For the campaigns Halo 2 anniversary was created specifically for MCC meanwhile the other games (Halo 1 anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo 4) are the 360 versions. There isn't ODST Firefight or Reach though those may be added in the future. Note that Halo 3 ODST is DLC though it's a rather cheap price.
As for multiplayer all the games have their original multiplayer (they didn't go the Reach multiplayer approach for Halo 1 anniversary this time) and some Halo 2 maps were given the Halo 2 anniversary treatment though with the voting system you'll mostly be playing Halo 3 maps. Lots of fixes and general improvements will be inbound for the first update which may happen later this summer (no date set as 343 are not rushing this, it gets released when its ready).
Are there any Halo or Gears games on PC? I'm gobbling up as many classics to play on the new handheld GPD Win 2 as possible. And then I saw that only Halo Wars was on STEAM, nothing else.
These games arent even on Windows Store via Play Anywhere? I hate to use Windows store but, if it means handheld Xbox One games, I'm on it.
And I hear you have to be online to play Windows store games? Or did I hear wrong
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@JaxonH halo 1 and halo 2 had pc ports, but I'm not sure any others were ever ported. Halo 1 on PC was basically the anniversary edition. Back then we're talking pre stream, it at least pre popular steam. Games came in discs in very large boxes still (still have my halo 1 but never bought 2.)
@JaxonH Digitally there's Gears 4, Halo Wars, Halo Wars 2, Halo Spartan Assault and a Custom Games only version of Halo 5 so far with Gears 5 and Halo Infinite confirmed for the future. Though 343 is aware many want Master Chief Collection on PC so maybe that'll happen some time after the XB1 version is fully fixed.
@JaxonH The first Gears of War is also available on PC. Got it installed myself. And it, and all other older Microsoft games can be played offline, either as a standard feature, or by applying a Steam patch or whatever other patch is available. Many of these older games will only be available by other means than the Windows store anyways, so they'll probably have all the necessary patches included.
@NEStalgia Halo 1 on PC was simply the normal version that was also on the Xbox, albeit in a slightly higher resolution. It looks nowhere near as good as the anniversary edition, which is basically a complete graphical overhaul.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
And does Gears 1 or 4 have controller support? That's crucial for playing on the Win 2. I figure the first won't but maybe 4 will?
And what about Forza Horizon? I doubt 3 could run but, maybe 1 and 2...?
All have sinned and fall short of Gods glory. Wages of sin is death. Romans
God so loved the world He sent His only Son- whoever believes on Him has eternal life. Unless you believe, you will die in your sins. Whoever believes, rivers of living water flow within them. John
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Alright. Time to look into Gears 4 and Forza Horizon 3 and see whether they have controller support and can run on the Win 2.
Fingers crossed.
At least Ori and the Blind Forest is on STEAM and runs flawlessly, and Will of the Wisps is coming soon enough.
All have sinned and fall short of Gods glory. Wages of sin is death. Romans
God so loved the world He sent His only Son- whoever believes on Him has eternal life. Unless you believe, you will die in your sins. Whoever believes, rivers of living water flow within them. John
@ThanosReXXX the pc version definitely had enhancements to at least textures iirc. Anniversary on x looks to me better than i remembered from pc for sure, but I'm pretty sure pc was more than og xbox at higher res. Xb textures looked awful at any res
@JaxonH Both Gears 1 and Halo 1 & 2 have normal controller support. Don't know about the other games, but it seems quite likely that these also have controller support.
@NEStalgia not so much texture enhancement as it was taking full advantage of what was there, but compared to the anniversary edition, that was just a drop in a bucket. It was simply the same game, but at a higher resolution, whereas the OG Xbox version was somewhat downgraded (in comparison).
The anniversary edition however, had completely new assets and textures, so that was an entirely different beast, and not the least bit comparable, other than also being the same game in story and gameplay.
The original two games look just fine on Xbox 360, though. Could be that even on that console, it uses some kind of upscaling or cleaning up of textures, I don't know, but they look just fine to me.
@ThanosReXXX funny, when i loaded anniversary in mcc it looked like i remembered it in pc back, what, 15 years ago now? I guess octopath looks just like we remember Chrono trigger, too ; lol
@NEStalgia There is an option to play with the original graphics and music for both Halo 1 and Halo 2 in MCC. You can even mix it with Halo 1 (e.g. original graphics and remastered music) but not with Halo 2 likely because of music licensing issues.
For the campaigns Halo 2 anniversary was created specifically for MCC meanwhile the other games (Halo 1 anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo 4) are the 360 versions. There isn't ODST Firefight or Reach though those may be added in the future. Note that Halo 3 ODST is DLC though it's a rather cheap price.
Cool, that's what I guessed. So basically Halo 2 and Halo 4 are the most graphically advanced?
I have started the Blizzard Mountain DLC for Forza Horizon 3, what a great expansion! Can’t wait to sink my teeth into Hot Wheels which is supposed to be even better
Btw. Blizzard Mountain should be on sale for half the price for another day or two, so hurry up and get it if you haven’t yet.
@Dezzy Not just 2 and 4, but all four games that were originally released on the Xbox 360. All (re)built with the same engine (a heavily modified version of the engine that Bungie used) and with all the newer, much higher quality assets that 343 Industries created.
But if you're going to compare these 4 games with each other, then I would say that 4 is the best looking of the bunch, mainly because of the team being more at home with the engine and the franchise, making it the most accomplished game so far, from the first four main games released.
@JoakimZ It's only up for another 20 hours, actually...
So, haven't got the Hot Wheels expansion yet, huh? Well, you're in for one wild ride. It's truly one of the most fun Forza expansions I've ever played. And the area is larger and more varied than you would expect. But I'll stop here: wouldn't want to spoil anything for you...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@Dezzy 2 was remastered specifically for X1, so it's technically the "newest" of the collection. 1 was the 360 remaster but the textures are very good so it gets more mileage out of the 1. Where it gets let down are the low poly assets that give it away for the age it is, but overall, it looks great. 3 is probably the weakest of the bunch (I haven't launched ODST yet but I imagine it's the same since they were launched around the same time as companion games) since it's in that weird spot that it's too "new" to warrant a remaster, but old enough that it shows the cracks of its age. 4 I don't believe was remastered either but since it was such a late cycle X360 release I imagine it had textures and assets out of the box intended to go with X1 so it looks "right."
So, this months GwG games are a mixed bag. One of those months where the X360 games are vastly better than the X1 games.
X1: Assault Android Cactus (Indie party run&gun arena) ; Death Squared (another indie party type game, a puzzler that never really interested me on Switch either, but I'd get something like that on Switch before X1.) Very meh.
X360 Virtua Fighter: Final Showdown ; Splinter Cell: Conviction. Fairly old stuff. I gave Virtua Fighter a spin....pretty barebones. Just an arcade mode and all the versus modes, but darned if it isn't very very pretty and cool overall. More of a FG enthusiasts FG, so not too interesting mainstream, but it looks and plays great. Conviction, I have the disc still but won't turned down a digital copy. It was "ok", but easily the weakest entry in the whole Splinter Cell franchise. That was when they tried to make it go mainstream and turned Sam into more of a space marine to shoot everything in sight rather than the stealth roots of the series.
So a kind of ho-hum July. I know Sony's doing Heavy Rain this month along with throw-away "online melee action" Absolver....so the first is either a huge win or a big yawn depending on which side of radical opinions one has of David Cage, the most polarizing man in video gaming Though last month they had X-COM, BLOPS3, and Trials Fusion while MS had so-so games. Seems MS has a habit of so-so throwaway X1 freebies these days but good 360 games, while Sony's been relying on their deep bench of old exclusives to give high grade freebies while not spending much money on publishers to do it.
@NEStalgia You're forgetting Smite, which is still part of this month's offerings. I took a look at Virtua Fighter's downloads, because the game itself was so small, and strangely enough, downloads for individual characters are either just as big or even bigger than the main game itself, which seems crazy. All in all, if you download the entire bunch, you're looking at almost 30GB's... And quite a few dollars lighter in the process...
As for Sony's "glorious" offerings: I wouldn't be interested in the yawn fest quick time event that is Heavy Rain, even if people were willing to pay me to play it. This developer's incessant need of wanting their games to be these highly engrossing Hollywood-like movie experiences, has always annoyed me.
Of late, their games are getting better, but for me, Heavy Rain was a good example of how such aspirations can result in a rather unhinged experience. I never understood all the praise and high grades for it either, because it has numerous flaws, that are somehow disregarded. If this were a Microsoft or Nintendo game, grades would most surely have been quite different. I guess the awards are for the intent and the efforts...
And yes, I've actually tried it, on my friend's PS4. Wasn't going to bring one into my own house, obviously.
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