Halo 3's PC port is exactly what MCC needed and I'm pleasantly surprised! | Port Report

343 provided me with early access to Halo 3 on PC. Its the first time the game has ever been released on PC and with that comes a lot of expectations. MCC has had a rough year with glitches and instability plaguing most of the ports.. How is the port for Halo 3 on Steam? Let's find out!
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[@Cerebrums]

343 didnt hesitate to allow client side deactivation of skins We've been waiting for Ubisoft to do the same for years.....

[@TheVirtualObserver]

343 have lately had a pretty good track record of listening to what fans want, both old and new. As far as AAA publishers go they’re one-upping a lot of studios in that regard (Blizzard, Bethesda, Ubisoft, etc.).

[@CheemsofRegret]

The issue with 343i is that they listen but sometimes come to the wrong conclusion. The Halo 5 story was somewhat a response to Halo 4 Spartan Ops. We know this because the team working on the Halo 5 campaign was the same team working on Spartan Ops.

[@Red-S-267]

Markus Borkmann honestly that’s probably better though. A team that listened and brought the wrong thing is way better than a team that ignores its audience

[@DonLasagna]

Well yeah, how is Ubisoft going to guilt players into buying skins if you don't see other players that have them?

[@slandgkearth]

I like skins and mods in halo CE so I don't mind 343 actually working in the engine of a almost 20 years old game, to add cool features but it's a great toggle for those who just want vanilla CE, props to 343.

[@jamesboyle8283]

Everybody gangsta until Late Night Gaming is pleasantly surprised.

[@archerassassin8]

@@cooliipie it's in the backlog

[@porobignardi8369]

@@cooliipie yeah I'd really like to see that

[@LateNightHalo]

10:25 according to 343’s recent patch notes, Halo 2A and Halo CEA on PC have seen some pretty healthy stability and audio/graphics improvements. CE hasn’t been restored yet to the original Xbox visuals but that’s something they want to try doing after the rest of the games are on pc

[@trblemayker5157]

I hope they also look into adding the missing post processing effects in Reach as well. The new audio patch is a step in the right direction.

[@eazion1958]

I really can't wait to get fixed graphics for CE classic, and as well as going to finish the fight for the first time ever! I've waited 13 years and I'm glad they didn't screw up this time for THE game people waited to come on PC

[@daddynolegs]

Have they fixed the plasma pistol screeching in my ear in CE?

[@Jackosaurus117]

OMG YESSSSS

[@LateNightHalo]

Jack Philips yes

[@hallucinationthoughts]

Kind of hard to believe I'm excited for a game that's like 13 years old.

[@stoneapollyon8313]

Everyone is excited

[@lilpug2514]

You’re not alone

[@Dragonrealms245]

It’s time to finish the fight!

[@hallucinationthoughts]

@@Dragonrealms245 yes! For like the 343rd time

[@oreo-postraphe]

Dude I was 7 at the time so I get to experience the hype of those who came before me LEZ FUCKIN GO BOYS

[@LateNightHalo]

ITS OUT EARLY! CHECK STEAM

[@sreeharan7348]

You serious?

[@sreeharan7348]

Thank you for telling us :D

[@fuzzyman146]

HELL YEAH

[@jamesr.2017]

This brings the phrase “Christmas in July “ to a new level

[@hotmilk4206]

Wish i had 40 buck on me

[@Starlesslemon]

Are we getting Halo: Combat Evolved: Anniversary: Anniversary next year?

[@roar104]

maybe it'll actually look like halo 1 this time instead of a reach knock off

[@gub4941]

Nagger it changes the art style too much. It doesn’t look like halo 1.

[@Ghost0fDawn]

fuck this comment makes me feel old

[@scottnewman522]

@@gub4941 I agree here, it borrowed a little too much from reach and the forerunner shit mirrored halo 4 more than anything bungie era. Halo 2A came out pretty good and mirrored halo 2 almost perfectly

[@Jaker788]

@@scottnewman522 Halo 2 has the same problems in my opinion. You go to the fourunner facilities and they're spotless in anniversary. In classic graphics they have stains on the metal, green blood that looks like its been there a while, and generally very old looking metal. The new graphics ruin the aged and lack of care look to all the fourunner facilities.

[@SuperNovaJinckUFO]

Look no further than the TIHMLESS explosion of the scarab walker for the perfect example of creative and TIHMLESS presentation

[@LateNightHalo]

I probably could have fit 3 or 4 more “TIHMLESS”s in there

[@wesleywatson2009]

It’s his version of HiddenXperia’s I C O N I C

[@artyom8905]

@@LateNightHalo well, at least your "TIHMLESS" is not infuriating like other KZbinrs' 'LITURALLY"

[@LeTtRrZ]

@@LateNightHalo I am a TIHMLESS chorus. Join your voice with mine and sing victory everlasting.

[@adenruckert22]

When you first saw halo 3 pc, were you blinded by its majesty?

[@TheInceptum]

Blinded?

[@adenruckert22]

@@TheInceptum Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?

[@alpharius6874]

@@TheInceptum paralyzed? Dumbstruck?

[@BIackingOut]

No!

[@ivsaf1]

noble hierarchies . ..

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

MCC has actually has me excited to play Halo 4.

[@carlossalazar478]

Bro I need those Halo 4 custom infection games rn:(

[@DJWixel]

@@carlossalazar478 yeah

[@tmorelli1982]

I don't care what anybody says, Halo 4 is the best multiplayer in the series

[@hardcoreLazors]

Halo 4 is really damn solid Halo game imo.

[@xXLetalMuffinXx]

Ew halo 4

[@leonardchurch814]

What a damn good redemption story MCC has been experiencing. Really great to see Halo back in the spotlight.

[@Spaggot]

“Let me just be a garbage human for a second” *Says something about him liking motion blur* He kept his promise

[@LateNightHalo]

TheMasterPootis camera blur is pretty awful in shooters. It’s great in third person but for first person I believe per-object motion blur is amazing. Apply a subtle blur to moving limbs, fast cars, wheels spinning on a car, etc etc

[@ThatGuyNamedBender]

whats garbage about liking motion blur?

[@chrisrichfield8906]

i don't understand motion blur, don't things already look blurry if they move fast? i don't get why you would simulate a shortcoming of how human eyes work, my eyes already do that.

[@GoldSrc_]

@@ThatGuyNamedBender It's shit in most games, it's never done right, you need a high number of samples paired with a high and stable framerate. Crysis was pretty much the only game where you could get it right since you could finely tune it. Good for movies, complete garbage on videogames, just turn that shit off lol.

[@theSato]

@@chrisrichfield8906 no, the blue you get naturally from a monitor is nothing like what you'd see irl. Also, it's not necessarily meant to be realistic, more of a stylistic choice or to hide low frAmerate or other things.

[@TruePacifist201]

This game... no, not just this game, this whole franchise, has aged like a fine wine.

[@monishcrack1077]

I havnt played any halo games till now. halo 3 is the first halo Iplayed onPC. one of the best FPS ever.

[@trblemayker5157]

13 years for it to come on pc. Definitely worth the wait.

[@ShadowRainX]

I can finally finish the fight.. ;w;

[@blazegamez4159]

Savage Canadian96 the 14th, tomorrow!

[@trblemayker5157]

@Savage Canadian96 It's out now!

[@PremierRikLatyeskov]

As someone who's been incredibly disappointed with Reach's audio to the point where it crackled constantly and at random, it's very good to hear that it most likely will finally be fixed. I'm also very glad to see that Halo 3 is having a good launch so far and I can't wait to download it tomorrow.

[@PremierRikLatyeskov]

Update: the audio issues are completely fixed and I couldn't be happier.

[@Weighted-Earmuffs]

Are all the issues fixed even with reach?

[@milkman1649]

@@Weighted-Earmuffs No, anything above 144hz is a handicap mess.

[@stylz7599]

@@milkman1649 60hz seems to really fuck with the AI because it was designed for 30, like they were bad on legendary on the 360 and xbox but giving them 60hz just turns every single enemy into FaZe Rain on legendary.

[@KombatKastle]

Thank Saber Interactive-the people who got Halo Online running and Microsoft were smart to hire them for it.

[@SmilingOrange]

That's not what Happened unfortunately

[@Palter7x]

nope, they didn't hire them.

[@KombatKastle]

Palter7x Yes they did hire people from Saber,I known for a fact. Point me to some evidence that contradicts me first.

[@vithederg]

@@KombatKastle Can ya show me a link? I'd like to see this myself!

[@eazion1958]

Halo Online aka Eldewrito, the team was NOT hired by 343 or Microsoft, there was a recent tweet from one of the devs saying they were not contacted at all for that

[@BDOG.777]

I've been playing Halo 3 on the 360 with my little brother (he's 6, gotta bring em up right aha) a lot recently and after watching this video, it's amazing how much the game's visuals have improved. It looks so much smoother, cleaner and clearer. Really looking forward to being able to play it on PC

[@lmao_lol_xd]

What is that pfp lmao

[@dbzwarrior4321]

lol pfp

[@michaelknox3715]

Wait? You still play on the 360? In 2020?

[@Britishalo]

Tyleen calypso it's still a good console even today I still play it aswell

[@Cerebrums]

Tyreen Calypso the 360 is a timeless piece of hardware

[@spartan0771]

I hope the ability to choose between seeing skins is in Infinite. Sometimes I love skins but sometimes I just don’t want them. This is the best way to unify the community

[@armorfrogentertainment]

You don't want to see a pre-made group all wearing the Olive helmet?

[@Matanumi]

Halo CE skin FTW

[@Dryblack1]

I strongly doubt it, unfortunately. I think the only reason it happened for CE is for the sake of preserving the original experience, which is priority #1 for MCC.

[@damsen978]

It should be a standard for every game ever.

[@ninjanaranja7142]

Makes me so happy they’re trying to get the skins working in campaign. That’ll be super fun

[@imaginelizard1849]

Did he say "with halo 3 and reach's forge being expanded on"? Am i hearing him wrong?

[@LateNightHalo]

You did. Check forge once the patch drops. New gadgets, tools and items have been added.. as well as a larger budget

[@imaginelizard1849]

Hell yeah!

[@JuiceboxCE]

The elephant being a multimap forge vehicle for example!!

[@hackersack6302]

And things like Sabres and Saraphs for reach.

[@ORLY911]

Whoa really? Damn. Dogfights here we come.

[@benjaminrobledo5466]

*"Why are there six pedals when there are only four directions. "* - Caboose

[@pabletoday9782]

The fact that when you put the crosshair in the middle of the screen the weapon models change angle is so beautiful, its like halo ce, which had the crosshair in the middle but weapons angled in a way as if they were aiming slightly upwards. You touched on this when explaining why the halo 5 rifle was odd. Because the crosshair is in the middle but the 3d models didn't compensate

[@dogtagduke744]

I’m glad somebody is talking about halo threes exceptional lighting and bright flashes. I remember going to theater mode just to pause on explosions and bubble shields and regeneration devices just to see how amazing it looked. This lighting is severely lacking from halo five, so I hope halo infinite has remedied this and return halo to the king of lighting.

[@MrMegaMetroid]

I ALWAYS fucking wondered why phantoms and scarabs or other large vehicles dont explode in this bright fashion anymore. When you blow up a phantom in halo 3 its a second sun and if you do the same in halo 4 it just.... Falls appart into really shitty low poly junk. Sure the junk is low poly too in h3 but, at least youre too blinded to see that. We nees that in infinite

[@oreo-postraphe]

When ODST comes to pc I want them to add playable Johnson across both platforms Playable Johnson Playable Johnson PLAYABLE JOHNSON

[@Avera9eWh1teShark6]

He was playable. He was just a pre-order bonus, same with the Recon set in Reach. Given that Recon was made available in both 3 and Reach MCC as well as legacy, it likely means that Johnson will be available in ODST as well.

[@Hakuru15]

It’s been confirmed he will be

[@oreo-postraphe]

@@Avera9eWh1teShark6 I know he was preorder, thats why i want him available to everyone when it launches on pc Thank you for the info though, it is appreciated

[@oreo-postraphe]

@@Hakuru15 For reals? No lie, on jah?

[@orangedalmatian]

@@oreo-postraphe on jah.

[@kadenstewart7761]

I got into halo just after the golden Xbox live years, so I missed out, I’m ecstatic about being able to play halo 3 online.

[@KombatKastle]

Was there since 2001 and there hasn’t been anything like it. Better late than never Microsoft. Halo 3 still has its magic and you can definitely feel it still to this day. Have fun and enjoy,

[@oreo-postraphe]

Same homie

[@Furionic696]

Multiplayer hit reg is more than a little off according to the devs atm so have fun but try not to judge what was back then with what is now because they're noticeably different unfortunately

[@NotSoMelancholy]

I’ll love to see the devblogs after release to hear about just how much of a role the eldewrito devs had in helping the port along Also, man I’m so happy to here the skins are toggleable

[@xman40100]

Sadly, from what I've heard on Twitter, not much at all. They haven't been contacted since, well, since they announced they were gonna work with them. Apparently, they didn't even get an invite to the early access, so it was only just a DMCA takedown issued by Microsoft (keyword being Microsoft, not 343i). :( Sauce: twitter.com/Gamecheat13/status/1282072492278939649

[@DragonSoulMusic]

@@xman40100 They haven't had much if anything to do with porting individual games. However, once 343 is able to work on releasing tools and implementing mod support, I'm sure they'll be hitting up the Eldewrito crew seeing as they're very talented at working on that sort of stuff.

[@xman40100]

@@DragonSoulMusic Hopefully. They have a pretty talented team at El Dewrito, and not to say that the people porting the games to PC from 343 are talented as well, porting the games in the really short time they've had is pretty impressive.

[@zzzxxc1]

@@xman40100 I saw a reddit post from a 343 dev saying the eldewrito crew helped them a ton. Gamecheat apparently loves to stir up drama

[@parsashirali8957]

xman40100 thing is they did contact the team and their advice was invaluable . The guy that tweeted out was just salty and toxic which is nothing new considering his twitter history

[@glenn3646]

Just bought the collection on steam for pc, having a blast cant wait for halo 4 and halo odst, I havent play those yet, now im on Halo reach for the first time and its awesome, on legendary it is just brutal

[@fmwhitney7]

I really hope that they use this interpolation technology to fix Halo 1 and that they end up polishing up Halo 1 and 2. Its kinda frustrating that in order to play Halo 1 with non-broken graphics, I have to use my original xbox in 2020. I just beat the Halo 3 port and it is absolutely a step in the right direction. It's incredible and the game feels like for the most part that it was designed for PC in the first place. Absolutely love the direction 343 is going with this.

[@Sebal007]

The reason the Audio is finally fixed, is that 343 started to work together with the company which did the Audio-Driver used in Halo on the Xb 360. The 360 is power-pc based, therefore the driver and the audiosystem is not usable on the XBOne or the Windows PC. So they did a best effort implementation by themself. However the audio-postprocessing is lacking in quality and is not on par with the original by any means. This means, for the first time, the original postprocessing and audiosystem is running outside of the 360 on modern hardware. Thanks to 343 for stepping up their game on how they treat the development on their way to a more faithfull restoration on current hardware :) Source: One of their Blogs month ago. Sorry, to lazy to find that one right now :( (its 2 am)

[@arbiter-]

Playing this game in 4k with the expanded FOV is just amazing. Sure, it's a game from 2007 but it sure doesn't look like it. I'd say the only thing that doesn't hold up is some of the faces (Lord Hood lmao) but it's far from distracting. The final level warthog run with the Ark in the background just looks so beautiful. I never noticed how amazing the skybox looked when I played on 360 or Xbox One.

[@AlcatrazV1]

Good to hear, only thing I’m concerned about is the server lag and rubber-banding that was experienced at end of the flight. The double nade bug came from that and apparently it’s a known issue, which has me slightly worried. Either way, can’t wait.

[@tysmosisjones]

The first time I genuinely felt those childish, anxious butterflies that we all get when we see something super badass at E3, was in this video. When I saw that the masterpiece background paintings of Halo 3, were being upscaled and remastered. Holy shit. I almost forgot what that feeling was. I'm going to flip out when they show off Infinite! I also have to wait till Friday to Finish the Fight. Stocking up on beers and doing a full, 1 night playthrough for the millionth time.

[@o_o-037]

The only problem I have is that MCC STILL doesn't have secondary bindings.

[@JustAndre92]

"Let me just be a garbage human for one second." Aaw, come on, Taras, don't be so hard on yourself. :3 "I'm personally a fan of per-object motion blur." *HOW DARE YOU.*

[@What_Zen]

I dont really like it either, but my system is unstable, so my framerate is unstable too. I use motion blur to sort of interpolate frames for a smoother experience

[@theSato]

Per object blur is great.

[@Mad_Mick]

"Halo 3 is not as high fidelity as the CE remaster" CE remaster is literally Reach assets shit out onto an engine that wasn't meant to have them. It looks nowhere near better then 3.

[@LateNightHalo]

That’s not really fair to technical achievement of CEA. It’s not my favorite remaster but it is a good looking game

[@iansutton4691]

@@LateNightHalo Technically speaking it is a fine effort, artistically it is a failure IMO.

[@milkmonstrosity]

I play with "Classic" graphics just because the Anniversary models feel weird using the old animations. I'm looking at models fit for a late PS3/XBOX 360 game, but with the stiffness of a game from 2001, and it just doesn't sit with me. Not to mention that the heavy use of assets leads to a weirdly out of sync art design.

[@Loganhundred]

As always, the lightning changes everything.

[@EggEnjoyer]

Halo reach was mainly designed around Halo 1 though tbf.

[@Comkill117]

This made my day, Halo 3’s probably my favorite game ever. I really can’t wait to use all the new forge tools, especially finally getting to drive the anti air wraith and use the troop transport hog in multiplayer, along with all the other crazy stuff in there. MCC might have had a rough start in PC but based on what you’re saying and what they’ve been talking about fixing and adding, I think it’ll be turning around quite nicely.

[@darthtyranus378]

am i the only one who is actually happy with the mcc on pc? like i'm having a great time with this port

[@xxjaclsonxx]

Same. Me and my buddy have been waiting, and are very happy.

[@lanpeel3928]

I honestly didn’t have a problem with halo 2. I thought it was ported well

[@killerkitten7534]

I didn’t have any problems. All MCC ports for PC worked perfectly fine for me

[@michaelvandermaas5871]

@@killerkitten7534 I actually had issues with the sound completely stopping until I had reached another checkpoint. I thought maybe it was some off the wall windows configuration or maybe even the integrated sound card on my motherboard, but 2 motherboards and 2 separate instances of windows later it was certainly just the game being buggy. ?I actually had lesser issues on an AMD fx 6100 vs my I5 9600k lol

[@kyleriggs93]

Halo 3 was much before it’s time. One of if not the greatest game ever

[@cactuskhan4649]

I hope the sound has been fixed, my audio gets incredibly glitched while playing. His "glitched" audio in the video is just a bit quiet. When I play, things like after I stop shooting my gun, I can still hear my gun being shot, happen, or if I go near waterfalls I can hear it stuttering for the next few minutes after I go away from it, or Cortana starts stuttering over and over and over.

[@ihazcheese]

Great video as always, thanks for the info!

[@grimordia9379]

That golden helmet visor for CE looks beautiful.

[@NBeCREATIVE]

Uploaded 2 minutes ago, never clicked faster

[@JadeBlades098]

Are you able to walk and crouch at the same time? That was a “fun” bug.

[@trashcan7594]

I love your work Late Night Gaming! Keep it up!

[@Gan_Gineandro]

Thanks for working in this video, nice work

[@stoneapollyon8313]

I feel like mcc on pc is about to experience what is called a “no mans sky” redemption ark

[@davemccombs]

..... Are you kidding? There is no redemption. Log in. The games are broken and incomplete. They always will be.

[@Xenomnipotent]

GnomeDazzle guaranteed that you haven’t played MCC in atleast 2 years

[@PandaJerk007]

@@davemccombs The MCC has been great on PC. In over 100 hours I only felt 1 glitch worth mentioning and 343 fixed it. (in H2, projectile shooting from an ally). H3 will now have better Forge than ever before (placeable Elephant!) and improved graphics. Please keep an open mind and you will see the MCC is turning out awesome :)

[@angelsilva7207]

No Man’s Sky is gay

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

I WAS LITERALLY PLAYING THE MISSION TWO BETRAYALS AND THE SECOND GENERATOR DIDN'T FUCKING EXPLODE. I HAD TO RELOAD THE ENTIRE MISSION SINCE THE CHECKPOINT HAD SAVED *AFTER* THE SECOND GENERATOR REFUSED TO EXPLODE!! Other than that though, everything works flawlessly!

[@crimsonking4379]

I'm curious how the halo 4 launch will go, halo 4 is my favorite campaign in the series and despite being released over seven years ago it is still beautiful especially in requiem

[@chocbartowbar2668]

I noticed during the flight when they fixed the hud the crosshairs went from 1080p to a lower resolution, and its still the case as of day 1 of the launch. I really hope they didn’t forget it and are still planning on adding back the high resolution crosshairs

[@tuckerjohnston1844]

As someone who has owned Halo MCC sense the year it first launch on the Xbox one I’m really happy it’s been getting better.

[@lojanoftheshire6795]

I love how damn giddy he sounds when he talks about Halo lol

[@kaihamza4710]

Im so happy that their working on the netcode it’s often quite frustrating for me to play halo 3 even though I love this game but hey I can play reach ce and 2 online and soon even halo 4 damn this is exciting

[@parsashirali8957]

The main issue with the “hit registration “ rn isn’t even the hits not registering. It’s the bullets are so slow that with the new netcode their even slower . Bungie really didn’t have good code back then

[@ossipeltonen397]

I wish they fixed CE and Halo 2 Classic netcodes.

[@Dennis19901]

@@parsashirali8957 Halo 2 and Halo 3 netcode are fine, except for one detail. The game is brilliantly made in terms of networking. However, the host/server should look in the "past" when receiving data from a client and evaluate how the game state was when the client shot his weapon. Which is something that was too resource intensive for the 360, so they left it out.

[@undeadlurchgaming1383]

Didn't run into any major issues til i got to dual wielding, seperate buttons to reload each weapon. Next issue I found wasn't until flight, I was able to make it go every direction except down(as in lowering vehicle). Tried changing key bind and it still did not work, and the autosave was from when vehicle was high enough up that ejecting caused death from falling to far. Had to find a cliffside that i was barely able to jump onto without death and work my way across.

[@Beast9894]

I remember zooming into the textures when it came out. Crazy how they did the graphics

[@devashishathawale4807]

Finally, someone uses the lowered crosshair position

[@huwfollantyearl6726]

I love that PC players can experience the beauty that is the Halo series without having to buy an Xbox. It is probably far worse of a business decision than to keep Halo as an exclusive but they’re doing it anyway.

[@neonsolace2748]

I was once a halo pc fan that finished halo 1 and 2 on pc but i couldn't wait and said fuck it and bought xbox360 to play halo 3 Glad they're gonna finish the fight

[@OblivionSoldier]

How's it worse? Much bigger market overall, generally means more money. The leeway for error is smaller yes, but not by much.

[@ShadowRainX]

My 17 year old me would have a mindblown right now.

[@trblemayker5157]

@@OblivionSoldier The pc market is considerably larger seeing that folks are still hyped for a game released 13 years ago. It's a win-win for MS as they have new fans to experience the older Halo games and be interested in the upcoming Infinite. Plus, MCC on console is also getting fixed thanks to all the new bug reports which is making MCC the definitive experience.

[@daddynolegs]

Exclusives are a thing of the past. If the new xbox releases with viable crossplay and no exclusives, I could see it outperforming the ps5 if it can't keep up in that department. Microsoft already has the edge in crossplay, due to their ownership of Windows.

[@HelplessTeno]

Between all the updates that have been made to MCC on PC, and the Ruby Rebalance mods I've been using, Halo has been very enjoyable on PC for me. I haven't played Halo consistently the release of Halo 5. I'm really happy I get to play one of my favorite game series on PC almost 20 years after the initial release of Halo CE.

[@juanj3442]

Awesome video as always :D

[@DitoMido]

The real question is: will there be Splitscreen?!?

[@parsashirali8957]

They said that it’s one of their priorities after they saw how many people want it along with input based matchmaking and cross play (which would be a godsend )

[@ausaskar]

Woah, that Halo 1 cutomization. This is what MCC should have been from the start. But... Better late than never.

[@qasimaliabbas]

Finally. Late night gaming video. You're videos are awesome dude for those who's new in this halo universe.

[@GoldSrc_]

Reach's audio fix was what I was expecting, after like 8 months of waiting lol.

[@LastManFilmsUS]

Actually the mat painting in the mission Cortana is the original that was never actually inserted over the placeholder (the one we got in the official release)

[@koyo3376]

I got over 500 fps at times in the flight. They did a FANTASTIC job with that. It's much better than Reach and the previous games.

[@chrisfratz]

Did they decide to rervert the the position of the first person hand models closer to the screen? The flight for this game had the hand models further from the screen which I think made them look nicer. Because I think that was a great change.

[@Sniper5875]

When you mentioned the audio issues fixed for reach, did it fix that music audio problem how it breaks all sound into static?

[@dldoubleg2915]

Hey Late Night, do you mind commenting your specific reshade settings so I can quickly copy how your game looks? I tried to reshade it myself but I still like yours better and would like to copy :)

[@frost15693]

Quality content as always, Late Night. 👏

[@CoryKeepers]

I am honestly ridiculously excited that they are looking into the net code. Super happy to see 343 going above and beyond to make this game the best experience it can be.

[@overtbias9305]

Q&A: apologies for the longish question. What style of UNSC or covenant air vehicle would you like to see in Halo Infinite? Do you prefer flying warthog style vehicles like the falcon over a single seat aircraft like the wasp? and do you think the banished should get their own style of flying craft, maybe with multiple seats?

[@HazopGaze]

Damn good work, LNG. Damn good work to 343, as well. Looks like they pulled through, finally! I really do feel vindicated for holding onto hope for their MCC releases.

[@daddynolegs]

I am super excited to go back to reach with working audio, and to try out the updated forge modes. All i really want now is a server browser to replace or at least heavily supplement the matchmaking, and better modding tools and mod accessability!

[@autofigure00]

I'm so excited, I played the campaign so many times when it came out and for years as my little 7 year old self, and even after replaying the Halo games as an adult halo 3 is still my favorite game. I'm glad it doesn't have as many issues as I've had with Halo 2 when that came to PC.

[@autofigure00]

Oh yeah also reached terrible glitching issue (and I have that issue with Halo 2A multiplayer and it lags so bad and chops the sound so it's unplayable. I forgot about reach being so bad, I just uninstalled it after playing the campaign and a few online games.

[@jadenbowers4607]

The custom skins being put into combat evolved is honestly the coolest thing 343 have done like it's just a small thing to do but honestly a huge surprise since halo has ever focused on armor aside from the skins in halo 4 and halo 5

[@JoshMC2000]

My question is have they fixed some one the audio bugs on ce. That plasma pistol one gets annoying. Also is the any plan for some more detailed audio sliders like. Speech. FX. Music

[@LateNightHalo]

They did fix the audio issues on CE and H2!

[@airas1494]

YES more frequent content, I like ittt!

[@WalrusWinking]

I've been without hearing the last two weeks in my left ear it's started to come back just in time.

[@n4ko]

the first halo game was one of my favorites pc games when i was little. Im from Argentina and it was the only game u could play back then with anyone in the world with literally no lag, no idea what was it about it but i played it for years xD

[@Muzan_JacksonHEEHEE]

Hey LNG whats that song you use in the beginning on your video? not the halo music

[@BigA207]

I can’t believe I can finally play this! After so many years!!!

[@Bucket_Buffoon]

Personally I'd like the Eldewrito feature of Weapon FOV customization implemented. The ability to adjust viewmodels without having to finangle with Config Files is something I have an appreciation for. I like a clean screen, and having my weapons in the lower right corner a-la Quake or Half Life 1, or TF2's minimized viewmodels, is something I *ABUSE* when I'm given access to it. Plus it's fun to sometimes center the viewmodels for a nostalgia factor

[@daddynolegs]

Hard agree. My favorite implementation was the Open Sauce version in custom edition; you could change each weapon you're holding right on the spot with simple sliders, each weapon was changed individually, and you could see exactly where the weapon would sit while changing it!

[@Zman6258]

They've confirmed that weapon position customization is something they're working on. I wish it was coming sooner, but hey, I'll take it.

[@Bucket_Buffoon]

@@Zman6258 Thank god. Idk if the Config trick works for anything other than Reach, because *FUUUUCK* having giant viewmodels.

[@shrimpguy6900]

Did they add magnets back into reach forge? I noticed they took them out in the item options

[@ne3333t]

Unfortunately I have been unable to play mcc ever since I went to basic training. Hope I can catch up when I get out of AIT

[@RiskyFeat]

Speaking of the Net Code on Multiplayer... I hope they work to fix the net code on the PC MCC Campaigns. It is such a laggy mess. Experiencing the campaign with friends is a big part of Halo for me. Also, enjoyed every second of this video. You received a Like from me. :D

[@KnoxCarbon]

I think one of the reasons the other games were so rocky is because Reach was their first attempt and CE and 2 had to have the remastered graphics ported over too. Less hassle with this game I suppose.

[@Pablovru]

It comes TOMORROW (14 July) I'm absolutely HYPED !!

[@ScTiger1311]

I just want to be able to disable the distracting visor overlay that appears with the hud.

[@SLAD3]

What song do you use for your outro it sounds like halo 2

[@OblivionSoldier]

10:07 Dur de durp with the dur de durp vehicles.

[@superjetze]

I can't believe it's already been almost a year since I played Halo 3 for the first time.

[@benjaminclarke1951]

Just installed! Will see you all through the sniper scope in last resort ;)

[@spikypikachu1162]

The only issues (for console not PC from what I could tell) are audio issues for halo 3. Mainly the campaign. But I'll check at it again! So far it's amazing!!

[@tmorelli1982]

It's sitting on PC Game Pass as we speak, but just crashes the application every time I try to load it either with the standalone Halo 3, or even the Master Chief Collection now

[@JoeFilms5420]

I hope we can see some graphical improvement mods in the future. That would be nice.

[@parsashirali8957]

Audio fixes to reach cea and h2A were enough for me along with stability improvements. But all this is so good . Ima Jump back into mcc with h3 and a bit of h2A

[@Chef740]

also worth pointing out that the weapon positions have been altered for centered cross hair players so that the weapon model isn't taking up most of the screen and while its obviously better to have a full weapon model position menu, this temporary fix makes playing on centered cross hair in h3 significantly better than any of the other titles currently.

[@BigBananaBread]

looking surprisingly good, i stopped playing about a month after reach came out because i hated dmr starts and a bunch of the menu bugs/quirks for mcc, ive since moved to linux so hopefully i'll be able to get it working, if they've fixed a bunch of stuff on reach i'll love to get the others to play through again. one in-game thing that annoyed me and got me killed in multiplayer tho was crouching in reach, is that something that has been fixed? (on mouse and keyboard, you couldnt move and crouch, you had to stop moving to do it)

[@Miles300s]

Crouching has indeed been fixed a few months back. The issue was caused by the way Bungie coded the crouch function in relation to analogue sticks.

[@omniadoc]

Still blows my mind there is no subtitle for ingame dialogue.

[@TypoDiabetes]

I always thought the scarab explosion looked bad because the parts just rolled around afterwards like styrofoam

[@cursedmagician277]

dude your voice sound so good..its soothing

[@madmax2069]

One thing I've noticed upon exiting the MCC menu is that it'll hang for a minute or two before it actually exits, before halo 3 came out it exited normally. I do hope they touch up halo 1 and halo 2, halo 1 still has the odd looking energy shields and horrible fog (which modders have been able to fix but 343 hasn't) with classic graphics.

[@Puppyboy98]

Tried it out myself and it works perfectly. Only issue I've encountered is the co op is literally unplayable due to "connection loss" the moment we boot it up. Dunno if this is in our end or just the game being a new release, but it really hurts my soul.