Are you talking about the pvp part of the game? I didn't play it very much, so I can't say if I agree or disagree. I loved the campaign though. Firefight was fun as well.REACH was horrible however
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Letter from Bonnie Ross in regards to MCC (Halo 3 ODST SP free to MCC players)
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No plans for firefight atm though it seems. Hell I remember firefight being terrible to play on 360. I remember trying to go for that vidmaster achievement getting to set 5. Many times the game fucking up just before that. One time JUST set 5 was beginning to load... So if they do bring it back, just make it run good...again...
CaptainSlow
Member
I wonder if there will be more achievement added for ODST. So far one of my favorite parts of the collection is getting all the story, terminal, skull and easter egg achievements. I would assume there would be.
Miles Quaritch
Member
HOLY SHIT.
HOLY SHIT!
Miles Quaritch
Member
Goddamn, I'm in complete shock.
The best Halo campaign is coming to X1. Forever preserved!!!!
This is just too much.
The best Halo campaign is coming to X1. Forever preserved!!!!
This is just too much.
soxinthebox
Member
This offering appeases me
Miles Quaritch
Member
I haven't played it yet but bought the copy day 1. So that means no ODST for me?
Read it again,
Sounds like it's coming as DLC, with those who have MCC getting it free.
BigTnaples
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Muskieratboi
Member
Because:
1) While 343i is a HUGE company dev-wise, most of them are working on H5A. The team behind MCC is comparitively tiny compared to the H5A crew.
2) ODST isn't being worked on specifically by 343i. It's most likely being outsourced to Ruffian Games, who worked on the Halo 3 and 4 ports. (and are most likely having to now divert development time from their own upcoming game, Hollowpoint, to do so.)
3) Not everyone at 343i CAN fix the game. Not every developer is experienced in P2P Netcode and Azure Cloud server technology. I'm quite sure that although there have been many issues, The devs that ARE working on the netcode are working as hard as they can on a solution.
4) Jeez, dude. Free game and a Month of Xbox Live as a "We're Sorry we fucked up, we're working as hard as we can" apology, and it's not enough for you? That's the friggin definition of Gamer Entitlement.. (hell, at least 343i didn't demand you don't sue them, unlike Ubisoft!)
But they already released broken versions of some of the best games released on 360. I'd wait to see what the quality of this port is before jumping up and down with glee. If it is as bad as the other games, then it's hardly compensation.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Same. Wtf... they should've at least given 2 days notice.Starting to wish I saw this thread earlier. I've had MCC sitting wrapped in my desk since launch but haven't played it waiting for things to smooth over. No free XBL month for me
This sucks.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
... why are there so many people here that bought MCC day one but didn't even try to play it once...? I'm so confused.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Because the game didn't/doesn't work. I was waiting it out. I have a ton of other shit to play.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Well to be fair, you didn't really experience the bustedness that warranted the compensation.
Beer Monkey
Member
I would imagine the people working on the ODST campaign have not been coding MCC online multiplayer, I can't see this taking away from the initiative to fix problems.
Halo 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ODST for $60 in higher resolution and framerate than ever is a deal even if they had never included online multiplayer. I don't regret my purchase, even though I'm disappointed with them shipping the package with broken multiplayer. It was a bad move, but it isn't worth being salty about.
Halo 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ODST for $60 in higher resolution and framerate than ever is a deal even if they had never included online multiplayer. I don't regret my purchase, even though I'm disappointed with them shipping the package with broken multiplayer. It was a bad move, but it isn't worth being salty about.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Haha. Fair enough I suppose.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Depends who is developing.
Will it he Saber? Ruffian? 343 themselves? Or maybe a new contender has appeared!
I'm curious to see whether ODST will be added to the MCC main menu proper or if it'll be a separate app that you can launch outside of MCC.
My guess would be the latter tbh.
Seems likely that it'll be Ruffian handling ODST porting duties seeing as how they ported Halo 3 already. (and both games utilize the same engine, basically)
My guess would be the latter tbh.
Seems likely that it'll be Ruffian handling ODST porting duties seeing as how they ported Halo 3 already. (and both games utilize the same engine, basically)
Twilight Gap
Member
hopefully they remember to add the option to start the game.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
FUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
YEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
VisceralBowl
Member
I'd say former.
SlickShoes
Member
It's not entitlement to expect a product you buy to actually function as intended. None of what's on offer fixes the game, many people say it's still broken.
Compensation is nice but let's not pretend this makes everything ok now.
OrbitalBeard
Member
343 says it's going to be available within the MCC. Sounds like traditional add-on DLC to me, not a separate game.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Ah yes, the good old fucking gamer entitlement argument again. Oh god, how DARE I expect a game I pay $65 for on day one work properly? How DOUBLE DARE I expect this game to work properly 5 weeks after release (which is still does not)?
Give me a break, dude.
Gambit 1138
Banned
Wait if I didn't play MCC online before yesterday I don't get ODST? I bought the game the day it came out and had to put up with numerous bugs and patch issues. I didn't bother trying multiplayer because of the all issues. Fuck Off Microsoft
Mr. Enigma
Member
If you booted up the game, you get it.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Yikes. If your XB1 was connected to the internet at any point during the last month or so while playing any portion of the MCC, you're getting ODST for free.
Twilight Gap
Member
Assuming ODST isn't a broken mess (and the rest is fixed in a timely fashion), it makes everything ok to me. frankie can spit in my cheerios for all I care.
i get back the month i lost and my favorite game added to the collection. i don't think they're "redeemed" but i feel less salty about buying a paperweight now.
If you got patches chances are you were online
I haven't played it yet but bought the copy day 1. So that means no ODST for me?
Nope
Yes it sucks, but how should MS know that you bought the game ...
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
They knew I bought an X1 for the anniversary stuff somehow, I bought it before the cut off date, but got my X1 after. Still got the stuff, was strange...
Blue Ninja
Member
Goddamn, did not expect this. Well done 343, looking forward to playing ODST.
Now we just need Reach and the collection is complete.
Now we just need Reach and the collection is complete.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
reach is worst halo
aygomyownroad
Member
I bought the game at launch but I've never played online yet as I know there had been problems. Am I entitled to osdt? Played single player mcc
thelastword
Banned
ODST is in development, that's good, hopefully they add reach too.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Just seems weird to me to just take other people's word for it and not even bother to pop in the game you just paid $60 for to try it out for yourself, even once.
To be clear, I'm not trying to attack you or anything, I just genuinely don't understand. Like, the way I see it, if you cared so little that you didn't even find it worth it to open the box based off the word of others, why buy it day one at all, especially given that you have a ton of other games to play?
Muskieratboi
Member
You're perfectly fine expecting the game to have worked day 1. that's cool.
But they didn't. They fucked up. They said as much, have apologised, and they're working as hard as they can on fixing the issues.
Yet you're acting like they're just sitting on their butts doing nothing.
You just got given an apology by a major game developer, a promise (from said major developer mind you) that they are working as hard as they can on a fix (which takes time, you can't rewrite the netcode for a AAA shooter title in 5 weeks, let alone a day), a Month of Xbox Live (compensating you for the time so far that it hasn't worked), and announcing that they are adding one of the highly requested Non-Mainline Halo campaigns, For free, mind you, in a couple of months.
What more can you possibly ask them right now? And Realistically. No "They Should Haves", because that's in the past. No "I want it fixed NOW", as that's not possible and you know it.
That is what I mean by Gamer Entitlement.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Lol, so it's UNREASONABLE and GAMER ENTITLEMENT now to want a game to be fixed 5 WEEKS after I gave them $65 for them to hand me a broken game? You're a riot, man.
Oh boy, I got an apology from an indirect, unpersonable press release from Bonnie Ross! Yay! Meanwhile, they got my $65 and vacation days from work I'll never get back for something that DOESN'T WORK.
Serious question: do you work for 343? Because you fucking sound like it.
OrbitalBeard
Member
It's not unreasonable at all and the game should have worked on day one but it didn't, so they're trying to make it right in the meantime.
If that's not good enough for you, fine. Get a refund and move on.
Mr. Enigma
Member
I bought it at Walmart. They don't give refunds for opened games.
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