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It is the best version of any Halo to play.

To add you can do wild stuff.

Like me having a HD CRT plugged into my PC so I can play Halo like I did back in the day. Scales properly and all aside from text here and there.

The fact the Series S has to downgrade visuals for a game older than GTAV or Skyrim is wild.

I don't expect anything from Xbox. Let alone something for the 360's anniversary.

I've totally given up on Microsoft/Xbox as both a hardware and software supplier.

I'll pop my head back ion their stuff once that clown Satya Nadella is gone.

@RetroMan71 Have you actually read my comments? You keep asking things that I've already addressed.

Legitimately.

Even ignoring every insight to the game, how would a refund have been processed otherwise?

@RetroMan71
You mean like the over top tank skins and the bright neons some are wearing for some reason? Not 2042 tier goofy with Santa running around. But still goofy.

And yes. Like I said. Essentially no classes. You get inconsequential benefits that do nothing to really encourage using the correct weapons with the same class. Then they buried closed weapons, even in the beta, and let it die. Just one more step toward a more a CoD like experience.

That's to say nothing of the tiny map size, lackluster destruction, and a smattering of other issues.

Thankfully refunds are ways to get nowadays

@Avaloner Not sure how you can't with how tiny the maps are, how quick the TTK is, and for all intents and purposes having no classes due to unlocked weapons.

Your personal feelings also does not negate the fact they they were not only aiming for the CoD crowd, but that they're looking to move to yearly releases like CoD.

Definitely a miss for me.

Between the small maps, open classes, and movement, just feels like another CoD. Albeit it closer to classic CoD than modern.

Which honestly makes sense why it is doing so well since they were going for that audience.

What I worry about is the game going to yearly releases as previously mentioned and that turning Battlefield even further down the CoD path

@Megabeenz Agreed. Split Fiction is an orders better experience than South of Midnight.

@Rodimusprime13 I'd expect you be right.

OG Xbox memory card(if you had one) didn't fit the 360.

The 360's didn't fit the One.

The one just had USB which is kinda, Universal.

Then this for the Series. Ad almost bet money it won't work next gen.

AI (sl)Ops.

Seriously, Microsoft is just intent on killing every IP they own. Especially shooters.

Eh. I've stopped buying games on my Xbox/Microsoft Store, and canceled Gamepass. So I'm fine with my current storage solutions.

Too little too late, as Microsoft's MO is.

It is honestly insane this wasn't already freely available.

But seems like usual, a 1 step forward after taking 10 backward by Microsoft.

Gonna be wild to see how this RAM issue makes them go up further.

I have 64GB of 6000MHZ CL30 RAM I bought at the beginning of the year for $200.

Today that exact same RAM costs $600.

Will be checking out the VR headsets, depending on price, to hopefully replace my Quest 3.

Gonna get the Steam controller as well to replacement my original one.

@BattleMonkey I canceled my Netflix when they hiked their prices as well.

Only reason I have it now is because it is offered, at no extra cost, with my phone plan.

Still my least favorite Halo game.

Good for them I guess.

Means the original Outer Worlds is gonna be the last game I bought from them for a while longer still.

Satya Nadellas's mismanagement of Xbox will be something for the history books.

@bLiNdSiDe82 Exactly why I asked lol. There's no world that a 5070ti is mid range. Still one of the fastest consumer cards out there. 🤣

Even your CPU is only slightly worse off than my 9800x3D. One of the fastest consumer CPUs.

@bLiNdSiDe82 What are you calling midrange? Kinda curious about the game myself.

I'll pick them up on a Steam instead.

Gamepass can burn as far as I'm concerned.

$20 or less. Not paying a cent more.

@Fiendish-Beaver Sounds like a very Satya Nadella thing.

Hates hardware. Only knows Enterprise.

Then trying to put that on Xbox while simultaneously killing the hardware.

Why does half the stuff look like the CoD stuff they were avoiding?

Some of those gun skins are so cringey.

@Exerion76 What's funny is games run better if you uninstall Windows and install Linux on it instead.

I'll be interested once it plays Xbox native games. I can already play my PC games anywhere

Actually setting up my Kinect with my One X for my daughter and I. Such a shame Microsoft wasted a good chance with it by pricing it $100 more at launch.

I helped launch the original Kinect for the 360. And always loved Kinect 2.0 on the Xbox One

Numbers like these are exactly why Microsoft and Sony started making PC a priority.

@Jenkinss My heart is still broken we never got Viva Pinata 3. Input so many hours on it

It'll be much better once people on Portal start releasing properly sized maps.

You can really tell they are trying to court the CoD crowd. Almost as bad as Halo Infinite's MOBA-esque 3 lane approach.

Campaign felt as half assed as one that is canceled mid development does.

Lol. What

We've not had any Xbox dispays here for at least a month.

Yea. I'm over Microsoft at this point.

At this point they have show how little the respect what they're paid. Had everything of theirs from the OG Xbox to the Zune/HD and even both Kinects.

I'm done.

Gamepass Ultimate has been canceled and I'm 90% of the way moving all my stuff from Windows to Bazzite Linux. Once I finish this windows will be uninstalled and none of our devices will use it again. Not a lot but I'll still be happy having our 3 computers without Windows.

Nadella has got to go.

@RetroMan71

Yes I'm sure. Still have the 250k queue screenshot lol.

None of the maps in conquest are particularly large. They're more classic medium sized maps. With even AOs and death volumes for aerials being way too small for their speed. They honestly feel like they're more balanced for 32 players instead of 64. Hopefully portal map makers can salvage something outta this though.

What I know about that new Xbox is that Microsoft made sure I will not buy another Xbox with how goofy their handing of the brand has been.

To further add, all their Windows 11 BS has made me migrate to Bazzite. Even gained quite a few frame.

What's wild is if I knew I was gonna eat better gaming performance on Linux instead of Windows, I'd have moved sooner.

Between the small maps and prioritizing the poor balance of open weapons, killed it for me.

@Runex2121
To add the campaign was canceled by EA. It isn't even finished.

Small maps that claim they are large.

Zero verticality.

Terrible server wait times.

Platform exclusive benefits.

Battlefield is so back.

Awwww. I hoped a NG+ would have remixed the puzzles.

Sounds great!

They'll be getting an extra few bux from me for the PC version now since I canceled gamepass.

The Xbox will still be good for local coop at least.

@BaldB3lper78 Funny because you get it cheaper than the states. It is about £818 in the US after taxes are added. Gotta remember US pricing does not include taxes and that is added at checkout.

I guess these games and I have that in common.

Expires next month and I won't be renewing.

No interest since I canceled gamepass.

19 year tenure badge on my profile.

I will not be renewing in November.

At $10 a month it was worth it. At $30? Absolutely not.

Microsoft has effectively killed Xbox to me and I'll be sure the only time I pick up anything from them is when it is on a steep steam discount.

19 year tenure badge on my profile.

I will not be renewing in November.

At $10 a month it was worth it. At $30? Absolutely not.

Microsoft has effectively killed Xbox to me and I'll be sure the only time I pick up anything from them is when it is on a steep steam discount.

Glad I don't have to deal with this any more.

Went to 8BitDo. TPM sticks, gyro, all while saving some bux.

Almost like when you optimize for the least powerful hardware, everything else benefits.

By order of most popular to least.

Another UE5 dumpsterfire.

Holy crap does it run bad.

Nah. Presequel was meh, Skipped 3, will probably skip this one too.

Still waiting on gyro and TMP, or AT LEAST hall effect, sticks.

Until then using 8BitDo that give me all this.

@Balie3000 Because they allowed players to take over one of the bots from the original.

And if I'm being honest, shows how not for coop the game is.

Half of the original's difficulty came from how dumb the AI is. When a human takes over, the game becomes a cake walk.