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Wake me when you need me...
By:Compton
Date: 11/21/14 3:21 am

Well here we are a week plus from the launch of MCC and post a MASSIVE 1.4 GB update and the product I was hoping for is no where near what I own.

First let me say I am not the type of Halo fan that enjoys bitching about personal preferences they have changed with the franchise that I do not like. Most times that I have come here in the past year or two (in my opinion) people have some kind of problem with story, or the direction that the mechanics are going with Halo. I have always just internalized my issues as I figured whatever came next would still be fun.

I can honestly say that the failure of this patch to improve matchmaking has honestly made me question if I will continue to seek out Halo in the future.

It truly saddens me because Halo has been an enormous part of my life since college. Some of my best friends that I have I met through Halo. In addition to that, I am a fairly avid collector of Halo. (I have all the Halo Xboxes, All the print media, the new A40 Headset, and I even have the damn snowboard hanging on the wall behind me)

I have always directly equated Halo with fun. Now that is quickly becoming not the case... All the collecting I have done has been an extension of the fun I equated with the experience of playing the games. With out that It feels very hollow now.

I am not going to start screaming "Screw 343" from the roof tops because I have no earthly idea what issues are plaguing the game on the back end. I am not a video game developer, or a network admin. I am a consumer and the only standards I have are: Does it work? (if so) Is it fun?

The answer to both those questions for me currently are no.

With that being said the question now moves to what will be done about this?

1. It may be time to start spinning up ideas on their end of compensation via a refund or some other gesture.

2. (In my opinion) The Halo brand has taken a fairly substantial hit from all this. Especially with the core fan base. What if anything can be done to undo the damage?

I just don't know... I mean, I know it is a game. But, this game has been a core part of my fun and free time for a decade and more and I feel like that time might be gone now.

I hope I am wrong.

-Compton

Messages In This Thread

Wake me when you need me...Compton11/21/14 3:21 am
     Disappointed...zofinda11/21/14 6:18 am
     This is what 343 completely misses...munky-05811/21/14 7:47 am
           Re: This is what 343 completely misses...thebruce011/21/14 9:35 am
           Re: This is what 343 completely misses...padraig0811/21/14 11:12 am
                 Re: This is what 343 completely misses...Avateur11/21/14 3:13 pm
                       Re: This is what 343 completely misses...padraig0811/21/14 3:34 pm
                             Re: This is what 343 completely misses...Avateur11/21/14 4:00 pm
                 Re: This is what 343 completely misses...yakaman11/21/14 3:47 pm
                       Re: This is what 343 completely misses...padraig0811/21/14 3:54 pm
                       Re: This is what 343 completely misses...Revenant198811/21/14 4:13 pm
                       Re: This is what 343 completely misses...Quirel11/22/14 2:42 pm
                 Re: This is what 343 completely misses...Crazedone198811/21/14 7:22 pm
     343i should either delay Halo 5 or issue a recallThe BS Police11/21/14 8:46 am
           Re: 343i should either delay Halo 5 or issue a recbreitzen11/21/14 1:10 pm
     I learned a lesson from this.serpx11/21/14 10:17 am
           This, here, is the problem.Revenant198811/21/14 10:45 am
                 Re: This, here, is the problem.serpx11/21/14 11:03 am
                       Re: This, here, is the problem.RC Master11/21/14 8:12 pm
           Re: I learned a lesson from this.TDSpiral11/21/14 11:50 am
     It WAS a good run!Captain Spark11/21/14 11:33 am
           Re: It WAS a good run!jazo11/21/14 12:02 pm
                 Re: It WAS a good run!Quirel11/22/14 2:38 pm
           Re: It WAS a good run!R4111/21/14 6:45 pm
           Re: It WAS a good run!Cody Miller11/23/14 10:58 am
                 Re: It WAS a good run!serpx11/23/14 3:13 pm

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