From one of the most broken game launches in history, to one of the greatest videogame collections in history. This is the story of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
If I am remembering correctly this the 1st time 343i used a rotating roster of contractors and the start of their norm of incomplete crap at launch and only to be redeemed 5-8 years later
Love the video Remy! Just a heads up that you mention Series X throughout the first half of the video when I think you mean One X, as all of that is talking about pre-2019
Imagine having access to the most important and influential gaming IP of the 2000s for 12 fucking years and the best thing they've done was port a half-assed collection of the Bungie games to PC.
I disagree. Bringing it to PC has introduced hackers and cheaters. You can no longer play fair games because PC players are flying around the map in god mode. If they really wanted to perfect this, Xbox users would have the option in their matchmaking filters to turn off the option to play with PC users.
Thanks to the Master Chief Collection I was able to finaly play the legendary HALO games last year. I sure was late to the party, but I am happy the collection let me experience these great games.
@@maybebaking5943 yeah, so let’s say you wanted to wear recon armour for halo 3, you had to wear the entire recon armour set, shoulders, chest, that stuff. Halo 4 was worse, it had all the customisation options in the original game but it also was restricted to “Want to wear this? Wear the entire set then!” thing again that the game had, also all visor colours for halo 4 were red. It’s not like infinite but similar.
That was a technological limitation at first due to how the BLAM engine from Bungie worked. Armor pieces couldn't be added to the games post launch because they had to update every single map in such a way in order for it to appear. The UI had to be rendered in unreal engine for the menus so they could finally have proper armor customization. They should've worked that out before launch definitely but it's a hurdle to get over because of engine limitations.
For me and my dad, the 2018 trailer was a day like no other. We though we'd be stuck on halo 2 for good and then this happens and now my favourite halo games are 2 and Reach
It is crazy how this game took nearly 3 years to iron out most major issues. This truly was one of the biggest disappointment and gaming history in terms of launch, but at least it finally came together. Hopefully we as a gaming community and not just a halo community start holding these corporations accountable for broken messes that they never get away with.
Mint! The Anvil - MCC Forge Community - would love to have you join an Invasion customs night hosted by us! We spent the last 4 years building and rebuilding Reach Invasion maps that are designed to be balanced around a matchmaking experience! You can see our lobby being hosted in the CGB at 22:00!
Indeed! The maps that we've been working on for years have gone through countless playtests and had really shaken up to be the most fun and balanced as we could make them. Each one offers a unique experience and pushed map making to new heights thanks to xbox compatible mods that manipulate objects to scale in any desired size, much like Halo Infinite's forge. If you ever are on the browser and see the session stated by haloguy above, by all means, hop in!
Honestly... It would be interesting to see what the community are doing on the MCC. Mint basically never talks about custom games when it's such a massive part of halos identity
I’m in my early 20s, so this game was basically my childhood and I have lots of memories of this game. This game introduced me to halo as I was too young to play halo when halo 3 or reach were in thier primes
MCC coming out on PC was like christmas to me, I haven't owned an xbox since the 360 so being able to replay the classics on my rig was a childhood miracle come true.
Honestly, I wish they had moved forward with the microtransactions for things like new armors and skins, or as a way to unlock previous seasons faster. Not because I would’ve paid for any of them - cosmetics mean little to me - but because it would’ve given 343 incentive to keep MCC alive.
It doesn’t even feel like 10 years damn time really flies by. I remember the day this came out. I was eight years old at my cousins house on a late night 😢 makes me kind of sad actually
MCC is amazing achievement. But it’s such a shame they left it 90% done. No modded server browser, no Splitscreen on PC, no mpds on Xbox. These missing things are preventing the game from reaching L4D2 and CSGO levels of longevity.
Hey Remy! Great video! You continue to be a pillar of the Halo community! I would love to see more docu series content on the other Halo releases and maybe even other games like the classic COD games, Gears and so on. Keep up the great content!
I feel like MCC just launch last year not like 10 years ago, dang time files so quickly and still grateful being halo fan during 2019 on the golden era of halo.
Let’s hope that if it comes to PS and Nintendo Switch we get the Mac world, Alpha moon and H2E3 missions and all the HO weapons plus a few other things
Just picked it back up after getting my G9. Love the ultrawide support. I’m having a blast. Replayed some campaigns, and the multiplayer doesn’t feel as sweaty. Granted… the OLED response time really make troller much more comfortable.
To this very day, MCC still has a creative content cap of a total of 100 gametypes and maps across the entire game. For anyone who creates custom content, this is a nightmare because you have to constantly delete and remake the content over and over again.
I hope after the Digsite team's work is done, they officially add it in via patch later. I'd love to earn some achievements on those old missions. I'd also love to see Halo 5 integrated into the PC version. Yeah, the campaign sucks, but the multiplayer is a blast (and yes, I know Halo 5's multiplayer is already on PC). Adding it to MCC would really boost its popularity all over again, and perhaps all the awesome post game Halo 5 content they added would actually be played this time around! I also think simply adding the new weapons into the campaign would be a small but positive way to get people interested in replaying the campaign. Perhaps add a mech grunt boss or two as well.
Halo online was such a vibe. It was weird like the menu could only use arrow keys, a rush to see who can port the campaign, insane forage maps and modes. But man the Servers and servers regulars the nostalgia. Idk how to describe it you’d have to be there. Most similar thing I can think of was early halo infinite forge where you’d have to join a discord. Yeah everything is convient now but there was something special about that in between period.
Really good recap. As many screwups 343 has had with MCC, there is so much good that has happened and they really did a great job once they put the proper attention on it. A ton I love about the game. That said, I know support stopped for MCC (and I sadly know this won't happen), but 343 really needs to do one more update of fixes. This should include things such as get rid of the stuck in leaving matchmaking in the lobby, lobbies just not loading once you have everyone together, and obviously solve the name spoofing/cheating issue
Great video! I have an idea for a future video if you're interested in something different? I'd love to see a video about the custom game community on the mcc in 2024. It's thriving and has so much cool stuff but so many halo fans don't know about it. I think some of it would genuinely surprise you.
Shameless plug: For theater, I made a program called "Greater Ark" (Windows only) that saves reports and films as you play. Working on a new version with Linux support that saves a lot more.
Not sure how it was so broken. Multi million dollar company that couldn’t fix a networking issue. Still gives me goosebumps hearing that halo 2 menus music, then seeing coming to PC.
It still needs *a lot* of work to polish up the single player experience and help preserve the games as best as possible. Fans should be more vocal about this. If only they spent more time on that than adding a ton of shitty cosmetics, maps and battle passes that ruin the art direction of the original experience.
The halo 1/2 legacy graphic updates were so important to me and I’m so surprised they did it. Just wish they added splitscreen on pc to keep with the console legacy.
The last thing I'd wish for is splitscreen on PC to solidify the collection and, so far Nucleus Coop has offered that experience though native support would make setting up local games far easier as in the OG times ! Though as support ended , it seems unlikely to ever happen. As Arbiter would say, were it so easy. Otherwise it's been fantastic and surprising to see MCC become what it is today , an amazing bundle for a franchise beloved by many.
I picked up MCC in the early days. I paid £4.99 from CDKeys, and it turned out to be the best bargain ever. I love the Halo games, and I only play them now and again to make them last me. I'll be on 5000G tomorrow as I only require another 20G. I'd advise everyone to buy MCC as it'll potentially last you a lifetime.
The only problem that i still have as a daily player on MCC, is the coop lag. Even in two consoles in the same house, the lag makes it almost unplayable for everyone that isnt host.
The last update MCC needed was Bots for those who can't play online on XboxLive, but I see that was too much to ask. Still, it is an excellent collection.
I wasn't very big on multiplayer for a long time. I just wanted to play campaign because I like the story. I remember however when this game came out I was unable to play the Halo 3 campign on any level. Turns out I had to turn off my Xbox One, unplug the power supply, hold down the power button for 3-10 seconds and then plug everything back in and turn it on again. It infuriated me that 1/4 of the OFFLINE STORY MODE was unaccessible!!
I never understood people getting upset about new armor sets for Halo 3 multiplayer. Like if someone else in a match had an armor set that didn’t have any of the original halo 3 armor sets, it doesn’t affect your experience.
Remember how amazing reach’s launch on PC. Only thing that bumbed me out were the trailers. They were so generic, just remaster the ones from 2010, those had emotion.
From one of the most broken game launches in history, to one of the greatest videogame collections in history.
This is the story of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
If I am remembering correctly this the 1st time 343i used a rotating roster of contractors and the start of their norm of incomplete crap at launch and only to be redeemed 5-8 years later
Game still isnt fixed. F off
Yet people still say this isn’t anything for 343 to be praised about. Crazy how hatred makes people dumb especially with people fueling that fire.
Love the video Remy! Just a heads up that you mention Series X throughout the first half of the video when I think you mean One X, as all of that is talking about pre-2019
Can’t believe this came out a decade ago
You don't feel like it because it barely felt like a complete product 5 years later.
@@15OgLoc real
@@15OgLocunrelated, but after the pandemic time feels different to me.
@@MintBlitz Same, my memories are all over the place from the past 5 years as well
Then again all the games on mcc have already been more then a decade
Mcc going on pc was the best move 343 has done
lol pretty sad that was the best move tbh. What a crap company
Imagine having access to the most important and influential gaming IP of the 2000s for 12 fucking years and the best thing they've done was port a half-assed collection of the Bungie games to PC.
Probably the worst. Fuck pc gaming
@@seereebee-still has graphical issues & glitches 10 years later
I disagree. Bringing it to PC has introduced hackers and cheaters. You can no longer play fair games because PC players are flying around the map in god mode. If they really wanted to perfect this, Xbox users would have the option in their matchmaking filters to turn off the option to play with PC users.
Thanks to the Master Chief Collection I was able to finaly play the legendary HALO games last year. I sure was late to the party, but I am happy the collection let me experience these great games.
That last clip fucking sent me, how had I never seen that before in all my years playing Halo?
that can't be in vanilla lmfao no way
I remember not having individual armour pieces for my Spartan in mcc. Whoever decided to add armour kits into mcc should be sent to hell
Ik thank God they removed those💀💀
holy fucking what it had armor kits???
@@maybebaking5943 yeah, so let’s say you wanted to wear recon armour for halo 3, you had to wear the entire recon armour set, shoulders, chest, that stuff. Halo 4 was worse, it had all the customisation options in the original game but it also was restricted to “Want to wear this? Wear the entire set then!” thing again that the game had, also all visor colours for halo 4 were red. It’s not like infinite but similar.
@@esprmusic absolutely villainous
That was a technological limitation at first due to how the BLAM engine from Bungie worked. Armor pieces couldn't be added to the games post launch because they had to update every single map in such a way in order for it to appear. The UI had to be rendered in unreal engine for the menus so they could finally have proper armor customization. They should've worked that out before launch definitely but it's a hurdle to get over because of engine limitations.
can't believe its been 10 years....i remember getting it for christmas 2014, so nostalgic. Miss all the people i met back then
This is a great video for preservation of the great journey this compilation had!
7:43 probably means Xbox One X.
@@Pedro_The_Necocorrect, easy mix up to make
LIKE THIS IF WE NEED MORE MCC UPDATES (Halo Online Maps, H2A Maps, Spectre in H2A forge, H2 armor & skins)
Weapon customization for Reach and ODST
Adding Splitscreen to PC without needing a mod.
They need micro transactions for them to do this, they ain’t doing it for free anymore
dont forget halo 5
@@assyriancomedycentral1753 I've forgotten Halo 5.
10 years already? I feel like I time traveled in time
it was basically unplayable for about the first 6 years, so
Adding Custom Games Browser was the best thing they did
Its tobad they removed lobby speak. Most customs i find there all in some random discord
For me and my dad, the 2018 trailer was a day like no other. We though we'd be stuck on halo 2 for good and then this happens and now my favourite halo games are 2 and Reach
It is crazy how this game took nearly 3 years to iron out most major issues. This truly was one of the biggest disappointment and gaming history in terms of launch, but at least it finally came together. Hopefully we as a gaming community and not just a halo community start holding these corporations accountable for broken messes that they never get away with.
Mint! The Anvil - MCC Forge Community - would love to have you join an Invasion customs night hosted by us! We spent the last 4 years building and rebuilding Reach Invasion maps that are designed to be balanced around a matchmaking experience! You can see our lobby being hosted in the CGB at 22:00!
Indeed! The maps that we've been working on for years have gone through countless playtests and had really shaken up to be the most fun and balanced as we could make them. Each one offers a unique experience and pushed map making to new heights thanks to xbox compatible mods that manipulate objects to scale in any desired size, much like Halo Infinite's forge. If you ever are on the browser and see the session stated by haloguy above, by all means, hop in!
Do it! Collab with The Anvil!
Honestly... It would be interesting to see what the community are doing on the MCC. Mint basically never talks about custom games when it's such a massive part of halos identity
MCC is to me, a timestamp of my time in Halo...as it released 1 year before I became a fan of this franchise, and what a ride it has been.
This makes me feel so old😭
MCC over Infinite
6 games compared to 1
I’m sorry, I meant to say Bungie’s Halo over 343 Halo
Value and reward my friend!@@joerowland9128
@@CoreyMcWilson-kf7vyso forgetting reach and 4?…
Reach was by Bungie, Halo 4 was by 343 and I did not like it.
Funny you uploaded this the same week I bought this thing on Steam! Really looking forward to getting into it and great video!
I’m in my early 20s, so this game was basically my childhood and I have lots of memories of this game. This game introduced me to halo as I was too young to play halo when halo 3 or reach were in thier primes
The only thing keeping MCC from being 100% perfect is that there's no CGB for modded content.
While only minor issues remain, I really hope they fix them too, that and add splitscreen on PC.
Best game of all time. Easily.
MCC coming out on PC was like christmas to me, I haven't owned an xbox since the 360 so being able to replay the classics on my rig was a childhood miracle come true.
Same here, it was really nice to finally get to play again.
awesome video man, really grateful for the longer content, I know its much more time consuming.
Honestly, I wish they had moved forward with the microtransactions for things like new armors and skins, or as a way to unlock previous seasons faster. Not because I would’ve paid for any of them - cosmetics mean little to me - but because it would’ve given 343 incentive to keep MCC alive.
It doesn’t even feel like 10 years damn time really flies by. I remember the day this came out. I was eight years old at my cousins house on a late night 😢 makes me kind of sad actually
A great retrospective documentary. It's important we have things like this to be able to look back on and get the facts and history of things.
Man that's so much content, great vid!
MCC is amazing achievement. But it’s such a shame they left it 90% done.
No modded server browser, no Splitscreen on PC, no mpds on Xbox.
These missing things are preventing the game from reaching L4D2 and CSGO levels of longevity.
need more of these documentary typa vids clitz🔥
Hey Remy! Great video! You continue to be a pillar of the Halo community! I would love to see more docu series content on the other Halo releases and maybe even other games like the classic COD games, Gears and so on. Keep up the great content!
I feel like MCC just launch last year not like 10 years ago, dang time files so quickly and still grateful being halo fan during 2019 on the golden era of halo.
The nostalgia hits different 😢
AT 10:39 THIS MAN HAS FUCKING 516 SPARTAN POINTS
I will play MCC for ever ! This game is the best experience on Halo ever made !
Sometimes I just sit in the main menu and listen to the music, it’s so beautiful
Yet another reminder that 343 has had control of the franchise for longer than Bungie did, but still has yet to produce a single good original game.
Now if only Halo 5 was on PC
A..a decade...? *cough.. cough* I-is that...my blood,?
Let’s hope that if it comes to PS and Nintendo Switch we get the Mac world, Alpha moon and H2E3 missions and all the HO weapons plus a few other things
Still need campaign cross play coop
I remember me and my friends being so disappointed when this came out
Now, we all own it for pc and xbox
Halo theme manifesting*
The complete port of MCC to pc was the happiest I had ever been with 343i and I fear that may remain to be the case regarding the forseeable future
Just picked it back up after getting my G9. Love the ultrawide support. I’m having a blast. Replayed some campaigns, and the multiplayer doesn’t feel as sweaty. Granted… the OLED response time really make troller much more comfortable.
This game and early halo in general is amazing
Yes I am also sure that thanks to the community the MCC will have a long life to come just not on Xbox or the Windows Marketplace
I wished you mention the new split screen mod that been release, in your video. But other then that, great history recap :)
To this very day, MCC still has a creative content cap of a total of 100 gametypes and maps across the entire game. For anyone who creates custom content, this is a nightmare because you have to constantly delete and remake the content over and over again.
Halo MCC and Battlefield 4
Both disasters at launch, both redeemed in time
My least favorite part of its development is when they stopped without adding a modded custom game browser 😅
my favorite part is when they made the halo seen (i think they may have stolen your job)
Brushed over the addition of Flood firefight
343 seems to be the champions of launch blunders
I love that you added RuneScape music 🎶
I remember seeing the ODST Multiplayer mod, and instantly downloading it on my pc. The pc port was such a smart move for 343
I hope after the Digsite team's work is done, they officially add it in via patch later. I'd love to earn some achievements on those old missions. I'd also love to see Halo 5 integrated into the PC version. Yeah, the campaign sucks, but the multiplayer is a blast (and yes, I know Halo 5's multiplayer is already on PC). Adding it to MCC would really boost its popularity all over again, and perhaps all the awesome post game Halo 5 content they added would actually be played this time around! I also think simply adding the new weapons into the campaign would be a small but positive way to get people interested in replaying the campaign. Perhaps add a mech grunt boss or two as well.
Halo online was such a vibe. It was weird like the menu could only use arrow keys, a rush to see who can port the campaign, insane forage maps and modes. But man the Servers and servers regulars the nostalgia. Idk how to describe it you’d have to be there. Most similar thing I can think of was early halo infinite forge where you’d have to join a discord. Yeah everything is convient now but there was something special about that in between period.
Really good recap. As many screwups 343 has had with MCC, there is so much good that has happened and they really did a great job once they put the proper attention on it. A ton I love about the game.
That said, I know support stopped for MCC (and I sadly know this won't happen), but 343 really needs to do one more update of fixes. This should include things such as get rid of the stuck in leaving matchmaking in the lobby, lobbies just not loading once you have everyone together, and obviously solve the name spoofing/cheating issue
Iv said this before I'll say it again I'm do glad Bonny Ross " "Left" "
Me being the 343rd like means I need to play MCC tonight
"Who ever controls Halo controls the fate of its entire universe" so why is 343i Greedy Spark still in control!?
Great video! I have an idea for a future video if you're interested in something different? I'd love to see a video about the custom game community on the mcc in 2024. It's thriving and has so much cool stuff but so many halo fans don't know about it. I think some of it would genuinely surprise you.
Shameless plug: For theater, I made a program called "Greater Ark" (Windows only) that saves reports and films as you play.
Working on a new version with Linux support that saves a lot more.
If anyone at Microsoft or 343 reads this. Mod support for console just like the Skyrim special edition would be INCREDIBLE.
Halo 3 anniversary
Not sure how it was so broken. Multi million dollar company that couldn’t fix a networking issue.
Still gives me goosebumps hearing that halo 2 menus music, then seeing coming to PC.
I hope the future of MCC lives on. If they’re remaking halo ce again I hope it doesn’t kill the legacy halo
Never forget Eldewrito for helping bring Halo MCC on PC
Still holding on to hope that they won’t abandon it. Still so much they can do. Starting with Digsite content.
Basing the Halo: CE "remaster" on the innately broken Gearbox port really encapsulates 343's original attitude towards the game perfectly.
It still needs *a lot* of work to polish up the single player experience and help preserve the games as best as possible. Fans should be more vocal about this.
If only they spent more time on that than adding a ton of shitty cosmetics, maps and battle passes that ruin the art direction of the original experience.
og runescape music goated
Would love to be able to co op campaign crossplay :(
You can but only on Halo 3 and Halo 3 ODST
You can by having the PC user play with cloudplay on game pass ultimate, my friend and I beat CE using that
A broken mess to my favorite video game of all time!
Why have I been watching Mint Blitz for 9 years how old is bro 😭
what can i say, it was one hell of a night
The halo 1/2 legacy graphic updates were so important to me and I’m so surprised they did it.
Just wish they added splitscreen on pc to keep with the console legacy.
The last thing I'd wish for is splitscreen on PC to solidify the collection and, so far Nucleus Coop has offered that experience though native support would make setting up local games far easier as in the OG times ! Though as support ended , it seems unlikely to ever happen. As Arbiter would say, were it so easy. Otherwise it's been fantastic and surprising to see MCC become what it is today , an amazing bundle for a franchise beloved by many.
Dude with the rockets was having a panic attack 😂
I picked up MCC in the early days. I paid £4.99 from CDKeys, and it turned out to be the best bargain ever. I love the Halo games, and I only play them now and again to make them last me. I'll be on 5000G tomorrow as I only require another 20G. I'd advise everyone to buy MCC as it'll potentially last you a lifetime.
The only problem that i still have as a daily player on MCC, is the coop lag. Even in two consoles in the same house, the lag makes it almost unplayable for everyone that isnt host.
Now i feel like playing the games over again for the 100th time.
The last update MCC needed was Bots for those who can't play online on XboxLive, but I see that was too much to ask. Still, it is an excellent collection.
The best thing 343 has ever done and its mostly games made by another company...
343 gave Halo 2 access to heavy ordinance on accident and we were NOT ready for it
It also has more concurrent players than Infinite on Steam!
I wasn't very big on multiplayer for a long time. I just wanted to play campaign because I like the story.
I remember however when this game came out I was unable to play the Halo 3 campign on any level. Turns out I had to turn off my Xbox One, unplug the power supply, hold down the power button for 3-10 seconds and then plug everything back in and turn it on again.
It infuriated me that 1/4 of the OFFLINE STORY MODE was unaccessible!!
Thanks for sharing
now we just need local split screen support on MCC PC
I never understood people getting upset about new armor sets for Halo 3 multiplayer. Like if someone else in a match had an armor set that didn’t have any of the original halo 3 armor sets, it doesn’t affect your experience.
Still annoying that they didnt add halo 5 and left the game basically.
Man is that Halo1 background thing a mod ? i miss that stuff alot ngl
Yeah from Kashieras Halo 3 CE mod
Crazy reminder of how me and my brother would wait for 30mins for games to play lmao
I'm so glad 343 has new leadership.
i was 4 years old when this game came out lol
Remember how amazing reach’s launch on PC. Only thing that bumbed me out were the trailers. They were so generic, just remaster the ones from 2010, those had emotion.
Funny you posted this video. I just uninstalled Infinite to play this again. Had more fun playing it than Infinite in its current state.
Ten years is insane
20:09 yo how did he flip us off is that a mod
crazy