limited options and a terrible menu system. Take off your nostalgia shades and it's easy to see how much of a quick cash grab this was for Microsoft.

    I sincerely hope the rest of the collection is treated better instead of banking on nostalgia to get by. The marketplace is crowded and an hour or two of "oh hey I remember that!" isn't enough imo.    … Full Review »
  3. treiden
    Dec 3, 2019
    2
    The game - even after being delayed - is fundamentally unfinished.

    No, I'm not talking about Reach being the only one available, I knew    The game - even after being delayed - is fundamentally unfinished.

    No, I'm not talking about Reach being the only one available, I knew that when I bought it. But let me explain:

    - No graphics settings at all, save for three presets

    - No in-game subtitles. Did I travel back to 2002 or something?

    - Bad drowned out sound doesn't really help the above either.

    - I could be imagining this, but the game's aspect ratio seems stretched out on 2560x1440. My radar is definitely not circular anymore, and everyone seems to be... bulky.

    - There are other people in the world than QWERTY users! This annoys me to no end when developers just assume everyone uses WSAD. Also one keybind per action only?

    - THERE IS AN IP LEAK ENABLED BY DEFAULT. The game does multiplayer on a P2P basis, meaning anyone with bad intentions could swoop up your IP and do bad things with it. You can change settings to mask it, but this is off by default. How in the hell anyone at 343 thought this was a good idea, is beyond me.

    I'm refunding this. It's a shame. I was looking forward to Halo finally getting the love it deserves on PC. Unfortunately, this isn't it.    … Full Review »
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