Poker Face
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Halo Master Chief Collection: H1-4. H2 full remaster. 1080p60. $59.99 Nov 11 Xbox One
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So a tweet from the official Halo Twitter account mentioned 93 multiplayer maps. But the numbers don't quite add up.
Halo: Combat Evolved - 13 Maps
Halo 2 - 12 (on disc) + 11 (DLC)
Halo 3 - 11 (on disc) + 13 (DLC)
Halo 4 - 10 (on disc) + 11 (DLC)
That's 81 maps. If you include the 6 re-done maps, then 87. That leaves 6 PC only maps.
Halo: Combat Evolved - 13 Maps
Halo 2 - 12 (on disc) + 11 (DLC)
Halo 3 - 11 (on disc) + 13 (DLC)
Halo 4 - 10 (on disc) + 11 (DLC)
That's 81 maps. If you include the 6 re-done maps, then 87. That leaves 6 PC only maps.
The number of campaign missions from that same tweet is dead on though. 45 between all 4 games, counting the non-playable prologue and epilogue levels from some games and the Armory tutorial from Halo 2.
barneystuta83
Member
For those hoping to pick it up on the 360.
Excuse me if I missed an earlier explanation...
But how does the multiplayer for this work exactly?...I know they said there is a straight poet of H2's multiplayer...and there is 100 maps..but do we get all 100 maps ported into H2's multiplayer...or does each game have it's own multiplayer mode?
Meaning if I wanna play "Hang em High" for instance..I have to fire up Halo CE's multiplayer...
But how does the multiplayer for this work exactly?...I know they said there is a straight poet of H2's multiplayer...and there is 100 maps..but do we get all 100 maps ported into H2's multiplayer...or does each game have it's own multiplayer mode?
Meaning if I wanna play "Hang em High" for instance..I have to fire up Halo CE's multiplayer...
Okay, so it sucks that they're doing playlists this way, but the fact that they're gonna let you see what maps are in a given playlist before you enter it rad. Hopefully that's something they'll carry forward to Halo 5 as well, it's always been annoying to have to go to out-of-game sources to find out what's going on in all the different playlists.
Each game runs in it's own engine, although you'll seemingly get to all of them through one set of matchmaking playlists.
I onder how stuff like XP and armor unlocking and customization will work? A new system for unlocking items across 3 and 4? There's gonna have to be a huge-ass customization menu to offer separate options for each one of the games.
Yeah, that seems cool. But they really need to add in the ability to select just one multiplayer. I don't care about fragmenting people, people are gonna want to play different things anyways.
Rickenslacker
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Are you counting CE and 2's PC maps?
shinobi602
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To be brutally honest I'm a little underwhelmed by Halo 2's visuals. I was expecting a much larger leap from Xbox to Xbox One.
No most people were saying it wouldn't sell very well and certainly wouldn't shift any systems although with this place, they were probably rival fanboys.
Treythalomew
Member
I think they know people will want to play a single game online.
Expected but really a bummer. At least theres the custom game option. Guess I will be roaming the community thread for this.
Exactly, all four games play vastly different. I just want to be able to hop into halo 2 matchmaking and just enjoy myself. But now I have to worry about getting matched into three different types of games.
You are out of your mind.
Good shit.I think they know people will want to play a single game online.
The Librarian
Banned
Looks like a pretty large leap to me.
Well right now the numbers are a leap. One was 720p/30fps and the new one is 1080p/60fps.
divinedbullet
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I think they know people will want to play a single game online.
thank god
metareferential
Member
Maybe it's about consistency (at 1080p/60) throughout the series (and reusing assets).
And I guess development began early on, after Halo CE Anniversary (They look pretty much the same after all).
Next remake is going to use the Halo 5 engine, hopefully.
Whoops. I knew I forgot something in that post lol. No, I'm not including the PC exclusive maps. Frankie mentioned in the IGN stream that they are not included in the Master Chief Collection.
CookedChocobo
Member
I think they know people will want to play a single game online.
Thank god, lets put that paranoia/nightmare to rest.
Diablohead
Member
Even if these games just had visual touch ups and were still 30fps it's a great bundle, but for halo 2 to have the full anniversary treatment and all titles 60fps 1080p? damn fucking awesome, son.
I was going to finish up my legendary halo 4 run at some point but i'll wait it out, also bullet sponge guardians can get out.
I was going to finish up my legendary halo 4 run at some point but i'll wait it out, also bullet sponge guardians can get out.
I think they have updated it like they did with the first game, so all 4 games will kind of look like good 360 games.
It would be a bit weird if Halo 2 looked a lot better than Halo 3 and especially 4. Now they will all look at a reasonably similar level and all 4 at 1080p/60fps.
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Looks about midtier 360 level.
Really? I think it looks great personally.
Diablohead
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I have a feeling halo 3 will just be higher res and smoother without any new models otherwise they would have said so, they said that halo 2 has had the treatment like halo 1 did, but never bought up halo 3 at all.
Halo 4 looks great as it is due to good art so that's ok.
thoseAREmySHOES
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It certainly will be. I hope the Bumper Jumper control scheme is available in all game modes.
divinedbullet
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All except for 2 of those maps will be included
Infinity has been confirmed not involved
Timberland and Gephyrophobia have been confirmed
Both Vista PC maps confirmed via Screenshot
So one of Ice Fields, Death Island, Danger Canyon will not be included
Poker Face
Member
I think they know people will want to play a single game online.
I don't want to be super negative, but what if he's referring to the campaign?
But a good sign, just want it to be super clear. I need to officially see in big letters that I can just play Halo 1, Halo 2, or Halo 3 before I drop $400 on an Xbox One.
No Halo 2 Matchmaking UI?
R3TRO
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Rickenslacker
Banned
He has said (at least some) Halo PC maps are included.
And there's this screen showing H2V maps.
Schmitty
Member
I think they know people will want to play a single game online.
Now I have zero hesitations for this collection. Pretty crazy to think just yesterday I would have never considered getting an Xbox but combined with Kinect out of the box now, this has pushed me over the edge.
Being able to play Halo CE online for the first time on Xbox + getting Halo 2 back after the servers shutdown is awesome.
DracoBlade
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I'm curious whether our existing service records will carry over to the games (i.e Halo 3) I don't see why not seeing as though its tied to gamertag as well as halo waypoint servers anywho, but it is a new platform....
strikeselect
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It makes sense that they want to combine all the games into one playlist. The fragmentation issues this collection is going to deal with online are massive.
soxinthebox
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Well that's pretty rad. Might have to get an Xbox come Xmas now.
Yeah thats what i mean, they aren't touching Halo 3 and 4 (apart from the 1080p/60fps update) so it would be a little weird if Halo 2 blew the other 3 games away.
I'm pretty sure Halo 2 Anniversary will look like what it would of done if it had come out on the 360 except now it will be 1080p/60fps.
Photolysis
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I'd like H4 to be shoved in its own playlist, just so it never gets to see the light of day again. Well, except for the few hundred people or so who'd play it.
This said, I can't see Halo 4 gaining much share of the votes in matchmaking. It's already failed once.
It's still a very weird way of doing things. From a gameplay perspective, I'd have thought that porting the maps over to H2A (or a new engine based on it) would have been far superior than having a game that plays completely differently from game to game, along with inconsistent feature sets.
Huh. He specifically said on the IGN stream that no PC maps were included. I guess he misspoke.
Was 576i for me lol.
I think they know people will want to play a single game online.
Excellent - they'd be crazy to do so much good work and make it where the community decides what gets voted in. If I want to play Halo 2, I want to play Halo 2 and just vote for maps. Skipping around Halo games is too wild - considering they are all rather differently played.
I think they know people will want to play a single game online.
I hope they mean multiplayer battles and not campaign playlists.
Frankie looks great! lost a lot of weight.