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Halo, the brand, and Master Chief, the faceless Spartan warrior that first appeared nearly 13 years ago to the day in Halo: Combat Evolved when the original Xbox first debuted, is an IP that has changed the face of the FPS genre and is synonymous with Xbox. You couldnt have a new Xbox console without having the Master Chief make an appearance, and in Halo Master Chief Collection, we get for the time, Halo: CE, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3 and Halo 4 in one bundle, able to be experienced on one single platform, the Xbox One.

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lazygamer: "Not bad for a game starring a mostly mute goliath who punctuates his sparse sentences with bullets. Between 2001s Halo: Combat Evolved and 2012s Halo 4, times have changed. The fall of Reach was chronicled in Halo: Reach, players got to drop in from orbit in Halo:ODST and original developer Bungie handed the series over to a new studio that was set up with a specific mandate to produce Halo games, 343 Industries. With that handover, weve also entered a new era in the life of Halo and the Master Chief."

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Destructoid: "Although Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was a noble effort to remaster the original game that brought first-person shooters on consoles into a post-Goldeneye era, I couldn't help but feel a bit underwhelmed by the overall package. I enjoyed the idea of replaying the original, but there weren't enough bells and whistles to keep me interested for a lengthy period of time. Enter the Master Chief Collection, which not only gives you the remake of the first game, but a fully-featured remaster of Halo 2, as well as Halo 3 and 4."

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GR: They say that no original work goes without borrowing from some material released prior to it and while thats hardly a guilty plea in the court of creativity, Halo has largely failed to accelerate outside of the Jesus metaphor that started the franchise in Halo: Combat Evolved. In fact, you could even make the argument that any video game that kills the player and subsequently brings him or her back to life to face the challenge once more enters an area that cant escape this religious parallel, instead reinforcing it literally by definition. Thats OK. Reading the Old Testament and New Testament in high school meant discovering the Jesus metaphor in nearly everything and it hasnt exactly weakened the faith of those that would pursue the cleansing blast of a Halo array every once in a while. All of the games collected in Halo: The Master Chief Collection rather predictably push that comparison as far as it can go without asking players to swear allegiance to an apostle in m...

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Bravo At the time of this writing, there are approximately five days left until the 11th day of November. In past years, this date may not have held great significance, but if youre like us, you may have had a figurative X on the calendar since June of this year. In just five days time, experiences both familiar and new await. On its 10-year anniversary, Halo 2 will return to Xbox Live, and bring with it a broad package of games and content. A newly re-mastered Campaign as well as a suite of re-mastered multiplayer maps have been prepared in Halo 2: Anniversary. Halo: Combat Evolved will make its Xbox Live debut, and perhaps even provide an opportunity for some of you to play the game that started it all for the first time. Halo 3 and Halo 4 (along with all other titles) will make their Xbox One debut in full HD at 60fps. The Halo Channel will be your new home for entertainment and programming, including the first episode of Halo: Nightfall. In addition, new terminals, hundre...

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Halo 2: Anniversary. Halo 3. Halo 4. There's a lot of Halo in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and I'm not just talking about the four lengthy campaigns, Forge mode, and all that online multiplayer. When you play The Master Chief Collection, you get a strong sense of a larger, cohesive whole. Sure, these games are direct sequels to each other, but there's more here than just continuity of story and evolution of mechanics. As you hop from game to game, playing as Master Chief in his many incarnations, a timeline coalesces not just of the games themselves, but their place in video game history, their place in popular culture, and their place in your life.

My memories of playing Halo are inextricable from the time in my life in which each game came out, and playing through The Master Chief Collection has often felt like a stroll through an impeccably ordered photo album. All four campaigns are arranged neatly with all missions unlocked, free for you to pick and choose right from the start. The multiplayer is similarly arranged, but alas, that portion of the digital copy of the game I was provided with for review purposes was only patched in recently. Until I can put significant time into online play and mess around with Forge (also recently added), the full review will have to wait. This review in progress will focus only on the four campaigns and how they are presented in The Master Chief Collection.

Let's start with . This, along with some Locke-voiced terminal videos accessible throughout the Halo 2: Anniversary campaign, show a forward-looking side to this nostalgic collection. The Master Chief Collection is aiming to not merely take you on a walk down memory lane, but to get you excited for where the Halo journey is going.

Next week I'll be chiming back in with my full review of The Master Chief Collection, once I've played a whole bunch of multiplayer and messed around a bit with Forge (including the new forge-able Halo 2 levels). Be sure to check out the video review and gameplay clips for a look at these games in action, and let me know how you think it's shaping up in the comments below.

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Halo 2: Anniversary. Halo 3. Halo 4. There's a lot of Halo in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and I'm not just talking about the four lengthy campaigns, Forge mode, and all that online multiplayer. When you play The Master Chief Collection, you get a strong sense of a larger, cohesive whole. Sure, these games are direct sequels to each other, but there's more here than just continuity of story and evolution of mechanics. As you hop from game to game, playing as Master Chief in his many incarnations, a timeline coalesces not just of the games themselves, but their place in video game history, their place in popular culture, and their place in your life.

My memories of playing Halo are inextricable from the time in my life in which each game came out, and playing through The Master Chief Collection has often felt like a stroll through an impeccably ordered photo album. All four campaigns are arranged neatly with all missions unlocked, free for you to pick and choose right from the start. The multiplayer is similarly arranged, but alas, that portion of the digital copy of the game I was provided with for review purposes was only patched in recently. Until I can put significant time into online play and mess around with Forge (also recently added), the full review will have to wait. This review in progress will focus only on the four campaigns and how they are presented in The Master Chief Collection.

Let's start with . This, along with some Locke-voiced terminal videos accessible throughout the Halo 2: Anniversary campaign, show a forward-looking side to this nostalgic collection. The Master Chief Collection is aiming to not merely take you on a walk down memory lane, but to get you excited for where the Halo journey is going.

Next week I'll be chiming back in with my full review of The Master Chief Collection, once I've played a whole bunch of multiplayer and messed around a bit with Forge (including the new forge-able Halo 2 levels). Be sure to check out the video review and gameplay clips for a look at these games in action, and let me know how you think it's shaping up in the comments below.