Why didn't they just release Halo 5 in full on the PC and expand from there?

I’m not sure how you could say that Halo Infinite looks washed out and blurry.
To me, it’s probably the best-looking Halo game since Halo 3.

Halo 3 looks better. Idk man. Maybe it’s because I’m not running the highest settings. I’ve tried before tho and it didn’t change much

I’m not using the highest settings for Infinite either.
Also, no Halo 3 doesn’t look better.

In terms of quality, I’d say it goes:
Halo Infinite, Halo 4, Halo 5, Halo Reach, Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo: Combat Evolved.

In terms of style, I’d say it goes:
Halo Infinite, Halo 3, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 4, Halo Reach, Halo 5, Halo 2.

Qauilty

Halo 5> Halo 3>Halo infinite>halo 4> the rest

Style

Halo 3> Halo 5> Halo 2> Halo infinite > Halo 4> the rest

I hate Halo 4. Story was good tho

That’s ridiculous.
Halo 4 and Infinite look far better than Halo 3 in terms of quality.

I’m not sure how you could put Halo 3 first, yet put Infinite so far after it.
Halo 5 and Halo 2 feel similar (which is probably why I don’t like the style of either), but Halo 3 isn’t even close to those games in style.

Halo 4 also looks blurry to me. Halo 3 and Halo 5 look super crisp to me. I’m talking about the MCC Halo 3 with the 60 frames

Halo 4 just looks horrible. Yeah it might be better qauillty in some areas but everything looks like a play set and Spartans look like toys

Halo infnite has a more simple artstyle but it barely has any grit.

If anything reach was the best style of Halo. If I could have Halo reach style but Halo 5s clean lines I would love that.

That makes more sense.

That must be the difference.
I don’t like that gritty look.

Not to me.
Aside from Halo 2 and 5, Reach has the worst style.

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I don’t even know what forge is, I’ll ask hubby tonight. LOL :kangaroo:

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Halo 5 forge is free on PC

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i hate what they did with it the halo 5 beta was almost perfect and every step they took away from it made halo 5 worse and worse

if you like halo 3 you can go play it on xbox and PC

if you like halo 5 you can go play a watered down version of it on xbox only

I can sum it up in a few words.

That game is universally hated by almost everybody. You, and a very very VERY small percentage are part of the ones who like it, so why would they waste money on porting something nobody gives a rat’s -Yoink!- about?

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This right here says it all

Its not "rose tinted glasses. I STILL play the best halos often in the MCC

But for your style and quality rankings to be as they are, no wonder you cant see halo infinite as superior to 5 you have halo 5 above halo 2 in BOTH rankings lmao, yet try to judge my opinions on classic style

halo MP ranking

Halo 2 > Halo 3/ce (tie) > Infinite > Reach > Halo 5 > Halo 4

Halo story ranking

Reach > Halo 2 > Halo CE > Halo3/4 (tie) > Infinite > Halo 5

Personal Opinion - I’ve just started playing Halo, so very new. I am having fun with all of the Halo games. Admittedly, I have spent very little time on Reach and ODST, but it’s definitely on the to-do list. I have really enjoyed Halo 5 Warzone. I love being able to get out a huge amount of different REQ’s, from a REQ station, including vehicles, I really love vehicles. I started a co-op campaign on 5, with a friend and we have been having a blast. I am new and possibly my opinion will change, but Halo 3 seems to be the REALLY good one. Halo 2 is good, I just don’t like the really poor shields. I have no idea how Hubby got through it on Legendary.

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I suspect it’s a lot more work than they feel would be worth it. They had quite a lot of work just getting MCC on. I’d guess a bigger and more complex game like Halo 5 would take more effort to port to PC?

But yes, there’s a ton of Forge and Custom browser stuff which I can imagine PC players would love and where we aren’t going to be with Infinite for quite some time.

It comes down to:

  • Will it make money?
  • Will it make goodwill?

They knew MCC support could show that they were willing to support games and make up for past errors. It’s a goodwill gesture.

Would they have got more goodwill for porting Halo 5 than what you’re already doing with MCC. I don’t know. You’d be gambling on a new lease of life on a game likely to be overshadowed by Infinite. It’s not a legacy title.

Would it make money? No, it’s on Gamepass. This is where people would buy it. I don’t think there’s a proverbial iceberg of Stellaris players who don’t mind -Yoink!- AI taking over the galaxy. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: Look, I might hate it, but clearly 343 view Halo 5 campaign as a failure and want to move away from it. I mean, in Infinite, a character basically apologises for Halo 5. That tells me everything.