Its not finished but i wouldn't expect it o get much better. It would be a bit silly to have a Halo 1-4 collection where Halo 2 is by far the best looking game. It will imo stay close to Halo 4 level so we have a 1080p/60fps Halo collection where all the games look very similar in quality.
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Halo Master Chief Collection: H1-4. H2 full remaster. 1080p60. $59.99 Nov 11 Xbox One
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Its not finished but i wouldn't expect it o get much better. It would be a bit silly to have a Halo 1-4 collection where Halo 2 is by far the best looking game. It will imo stay close to Halo 4 level so we have a 1080p/60fps Halo collection where all the games look very similar in quality.
Vigilant Walrus
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Will there be a full achievement set for every single game? They said there was skulls and terminals added to Halo 2 AE.
And what about Spartans themselves? Will there be a create-a-spartan-mode across all the games? And can you use the Halo 4 playset with powerups on Halo 1 maps in the Halo 1 engine?
Just thinking about all the possible algorithims within this makes my head spin. And if Halo 2 now has Forge and Theater mode, how the hell will that work with the other games?
Finally, won't this mean that Halo 3 will be the "ugliest" game of the bunch now?
And what about Spartans themselves? Will there be a create-a-spartan-mode across all the games? And can you use the Halo 4 playset with powerups on Halo 1 maps in the Halo 1 engine?
Just thinking about all the possible algorithims within this makes my head spin. And if Halo 2 now has Forge and Theater mode, how the hell will that work with the other games?
Finally, won't this mean that Halo 3 will be the "ugliest" game of the bunch now?
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Great compilation, but when did they say Halo 5 was 1080p?
Benjamin1981
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You have to play them in order.
StalkerUKCG
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Where did I say Halo 5 was 1080p?
Oh I agree 100%, to me halo ce in its original form still looks good. All the Halo games age exceptionally well graphically.
God I'm excited for this, gonna play through all of them again in coop with a fellow halo loving friend of mine
NEW HALO Xbox One MULTIPLAYER 1080p 60fps
Or maybe I am misunderstanding you. This not referring to Halo 5?
Wait, what? Don't think I like that :/
That is talking about the 6 reworked Halo 2 maps in a newer engine. Not Halo 5.
To be fair, easily the worst thing about Halo 2 were the horrid cutscenes. The orig Xbox just wasn't powerful enough to do them justice. The devs said you can switch back to the orig Halo 2 graphics in the cutscenes though if thats what you want.
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Trunchisholm
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No, it won't. It will be the one that benefits the most from the resolution bump. Halo 3's major flaw was its poor IQ. Having the game run in 1080p and 60fps is going to be glorious with that lighting. The only thing that is going to still look like crap is the human models, mostly those of the marines and Lord Hood. I take from Frank's words that some elements had to be redone for Halo 3/4. I bet it's mostly the lowres backdrops that stick out like a sore thumb. Otherwise I expect those games, particularly 4, to look stellar.
What worries me is that the same poor audio compression might still be in during cutscenes in Halo 4. Please, Frank, say it isn't so...
Bolts-n-Rays1109
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By far the best thing shown off at E3, IMO. I can't wait to play through Halo 1-4 on Legendary again. Also, that exact same H2 MP!! How am I suppose to pass all my finals next semester?
True, especially the animations were godawful. Though in Halo CE they did seem to manage to upgrade those animations while in the improved graphics mode . Think I would have preferred something similar to that.
I just dislike a little that it will conflict with the graphics of the actual game. Otherwise I'm a total sucker for CGI done by Blur
StalkerUKCG
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Nope, Halo 5 is a different beast. This is a modified Halo 4 engine with a Halo 2 feature set and6 Halo 2 maps as a bonus. It's basically a remastered Halo 2 Multiplayer separate from the Halo 2 multiplayer. It seems to have been a Certain Affinity project or at least they have big involvement in it.
The graphic switch button gives you the old cutscenes still but the new CGI content by Blur will be great, The Halo Spartan Ops content they made was pretty mind blowing.
Listen up marines.
Got to imagine they are going for 900p with the 60fps for 5. 1080p would be nice but Frankie man would have to pull out some serious secret sauce to pull that off.
I don't know if it would had been more natural going with 1080p 30 if they could pull it. Should be an interesting debate going forward.
I don't know if it would had been more natural going with 1080p 30 if they could pull it. Should be an interesting debate going forward.
I would of thought they would be aiming for 1080p/60fps with Halo 5, especially after releasing a Halo Collection that has all the Halo games at 1080p/60fps.
Most consumers who are not as indepth with news as us will probably assume Halo 5 will be 1080p/60fps as the halo Collection is so it could cause confusion/negativity if it isn't.
Imo we shouldn't expect Halo 5 to look drastically better than what Halo 4 will look like at 1080p/60fps.
I'm all for it I just think they are going to have a hard time pulling it off. Don't think they are there yet as I'm sure they would have touted the point yesterday.
GarthVaderUK
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This is such an amazing package!
Yep, think so, too.
Listen up marines.
well, this looks insane....
They progress as a story, so is a must playing it in order.
Yes, it is a continuation of a story. If you want to play all of them in the right chronological order, you have to play them like this:
Halo Wars, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3 ODST, Halo 3 and Halo 4.
The spinoff titles (Halo Wars, Halo Reach and Halo 3 ODST) are not needed to get Master Chief's story, though. They just give you more insight about the whole story behind Halo.
I am a PS4/Wii U owner and I preordered a kinectless Xbox One just for the rumor of this collection. This is the first collection since the Orange Box to have this kind of Value. I like the Halo Multiplayer but I also love the campaigns. That being said I have never played through Halo 2's or 4's campaigns so I am pretty excited. I have also never played all the way through Reach's campaign. Is it worth playing through that before the collection comes put?
Yes. Very emotional and sad.
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StalkerUKCG
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Frankie, do you guys have an isolated version of the "polygonal Chief helmet" asset on the Master Chief Collection boxart?
This really makes the GTAV and Last of Us next gen rereleases look like a crock of shite.
Those other two are great games (obviously), but in light of this, they're taking the piss a bit if they think they can charge $60/£40 for a game we played last year. Whereas 343 have clearly done everything they can to make this as generous a package as they could.
Realistically, if this was Halo 4 Remastered, they'd still sell a ton of them at $60, so to give us 3 other games too is just an unbelievable package.
Those other two are great games (obviously), but in light of this, they're taking the piss a bit if they think they can charge $60/£40 for a game we played last year. Whereas 343 have clearly done everything they can to make this as generous a package as they could.
Realistically, if this was Halo 4 Remastered, they'd still sell a ton of them at $60, so to give us 3 other games too is just an unbelievable package.
They said, that they currently don't have plans for a PC version of this, in the IGN interview.
StalkerUKCG
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Rumour still. I won't say it's unfounded. Phil's push for PC support, Steam stuff etc.
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StalkerUKCG
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Blur CGI cutscene
It matters to play them in order.
Alcoholikaust
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Blur is insane
Diablohead
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This thread is confusing, all these different engines, a 2nd halo 2 map-engine MP mode? this is not going to help until microsoft clear this all up fully and explain what's going on with the MP side of things other then they can play in the same hoppers.
Part of the halo 2 anniversary thing makes me think it was originally in works for the 360 but was bought over to this collection, the updated visuals match what H1A was given, if not a little worse.
Part of the halo 2 anniversary thing makes me think it was originally in works for the 360 but was bought over to this collection, the updated visuals match what H1A was given, if not a little worse.
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Jackal snipers are MLG tier on legendary.
BruceLeeRoy
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Not since Orange Box has there ever been such overwhelming value in a bundle. I would honestly pay $60 for H3 stand alone and another $60 for H2.
Playing campaign H3 at 60fps and then H2 mp is going to be all I do this fall.
Unbelievable
Playing campaign H3 at 60fps and then H2 mp is going to be all I do this fall.
Unbelievable