: Welcome to the new world order.

: Um..... why? Why on earth would it? Ever? It's a "new" game with
: it's own achievements and graphical overhauls.... on a fundamental level
: it is -not- the same Halo. For me, part of the fun was replaying and
: earning some of those achievements over again. But, to each their own.

: I could not possibly disagree more with you in this regard. But again, you
: had different expectations. The Halo Wars definitive edition for example
: does the same thing, so if you were interested in that at all, stay away I
: guess.

: Oh Man, it was a cluster at launch. It was supposed to be this awesome
: thing.... a 24/7 LAN party, all the Halo titles! MP blew ass right out the
: gate and it honestly never recovered. But for me, I truly enjoyed playing
: Halo 2 in updated graphics and the cuts scenes and terminals were stellar
: for me. And I don't care what Snipe says- Halo 2 looked like ASS and out
: of all the Halo games, if any of them needed an overhaul, it was that one.

: Not all games, and not those ones because they were re-released as the
: MCC..... as another pointed out, you didn't research this before hand, so
: you kinda did this to yourself.

: Back when the 360 came out I recall being bummed that most of my OG Xbox
: games would not be compatible. It is what it is.

: Had you checked the list before hand, you'd have seen this and also that
: Reach is backwards compatible, so that is good if you were a fan of Reach.

: Yeah, better buy an additional 360. I admire your optimism about a patch.

: As a whole, the gaming industry is making a ton of money by having us re-buy
: games we already own. Nintendo is pretty notorious about this, and the
: worst IMO. On one hand, it feels like preying on nostalgia. On the other
: hand, it is convenient to have at your fingers without having to dig out
: the old consoles. Another sign of the times for consoles right now. Sure,
: I could go back and fire up my 360 and play each Bioshock game right
: there, no issue. But I didn't want to deal with setting it up, making a
: mess, messing with my setup to do that. Having all the content in one
: package for PS4 was attractive, and all the DLC to boot (that i didn't get
: the first time). So, to each his own. Bioshock is a game I happiy
: rebought, MCC I was not as much. Wasted potential. But more of this is
: cropping up.

: Like the movie industry, remakes and re-masters and reboots are "safe
: bets" for a studio while original content continues to be elusive. If
: something isn't a run-away-success right off the bat, then it's a
: "failure". Success isn't what it used to be, I guess. :(

: It is pretty fun. The MP is well polished too, and forge is just gotdang'd
: amazing. It feels like a logical evolution in the series in terms of
: gameplay. Story was ass though. Not a fan. If I were a Star Wars fan, Halo
: 4, 5 (hopefully not 6) are my prequels.

: Again, you didn't do your due diligence and assumed. I don't want to sound
: like I'm picking on you- don't take it that way. You're just not going to
: get any sympathy is all. It was a shock for us all as well. No LAN support
: either. Always online.

: It just isn't what it was.... perhaps that time has passed.

: Who knows what the next installment will bring. For as much as 343 does that
: I don't agree with, they do just as much that makes me happy. I'm a pretty
: big Halo Wars fan, and that is a niche game. Seeing it get a sequel is
: great for me. Also being able to play the first one on PC with "xbox
: anywhere" ho boy, I'm happy!

: Their involvement with the community is stellar, and fan service is great. I
: feel like the majority of things they do that I don't like or agree with,
: are determined or done by the business side of Microsoft.

: Also Brian Reed. He sucks. Worst. Writer. EVER.

The Halo 5 story, as far a Cortana's desire to take over the universe, is an overdone cliche. I enjoyed the campaign but the writing was pretty awful. I'll probably reinstall the Master Chief collection......maybe! When I saw that I had to find all the skulls again, it just made me feel tired all over.