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It was confirmed that you need a Microsoft account to play the game because that is how their DRM works. And you're right: The Microsoft Store is just a distribution platform, not a launcher like Steam and others.doubt it because you don't need the windows game launcher open to play any games purchased through it. the only thing i can think of is that you may need an xbox account but you get that for free with windows 10.
I'd totally be down for playing through Halo 3 in 4-player coop again.Halo CE (PC) was one of the LAN games my friends and I played whenever we all got together. This sort of makes me want to throw a LAN now just to play the other Halo games.
Googling Halo yields so much stuff. Can someone give me a 2 sentence run-down about what this game has that is new, or what it should be compared to? I found out it's a sci fi shooter of sorts, is it like Prey? And is it SP or MP only, or both? Is the SP any good? Just looking for a few nuggets of wisdom thanks
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It was confirmed that you need a Microsoft account to play the game because that is how their DRM works. And you're right: The Microsoft Store is just a distribution platform, not a launcher like Steam and others.
You have not needed a paid Gold subscription to play Microsoft games online on PC since, what, 2007?Are you going to have to buy xbox live to play these games online? Certainly they aren't going to give that service away for free for all pc gamers.
Crossplay is not guaranteed just because a title is Play Anywhere.Hopefully it will support Xbox Play Anywhere. I have some console buddies I still want to play this with.
Crossplay is not guaranteed just because a title is Play Anywhere.
They should come out with a cheaper version and call it the Senior Chief Collection.
Any idea on how much it's going to cost? Didn't read anything. lol
It's $30 on the Xbox + $5 for ODST.Any idea on how much it's going to cost? Didn't read anything. lol
LOLKAYprobably 100 bucks, microsofts standard pricing is 60, 80 and 100 for any game they release so wouldn't be surprised if the full collectors edition is 100. maybe they'll have other versions with reach not included or something for less.
Halo was originally a Mac game, not PC.
What are you going on about?
I read about it in Pcgamer magazine ( 20 years ago maybe) a few months later MS bought bungie and made it a Xbox exclusive. That upset me because I wanted to play it and didn’t want to buy an Xbox to play it. I thought it was a shitty move back then and thought it was funny it’s all coming back full circle to pc again and made a slide remark about it. I think I still have that copy of Pcgamer, I’ll look for it to see if I’m still triggered by it
I read about it in Pcgamer magazine ( 20 years ago maybe) a few months later MS bought bungie and made it a Xbox exclusive. That upset me because I wanted to play it and didn’t want to buy an Xbox to play it. I thought it was a shitty move back then and thought it was funny it’s all coming back full circle to pc again and made a slide remark about it. I think I still have that copy of Pcgamer, I’ll look for it to see if I’m still triggered by it
You have not needed a paid Gold subscription to play Microsoft games online on PC since, what, 2007?
Halo 1 on pc was pretty fun. I've replayed the single player campaign 3 or 4 times over the years.
I'll drops 20 bucks for the entire collection, not a penny more. That's assuming they've fixed all the issues it had on launch.
It''s a port of a port that's 5 years old, so it's not exactly worth a premium price anymore.
Black Mesa is a better example of a proper HD remake (new models, new lighting, new maps) that can justify it's higher price tag ($20), while it looks like MCC Halo 1 and 2 just reuses the same polys/maps and adds HD textures and better lighting.
Do you care about multiplayer?I'll wait for the full collection and buy all in one go. Not buying them piece meal
Black Mesa was a re-imagining, and a damn good one. The Aniversary editions of Halo 1 + 2 had a complete remodeling, retexturing and relighting and engine feature upgrade, but they still ran on the exact same game code as the originals, So faithfully that, in fact, you could turn the HD graphics on and off in real-time.
And have they fixed the issues that plagued the original release?
MS has a long history of porting a game to the PC platform, and then leaving it to die. I want to know that the collection that are starting with is at least stable.