Halo: The Master Chief Collection

 Xbox One
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1941 Ratings

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  1. ManemanFTW
    Apr 18, 2015
    8
    its all the 4 halos in one disc. Amzing bundle! and all of them at 60 fps. The problems are that the multiplayer ist still a bit broken and you cant play split screen halo 2 aniversary. you cant, the framerate goes below 20 and am not talking about 4 player split screen, am talking about 2 player split creen. thats **** m8. but if you play alone you will have no trouble
  2. TheLegGodt
    Apr 6, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was my first game ever on the original Xbox console. Loved it to bits. The second HALO was good but I was losing interest in games. When I got my xbox360 I never realy bothered with HALO 3 and by the time HALO 4 came out I had lost interest again in gaming. I never playedthe multiplayer parts of any of these games.

    I couldn't resist a complete collectors eddition of all 4 games and I must say I am having a blast! These are really good games and next to forza and GTA5 the best right now on XBOX one. Still haven't played the online mode, so it never concerned me that that part of the game was (apparently) broken at first.

    The package is wel presented and just feels like a treasure trove. It's amazing how consistent the games all feek together in terms of gameplay yet each one is a fresh experience. All games are really worth playing although HALO CE does feel a bit dated and the cut scenes stutter really badly. That should not happen, they are not taxing for the system, just badly ported. For me that knocks off a point from a perfect 10.

    The point is knocked off because however good I think it is, I don't believe this is a game for everyone no matter what. The story isn't good enough to justify that statement. To me, a game with a 9 or higher should be no-brainer must buy. Sadly many professional critics use a 9 too easily.

    However, if you for a really tight shooter (at least for what I can attest toi in campaign mode) with some great level design (love the great set pieces with the vehicles) the I can highly recommend this game.    … Expand
  3. Ladders44
    Apr 3, 2015
    6
    Overall the game is ok, matchmaking still takes an age sometimes it took them far too long to fix the issues it had I bought the game and could not enjoy it until a month after launch. The game itself is really a nostalgia trip, some of the campaigns have not aged well at all and are quite lacklustre by today's standards. I have never understood the whole halo franchise personally I haveOverall the game is ok, matchmaking still takes an age sometimes it took them far too long to fix the issues it had I bought the game and could not enjoy it until a month after launch. The game itself is really a nostalgia trip, some of the campaigns have not aged well at all and are quite lacklustre by today's standards. I have never understood the whole halo franchise personally I have played each game and although I thought they were good games I was far from blown away. The presentation upgrades are pretty standard, halo 1 and 2 have had the most substantial upgrade with higher resolution textures and running overall at higher resolutions, however I could tell straight away that halo 2 was not full hd and I was a little disappointed by the muddy and overall clarity of the graphics, however the sound is excellent and the soundtracks are some of the best I have heard in a game. Now the multiplayer...not a fan, the shooting mechanics are stiff and outdated but all the halo fans insist they want it untouched but after playing the halo 4 beta it seems they have finally done right thing and stopped listening to all the nostalgic fans. If you haven't played a lot of halo multiplayer in the past expect a complete grind of an experience I recommend just playing the campaign modes and find another multiplayer shooter.… Expand
  4. rhysmyself
    Apr 2, 2015
    9
    The focus of gameplay for me was jumping back into split screen campaign mode for the remastered Halo CE and Halo 2. This did not disappoint in this area. Would I purchase a remastered HALO CE and Halo 2 for single player probably not, if you missed the 360 releases getting Halo 3 / 4 is a good. Experienced crashing even after massive updates approximately 1 per play through the campaigns.
  5. merge111
    Apr 1, 2015
    10
    Worth a 10 for the campaigns alone. Then you have all the multiplayer maps across all the games giving ultimate replayability. I'd be satisfied with this as my only game for at least the next 6 months.
  6. JorgeRaedon
    Mar 30, 2015
    3
    Hoy 30/03/2015 sigo sin poder jugar en matchmaking a cualquiera de los modos de juego online que ofrece este título. Por lo demás no deja de ser un port de juegos anteriores de halo a excepción del halo 2 aniversario que incluye nuevas cinemáticas.
  7. LongSlayer
    Mar 27, 2015
    10
    This is one of the greatest compilations for video games. The value is unmatchable with four halo games and multiplayer for its original price of $60. I'll just touch up on each game. Halo: Combat Evolve has a great story and introduction to the franchise. The music sounds terrific and unique. The anniversary looks pretty good too, but I wish they would've redone the cutscenes for Xbox OneThis is one of the greatest compilations for video games. The value is unmatchable with four halo games and multiplayer for its original price of $60. I'll just touch up on each game. Halo: Combat Evolve has a great story and introduction to the franchise. The music sounds terrific and unique. The anniversary looks pretty good too, but I wish they would've redone the cutscenes for Xbox One instead of keep the updated cutscenes from Xbox 360. Halo 2 is another great game that has amazing looking cutscenes and the new anniversary graphics are pretty good. The gameplay is really fun with new mechanics like dual-wielding. The story is pretty great, especially when you get the opportunity to play on the Covenant side for awhile. Halo 3 is the Halo I played a lot when I was younger and it's better than ever. I love each and every mission because of the combat, story, and music. This Halo has a lot of nostalgia for me. Halo 4 is amazing. People don't like it because it's a little different from past Halo's, but these changes are good. The graphics and setting are absolutely beautiful, and the music is stunning, even though it's diverse from the past Halo's. The story of Halo 4 is excellent, most notably the moments with Master Chief and Cortana where their chemistry is like no other. The multiplayer is a huge aspect of Halo. Yes, it had issues at launch but now there's no problems with finding games. The game finding system is great because there are many modes and categories to choose from. The only complaint I have with the online game modes is that there's no classic "Grift Ball," I loved that game. Halo: MCC is a must have for anyone who owns an Xbox One and you'll play for a long time, and you'll have fun doing it in 1080p and 60fps.… Expand
  8. Muspelheim19939
    Mar 24, 2015
    10
    Don't listen Sony fanboys. They're always jealous for everything :) This masterpiece deserves for 10/10. This package has everything you need as a player. Well done 343 Industries and Microsoft!
  9. XxAcidFaZexX
    Mar 17, 2015
    7
    Positives:
    - Great redefiined Graphics
    - All campaigns in one game

    Negatives:
    - Unnecessarily long loading times
    - Matchmaking Issues
    - Download time
  10. Paisano_Joe
    Mar 17, 2015
    3
    I hate Halo bye
  11. TheLastColossus
    Mar 14, 2015
    5
    I have to be honest here, after 4 months, the game is still unplayable online, too bad it got overrated like it always did, to me this game deserves a 5, why? the game has a very bad online matchmaking that will keep you wait more than you actually play, I thought "the cloud" and the dedicated servers was something they did advertise with the Halo collection, it was all bullsh!t.
  12. Ripper89
    Mar 13, 2015
    6
    if this is your first halo game... BE WARNED this games multiplayer has NO noobs and all of the players are amazing online and incredibly hard to beat EVEN KNOWING EVERYTHING EVERYBODY HAS IS THE SAME!
    If you have played all the halo games and are very good at Halo you are missing out on a lot. GET THIS GAME AS SOON AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN!
    The campaign is good fun but when i play with my    if this is your first halo game... BE WARNED this games multiplayer has NO noobs and all of the players are amazing online and incredibly hard to beat EVEN KNOWING EVERYTHING EVERYBODY HAS IS THE SAME!
    If you have played all the halo games and are very good at Halo you are missing out on a lot. GET THIS GAME AS SOON AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN!

    The campaign is good fun but when i play with my friend not far away we CONSTANTLY HAVE PROBLEMS! we both have brilliant internet connections but every single time we play we spend an hour on loading screens and give up.

    Personal belief: this was my first halo game, so i am a noob. i found it constantly hard to feel like i was contributing to my team when playing online because i struggle to understand somethings that are very irritating.
    Example: sometimes im constantly shooting at someone WITH ACCURACY, they take two shots at me and im dead.

    I personally couldn't wait for this game, but as a noob at halo i found it very hard to play online and certain things also baffled me how unfair it sometimes feels. It made me feel completely useless... i have raged quit soooo many times with this game

    The campaigns are fun when they work, but co op online with a friend seemed to be a struggle for Halo 2 especially, this being because of the graphics

    6 out of 10    … Expand
  13. Jaliver
    Mar 8, 2015
    2
    I've been a Halo fan all my life, I've grown up playing Halo. Halo has been my most played game series since the first Halo: Combat Evolved came out in 2001. Halo is a legendary game series that deserves anniversary edition games. Halo: Combat Evolved received that proper anniversary, Halo 2 however did not.

    Halo MCC is riddled in bugs, the date is 3/8/2015 and the game still suffers    I've been a Halo fan all my life, I've grown up playing Halo. Halo has been my most played game series since the first Halo: Combat Evolved came out in 2001. Halo is a legendary game series that deserves anniversary edition games. Halo: Combat Evolved received that proper anniversary, Halo 2 however did not.

    Halo MCC is riddled in bugs, the date is 3/8/2015 and the game still suffers matchmaking issues, campaign issues and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Regardless of these issues that first greeted me with the game I continued to play it, I wasn't going to let chief down, I love Halo and I was going to stick it out. I played the hell out of MCC and today I'm throwing in the towel and giving it its well earned poor rating.

    Current bugs experienced in MCC:

    Matchmaking:
    1. Uneven teams
    2. Forever loading times
    3. Random disconnects from games
    4. Random placements of games (you can search for the halo 3 playlist and somehow play another playlist)
    5. Terrible hitscan in halo 2 matchmaking still
    6. Broken party system, if you're looking to play this game with friends you will experience long delays in getting a party together and will also have to repeat the process of inviting your friends due to issues with how MCC handles party play. You can look to play with friends and it will randomly displace you on separate teams and sometimes even place you in separate games.
    7. In-game voice chat will randomly fail, that's right, sometimes you can't even talk to your friends or team mates in game and its not from disconnected mics.

    There are many more bugs to be found in this game, I mentioned matchmaking first because that seems to be the main concern for most gamers these days, however I play halo for more than the online services it has to offer, I love the Halo story and even here you will find countless random bugs.

    1. Unplayable online co-op with friends, its not an internet problem, for some reason different campaigns will fail to load or when you go to play them they will freeze your xbox. Sometimes Halo 3 Crows nest which seems to have this issue the worst will experience the worst multiplayer co-op lag while other missions work fine.
    2. Random disconnects during online campaign, you can randomly disconnect playing with your friends during your missions, very annoying especially for halo 2 legendary where the campaign is the hardest.
    3. Unexpected map failures for halo 4, if loading halo 4 campaign missions you may have difficulty with saving your campaign games. After saving and coming back to play said missions later they will crash your MCC. This happens especially often with Halo 4 "reclaimer" mission and I highly recommend beating it on one shot.

    Campaign and Multiplayer aren't the only areas effected by bugs, Halo Spartan OPs suffers from the similar random campaign lag where some missions work while others don't due to unknown lag. I'd normally classify this as a network issue but for the fact some spartan ops missions work clean while others will randomly fail to load, crash or just totally be unplayable due to random lag I won't classify it as a network lag issue on the player side at least.

    Forge mode is the last thing I'll complain about here, in every halo game switching between character and creator modes are relatively smooth and fast. While working with the Halo 2 Anniversary engine you can experience easily up to a waiting time of a minute before you switch modes from creator to character. This issue makes testing things in forge and forging things very inefficient and an overall waste of time for most forgers.

    Halo MCC has only one really good thing, the Halo2 remastered cut-scenes are fantastic, the game looks brilliant but is a miserable failure on the actual playing side. As a dedicated halo fan I can only say I'm horribly and sadly disappointed with the outcome of what should have been the Xbox One powerhouse game of the year easily. MCC has 4 great games, 3 of them arguably being some of the most fantastic games ever created put together into a terrible mosh of bugs and unreliability. When I heard of this game being created I thought to myself "this game is going to be perfect, there is no way 343 could screw this up for us." I was wrong, very very wrong. This is clear disrespect to the franchise from 343, having the Halo 5 guardians beta up while Halo MCC was suffering major and still is suffering major issues truly shows where 343 stands. 343 doesn't care about us fans, they just want to make money. Do not pre-order Halo 5. We cannot allow them to give us another game like this, if you're going to purchase Halo 5. Purchase it after release, we can't guarantee a playable game from them anymore so they shouldn't be guaranteed our money.    … Expand
  14. TheSquirrel
    Mar 6, 2015
    10
    For $60 I got four games. All were premium releases with full multiplayer (as of March 2015, working seemlessly) and vast single player campaigns. All have full orchestral soundtracks that work incredibly well with the environments they were crafted for. I have access to videos, commentaries, and in-game unlockables. The games look great with or without the remastered graphics (Halo2For $60 I got four games. All were premium releases with full multiplayer (as of March 2015, working seemlessly) and vast single player campaigns. All have full orchestral soundtracks that work incredibly well with the environments they were crafted for. I have access to videos, commentaries, and in-game unlockables. The games look great with or without the remastered graphics (Halo2 looks beyond incredible, as if they started from scratch). I get all of this for $60? Haters can hate, but these games continue to stand the test of time.

    Get it, halo fan or not, and play it through, then lie through clenched teeth that you didn't get your monies worth.    … Expand
  15. ufc77
    Mar 3, 2015
    1
    Complete and utter failure. Game is broken and unplayable. The matchmaking is not what we've become accustomed to with what we had in Halo games by Bungie. 343i is a disgrace.
  16. Maximus_IL
    Mar 2, 2015
    5
    CAMPAIGN: 5 out of 5. If you are buying the game for the campaigns, you are likely to be mostly satisfied. There are a few issues with campaign still (lag for online coop play, checkpoints not saving, irritating frame drops in the remastered graphics for CE and Halo 2), but overall, the campaigns work well and are a blast.

    MULTIPLAYER: 0 out of 5. If you are buying the game for the    CAMPAIGN: 5 out of 5. If you are buying the game for the campaigns, you are likely to be mostly satisfied. There are a few issues with campaign still (lag for online coop play, checkpoints not saving, irritating frame drops in the remastered graphics for CE and Halo 2), but overall, the campaigns work well and are a blast.

    MULTIPLAYER: 0 out of 5. If you are buying the game for the multiplayer, you could either be completely satisfied or completely frustrated, with no way to tell in advance which it will be. Some players report good experiences in matchmaking; others (like myself) awful experiences. The primary multiplayer issues are:

    1. Inexplicable lack of dedicated servers (almost all games I play are P2P) even in North America. This is not consistent across the board, as some users report good connectivity with dedicated servers.

    2. Long matchmaking times. Again, inconsistent between users. Some get matches in 1-2 minutes. Some (like me) spend more time waiting than playing.

    3. Crashes / freezes upon getting matches, usually during initial load.

    4. Game ending early inexplicably.

    5. Uneven matches (games starting as 4v2 in a 3v3 list; even odd pairings like 6v3 in an 8-player max list)

    6. Cannot find games in certain playlists. Of the 11 playlists, I personally cannot get a match in 6 of them no matter how long I wait. Other players get matches in them right away. 343i has not provided any explanation why different users - geographically co-located - would have such divergent experiences.

    7. Horrific skill matching. 343i has not provided any explanation for this, either - but across the board, skill matching during the matchmaking process is utterly broken.

    8. Inability to search with a party. Though some players report this is not an issue, most players who attempt to search with a party report long matchmaking times. Additionally, keeping a party together between matches is difficult, and when a match is found, sometimes some members of the party are placed on the opposing team.

    Short summary: If you are interested in replaying campaigns on the Xbox One, this is worth the money. Most of the significant campaign bugs have been patched, and the few that remain are typical of any game. If you are interested in multiplayer (like me), watch out. While it MAY work for you, it also may not. The numerous problems, delayed patches, and lack of communication from 343i and Microsoft are quite frustrating.

    Campagin: 5/5
    Multiplayer: 0/5
    Overall: 5/10    … Expand
  17. TheMostShady
    Feb 28, 2015
    2
    I was so excited for this to launch and rekindle my love of Halo and hop on again with all my buddies; But instead its been 3 months, games still broken and everyone has moved on. So disappointing.
  18. VirtualHarrison
    Feb 26, 2015
    6
    The Master Chief Collection is a Halo lover's dream...as long as you like the campaigns. You get the full campaigns of Halos 1,2,3, and 4 obviously, but you also get that boost of nostalgia when you go back to the original Halos and kick some ass like you probably did over 10 years ago. But, if you were like me and started playing Halo recently, you also get the chance to go back and seeThe Master Chief Collection is a Halo lover's dream...as long as you like the campaigns. You get the full campaigns of Halos 1,2,3, and 4 obviously, but you also get that boost of nostalgia when you go back to the original Halos and kick some ass like you probably did over 10 years ago. But, if you were like me and started playing Halo recently, you also get the chance to go back and see where it all started, and while they're not great, they're still pretty good. You can also get a friend and play co-op campaign and bond over killing an alien race.

    However, that's just the campaigns...the multiplayer is what brings this game down from a potentially 9 or 10, to a 6. It's not horrible and you might be able to find a game (eventually), this game is another one of those early-rushed games that went out way too early with too many multiplayer issues to consider even good. I went into a multiplayer lobby with a timer and it literally took 25 minutes to find a game...I'll let that speak for itself.

    If it's on sale or something I'd say buy it but overall I'd only suggest it right now if you want to go back to the single-player experience.    … Expand
  19. squatch217
    Feb 24, 2015
    8
    My rating would be a 10 if multiplayer worked. Multiplayer isn't really my thing anymore, but I was looking forward to playing this game online. I've owned it for about a month and half and haven't gotten into any games. That being said the campaigns are worth the money by themselves. Going back through and playing them all is awesome and the updated graphics in 1and 2 are great as is theMy rating would be a 10 if multiplayer worked. Multiplayer isn't really my thing anymore, but I was looking forward to playing this game online. I've owned it for about a month and half and haven't gotten into any games. That being said the campaigns are worth the money by themselves. Going back through and playing them all is awesome and the updated graphics in 1and 2 are great as is the updated soundtrack.… Expand
  20. Younger
    Feb 22, 2015
    9
    An impressive game. A complete rework of all of the previous halo games on top of a completely new one. Yes the multi-player is a bit clunky. Longer wait times joining servers then we are used to and many missed bugs threw out the reworked material. All can and should be refined and corrected threw the coming months. One good patch can change a game. With a bit a patients the game looksAn impressive game. A complete rework of all of the previous halo games on top of a completely new one. Yes the multi-player is a bit clunky. Longer wait times joining servers then we are used to and many missed bugs threw out the reworked material. All can and should be refined and corrected threw the coming months. One good patch can change a game. With a bit a patients the game looks very exiting. A very large complement of well done maps. Rich game play on and off line with Many different modes and perks to play around with. If the user support doesn't form up enough to motivate the developers threw complaints and funds(the two things that make the world go round :) I could see this game falling off into the realm of just another elaborate campaign reunion. BUT if the developers and players step up I see this being a wonderful counterbalance to Call Of Duty.… Expand
  21. gamingisgreat
    Feb 22, 2015
    3
    This game has nice graphics and good gameplay but the reason I buy an FPS is to play multiplayer and Halo is renowned for great multiplayer.It took me 6 weeks after launch to get an online game and it still doesn't work properly.Thanks 343,I won't be buying any Halo product developed by you,EVER.This is coming from a HUGE Halo fan.
  22. RealGamer2004
    Feb 20, 2015
    10
    Best series of games I ever played. 100/10. Better Series than CoD, Battlefield, Arma, Killzone, Resistance, Half Life, CS, Evolve, Destiny, Farcry, Wolfenstein, Bioshock, Quake, Doom , Goldeneye, Borderlands, Crysis, Rage, Fear, L4D etc.
  23. Honoral
    Feb 19, 2015
    9
    I'm giving this game a 9 just because I love the single player. Playing this in co-op is the best and the first two installments give a nice sense of nostalgia. For me, this was worth the price (didn't pay full retail price though) as I did not own a 360 and I missed Halo 3 and 4. I have spent quite a lot of time playing this and I just can't get enough.

    Why is my grade "only a 9 then?    I'm giving this game a 9 just because I love the single player. Playing this in co-op is the best and the first two installments give a nice sense of nostalgia. For me, this was worth the price (didn't pay full retail price though) as I did not own a 360 and I missed Halo 3 and 4. I have spent quite a lot of time playing this and I just can't get enough.

    Why is my grade "only a 9 then? I consider 9 a high grade, but a few problems are preventing me from giving it a 10. As we all know, the multiplayer. I bought the game a month after its release. First, I completed the single player campaigns. I guess I missed the worst part of the problem but it still had matchmaking and stability issues.

    The second shortcoming is that FPS drops once in a while, in co-op even below 30 so it really is noticeable. Then again I don't mind it that much when the game works like a charm. I like it. I love it. I can't wait for Halo 5. Even with these problems this is, for me personally, the best Xbox One exclusive out now and one of the best considering all platforms (at least for last year).    … Expand
  24. DarkWolf1991
    Feb 19, 2015
    3
    OK. Enough of this! This game makes me angry and I need to get this off my chest.

    Halo Master Chef Collection looks good on paper with all 4 campaigns and multiplayer on one disc with a price tag of £45 but is it too good to be true? Yes it is. The game is a broken, buggy, pile of mess of a game! For starters the game match-making times are absolutely poor, when you do manage to find    OK. Enough of this! This game makes me angry and I need to get this off my chest.

    Halo Master Chef Collection looks good on paper with all 4 campaigns and multiplayer on one disc with a price tag of £45 but is it too good to be true? Yes it is.

    The game is a broken, buggy, pile of mess of a game! For starters the game match-making times are absolutely poor, when you do manage to find a game you either get placed in a game with unbalanced teams such as 6 v 2 or 3 v 2 v 1 and if you're really lucky you'll have the game crashed with results of you being brought back to the home screen or when you are playing you'll get the most horrible lag ever in a game despise 343i saying they run on dedicated server which I can assure you that is not true at all. Lastly good luck on trying to get a game with a friend going. The in-game roster does not work at all since it does not show your friends or invite them so be prepared to reboot the game very often.

    Microsoft and 343i should be slaughtered for releasing this game with the amount of issues and treating the loyal Halo fanbase like dirt by not saying a word and yet they have the audacity to release Halo 5 end of this year? Don't pre-order and don't buy Halo 5 on day of release 343/MS doesn't deserve our money after treating us like this.

    Finally, Don't trust any user that gives this mess of a game a high score. Chances are they are either a 343i fanboys that likes getting shafted or an employee of MS/343i.    … Expand
  25. Rolodex
    Feb 17, 2015
    0
    DO NOT BUY! Multiplayer broken to the core. HD update a joke. I created an account here just to warn anybody who would be interested in this game. This is the first time I ever asked for a refund. Be aware that if you buy a digital download on the Xbox it will difficult to get it refunded! If you are nostalgic about Halo, fire up your old 360 or play get the PC version. How bad it is? TheDO NOT BUY! Multiplayer broken to the core. HD update a joke. I created an account here just to warn anybody who would be interested in this game. This is the first time I ever asked for a refund. Be aware that if you buy a digital download on the Xbox it will difficult to get it refunded! If you are nostalgic about Halo, fire up your old 360 or play get the PC version. How bad it is? The multiplayer is so bad that you will be shocked in disbelief that such a huge franchise coming from Microsoft and with so much money pumped into it fails on a level never even dreamed by the most crappy early access game on Steam. I was playing a two player coop campaign on a game that is 8 YEARS OLD and the lag choke where making the game frame rate drop to the range of 4fps, stall and even kick out the invited player. After an hour of trying, we stopped and got Destiny. Not a simple glitch or network issue. For as much hate that Destiny got, it is truly an amazing game compared to the Master Chief Collection disaster.… Expand
  26. Supermoose
    Feb 11, 2015
    7
    This game is excellent. Definitely worth 60 dollars. It got a lot of flak at launch for the many bugs and matchmaking issues, and while the bugs have been fixed, and the matchmaking issues are a lot better. But multiplayer isn't the only part of this game. It also includes fantastic single player and split screen content, and there is a lot of it. The single player has great story,This game is excellent. Definitely worth 60 dollars. It got a lot of flak at launch for the many bugs and matchmaking issues, and while the bugs have been fixed, and the matchmaking issues are a lot better. But multiplayer isn't the only part of this game. It also includes fantastic single player and split screen content, and there is a lot of it. The single player has great story, gameplay, and the graphics look great on halo 4 and halo 2 anniversary. The single player is near perfect. The one complaint I have is that in halo 3, the graphics are dated, and i know, graphics aren't everything, but it is a bit of a jump going from the gorgeous graphics of halo 2 anniversary to Halo 3. But Halo 3 does have, in my opinion, the best campaign.

    The point is, the multiplayer doesn't destroy the experience. IGNORE ALL OF THE 0/10s. It has great split screen gameplay, and outstanding campaign.    … Expand
  27. joyalexandre
    Feb 10, 2015
    9
    Yes the online multiplayer is not working as it should be, but there is a lot of content for the price. All the local multiplayer you want is there and working fine. This is a great compilation and you can find it at a good price now.
  28. AverageT
    Feb 10, 2015
    0
    This game has been out for so long and it still doesnt even work. I wish I could get a refund, Im so done. If only I could find a way to keep other people from buying it,
  29. SebbyMak
    Feb 9, 2015
    10
    Crussh
    Nov 11, 2014
    10
    The MasterChief Collection was all I wanted. Replay old memories with new graphics and sound effects. The new cinematics really adds up to the game. Plus, you have all 3 other games with it. It's a very good deal overall for only 60$. It's a must have for your game collection on your xbox one.
  30. Tomn8er
    Feb 8, 2015
    4
    This game gets a 4 because the online matchmaking component is completely and inexcusably broken. It commonly takes 2-5 minutes to get into a game - assuming it finds one at all! About 50% of the time it fails to find any game and I give up after 5-10 minutes of sitting there waiting. Even after several patches this problem still occurs. The Halo 3 playlist (my favourite game forThis game gets a 4 because the online matchmaking component is completely and inexcusably broken. It commonly takes 2-5 minutes to get into a game - assuming it finds one at all! About 50% of the time it fails to find any game and I give up after 5-10 minutes of sitting there waiting. Even after several patches this problem still occurs. The Halo 3 playlist (my favourite game for multiplayer) doesn't work at all now. It acts like it's going to put you into a game but then as it's supposedly loading the map (even this takes too long - why should maps with low-res graphics from 2007 take 30 seconds to load???) it kicks you back to the main lobby. Hell, I've had this piece of crap freeze on me when I pushed B to exit the lobby!

    Completely inexcusable. 343 should honestly be sued because this is literally half a game. And after months of this **** it's quite apparent that they cannot be bothered to fix it. From their perspective why bother? Everyone who was going to buy the game already did; they stand to make no more money in cleaning up this incomplete mess.

    Thankfully, the single player seems to work fine. And the new coat of paint for the Halo 2 campaign is very sweet. The remastered cutscenes look amazing. The single player content and my love for the Halo series is the only reason I'm giving this tragic wreck of a game a middling score. It probably deserves a 1-3, especially if you bought it mainly for the multiplayer. But the sheer amount of great single player content pushes it up for me.    … Expand
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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 69 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 69
  3. Negative: 1 out of 69
  1. Hyper Magazine
    Feb 9, 2015
    80
    Utterly broken right now, but the central appeal of four Halos on one disc is irresistible. [Issue#257, p.54]
  2. GameCritics
    Feb 4, 2015
    45
    A bit of a disaster...Why? It's a half-assed, crudely cobbled-together product prone to crashing, lockups (and as of press time) absolutely non-functional multiplayer.
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  3. GameOver.gr
    Jan 22, 2015
    85
    The problems with the multiplayer modes of the game are still there, but you can't overlook the greatness of the 4 games this package offers.
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