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Post by richardiox on Dec 8, 2021 19:44:07 GMT
Word of warning - I thought I had it updating before kids went to bed. Turns out it was a random 3 gig update. Then had to launch the game, tell it to install the campaign from within the game launcher and NOW it's downloading the remaining 23gigs or so.
No big deal but surprising faff involved seeing as it's the new HALO.
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Post by Frog on Dec 8, 2021 19:45:09 GMT
Well it has downloaded but when I click on to play it says preorder. :/ Close game and restart it. |
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Post by malek86 on Dec 8, 2021 19:49:57 GMT
How big is it on Series X? On Series S it seems to be 18GB for multiplayer and 19GB for campaign, plus the usual 4GB reserved space. On Series X with Multiplayer and Campaign downloaded, it's 48.4GB. Ok, so I guess there's some savings on Series S after all. Not that much, but every little bit helps. Me, I'm done downloading, now it's time to choose whether I should start on legendary like usual. |
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Post by alcachofa on Dec 8, 2021 19:57:42 GMT
Word of warning - I thought I had it updating before kids went to bed. Turns out it was a random 3 gig update. Then had to launch the game, tell it to install the campaign from within the game launcher and NOW it's downloading the remaining 23gigs or so. No big deal but surprising faff involved seeing as it's the new HALO. Cheers, exactly my situation (including the kids!). Finally downloading now, and at a decent speed. |
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Post by dfunked on Dec 8, 2021 20:00:24 GMT
Just going into your library and managing settings for the game and ticking the campaign there also works.
The ready to play thing is total bollocks though. You need to wait for it to finish 100% before you can launch the campaign.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 8, 2021 20:03:08 GMT
You guys are in for a treat when you eventually get on, combat is seriously good. Dare I say it but the AI, especially the Elites, is brilliant. They give you a proper fight and I'm playing on Heroic.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2021 20:18:15 GMT
Still very surprised it's only 1080p.on Series S. Kinda flies in the face of the '1440p machine'. It's 1080p on both 30fps and 60fps, there doesn't even seem to be any difference in settings aside from some very minor DRS. Frankly I'm not sure why they can't make it run at 1440p in 30fps mode, the GPU must be massively underused. Maybe there isn't enough memory or bandwidth. Would be interesting to see the console's power usage in both modes. I have a feeling it would actually be lower in 30fps mode, since it's not being pushed that much. Is Quality mode 30fps on Series S? Just started it and it's definitely 60 on X, but the cutscenes are inconsistent. Damn it feels good to be back in Chief's visor. |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Dec 8, 2021 20:28:54 GMT
Always forget how good Halo feels to play. This is noice.
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Post by technoish on Dec 8, 2021 20:35:05 GMT
Cut scenes I would guess are still all 30fps (DF bug bear). Hopefully fixed at some point.
I have no time, but would like to do some of this on heroic! Might have to downgrade to normal if I want to have a hope of getting thru it with my limited time. Then my fantasy legendary coop play thru in the future.
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Post by askew on Dec 8, 2021 20:37:23 GMT
How is it? 😀 Just back from a long drive so it may have to wait until morning…
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 8, 2021 20:48:26 GMT
It's been a learning curve playing Heroic difficulty after so long. Gunplay is brilliant, enemies give you a proper challenge, story is a bit meh so far but tbh it was never something I particularly cared about. Good package so far.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2021 20:54:55 GMT
Grabbing those explosive cannisters and chucking them like an American football feels good
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Dec 8, 2021 20:55:31 GMT
Elites are nippy little twats aren’t they?
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Post by dfunked on Dec 8, 2021 21:00:20 GMT
Not a massive fan of the series (I think 3 is the only one I've bothered finishing), and I've only played the opening mission so far. Seems bloody good! The grapple is a fantastic addition, makes the already snappy movement feel better still.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2021 21:10:32 GMT
It's been a learning curve playing Heroic difficulty after so long. Gunplay is brilliant, enemies give you a proper challenge, story is a bit meh so far but tbh it was never something I particularly cared about. Good package so far. I pussied out and went with Normal. That opening mission is some ride, huh? |
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Post by clemfandango on Dec 8, 2021 21:15:29 GMT
Just finished loading, does it have graphics options on series x and if so what is everybody using?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2021 21:18:50 GMT
It does. Mine was set to Quality by default, and I just stuck with that. It's 60fps regardless, so that's more than good enough for me.
Also, I'm a fellow Normal difficulty pussy, goatsy.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 8, 2021 21:19:44 GMT
It's been a learning curve playing Heroic difficulty after so long. Gunplay is brilliant, enemies give you a proper challenge, story is a bit meh so far but tbh it was never something I particularly cared about. Good package so far. I pussied out and went with Normal. That opening mission is some ride, huh? No judgement here man, we don't all have the time for harder modes sometimes you just wanna play something fun and not feel like you're struggling. But yeah the opening is legit, I'm amazed at how many enemies they throw at you at once in this game. I've found that the grapple and slide are essentially mandatory on Heroic just to create distance for yourself. |
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Post by Frog on Dec 8, 2021 21:24:58 GMT
First hour is meant to be the weakest part of the game too.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 8, 2021 21:33:18 GMT
I tell you what from the size of the environments it's very clear that this game was made with co-op in mind. Shame we have to wait effectively half a year.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2021 21:40:11 GMT
Can already tell it'll be amazing in co-op.
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Post by Vortex on Dec 8, 2021 21:41:08 GMT
Haven't started campaign, but now playing a few mp games and it's slowly starting to click a bit more.
The plasma nade sticks & shoot tgen melee muscle memory is slowly getting there again.
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 8, 2021 21:41:52 GMT
On PC and XBOX for Windows app continues to be an absolute shitter. Set this off downloading a couple of hours ago. Came back now to see that it appeared to have downloaded. Booted the game got my settings all sorted. Click the campaign and I'm told it hasn't been downloaded. I take a look in the app and it says that it downloaded 20.1GB today and seems to indicate that I have the campaign installed, but, nope, it is just going to go ahead and redownload that 20.1GB again for me.
No idea what it has downloaded (of course, this being a Microsoft store, everything is locked down incredibly tight, so you can't actually look at what has been installed on your computer), but it really does appear that it is going to have downloaded the thing twice. Going into the game at the moment still says the campaign is not downloaded. Hopefully this second will actually register with the game itself and I will be able to play, but unlikely to be tonight now.
If Game Pass weren't such a good deal, it really would not be worth putting up with this hassle.
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Post by malek86 on Dec 8, 2021 22:21:48 GMT
Played for about two hours, just cleared the first outpost. Legendary isn't playing around. I died too many times at the first boss. It will probably take me a while.
Kinda regretting starting on this level now, because I don't see any way to lower the difficulty from the menu. Guess if I get stuck at some overly hard boss at any point, I'd have to either bear it or restart the whole game. Talk about accessibility.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Dec 8, 2021 22:29:46 GMT
This is class.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 8, 2021 22:32:00 GMT
Word of warning - I thought I had it updating before kids went to bed. Turns out it was a random 3 gig update. Then had to launch the game, tell it to install the campaign from within the game launcher and NOW it's downloading the remaining 23gigs or so. No big deal but surprising faff involved seeing as it's the new HALO. That’s exactly what I did so no halo for me |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 8, 2021 22:34:56 GMT
And ‘ready to start’ seems to mean something completely different to 343
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 8, 2021 22:42:02 GMT
Played for about two hours, just cleared the first outpost. Legendary isn't playing around. I died too many times at the first boss. It will probably take me a while. Kinda regretting starting on this level now, because I don't see any way to lower the difficulty from the menu. Guess if I get stuck at some overly hard boss at any point, I'd have to either bear it or restart the whole game. Talk about accessibility. Exit to main menu and go to load and you can choose the difficulty from there. |
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Post by 111 on Dec 8, 2021 22:43:31 GMT
The indoor missions in an outdoor world has a very Zelda challenge tombs feels about it. There's a distinctly Zelda treasure chests chime vibe to the little bloop-de-bloop when you place a power seed too.
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Post by malek86 on Dec 8, 2021 22:53:33 GMT
Played for about two hours, just cleared the first outpost. Legendary isn't playing around. I died too many times at the first boss. It will probably take me a while. Kinda regretting starting on this level now, because I don't see any way to lower the difficulty from the menu. Guess if I get stuck at some overly hard boss at any point, I'd have to either bear it or restart the whole game. Talk about accessibility. Exit to main menu and go to load and you can choose the difficulty from there. Oh, hey, that helps. I'll keep it up if I can, but at least if I get stuck, I can always just give up and scale down to heroic. Legendary difficulty is a bit different from usual. Against regular enemies, you can actually stay in the open for a bit without getting immediately slaughtered, so even short-medium range weapons like the assault rifle are more useful than in the previous games. Against strong enemies, however, things are worse than ever. Guess I'm gonna need those upgrade points, because my armor doesn't protect squat. They really increased the amount of enemy chatter too. I like it, even if I'm sure it will get repetitive after just another hour. |
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