I thought that a couple of days after the MCC came out, people would have already formed their own opinions on it.

Do you guys like it? Is it as great as you thought it would be? A let down for some?

I just thought it would be neat to hear the original Halo community's (<3) opinion.

Edit: I got it, you guys! I'm currently creating a big ass forge map on Awash with my step-brother and we've been having a blast. I've also gotten some hands on time with CE multiplayer (new for me) and that's also pretty great. Unfortunately, I'm stuck on Cairo Station in H2 campaign because I suck at Legendary.

Gamertag: L3G1T 8Bit
Add me if any of you want to play some time.

I like it and it has a lot of potential but they really dropped the ball on a lot of things.  50 file limit total, can't save films, no file browser, have to add person and then they have to be online to view their file share, the host in match making can boot people like a custom game (even in ranked), etc. 

I would never pay $60 dollars for it, but my Suitemate did in my dorm. Halo 2A forge is aaamaaaaazing. If you're a diehard halo fan and haven't played the old game in awhile I would say go for it.

Haven't played any multiplayer except for halo 3 yet because shitty server problems

The only letdown was the server issues 343 was having. Trying to join anyone's lobby was a pain in the ass, matchmaking did not work, it would not allow you to play co-op campaign with friends at times. 343 and Microsoft said fixing these issues were their highest priority though, so it should be good fairly soon. Other than that, H2A campaign is amazing, the terminals add a lot to the story and are very interesting, the skulls are fun, the visuals are stunning, especially the cutscenes. It is amazing being able to go back onto all of my favorite Halo 2 maps and play customs on them again, H2A forge is insane, you can do so much cool stuff in it. It is also really nice not having to switch discs, although if I want to play Reach I still have to.

Okay, good. I've been hearing a lot of negative feedback online about the servers which made me nervous about its overall outcome. I'm glad to hear that everything I had hoped for (not including the server issues) was as great as it looked a couple of months ago. Thanks.

Quote from: Noelle on November 13, 2014, 07:03:11 PM

The only letdown was the server issues 343 was having.

definitely not past tense nigga

tip top kek

It's fun.

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Quote from: Byrne on November 13, 2014, 07:40:16 PM

The cutscenes and character models are subpar.
The bloody things were outsourced to another company and they don't even looks as good as the Halo Wars cutscenes, the characters mover awkwardly, the aliens have no life to them, every humans face looks like it came out of chernobyl and the Chief is wrapped in clingfilm.

Details to the cutscenes were needlessly changed and the music, which was the one perfect aspect of Gaylo 2, was altered.

It's a disgrace.

What's a character mover?

It's a thing that happens when you typo at at 1:40 am.

Remastered cutscenes are stellar.

Art style of H2 is adhered to far more closely than CEA adhered to CE's [though I still love CEA's visuals]. Only complaint I have is that the Forerunner architecture should be a bit more withered.

Remastered soundtrack is, for the most part, excellent. Salta's pronounced drums really work well with H2's soundtrack IMO. Though one or two tracks are a messed up [I despise Heavy Price Paid's remastering in particular].

Haven't watched the terminals because the only person who uploaded them uploaded them in German.

Still waiting to actually get and play the game though. But from a lore/production value standpoint, it's off to a great start. And the only multiplayer I'll probably care enough to play/watch is CE, so...

Quote from: Legit 8-Bit on November 13, 2014, 07:53:26 PM

Quote from: True Turquoise on November 13, 2014, 07:40:23 PM

It's fun.

Noice.

I don't know what to say.

It looks great
It's fun
and 60fps is just cool in old halos

Yeah, I've been hoping it would turn out that way.

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Fucking let them, when this is the treatment Microsofts money maker gets after the bulidup and hype around it, it's a wonder people aren't ripping into it like they usually do.

If Microsoft don't want to make sure a proper job is done to their flagship, they won't do a good job with anything else.

Remastered cutscenes are stellar.

Art style of H2 is adhered to far more closely than CEA adhered to CE's [though I still love CEA's visuals]. Only complaint I have is that the Forerunner architecture should be a bit more withered.

Remastered soundtrack is, for the most part, excellent. Salta's pronounced drums really work well with H2's soundtrack IMO. Though one or two tracks are a messed up [I despise Heavy Price Paid's remastering in particular].

Haven't watched the terminals because the only person who uploaded them uploaded them in German.

Still waiting to actually get and play the game though. But from a lore/production value standpoint, it's off to a great start. And the only multiplayer I'll probably care enough to play/watch is CE, so...

I'm glad to hear you are liking it so far.

I want to get it, but I really don't feel like dropping money for an Xbone for just one (okay, three) game.