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4am tomorrow morning probably
4am tomorrow morning probably
More than half way through Reach (which I don't think I have played before) and it's doing a fine job filling the gap after finishing Doom Eternal. Forgot how good the lore, story and score are for the series.
If you like the story of Halo, I recommend taking a look at the novels.
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I waited so long for this to come out on steam, bought an xbox one just to play them all again but then grew out of it. recently started playing destiny 2 and ive clocked nearly 100 hours on it in a matter of weeks, which is unheard of for me nowadays, it just wipes the floor with the halo games now.
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I just don't get the Destiny longevity. The first mission on the moon with the Hive and first strike soo good. Then the game got very old very fast for me. I picked up all the DLC after the prices dropped for the single player stuff, didn't even finish it in the end.
Halo PvP i remember a true ranking system, 7 friends in competitive and social games, zombies on H2, funny custom games from forge, and even jumping in solo having no issues playing socially.
I really wanted Destiny to top that, or even get close would have been fine. Destiny just didn't have the playlists or world. But, whatever floats your boat
I wonder if anyone still plays Destiny 1 on the consoles. I fancy a go when the PS5 comes out.
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The Audio book for Halo 1, The Flood, is available on youtube. Well worth a listen to as it really fleshes out the plot and lore of Halo CE.
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Ooooooo, will take a look, thanks!
4am tomorrow morning.
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Anyone playing yet, I have the most fondest memories of Halo 2, maybe more so than Halo CE so looking forward to playing this once I've worked the rest of my way through CE
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Downloading now... 38GB "update" to MCC!
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Good old Windows Store messing things up again, I download the new 38gb patch and go into game, no Halo 2.
I check for any more updates in the Xbox app but there's nothing there, there is however one queued and ready in the Windows store. I try it from there and it finishes pretty quickly, but still no Halo 2 in game.
Xbox app now shows a new update is needed, the 38gb patch again. I download it for a second time but now the game won't even start. There doesn't seem to be an option to check/repair your installation in the App, the store however does. I hit repair and after a few seconds throws an error back, It does this a few times so I hit the cancel button, now my game is uninstalled
I'm now downloading the full 70gb game again
I check for any more updates in the Xbox app but there's nothing there, there is however one queued and ready in the Windows store. I try it from there and it finishes pretty quickly, but still no Halo 2 in game.
Xbox app now shows a new update is needed, the 38gb patch again. I download it for a second time but now the game won't even start. There doesn't seem to be an option to check/repair your installation in the App, the store however does. I hit repair and after a few seconds throws an error back, It does this a few times so I hit the cancel button, now my game is uninstalled
I'm now downloading the full 70gb game again
I know, @Parky it was giving me jip too, so much so that I thought bugger it and will just buy the MCC on Steam next sale.
Good old Windows Store messing things up again, I download the new 38gb patch and go into game, no Halo 2.
I check for any more updates in the Xbox app but there's nothing there, there is however one queued and ready in the Windows store. I try it from there and it finishes pretty quickly, but still no Halo 2 in game.
Xbox app now shows a new update is needed, the 38gb patch again. I download it for a second time but now the game won't even start. There doesn't seem to be an option to check/repair your installation in the App, the store however does. I hit repair and after a few seconds throws an error back, It does this a few times so I hit the cancel button, now my game is uninstalled
I'm now downloading the full 70gb game again
Yeh I thought I preloaded it. Now downloading all over again.
These are just straight ports of the Xbox One MCC. I was expecting better graphics for some reason. I'd already played all of these on the Xbox One.
Halo Reach in 4K was good, but CE and 2 have no need to be 4K. I'm hoping Halo 3 and 4 look amazing.
Halo Reach in 4K was good, but CE and 2 have no need to be 4K. I'm hoping Halo 3 and 4 look amazing.
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Halo 2 had a remaster, the others are just running at 60fps increased resolution. So Halo 2 will be better, well depending on your definition of better as i prefer the old art scheme. But it still looks and sound decent. On xbox H2A had frame consistent frame drops, so PC should play better.
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I was getting annoying frame drop issues on the New Mombasa levels last night, so i don't think they have solved it.
Using the tab button to go between the old and new graphics i didn't realise just how "lacking", for want of a better word, the original Xbox games was in some areas, especially textures. It didn't seem that bad when i played it back in 2004.
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