And the time has finally come. Microsoft and 343 Industries have showcased, for the first time ever, the PC version of Halo Reach that will be included in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. This video showcases the E3 2019 demo (that will be most likely available to insiders next week) and packs almost an hour of PC gameplay footage.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection features a total of 67 campaign missions plus more than 120 multiplayer maps (including the original Halo Combat Evolved maps) and Spartan Ops maps. This collection basically features all six Halo games. The first Halo game that will be coming out for the PC is Halo Reach and will be followed by Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, the Halo 3: ODST Campaign and Halo 4.
The PC version will feature robust action mapping options, great mouse/keyboard input across the entire game, low input latency by leveraging raw input and latency validation via slow motion cameras and support for a broad set of mouse and gameplay options.
Moreover, PC gamers can expect support for FOV sliders (to the extent each game can realistically support), updated UI controls, robust video and game options, text chat, as well as support for 4K resolutions, GSync/Freesync monitors and high refresh rates.
343 Industries and Splash Damage are doing their best to offer a polished product, which is why the flighting program was delayed (it is said that the flighting will begin in June).
Enjoy!
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I still don’t get the appeal of this franchise…
Guess you would have had to play the original when it came out.
Most people here did
The original was a fine game, but it’s sequels were inferior in almost every way outside maybe graphics and content.
Nah 2 and 3 were miiiiles better than the first one. Not even a comparison there.
2s campaign was god awful due to development constraints.
Pacing is all over the place and it’s linear as f*k.
A game isn’t judged on just its campaign my guy. Both had more/better weapons, enemies, abilities, vehicles, game modes, maps, netcode, forge, custom modes and etc.
That’s why I said the multiplayer content was ok.
That doesn’t mean I should excuse the pathetic campaign when that was a big focus.
The Halo Custom Editon also had all of that and more.
i still think halo is the most generic and unappealing franchise of all time when it comes to triple a industry but because there are no good games to play anymore, i’m excited for this.
You are another who did not experience the Magic of when it came out I take it 😀 …
Heck I remember when it originally was to be a Mac game and Master Chief was on the cover of MacWorld Magazine. Since I played all the Marathon games on PC in High School / College I kept watch on Bungie all those years ago.
i did, never liked it. my first pc game was woflenstein 3d and i still love wolfenstein 3d and original doom games to death.
“experience the Magic”
You sound like an Apple commercial!
“Magic”… it’s called nostalgia dude, everyone experienced “magic” at one point, nothing to do with Halo
The only thing good about this franchise…the soundtrack! Other than that…MEH!
the first one had good shooting mechanics and ai at the time.
Have you played it?
Imo it’s enjoyable because the story is developed and the gunplay is enjoyable. I thought it was really fun and the multiplayer was great.
the first game had enjoyable gunplay after that it was downhill form there.
Really? I thought halo 3 and reach had the best gunplay in the series. Combat Evolved was only decent imo.
Playing Co-op story with 4 friends/family. Getting a LAN lobby set up during school for some big team or Free For All action at the end of the semester. Beating the campaign with a group of people on Legendary with skulls on. Forging new maps and sharing with the community or friends at school. The multitude of game modes (Zombies, Infection, Griftball, Racing and much much more).
You really HAD to be social to truly experience Halo and all it had to offer. It personally went downhill after Reach but it’s still one of (if the best) Arena Shooter around. The game required “Pure Skill” (even when others had Power Weapons) to win.
“I still don’t get the appeal of this franchise..”
what i don’t get are the gamers that don’t get games yet manage to comment on the games that they don’t get. ….i still don’t get that.
as for Halo Reach, i will get that and that i will keep.
Halo was more of an xbox thing. some of the PC gamers here might own a playstation as well. I’m particularly looking forward to playing Halo Reach. had fond memories of it.
Yup, weapons and enemy designs that look like they were made by mattel and the series got worse as time passed.
As a pure PC gamer you wouldn’t. If you’ve played (and liked) FPS on a console before you really should get it though. It does a lot of things right that other console FPS do wrong.
I played the first two on PC. I was bored out of my mind and was rofl-ing at how amazing the music was and how painfully awful everything else was as well
I played the first two on PC. I was bored out of my mind and was rofl-ing at how amazing the music was and how painfully awful everything else was as well
I played the first two on PC. I was bored out of my mind and was rofl-ing at how amazing the music was and how painfully awful everything else was as well
I played the first two on PC. I was bored out of my mind and was rofl-ing at how amazing the music was and how painfully awful everything else was as well
This crap starts to smell like ripoff. Sliders, fow, ffs, they are giving a 10+ old game! Put ray tracing, hd textures, fov and unlocked fps are things that should be default, not thing that are worth bragging!
dont worry they will be in the re-re release 5 years from now
“This crap starts to smell like ripoff. Sliders, fow, ffs, they are giving a 10+ old game! Put ray tracing, ”
And here I thought ray tracing was crap, not worth it to pc gaming. (so says 90% of DSOG comments) …so why would any developer put crappy ray-tracing in their games? while I do agree that Halo Reach should have a lot of graphics settings. I guess Ray-tracing is a “hate it” or “love it” thing…
I dont think I’ve ever read anyone speaking fairly say RTing “was crap” – unless they were obvious trolls. Of course the tech is great. The problem was Nividia. Without competition, they assumed they could charge pretty much any price they wanted. The way Nvidia handled RTing “was crap.” Not RTing itself.
well put and also the implementation was very poor and underwhelming
Can’t wait to play this!
Really? I mean its like getting a port of some old console game like say playing project snowblind on pc.
It could be the nostalgia talking, but I always loved the Halo franchise. The books are actually pretty good, too.
off topic, buy this game immediately :
storedotsteampowereddotcom/app/857980/Void_Bastards/
it’s a combination of system shock, prey and xiii. i haven’t loved a game like i love this game in a long while. i’m not a story guy but damn even lore and atmosphere in this game is interesting. i don’t know if it uses denuvo or not but it worth $30.
playing it right now
the good thing is that you can play it on easy and not having to worry about roguelike elements of dying all the time due to unfair difficulty. Also it has humor
the bad, its another roguelike repettive game that gets old after an hour. It lacks depth i got bored prety fast.
Yeah the Roguelike element litterally killed my hopes about this game, procedural lvl design isn’t the best idea when you want to make a sim, but at least it has really appealing art style
the core game is good so i hope they’ll add more stuff to in in the future. mod support is a must for this game.
have you refunded it yet?
No, didn’t buy it yet, but i’ll get it after some updates
Reach looks pretty meh on PC even if it’s still work in progress video… I don’t have any high expectations for it.
Hopefully the MCC at least gets some texture work done on PC. But I really don’t expect the dev’s to go all out on these older Halo games.
graphics look trash. muddy a*s textures and low res.
yeah looks like a old console port….which it is. But it was dated even then.
imagine spending $2000 on a PC to play a game that looks this bad.
when this games coming to steam store …. ?? 🙁
Probably around September.
Probably around September.
Thankfully the only HALO game i Played start to finish was Halo reach and this game is out of series.
It will be amazing to play superior 4K/60fps PC version of Halo Remastered, Halo 2 Remastered, Halo 3, Halo 4 and Halo 5 oh and there is also Halo ODST.
I also hope to get all these games for free since some time ago i got digital collection for like 10# and activated on my MS account and MS with all their latest games does buy once play on all systems like with Gears 4 and Gears remake.
So when this comes out i might get all the games day one
What I dont care about is the dumb teenage MP.