--7/10 hear me out plz...
There a 3 truths about halo 1. Its halo, 2. its good 3. people who like halo and have Xbox ones are going to buy the crap out of it. The multiplayer woes are depressing because a big part of what made halo special was its multiplayer. However that is not to say that halo is only its multiplier like other modern shooters I.E. call of duty. I'm not saying call of duty is a bad game (quite the contrary bought new at launch COD 4-Ghost with the exception of world at war)but i feel there is still something special about halo that makes it magic.
The game play in halo at the time is of then regarded as a master class of mechanics. Bungie dose mechanics very well. Despite Destiny's flaws the underlying mechanics of moving and shooting still feel amazing, Mostly because the feel like they were ripped from the halo games. The story in the games at times can be convoluted and might i say down right stupid (halo 2's revelations that there are Multiple halo rings so that they can make the same game till the end of time) but it has spawned a rich universe of novels and other media.
But i digress back to this review. Halo MCC is a great COLLECTION of OLD video games that everyone has probably already played. I will not argue that it deserves any thing more than a 7 (come on its halo it deserves to be called good based on GS's current 10 point scale) at the time of writing. Giving this game with broken features anything higher than a 7 in its current state is irresponsible. The game has BROKEN major features such as matchmaking that is crucial to online multiplayer. As gammers and reviewers we shouldn't allow developers and publishers to push out BROKEN and UNFINISHED (the 20gb online multiplayer patch which still had issues) to meet a deadline. Giving games like Halo MMC reviews of 8+ gives them licence to continue this bad practice.
Being one of the first and best representation of first person shooters on consoles(I am not forgetting about 007 or N64 Perfect Dark, the 360 remakes were bull shit.) it deserves your respect. People shouldn't shit out on it in an attempt at sparking the console flame war or justify there purchases of either console. People should just play the games, I promise you they are good and and worth trying. They are old but they are an excellent representation of what FPSs used to be on console and how far they come. Its sad that the matchmaking so far is a failure and i hope that it doesn't kill this game's online community but the halo are best when you can get four of your friends sitting on a couch playing and laughing together in multiplier (online or off) or 4 player system link co-op.
many games are good or even great but not every game is supurb or perfect. using the score titles as a disscriptor rather than the number is a better representation of this game. Personally i would have given it a 7 (good) for just the single player and the offline multiplayer but 6 or 7 is an execlent rating for a collection of 10 year old games that have a broken multiplayer component.
Reviewers have different taste thats why you go to different sites to get different opinons. IMHO GS is the most honest because they don't just give 8-10 to every major AAA release that comes around like other sites *cough*IGN*cough* (tried really hard not to call them out). i feel that they actually play and rate the games on there own marrit. my second choice in reviews would be giant bomb be cause it was founded by Geff Gertsmen and a original member of the GS review team and giver of GSs first ever 10 to Ocarina of time I feel that he still gives fair reviews on games even if he has become a grumpy old man in videos
I bought a PS4, play most of my games on PC (PCMR for life), and owned and played through every Halo to date (except Halo wars, I admit that was a fucked up cash-in on peoples love of halo games but a call back to what halo was originally going to be. ya halo originally was an RTS). But if i had a Xbox one I would have been right out there at midnight waiting in line rain or shine to get my copy of MCC. And if i knew someone with an Xbox one i would probably buy it any way so i could play in on their system and then get them one for XMAS if they didn't already have it.
Lets face it people halo is a supurb game but they are 10 years old let it go. games built on what halo started and gotten better for it. Thees were amazing games in there time and I still love them but we have played them before. lets look to the future and let halo 5 continue our dreams of gaming excellence
--7/10 GS Rating Good (Non-functioning matchmaking at the time of review keeps it from going any higher. If it worked I would only give it an 8 because they are old games that every one played on last gen or the gen befor. the offline game/split screen multiplayer is still fun and a great value for your money and great games to boot)
P.S. I too am starting getting old. The first halo came out when i was 12 which is why it is so special to me. DON'T SHIT ON IT!!