Halo: The Master Chief Collection
The improved and enhanced Halo: The Master Chief Collection features visual enhancements with up to 4K UHD resolution, improved matchmaking, offline LAN, customizable installation options, and faster load…
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a shooter developed by 343 Industries, released 11 November 2014 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 33 hrs to finish.
What Halo: The Master Chief Collection is
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a shooter game developed by 343 Industries and released in 2014. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Halo Reach.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Halo: The Master Chief Collection includes Halo 2: Anniversary, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the iconic fan favorite. The campaign features a “Classic Mode” to instantly switch between the remastered next-gen graphics and original game, updated sound effects, and completely new cut-scenes created by Blur Studios. Discover new story elements with extended cut scenes, hidden terminal videos, and uncover clues about the story of Halo 5: Guardians. Utilize game-altering Skulls to experience the campaign in a whole new way. For multiplayer you have access to all of the original multiplayer maps from Halo 2 and Halo 2 Vista included, exactly as you remember them. Play on fan favorites…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 700 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Halo series
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is the 33rd of 55 entries we hold in the Halo series. The next entry was Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Limited Edition in 2014. Its critic score of 86 is 5 points above the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Halo 3 at 91.
How it was received
Halo: The Master Chief Collection holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 89% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 299 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 33 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Phenom II X4 960T ; Intel i3550 and AMD HD 6850 ; NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. Install size is roughly 43GB.
What it launched against
Halo: The Master Chief Collection launched on 11 November 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Tales from the Borderlands. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox Series launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Tales from the Borderlands.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Halo: The Master Chief Collection yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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