Halo: The Master Chief Collection

 Xbox One
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1941 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 304 out of 1941
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  1. countyourmacros
    Nov 18, 2014
    1
    I'm going to review each campaign, then I'll review the multiplayer, and lastly I'll go over glitches, crashes, and bugs. You should note that Microsoft's PR team is responsible for the higher than average User Score ratings on all Microsoft games. It costs them very little to create multiple Metacritic accounts just to boost ratings.

    The Halo 1 campaign left me feeling bitter. They    I'm going to review each campaign, then I'll review the multiplayer, and lastly I'll go over glitches, crashes, and bugs. You should note that Microsoft's PR team is responsible for the higher than average User Score ratings on all Microsoft games. It costs them very little to create multiple Metacritic accounts just to boost ratings.

    The Halo 1 campaign left me feeling bitter. They hardly did anything at all to it. Visually, it looks like a very old Xbox 360 game, not what you'd expect for an Xbox One game at all.

    The Halo 2 campaign was great. The cut scenes were magnificent, and very well done, particularly the Gravemind cut scene. Unfortunately the rest of the gameplay wasn't what you would expect for a remastered game on the Xbox One, but the cut scenes made up for it.

    Halo 3 campaign was just a slap in the face. They did absolutely nothing to it. Halo 3 came out 7 years ago. Why on earth did Microsoft think they'd be able to get away without retouching this game? I found myself feeling so disinterested, especially after playing the touched up Halo 2.

    Halo 4, this is where 343 took over the franchise. I had never played Halo 4 before, but when I played this game, I could hardly believe this was originally an Xbox 360 game. Sure, there were some frame-rate issues, but that didn't take away from the game. Loads of new vehicles and weapons had me feeling excited the whole way through.

    Multiplayer never worked, and still doesn't work. It'll take ages to matchmake, just to put you in terrible games (like 2v2, or 5v3). 90% of the time it will just kick you anyway, and I have great internet, so it's not on my end.

    This game was infected with glitches. Hard crashes would cause you to restart the game. You'd see weapons spinning in circles on a wall (minor). Save files would get wiped out and you'd need to restart certain missions. This just to name a few.

    My conclusion is, don't buy this game if you're strapped for cash. There are better games on the market, and there are even better games coming to market. This is a console exclusive, designed to compete with PS4 console exclusives like Uncharted 4, The Last Of Us, and Order Of 1886. I can definitely tell you that Titanfall, Forza, and Halo do not compete well with PS4. Microsoft didn't step up, they didn't do their job, and I wish I bought a PS4.    … Expand
  2. 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.
  3. xxPunchyxx
    Nov 21, 2014
    1
    I am writing this review 10 days after launch. Since release, I have only been able to connect to 5 games in multiplayer. I am a huge Halo fan. I gave them plenty of time to resolve problems. A new patch came out today with no effect. I can't express my disappointment with my wallet since I did a digital download, so I'm expressing it here in hopes you won't waste YOUR money. EvenI am writing this review 10 days after launch. Since release, I have only been able to connect to 5 games in multiplayer. I am a huge Halo fan. I gave them plenty of time to resolve problems. A new patch came out today with no effect. I can't express my disappointment with my wallet since I did a digital download, so I'm expressing it here in hopes you won't waste YOUR money. Even single player is so buggy that it is not worth buying. Do a quick search in Halo forums to confirm... this game is utterly unplayable. I want my money back!… Expand
  4. A_Bank_Robber
    Dec 3, 2014
    1
    Game still does not work 3 weeks after launch i give up i got a refund. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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).

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    Sorry if I offended you by insulting your favorite company.    … Expand
  10. VonRansak
    May 2, 2015
    1
    6 months in, still not on dedicated servers.

    For many that was a BIG SELLING point.

    For others, it was just a Betrayal. Which, coincidentally, seems to have sped up the Halo 5 respawn timer, which it clearly should have delayed the respawn of another Halo title. It's little inaccuracies like these that make me think they don't play a lot of Halo.
  11. TheLastBandit92
    Oct 13, 2015
    1
    absolutely awful. the game's multiplayer lags and I can't find a match. Also, this game is outdated, and not in a "final fantasy 7 outdated good". It's just no longer fun. Maybe I've matured too much. Very bad.
  12. HaloVeteran
    Jun 2, 2020
    1
    6 years later and the game still barely functions on Xbox with no improvements on the PC release, only more game breaking issues. Terrible ports to both the Xbox One and PC. 343 Industries has proven time and time again that they do not care about Halo or its fans. There is no love from the Halo community towards 343 as a company or the designers and developers they employ.

    343    6 years later and the game still barely functions on Xbox with no improvements on the PC release, only more game breaking issues. Terrible ports to both the Xbox One and PC. 343 Industries has proven time and time again that they do not care about Halo or its fans. There is no love from the Halo community towards 343 as a company or the designers and developers they employ.

    343 Industries has lied, blatantly scammed, and disrespected fans every single moment the Halo franchise has been in their possession. They hold no passion for Halo as a game and only value its worth as a name they can slap on whatever product they see fit, to milk whatever money they can out of the ever dwindling audience they still loosely hold. 343 Industries will be the death of the Halo franchise.    … Expand
  13. tdebug
    May 27, 2020
    0
    These games belong to the years they been released. Despite higher resolution, still the same shooter and general look&feel. If you have nostalgia then you might like those. Otherwise, not a 2020 game by any mean, period.
  14. wesker2012
    Nov 27, 2014
    0
    I was really pumped up for this game and I thought for sure this game would be a no brainer 10 out of 10 game. Unfortunately, Halo multiplayer fans are getting burned badly. This is probably the worst launch I've ever seen of a video game. The multiplayer is just a complete mess and hardly works most of the time. They keep releasing patches, but there are so many problems still. ThisI was really pumped up for this game and I thought for sure this game would be a no brainer 10 out of 10 game. Unfortunately, Halo multiplayer fans are getting burned badly. This is probably the worst launch I've ever seen of a video game. The multiplayer is just a complete mess and hardly works most of the time. They keep releasing patches, but there are so many problems still. This launch has left a very bad taste in my mouth. Its really just making me tired of even trying to get it to work and not even caring anymore. Game releases like these are really hurting the game industry as people cannot even rely on major reputable video game brands to deliver experiences expected. How many gamers will be willing to spend 60 dollars on a newly released game when these broken releases are becoming so commonplace?… Expand
  15. SKELETOR420
    Apr 2, 2016
    0
    Broken. Completely broken. And they won't fix it. Avoid 343i products at all cost. They are outright liars who really don't deserve to still have the reigns of a now destroyed franchise.
  16. Brosman
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    10's on this game are unacceptable. I don't care how much of a nostalgia boner it gives you. Multiplayer literally does not work, and its been three days. This is unacceptable as I have been able to get into a match for that time. Just ended up selling it and getting CoD:AW but it looks like its having similar issues.
  17. Yoshi1
    Nov 19, 2014
    0
    Online multiplayer still doesn't work over a week later and now the patch that will "fix" the problem has been delayed. That should be in there top priority list of things that need to work when the game launch's. Even then it should have been fixed within 24 hours, but now I have a feeling that it's going to take a long time until multiplayer works like it should.
  18. sparkyshark
    Jun 12, 2021
    0
    This game gets a bad rap from the original owners. I, admittedly, got the game after launch and after the online issues were fixed, but even without the exciting multiplayer aspects of this game, playing 4 of the best games ever (now you can get ODST and Reach, too) really developed my love for Halo. I only played Halo 3 before this and then got to experience 1-4 on the XBOX One as theThis game gets a bad rap from the original owners. I, admittedly, got the game after launch and after the online issues were fixed, but even without the exciting multiplayer aspects of this game, playing 4 of the best games ever (now you can get ODST and Reach, too) really developed my love for Halo. I only played Halo 3 before this and then got to experience 1-4 on the XBOX One as the first title I picked up. Awesome memories staying awake until 4am playing these with friends in high school.… Expand
  19. DHTH
    Dec 2, 2014
    0
    All they had to do is port pre-existing games that they didn't even make! Almost zero work was required on their part and they still managed to mess that up. This isn't an issue of bad launch servers, this is the result of laziness. Unfortunately the bugs are so baked in that it will likely never function as it should.
  20. pavskies
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    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.
  21. 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.
  22. BillyKaneX
    Nov 14, 2014
    0
    How can a game with so many problems like this, be with such a good note?
    The online mode just does not work! And only hear excuses from developer! So far, I have not been able to play an online game even! I do not advise buying this game. Not until the developer fix this serious problem!
  23. DanT
    Dec 3, 2014
    0
    Return for full refund. (Even the digital version)

    Multiplayer is completely broken. It can take hours for matchmaking to queue a single game. Normally Microsoft doesn’t provide refunds on digitally purchased games but since this game is so blatantly broken, they have no choice but to provide a full refund. Simply contact Xbox live support. I will consider repurchasing this game in    Return for full refund. (Even the digital version)

    Multiplayer is completely broken. It can take hours for matchmaking to queue a single game. Normally Microsoft doesn’t provide refunds on digitally purchased games but since this game is so blatantly broken, they have no choice but to provide a full refund. Simply contact Xbox live support.

    I will consider repurchasing this game in the future if multiplayer is properly fixed.    … Expand
  24. metascifi
    Nov 11, 2014
    0
    the multiplayer is broken- you can't see your friends online, you can't join games, i can't even get into a multiplayer game by myself. so unless you want to play the campaign why buy the game until they fix it?
  25. FUCCKCOD
    Jan 4, 2015
    0
    What a broke piece of **** JUST LIKE the rest of this generation.What a broke piece of **** JUST LIKE the rest of this generation.What a broke piece of **** JUST LIKE the rest of this generation.What a broke piece of **** JUST LIKE the rest of this generation.
  26. Davekeeh
    Nov 11, 2014
    0
    I can now see why TLOU: Remastered received a much higher score than the Halo: Master Chief Collection on Metacritic.

    Quality over quantity. Then again, TLOU has plenty of content as well. Halo is just too outdated in this day and age. Let Halo 5 be the sand to cover up the grave that is Halo.
  27. nateh90
    Nov 11, 2014
    0
    Most frustrating gaming experience ever. Took forever to install. Many of the original mechanics are broken such as crouch jumping in halo 1. Matchmaking just doesn't work. Can't they figure this out with a closed beta??
  28. TrevMizer
    Nov 16, 2014
    0
    In it's current state the game is highly unplayable if you care at all about online multiplayer. Even if you just want to do co op campaign with a friend I have bad news for you. Halo 1 and 2 co op has about 1 second of input delay for whoever isn't host. With Halo 3 the lag and framerate is just unbearable. Halo really deserves better than this.
  29. OhThomas
    Nov 24, 2014
    0
    The online for this game is broken, which is the main feature in a Halo series. 343 has so much to do that I wouldn't even know where to begin. Will change the score when they fix this broke garbage
  30. TopHatJohn
    Nov 26, 2014
    0
    The campaign mode works for the most part.
    The multiplayer is completely destroyed.
    You can't play with friends at all.
    Even if you're playing on the same TV, you'll end up on opposite teams.
    If you can get a game in the first place.
    The Halo series has been my favorite set of games.
    I'm very sad to see 343 ruin it.
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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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