Halo MCC - Halo 4 - 17th November

MrMarvelous · 13 Mar 2019 at 18:09

Very nice surprise, and on Steam too!

Hopefully it'll be a good conversion/port.

agnes · 13 Mar 2019 at 18:11

MrMarvelous said:
Very nice surprise, and on Steam too!

Hopefully it'll be a good conversion/port.

I very much doubt there will be a lot of options, the biggest one that will likely be missing is a FOV slider which will be very horrible on PC.

ic1male · 13 Mar 2019 at 18:15

agnes said:
I very much doubt there will be a lot of options, the biggest one that will likely be missing is a FOV slider which will be very horrible on PC.

No, that's incorrect. They've already said that there will be FOV and ultrawide 21:9 options at least.

Omaeka · 13 Mar 2019 at 18:19

agnes · 13 Mar 2019 at 18:21

ic1male said:
No, that's incorrect. They've already said that there will be FOV and ultrawide 21:9 options at least.

Oh sweet! I love to be proven wrong in this instance haha. Thanks

Gerard · 13 Mar 2019 at 18:32

Robi said:
Oh god.

XeNoNF50 · 14 Mar 2019 at 07:35

This will be my life when it's out

Martini1991 · 14 Mar 2019 at 07:50

As good as the announcement is.
The total lack of release date is a bit naff.

Would have hoped for "Launching right now" A game a month.

malachi · 14 Mar 2019 at 08:56

Martini1991 said:
As good as the announcement is.
The total lack of release date is a bit naff.

Would have hoped for "Launching right now" A game a month.

Yeah I was hoping for "On Windows Game Pass after this announcement" As they have been sitting on a PC build for a while as it was "accidentally" shown at E3 a few years ago.

CHokKA · 14 Mar 2019 at 09:02

Yeah I was disappointed to see that it's a staggered launch for the games, and also that Reach is going to be coming out first. I get that it's a prequel, but for me, Halo Combat Evolved is where it all began, and it should start there for this as well.

Anyway, I wasn't really bothered about Reach. I played it and it was enjoyable, but for me, Halo is all about the Master Chief, and he's not in Reach!

Freddie1980 · 14 Mar 2019 at 09:34

CHokKA said:
Yeah I was disappointed to see that it's a staggered launch for the games, and also that Reach is going to be coming out first. I get that it's a prequel, but for me, Halo Combat Evolved is where it all began, and it should start there for this as well.

Anyway, I wasn't really bothered about Reach. I played it and it was enjoyable, but for me, Halo is all about the Master Chief, and he's not in Reach!

Disappointed sure but it's expected. Microsoft new business model seems to recycling old games (last they announced the same thing for the Age of Empires series).

youdsy · 14 Mar 2019 at 14:25

whats the appeal of halo games?

Bluecube · 14 Mar 2019 at 14:35

Once upon a time they were good... The single player games have been greatly surpassed by other FPSs since. I suspect that it's the multiplayer aspect that holds the most attraction for folk as it still holds up very well today.

CHokKA · 14 Mar 2019 at 14:43

youdsy said:
whats the appeal of halo games?

When it first came out, it was the best co-operative FPS out there, and the universe is rich with lore. The entire concept was something new back then, and many that played it would still happily play through it again today because it's still one of the best FPS games out there in terms of design and story.

McGray · 14 Mar 2019 at 16:58

Halo 2/3 multiplayer was so good.

The music still gets me going now.

B1scu1T · 14 Mar 2019 at 17:46

Not even sure I'll play it, but probably going to buy it purely out of principle.

Eurofighter · 15 Mar 2019 at 10:47

Great news, probably won't have split screen coop though.

arc@css · 15 Mar 2019 at 12:48

Great news, I've been wanting to play more of the games in the series for yonks now. Although in theory not quite what appeals to me in a shooter the way others do, there's something very polished about the delivery of these titles that makes Halo a very enjoyable experience.

N19h7m4r3 · 15 Mar 2019 at 13:47

Freddie1980 said:
Disappointed sure but it's expected. Microsoft new business model seems to recycling old games (last they announced the same thing for the Age of Empires series).

Can we get a remastered Freelancer then?

That was such a fun game.

Freddie1980 · 15 Mar 2019 at 16:07

N19h7m4r3 said:
Can we get a remastered Freelancer then?

That was such a fun game.

Who knows, there's a lot of competition in the space-sim market with Elite, Squadron 42, Star Citizen, X4 Foundations and Eve already competing for relatively small all be it enthusiastic crowd. Personally I would like to see X-Wing and Tie Fighter games get a remake but with Disney in charge of the IP that seems like a pipe dream.