Halo Masterchief Collection arrived today

First impressions: 15GB patch for multiplayer when I only wanted to play the single player. The first screen I see gives me the choice of downloading the patch or just playing the single player. I am impressed already that they let you start single player straight away. I'm busy anyway so decide to download the patch. Not long after about a third of the way through the patch it let me launch the game anyway. Impressed again.

So, I only played halfway through the first Halo. I got the CE edition on 360 and it looked awful even with the remaster. I decide this time I will play it anyway and go through the games in sequence and I thought well it's 1080p now it might not be so bad.

Well... either my memory is playing games with me or they did a 'proper' remaster for Halo CE for this collection. I was expecting just higher res and frame rate I thought all the work was done on Halo 2. Halo CE does not look next gen but it looks really good they have definitely done a lot of work on it. A few hours in I am loving it already and already feel it was a really worthwhile purchase.

The game itself is excellent it stands up well to modern shooters and I'm a sucker for futuristic shooters and stories set in space. I know I'm only one game in and I'm not sure how it will hold up for people who played all the games before and I realise many people want it just for the multiplayer but as a relative newcomer to Halo this collection really is fantastic. I bought the console just for this collection and I don't regret it at all. One very happy Xbox One gamer here.

Game is such a blast, I'm enjoying it way more than I thought I would be. Halo 1 is holding up much better than I thought, it's like you said it does not look next gen but it still looks fantastic(it's awesome switching back and forth with the old graphics....wow). I love the new sounds and music. Ok gotta go back and play now cheeers

@Alucard_Prime: @blueinheaven: how does halo 2 look? Im deciding if I should get this or cod. I mainly play mp so thats all I'm really concerned about.

HAlo 2 Anniversay maps look really good, they don't feel that dated to me honestly, it's very easy to get back into it I'm finding(edit I barely played Halo 2 when it first came out though, this is like my first experience with it)

Oddly enough, once the game downloaded whatever was needed to start play, CE and 4 were the ones available.

In my opinion CE looks pretty good and a nice bump from the 360 version a few years ago. The game is nice and smooth as well.

I'm guessing the insert which allowed you to download that Halo channel is the X1's equal to Waypoint?

I think CE holds up really well... it's pretty good considering it's just a higher res/fps. H2 looks awesome too, but yeah you can tell it's a remaster and not a true next-gen game.

But so far absolutely loving it!

HMCC its a reason to purhase xbox one next year

I'm glad that you're enjoying Halo I have to wait until the weekend before I can play the game so all in all I think you made the right choice buying an Xbox One.