Halo: The Master Chief Collection

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1941 Ratings

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  1. at23
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    This game was a complete, utter disappointment. The game that i used to love playing all night match after match with my friends has been flushed down the toilet by 343 Industries...as good as the campaigns may be remastered, they don't even come close to making up for countless issues in matchmaking multiplayer. Whats the point in getting a game that takes more than 24 hours to downloadThis game was a complete, utter disappointment. The game that i used to love playing all night match after match with my friends has been flushed down the toilet by 343 Industries...as good as the campaigns may be remastered, they don't even come close to making up for countless issues in matchmaking multiplayer. Whats the point in getting a game that takes more than 24 hours to download just to find out that you can't even use it to its full potential? Never had an issues with Bungie, just saying...and now not only do you have to wait twenty minutes AT LEAST to be introduced to a match, but god forbid you want to invite a friend to play! Tip: If you get the game, don't bother playing multiplayer, and also...until you see reviews start to go up to where they used to be when Bungie was around, don't buy the game. I'm convinced that all of the 10 scores are from people that like campaign and rarely play multiplayer.… Expand
  2. uk1badboy
    Jan 25, 2015
    0
    This game is the biggest disappointment countless things wrong with it too many to mention. Matchmaking doesn't work, can't join friends, puts friends in opposite teams, very slow to connect to a game (1-2hours) and resets your rank when ever it wants. With continued updates and fixes I thought this should have been resolved. Overall total failure and waste of money. I hope these peopleThis game is the biggest disappointment countless things wrong with it too many to mention. Matchmaking doesn't work, can't join friends, puts friends in opposite teams, very slow to connect to a game (1-2hours) and resets your rank when ever it wants. With continued updates and fixes I thought this should have been resolved. Overall total failure and waste of money. I hope these people don't touch halo5. Not worth buying! Campaign is good.… Expand
  3. VirtualLucidity
    Nov 24, 2014
    1
    Lets be clear, Halo 3 is my favorite game ever! So I am not a PS4 fanboy. Even the most terrible game you have ever played will be better than this game. Why you ask? Because the most terrible game you have ever played was at least a game that you in fact played. Simply put this game is useless, it never works, I literally cannot play it. I have currently played only 3 games since it'sLets be clear, Halo 3 is my favorite game ever! So I am not a PS4 fanboy. Even the most terrible game you have ever played will be better than this game. Why you ask? Because the most terrible game you have ever played was at least a game that you in fact played. Simply put this game is useless, it never works, I literally cannot play it. I have currently played only 3 games since it's release! Absolutely atrocious! I want my money back!!!!!!… Expand
  4. Thegodfatherson
    Dec 31, 2014
    10
    A powerhouse game. HMCC is the one of the best bundles ever after The Orange Box. They have fully recreated the game from ground to up. The graphics look AMAZING and the best option is that you can change between Old and New graphocs! Halo Combat Evolved- 10/10- The original Halo game and simply the one with the most charm and the best maps any game can have. Halo 2- 10/10- Halo 2A powerhouse game. HMCC is the one of the best bundles ever after The Orange Box. They have fully recreated the game from ground to up. The graphics look AMAZING and the best option is that you can change between Old and New graphocs! Halo Combat Evolved- 10/10- The original Halo game and simply the one with the most charm and the best maps any game can have. Halo 2- 10/10- Halo 2 surpasses Halo 1 a million times, the maps and the new game modes make for a better campaign and it's just waiting for you to kill a million hours in its multiplayer world. Halo 3- 9/10- Master Chief has never looked so better on Xbox One as he did on the 360, more game modes and a slow campaign make for more bloody fun in the Halo Universe. Halo 4- 10/10- This grand experience that came from a DIFFRENT studio than Bungie is a spectacle, with a campaign that you care about and badass multiplayer modes, Halo 4 is the king of multiplayer on 360 and now on One!… Expand
  5. NoGodsNoMasters
    Nov 21, 2014
    5
    About half the game works, and what does work is fantastic, so 5/10. Halo 2 remastered graphics and cutscenes are gorgeous (despite the lack of 1080p). Multiplayer is broken to the point of being unplayable, despite 343i's futile attempts at patching. When you CAN get into a game, if you've the patience to sit in a lobby for literally 10 minutes, it's great fun. God forbid you try partyingAbout half the game works, and what does work is fantastic, so 5/10. Halo 2 remastered graphics and cutscenes are gorgeous (despite the lack of 1080p). Multiplayer is broken to the point of being unplayable, despite 343i's futile attempts at patching. When you CAN get into a game, if you've the patience to sit in a lobby for literally 10 minutes, it's great fun. God forbid you try partying up with your friends.… Expand
  6. 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
  7. Achtlos
    Jan 7, 2015
    9
    Value for money is great.
    The 'tart ups' are nice.

    I've had a lot of fun split screen on this, last time I had a tiny tv for split screen.. epic on a 65inch tv.
  8. savionen
    Dec 30, 2014
    3
    2 months later and multiplayer is still mostly unplayable. I play with a friend, and most of the time we can't even join parties together. Assuming the game actually lets us, it's 5-10 minutes of waiting for a BTB match where we can't choose the Halo we want to play. 50% of the time we get disconnected before the game starts and have to requeue. Assuming we get to play, there's a good2 months later and multiplayer is still mostly unplayable. I play with a friend, and most of the time we can't even join parties together. Assuming the game actually lets us, it's 5-10 minutes of waiting for a BTB match where we can't choose the Halo we want to play. 50% of the time we get disconnected before the game starts and have to requeue. Assuming we get to play, there's a good chance we'll have to restart Halo from the dashboard or it will break things.

    I really hope Halo 5 has 343's A team, because MCC clearly has their B team. I gave up trying to play after awhile because over about 3 hours we'd get to play for maybe 30-45 minutes.    … Expand
  9. CutthroatChris
    Nov 24, 2014
    3
    If you played the Halo series strictly for the campaigns, then this collection is for you. The new graphics and small additions they've added are pretty cool. However my biggest issue is that I've finished each of these campaigns before - multiple times. They get boring fast and no amount of updated graphics can make up for that.

    So on that note, if you're like the majority of us and    If you played the Halo series strictly for the campaigns, then this collection is for you. The new graphics and small additions they've added are pretty cool. However my biggest issue is that I've finished each of these campaigns before - multiple times. They get boring fast and no amount of updated graphics can make up for that.

    So on that note, if you're like the majority of us and have been waiting for months upon months for a chance to play Halo on Xbox Live again (especially on a next-gen console). DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. It's an absolute joke - 343 has dropped the ball so badly on every level that it's almost sad. None of the patches they've released has made any difference whatsoever for me nor any of my friends. The last one made it noticeably worse. The game launched two weeks ago and there has been little-to-no improvements. Only a continuing spew of excuses from 343 and no timetable on when (or if) things will be fixed.

    I highly advise not wasting your money on half a game. An incomplete one if that. Farcry 4, Assasin's Creed Unity and GTA V (XBO) are all out now so you have the luxury of not wasting $60 on this pathetic excuse for a product.    … Expand
  10. BBerkobein
    Dec 10, 2014
    1
    Well, I have done the unthinkable... As a lifetime fan of Master Chief, I was forced to sell back the disaster that is the Master Chief Collection. 343, Bungie, or Microsoft (whomever will take credit for this blasphemy) should be ashamed of themselves. They have made a classic and a game changer for all consoles and destroyed it. The rush to get this out before the holiday season has madeWell, I have done the unthinkable... As a lifetime fan of Master Chief, I was forced to sell back the disaster that is the Master Chief Collection. 343, Bungie, or Microsoft (whomever will take credit for this blasphemy) should be ashamed of themselves. They have made a classic and a game changer for all consoles and destroyed it. The rush to get this out before the holiday season has made matchmaking nearly impossible. The cross functionality of all the games simply does not work.

    Their response, "We are aware that there are some problems with multiplayer"... Some problems??? you cant load your friends, you can barely get party chat going, if you get a game every 20 to 35 minutes that's a big day. Hopefully you don't work and neither do your friends so you have all day to get a few games in... All I can say is Master Chief would be ashamed. A true icon and legend of the gaming world and the dynasty has been destroyed.

    For the first time, I don't know that I will be purchasing the next version...    … Expand
  11. Ellie_Rhiannon
    Dec 11, 2014
    5
    I'll talk about the good news before the bad news.

    As a die-hard Halo fan, I can't be upset by what is offered in the campaign. Compared with other features (which I shall discuss later), the campaign is great. I never have framerate issues, and in Halo 3 and Halo 4 I maintain 60 fps. Halo 2 Anniversary is beautiful, and the cutscenes are the pinnacle of the remastery in this game.    I'll talk about the good news before the bad news.

    As a die-hard Halo fan, I can't be upset by what is offered in the campaign. Compared with other features (which I shall discuss later), the campaign is great. I never have framerate issues, and in Halo 3 and Halo 4 I maintain 60 fps. Halo 2 Anniversary is beautiful, and the cutscenes are the pinnacle of the remastery in this game. Forge mode offers some interesting additions, including scripting and terrain forge. The player customization, including nameplates and avatars, is also a good addition, and I hope it is reincorporated into Halo 5: Guardians.

    However, this game has some major, and I mean MAJOR, setbacks. The one that most have heard about is the matchmaking issues, which were intense at launch. I ended up buying the game a week after release (for the full 60 dollar price tag, I mind you), and matchmaking times were sill ridiculous. The only playlist that still has ranking to this date is Halo 2 Anniversary, and oddly that is the one where I encounter the most trouble. Fortunately, it seems that 343i has fixed the crashing issues in campaign and custom games, but as the matchmaking remains slow and unbalanced, I refuse to play it. On a different note, Forge features that once required use of the pause menu to change them are now non-functional. For example, this means that trait zones do nothing, and you can no longer make Grifball or any gametype-specific map in Halo 3. Honestly, while the campaigns are nice at 1080p and 60 fps, the online multiplayer is near broken and it seems like it was just a quick rush to test out the Xbox One's hardware with little regards to feature functionality.    … Expand
  12. GelSound
    Dec 12, 2014
    2
    I got this Halo (and all previous) for the multi-player modes. This review concentrates on that aspect. The biggest problem with this release is that it is missing Halo 4 game mechanics from the multi-player. I feel as though I was lied to in the marketing for this product. The matchmaking speed is in very bad shape right now (slow). I'm hoping the 5 beta makes up for it eventually,I got this Halo (and all previous) for the multi-player modes. This review concentrates on that aspect. The biggest problem with this release is that it is missing Halo 4 game mechanics from the multi-player. I feel as though I was lied to in the marketing for this product. The matchmaking speed is in very bad shape right now (slow). I'm hoping the 5 beta makes up for it eventually, but I am very disappointed overall.… Expand
  13. AverageMan
    Dec 21, 2014
    1
    Now I was holding of writing this review but at this point I am so sick of the BS I feel it is my duty to advice people to stay away from this game.
    I went through a similar cycle with battlefield 4 this game is a complete and utter joke, First issue is the Multiplayer now tell me if I am wrong but did they not brag about "1080p 60fps on dedicated servers" ?
    So why am I STILL having    Now I was holding of writing this review but at this point I am so sick of the BS I feel it is my duty to advice people to stay away from this game.
    I went through a similar cycle with battlefield 4 this game is a complete and utter joke, First issue is the Multiplayer now tell me if I am wrong but did they not brag about "1080p 60fps on dedicated servers" ?
    So why am I STILL having issues with matchmaking 1 month later ? I keep seeing patch after patch popping up so I think to myself hey maybe I can finally play multiplayer without having to wait hours to get into a average connection game, and then I hop on multiplayer and it STILL takes forever and STILL lags horribly.
    I was nearing the final few levels of the Halo 2 campaign now my data has completely been wiped and I have to start all over again.
    Halo 1 has framerate issues this game is nearly 15 years old wtf ?
    I said it before about 343 after Halo 4 being dumbed down for casuals and I will say it again......HOW CAN MICROSOFT HAND OVER SUCH A HUGE FRANCHISE TO DEVELOPERS WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW THE MAIN APPEAL BEHIND THE FRANCHISE.......MULTIPLAYER 343 suck avoid until you can pick it up in your local bargain bin used so these frauds don't get payed for their half a.s.sed effort.    … Expand
  14. rightsid3
    Dec 23, 2014
    1
    This game is good if you are looking for a game to play by yourself for hours on end. The game includes all four halo campaigns as well as Spartan Ops. That being said, this is by far the most abysmal excuse of a game that has ever been birthed into the world. The interface is terrible, and even after multiple updates, 343 still hasn't managed to fix much of anything.

    If you are even a    This game is good if you are looking for a game to play by yourself for hours on end. The game includes all four halo campaigns as well as Spartan Ops. That being said, this is by far the most abysmal excuse of a game that has ever been birthed into the world. The interface is terrible, and even after multiple updates, 343 still hasn't managed to fix much of anything.

    If you are even a remotely competitive player, do not buy this game. Their latest update claimed to fix a ranked matchmaking glitch (leveling up by quitting out of games) but it still hasn't and people quit constantly.

    Guess what!?!?! The ranking system is like Halo 2/3 in which you can get to 50. Sounds awesome right! You're still terribly wrong. Even if you're level 50, you can match level 1s and 5s all day. Essentially, you can match anyone searching in a ranked match, even if they are nowhere near your level. Why even have a ranking system? Again super frustrating.

    Even if you try and go into a ranked game with a team of four (which is almost impossible as the game will barely let you get 4 people in a lobby and search without multiple errors occurring), the game will split you and your team up, or you'll never be able to find a game. If you go in with less than four, chances are your teammates will quit to level up and you'll be stuck in a 2v5.

    The list goes on and on with this game. It's atrocious and a poor excuse for something that had so much hype. 343 should be ashamed with the product they put out.

    It is pretty with 60 FPS and the shot registration is nice.    … Expand
  15. YTR_Reviews
    Dec 26, 2014
    3
    I love Halo, I really do but 343 really messed up on the Master Chief Collection! I love the campaigns, but no working multiplayer servers with no working patches. And faker than Dolly Parton's chest apologies from 343 have soured my taste for this abomination!
  16. TheStig3136
    Jan 11, 2015
    7
    Good game! Nice coop and multiplayer. 4 in one! The only bad sides are that matchmaking sucks sometimes and campaign saves can fail you. Over all its an ok-good game.
  17. bashn
    Dec 31, 2014
    1
    Bought this game primarily for the multiplayer. Matchmaking is a disaster, at BEST it takes 5 minutes to join a game, up to 30 minutes, averaging about 10-15. Plus the UI is buggy as hell. This game clearly wasn't ready for release and it feels like MS is just milking the fans at this point.
  18. KleetusMcFetus
    Jan 11, 2015
    3
    I put this game aside for a few months to let 343 fix their terrible launch. I get on to the same playlists as when I left with the update of a Halo 1 playlist. I try to find a game. Over and over again i leave matchmaking after waiting 5 minutes. Still the same problems as 2 months ago. I gave them a 3 SOLELY for the fact that the campaign seems to work and I enjoyed their new graphics onI put this game aside for a few months to let 343 fix their terrible launch. I get on to the same playlists as when I left with the update of a Halo 1 playlist. I try to find a game. Over and over again i leave matchmaking after waiting 5 minutes. Still the same problems as 2 months ago. I gave them a 3 SOLELY for the fact that the campaign seems to work and I enjoyed their new graphics on old campaign missions. Don't bother buying this game for anything other then a replay of the campaigns. Worst purchase and worst excuse for a game I have ever experienced. I thought Battlefield 3's launch was bad haha, it doesn't even compare. Congrats 343 you have ruined halo, I hope no one buys your **** halo 5 game, I know I won't be giving you another penny.… Expand
  19. whydoineedone
    Jan 30, 2015
    1
    Here's a little riddle.
    Search X vs X. 2*X people are matched. Split those people in two even teams.
    How many people are in each team? .... 1) If your answer was X, congratulations, you are right and not stupid or perhaps just lucky. 2) If you did not, you work for 343i or you don't but still possess an illogical brain. So here I am rating this awesome game dividing 10 by 2, just    Here's a little riddle.
    Search X vs X. 2*X people are matched. Split those people in two even teams.
    How many people are in each team?
    ....
    1) If your answer was X, congratulations, you are right and not stupid or perhaps just lucky.
    2) If you did not, you work for 343i or you don't but still possess an illogical brain.

    So here I am rating this awesome game dividing 10 by 2, just like 343i would , so I end up at (see for yourself).

    ______________
    Sorry if I offended you by insulting your favorite company.    … Expand
  20. 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.
  21. Paisano_Joe
    Mar 17, 2015
    3
    I hate Halo bye
  22. 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.
  23. itsJoeClark
    Jun 24, 2015
    7
    The game in itself is great. However, even today in June 2015, the game has inexcusable multiplayer problems, which prevent me from giving the game any higher than a mediocre score. If these issues did not exist, I could easily award the game an 8.

    The single player experience is great, just what you'd expect; nothing more, nothing less. Which is exactly what we wanted and what was    The game in itself is great. However, even today in June 2015, the game has inexcusable multiplayer problems, which prevent me from giving the game any higher than a mediocre score. If these issues did not exist, I could easily award the game an 8.

    The single player experience is great, just what you'd expect; nothing more, nothing less. Which is exactly what we wanted and what was expected. The Halo 2 Anniversary is especially good, switching between the classic graphics and the updated graphics goes to show how far we have come (the only issue I'd have is the jump between Halo 2A's visual fidelity and Halo 3 was a bit stark, but that's not an issue with the game, just my opinion)

    The multiplayer experience, however, is something quite different. When it works, it is great, probably my favourite multiplayer FPS. When it doesn't work, which is at least 25% of the time in my experience in June 2015, is terrible. I can go into a playlist and have to wait 10-15 minutes for matchmaking to succeed. For any game this is bad, let alone a triple A game such as Halo.

    Before the multiple fixes were distributed, I would have given the game a 4. Now, the multiplayer is better, but still broken. Therefore I can only give the game a 7. Hopefully all these reviews will push 343i to make sure the multiplayer experience for Halo 5: Guardians is much, much better.    … Expand
  24. iamevilhomer
    Jul 23, 2016
    5
    Wow... This is tough to review.

    On one hand it's a collection of the greatest console shooting game trilogy ever made... On the other hand though it's a poorly done attempt at copy and pasting old games... It's been close to 2 years now and this game has still not been properly fixed. It STILL has annoying issues that make it STILL broken. 343 only had one job... To bring back the    Wow... This is tough to review.

    On one hand it's a collection of the greatest console shooting game trilogy ever made...

    On the other hand though it's a poorly done attempt at copy and pasting old games...

    It's been close to 2 years now and this game has still not been properly fixed. It STILL has annoying issues that make it STILL broken. 343 only had one job... To bring back the glory days of halo 2. Copy and paste a 10 year old game. How hard could that really be???

    Mega man collection
    Command and conquer collection
    Mario all stars
    ninja gaiden trilogy
    Final fantasy
    Resident evil
    Silent hill
    Metal gear
    Half life
    Doom
    GTA

    All of these games have done collection versions of their respective franchises and did it right! Why the crap can't 343 get that right? 343 failed so badly. That's like if I tried to copy the smartest kids homework but still got a F because I'm so stupid that I can't even work a pencil lol. Seriously 343...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgjaeHGi9IA

    That's my reaction that 343's failures lol.

    But at the end of the day the campaigns work pretty good at least and there is a lot of content even though most of it is broken. Also since the game was such a embarrassment and a let down to the halo community there is hardly even a online community for the game. Like I said though... It's still a collection of some of the best console shooters ever made so you got to give it that...    … Expand
  25. Zeev
    Nov 12, 2014
    1
    I have bought the MCC and started to play the Halo2 Anniversary. I have a blast playing this game, BUT -
    I forgot about the checkpoint system and that I HAVE to quit & save the game, so I automatically pressed the Middle button on my controller and shutdown the console. I had to replay the whole level. Lost hour and a half of my progress. OK. It IS my fault.
    But after I completed this    I have bought the MCC and started to play the Halo2 Anniversary. I have a blast playing this game, BUT -
    I forgot about the checkpoint system and that I HAVE to quit & save the game, so I automatically pressed the Middle button on my controller and shutdown the console. I had to replay the whole level. Lost hour and a half of my progress. OK. It IS my fault.

    But after I completed this level, I started to play the next one. I almost finished it, and bam - Freeze and restart.
    Another hour lost. Moreover, my save is corrupt and I cannot "resume" because the game crashes every time I select this option.
    I have to pick the level from the levels list.

    Devs, its not Xbox360, the save proccess takes less than a second, why didnt you improve it so it will save the whole progress every chekpoint? hell, not every, lets say every 15 minutes.

    This is unacceptable.    … Expand
  26. sgar1973
    Nov 13, 2014
    10
    This is the best disc of gamming ever. I am blown away. As for the one reviewer who gave it a low score and took the MCC out of a solid 90 Metacritic i beg of you to remove it. His review is based on launch problems and doesn't reflect the game. This same reviewer gave drive club that still has online issues and was one of the worst rated games of the year an A-. It is obvious he isThis is the best disc of gamming ever. I am blown away. As for the one reviewer who gave it a low score and took the MCC out of a solid 90 Metacritic i beg of you to remove it. His review is based on launch problems and doesn't reflect the game. This same reviewer gave drive club that still has online issues and was one of the worst rated games of the year an A-. It is obvious he is either a sony only guy or has it out for MS and Halo. Please remove the score of 58 no way this should get anything under a 95… Expand
  27. cgluch
    Nov 21, 2014
    7
    Had to drop my review to a 7 because of how utterly broken matchmaking and even connecting with friends still happens to be. A full week and a half in and it takes me 20 minutes and 2 game restarts to even join my friend. Unacceptable. Not to mention several achievements still unable to unlock. Campaign is amazing though.
  28. ware06
    Nov 12, 2014
    3
    Im not sure how everyone keeps giving the game a 10. Matchmaking is pointless you can watch paint dry and be more thrilled. This is Halo Master Cheif Collection. Not the original 1,2, 3 or 4. Im writing a review for this game not those. I waited for the midnight realese and still cant play a game. Nba 2k got bad reviews and rightfully so for its bad server connections. If COD had this bigIm not sure how everyone keeps giving the game a 10. Matchmaking is pointless you can watch paint dry and be more thrilled. This is Halo Master Cheif Collection. Not the original 1,2, 3 or 4. Im writing a review for this game not those. I waited for the midnight realese and still cant play a game. Nba 2k got bad reviews and rightfully so for its bad server connections. If COD had this big of a issue all hell would break loose. These new gen games are failing us and we are paying outrageous amounts for all this. Im not even willing to change my rating once its fixed. You just made millions of dollars for this game. Get it right no excuses.… Expand
  29. Krawbeard
    Nov 12, 2014
    3
    Well what can I say?......

    Look I'll start off by saying that its halo 1 thru 4 obviously and that the graphics are definitely great. the campaign is great as well. If you love the halo series then you will love it. But why the 3? Its simple my friends. Once again we have another halo released by 343 with a broken matchmaking system.... I was disappointed with their incompetence    Well what can I say?......

    Look I'll start off by saying that its halo 1 thru 4 obviously and that the graphics are definitely great.
    the campaign is great as well. If you love the halo series then you will love it.

    But why the 3?
    Its simple my friends.
    Once again we have another halo released by 343 with a broken matchmaking system....
    I was disappointed with their incompetence to fix the lag fest of halo 4 multiplayer, but lets not get into
    that shall we...

    The 3 rating mainly goes for the companies 343 and microsoft.
    Don't release an unfinished game anymore your console depends on it.

    I almost considered getting an xbox one after being excited.

    Luckily for me I went to a friends house who has an xbone and "tried" to play matchmaking.
    Lets just say upon launch we were barely getting a match per hour and the sad part is it was small teams of 2v2 and other nonsense. Then there were maps where it couldn't render textures and was all white with lines everywhere.

    This game is full of bugs and glitches and LAG!!!!. I mean honestly if you are a halo fan then you have already beaten the 4 games already and want to see what matchmaking has to offer, which is nothing at the moment.

    There's also a glitch where you can boot a member from the opposing team.... wow!!!

    Once again I have lost interest in buying an xbone.

    I know there are a lot of people saying "don't worry they are fixing it".
    However like Ron White said "you can't fix stupid", and this my friends is 343 and microsoft being stupid.

    I am sick of games these days coming out that are broken and or unfinished products and we have to be stuck waiting for several patches to download while the rest of the game is sold as DLC.

    You would think after all the hate that Microsoft received after their xbone reveal that they would be nothing but a perfectionist upon releasing their games.

    I would only expect this much incompetence from EA games.

    Also didn't they say something about 300,000 servers for xbox one or some large number of the sort?
    They all must've taken the day off or are very lazy or maybe their not paid enough like all jobs these days so they do a half asked job.

    So yeah great job on the graphics, but shame on you for the broken day one matchmaking.

    Do you realize how many people took the day off their job or even called in just to have a day for this?
    If my beloved halo isn't dead yet then I will say this game is now on life support.

    CODAW worked fine for my friend and I on day one AT MIDNIGHT!!!
    Mario Kart 8 worked perfect for me the day one of release!
    BUT FOR SOME REASON THE BIG FREAKING COMPANY KNOWN AS MICROSOFT CAN'T EVEN GET THEIR MOST POPULAR CONSOLE SELLING GAME TO WORK MATCHMAKING ON DAY FREAKING ONE!!!!!!!!

    Shame shame shame on you.

    You better be kissing your consumers butts and giving out some great free stuff for those who suffered.

    If I would've bought this game and an xbone the day of release I would've taken it back and got my money back and used it to buy a nice bottle of scotch because atleast i wouldn't have been let down by the scotch's characteristics compared to those of the ignorance and incompetence of the 2 companies. When you spend 60 dollars on a game and in some cases 400 dollars for a console that day and take the day off work/call in which also means more money spent then a game should work without a doubt. Quit releasing broken games and letting the patches do the rest of the work. Maybe learn from Nintendo and postpone the game if its not entirely finished. So anyways..... if you love Halo then yes get the game, but I would wait till the price went down. These companies don't deserve the price they're asking for if they are just going to half ask job it and expect us to wait for patches    … Expand
  30. dabomb691
    Nov 25, 2014
    0
    Multiplayer does not work whatsoever, so avoid if you're looking for that til they fix it. It was also quite annoying to see Halo 3 dead last in the installation priority, even though all 4 other games were dling at the same time.
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#10 Best Xbox One Game of 2014
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#3 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2014
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#8 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2014

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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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