MCC definitely has been handling things the right way.

Well, no. The RIGHT way would be like in Halo 3, where unlocks were tied to in-game accomplishments (achievements).

For clarification, I meant the right way compared to how nearly every other game handles seasons.

To your larger point, I agree and disagree. 343 screwed up too hard with MCC early on to risk gating things behind achievements now that the game works.

Ideally, stuff like earned armor in Reach should have been ported over, but I bet there's issues with access to Bungie's data.

MCC definitely has been handling things the right way.

Well, no. The RIGHT way would be like in Halo 3, where unlocks were tied to in-game accomplishments (achievements).

For clarification, I meant the right way compared to how nearly every other game handles seasons.

To your larger point, I agree and disagree. 343 screwed up too hard with MCC early on to risk gating things behind achievements now that the game works.

MCC definitely has been handling things the right way.

Well, no. The RIGHT way would be like in Halo 3, where unlocks were tied to in-game accomplishments (achievements).

BUT DAT IS TEH GATEKEEPINGZ ZOMG

Also forgot to mention, you got a shoutout in the DF vid (as HaloTupolev). Cool stuff!

MCC definitely has been handling things the right way.

Well, no. The RIGHT way would be like in Halo 3, where unlocks were tied to in-game accomplishments (achievements).

In H3, if you saw someone with the Katana, you knew they had unlocked all of the achievements. You knew exactly how they earned whatever cosmetic item it may be.
I think it is objectively cooler and better for the health of the game that way.

As opposed to in Reach or MCC*, where you know that whatever someone is wearing, all they did to get it was play long enough to spend their points on it.

*MCC actually does have H3 style rewards as well, they're just super lame so nobody cares. But that's a different issue.

I could be wrong on this one, but I don’t believe the season aesthetic is being handled in MCC in awful ways like in other games. When season one ended, I hadn’t gotten my original Reach armor unlocks completed yet. But I was still able to keep playing, gaining “exp” in the background, and to go back to that season and keep using my points to unlock that stuff. So I wasn’t gated off at all. Pretty sure I could go back and do that for any season. Snipe would be able to let you know if I’m wrong. I haven’t tried it on the other seasons that I’ve “missed” because I only cared about the Reach things.

I wish I realized this earlier before I applied Exp to crap I didn't really care about. I'm with you in that I care only for the Reach stuff and the black visor in particular. My Noble 6 doesn't look like himself yet.

The awesome thing is that gaining exp seems to be fairly easy, especially just playing normally and having fun. Other games that handle seasons horribly make gathering that exp a nightmare grind the longer you go and the closer you get to finishing. MCC definitely has been handling things the right way.

I could be wrong on this one, but I don’t believe the season aesthetic is being handled in MCC in awful ways like in other games. When season one ended, I hadn’t gotten my original Reach armor unlocks completed yet. But I was still able to keep playing, gaining “exp” in the background, and to go back to that season and keep using my points to unlock that stuff. So I wasn’t gated off at all. Pretty sure I could go back and do that for any season. Snipe would be able to let you know if I’m wrong. I haven’t tried it on the other seasons that I’ve “missed” because I only cared about the Reach things.

I wish I realized this earlier before I applied Exp to crap I didn't really care about. I'm with you in that I care only for the Reach stuff and the black visor in particular. My Noble 6 doesn't look like himself yet.

I could be wrong on this one, but I don’t believe the season aesthetic is being handled in MCC in awful ways like in other games. When season one ended, I hadn’t gotten my original Reach armor unlocks completed yet. But I was still able to keep playing, gaining “exp” in the background, and to go back to that season and keep using my points to unlock that stuff. So I wasn’t gated off at all. Pretty sure I could go back and do that for any season. Snipe would be able to let you know if I’m wrong. I haven’t tried it on the other seasons that I’ve “missed” because I only cared about the Reach things.

No, you're right, which I do applaud them for—they don't force FOMO down your throat(cough) and you can still unlock them retroactively, which I highly appreciate.

MCC is where it’s at as far as Halo goes. Non-MCC Halo? Still dead.

No kidding, lol—they've turned off all functionality for those games! No achievements, no multiplayer, no downloads soon! That's gonna be gone. A good chunk of it is already.

MCC is where it’s at as far as Halo goes. Non-MCC Halo? Still dead.

Pretty much what it sounds like...different things are introduced and taken away, and players get a chance to unlock new skins for their Spartans, Elites, weapons, and vehicles. There's also been a skull or two in the mix.

Why must everything operate on this live game model bullshit now? Sorry for the rant. What they did in fixing these mistakes was admirable.

DF talks about these fixes in their new video.

WTF are seasons in MCC?

Visuals AND audio. All match the OGX version.

Wait, really? It's surprising that they'd add that EAX emulation in the last patch if they were working on an accurate emulation of the OG Xbox audio.