MarauderShields
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It was always that way. It is ODST that you had to have the game before Christmas to get.
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...alo-the-master-chief-collection-thank-you-faq
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343 industries announces a Beta for a patch for the MCC, delays it, then cancels it.
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It was always that way. It is ODST that you had to have the game before Christmas to get.
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...alo-the-master-chief-collection-thank-you-faq
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
I wonder, are the same people that jumped to High Voltage's defense when their skills as a development studio were being attacked going to jump to 343's as well?
Messofanego
Banned
10/10
If they give a shit, why did the game release in this condition? If they give a shit, why is the game STILL in this condition several months later?
benicillin
Banned
What a mess. I never would have expected MCC to be such a disappointment.
I guess getting it working could be considered a drastic change.
bananafactory
Banned
I think the problem is that most people are working on Halo 5 and there's probably a skeleton crew dedicated to fixing/maintaining MCC.
It's certainly not their priority in my eyes.
Caayn
Member
You mean like they did with the first DLC for H4 where the "marketing" for it didn't launch until after it had already happened?
Whatever makes it work.
Relic seems far off. Hope the community exists for people to enjoy it. I still feel Microsoft are desperate for Halo 5 to ramp up and can slowly brush MCC under the carpet, partially fixed. Hope I'm wrong but money is being spent fixing it and they'll call it a day sooner or later when it should be a glorious collection perfection for the long term. Maybe for the 20th Anniversary in VR. Halo needs above and beyond attention, not that'll do, kinda looks like Halo.
Relic seems far off. Hope the community exists for people to enjoy it. I still feel Microsoft are desperate for Halo 5 to ramp up and can slowly brush MCC under the carpet, partially fixed. Hope I'm wrong but money is being spent fixing it and they'll call it a day sooner or later when it should be a glorious collection perfection for the long term. Maybe for the 20th Anniversary in VR. Halo needs above and beyond attention, not that'll do, kinda looks like Halo.
RedAssedApe
Banned
beta tested in the future.
Miles Quaritch
Member
What a mess this game has been. They really should have just gone with H2A and then released the other games as expansions to keep the hype train going until Halo 5...
Might as well get this out of the way now, then.
Something something the MCC was made by several different studios. Something something 343 barely had a part in it. Something something bagels.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Ah, misread you. Thought you meant both pieces of content.
SEGAvangelist
Member
The game was released too early, obviously. It doesn't mean 343i doesn't give a shit about getting it to work correctly now.
The Halo 5 BETA was more stable that the MCC. Think about that.
I'm so glad they give a shit NOW, 3 months after people have PAYED for the game. That's just great.
The Artisan
Member
I'm guessing that was sarcasm
Death Metalist
Member
Welp. That was a way to make them have no excuses for the upcoming patch but now, it will always be excuses. I was looking forward to the beta patch but anyways, hoping for the best.
SEGAvangelist
Member
So you now agree that they give a shit?
maybe because the halo5 beta was probably made by 343 inhouse and not outsourced to 5 different company so they can rush it for the holidays
Maybe the problem was, and continues to be, way bigger than anyone realized?
I haven't been on a QA team for long, but in that little time I did learn that there are sometimes big problems that rarely arise during internal testing.
OK, they give a shit, but just barely.
That is just insane. There is NO WAY they didn't know the game was broken before release. There are way too many bugs in there. When the game released, you could play for one hour and you were guaranteed to encounter ATLEAST a few bugs. Still don't know why people defend this.
krypt0nian
Banned
Laughing stock is not too far out of a statement now.
So, if I'm reading this correctly:
"We were going to Beta test the patches publicly, but then we realised that rolling out the Beta test program was really, really, complicated.
Like, REALLY complicated.
Consequently, we've cancelled it until we can find the original QA and bug reports which clearly explained the issues and told us not to release the game in this condition."
Last part is a joke, of sorts.
In fairness, self-awareness is a step in the right direction, and it saves a load of bad press from having an even buggier beta test than the game was to begin with.
"We were going to Beta test the patches publicly, but then we realised that rolling out the Beta test program was really, really, complicated.
Like, REALLY complicated.
Consequently, we've cancelled it until we can find the original QA and bug reports which clearly explained the issues and told us not to release the game in this condition."
Last part is a joke, of sorts.
In fairness, self-awareness is a step in the right direction, and it saves a load of bad press from having an even buggier beta test than the game was to begin with.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
It really is unbelievable how much they fucked this up. Months after release and they still haven't ironed it out.
The Lamonster
Member
Must be hard for Bungie to see their baby in such bad shape.
Fortunately for them and for FPS fans, we have Destiny now.
Fortunately for them and for FPS fans, we have Destiny now.
SEGAvangelist
Member
So... like a turtle head right now?
Lys Skygge
Member
It's sad that one of my favorite game series' has become such a joke 
. Halo was pretty much the only reason I wanted an X1. Here's to hoping MCC eventually gets fixed and Halo 5 turns out to be good.
. Halo was pretty much the only reason I wanted an X1. Here's to hoping MCC eventually gets fixed and Halo 5 turns out to be good.Yes. Right.
Do you remember any other 343i product that didn't have a public beta so that it could come out sooner? How did that turn out?
Who would green light a Halo game to be outsourced to 6 different studios? That's just asking for trouble and to compound that with 343's horrible mismanagement. I don't know how these guys sold us a truly broken game and even had the gall to advertise it with the press by doing special "preview streams" and news articles.
They knew the game shipped broken - they knew and played dumb. I like Frankie and don't know how much control he had over this, but he knew too.
They knew the game shipped broken - they knew and played dumb. I like Frankie and don't know how much control he had over this, but he knew too.
Compsiox
Banned
If it's Microsoft, it's bad news!
TakeItSlowDude
Member
I take that we will probably never see a performance update for the single player if they can not even manage to fix the MP issues. It is pretty sad when Microsoft can not even spend the resources to get a remaster of its most important series right.
lol internet
Banned
What. A. Joke. Seriously laughable.
There's no way I'm picking up Halo 5 day one after my day one/midnight experience with MCC. I was incredibly disappointed, and it's STILL broken. Fool me once...
There's no way I'm picking up Halo 5 day one after my day one/midnight experience with MCC. I was incredibly disappointed, and it's STILL broken. Fool me once...
FunkyPajamas
Member
I can't get enough of this one.
halo 4? cause that game launched alright just people didn't like it.
bananafactory
Banned
I've only played 2 campaign missions and am still holding out for that performance update.
It will come!
Samurai G0SU
Member
LMAO!!!!!!! love it
DontBeThatGuy
Member
The MCC should've been such a beautiful thing, but instead it's just become such a lost cause for so many people, and apparently 343 themselves. They aren't solving this before Halo 5 comes out.
First a broken game, now a broken link.
Only one way 343 can redeem themselves now.
That's not how you commit Sudoku!