Halo: The Master Chief Collection

As a massive Halo fan who grew up with these legendary games, I can confidently say this is one of the best FPS series ever made. Having sunk hundreds of hours into these games during the Xbox 360 era, the Master Chief Collection is an absolute must-have for both long-time fans and newcomers to the series.

What makes Halo truly special is its incredible combination of epic storytelling, unparalleled musical score, and groundbreaking gameplay. The collection brings together the main Halo titles up to Halo 4, completely remastered and optimized for PC. Whether you're reliving nostalgic memories or experiencing these games for the first time, there's something here for everyone.

The ability to switch between original and remastered graphics is a fantastic touch of nostalgia, allowing you to appreciate how far the series has come. Multiplayer is robust, with numerous maps, game modes, and cross-platform play that keeps the experience fresh and exciting. The customization options for your multiplayer character and emblem add a personal touch that fans will love.

For those who haven't experienced the Halo universe, this collection is the perfect entry point. The rich lore, memorable characters, and innovative gameplay have set a standard in the FPS genre that few games have matched.

Pros:
Comprehensive collection of Halo games
Stunning remastered graphics
Cross-platform multiplayer
Incredible storytelling and music
Tons of replay value

Cons:
Requires Xbox account login
Hackers in Multiplayer
Multiplayer can be region-dependent

Whether you're a longtime fan or a curious newcomer, the Halo: Master Chief Collection is an essential addition to any PC gamer's library.

these games have the best story and the best music and the best gameplay and the most graphics and the best controls and the okay multiplayer. It's like the dark knight trilogy if it was games. And then christopher nolan made the dark knight prequel which is also amazing. Then christopher nolan got killed and replaced with evil circ and made halo 4 and its not as good.

Play the fuckin games right nowp

It could be great, but Microsoft is ruining it. Played for 2.3h then got a message that my account has been locked because I violated the terms of service. And to unlock it, I'd have to give them my phone number.
I didn't do anything besides play the game! How could I have violated their terms of service!?
And no I'm not just giving away my number!
It's simple extortion!

So let me say this as politly as I can: "Fuck you Microsoft!"

(edit created a new account to see wether or not this was a fluke, it wasn't account got banned all the same. They clearly do this shit on purpose!)

careful if you play reach campaign multiplayer your teammate kills you at the end

YES!!

This game is great!!

Specially because I only paid $10 for it while it was on sale!!

DEFINITELY would say ALL this content, is AMAZING for the price! <3

Good Campaign, Got banned for Leaving the Matchmaking session, im so addicted to halo 3

I've played all of the campaigns on normal mode, and I am almost finished with them on Heroic mode. The Halo games are my favorite franchise now by far. 9.5/10, would recommend.

Gun go "brrrr"
music go "augh augh augh augh augh"
Adrenaline go "yippee"
plot goes hard
emotional roller coaster goes in a "loop de loop"
Explosions go "booooooooom"
PC fan barely runs (game is very optimized)
In other words.
Its quite good.

"Halo Studios" will not fix bugs that have been here for years. I just wanted to play a couple missions with my wife before we went to bed for work in the morning. Lost 2 hours just trying to play one mission bc everything is broken. Showing up on the wrong monitor, no mouse constraint, excessively difficult to find friends, etc. I JUST wanted to play Halo. Fix it.

locked out of my games because it uses outlook email login which, Microsoft automatically flags your email accounts as compromised if not logged in for a long period of time (because I try not to use shit from Microsoft.
Due to outlook/hotmail's horrible account recovery system that are brain tumor inducing, this shit is impossible so I have to sign up and lose all my progress and stats and bonuses all the way back to 2019.

be wary if you're buying this collection to keep an eye on your account's accessibility

get this on xbox...because i simply can NOT get multiplayer to work, it is pathetic

i don't particularly like being forced to make a microsoft account to access this game IN SINGLEPLAYER MODE.


also i got completely softlocked from playing since the stupid microsoft login screen never loads and just shows a black box.

Truth is, i have never actually played a Halo game in my life before until now, and now that i have thanks to the MCC all the hype is 100% justifiable. You are doing a huge disservice to yourself not playing any of the Halo games (Yes, even the "bad" ones) espacially if you are a big PVP/Co-op fanatic like me that also can't help himself but spend hundred of hours fooling around on Community servers if i get the chance. So suffice to say, yeah Halo is freaking sweet.

Words can't describe the beauty of Halo games, the lore, amazing story and characters, music. No other single-player game will make you feel this kind of feeling. Must try, can't recommend Halo games enough.

Unable to fix the xbox login failure. No help has been provided and by the look of reddit, this problem has been happening for years with no fix. Id take my money back if i could.

The graphics are stellar, especially for the older remakes. However, you HAVE to log in with an account AND there is no split screen! How is this even a halo game without split screen? The game play is great, graphics are great, but I cannot look past the login requirement nor the lack of split screen multiplayer/co-op

It's extremely fucking frustrating having to put up with how this collection gets updated, seeing as even the most minor patches are gigabytes in size and almost always result in mods being completely unplayable. AKA, the whole damn reason I even play MCC on PC to begin with, being made unplayable. This is made even worse with how Steam loves to shove updates down your throat, even if you've disabled the automatic option, which is what happened to my game. Great. So what's the solution? Force every single mod author to have to manually update their content to make up for it, which is just ridiculous to expect, especially for older mods that obviously aren't going to get that kind of attention months, if not years after they've been published on an individual basis. I don't understand how a game with Steam workshop support can be this blatantly archaic with how it's own mods are supported. Christ, at this point I might as well stick with Custom Edition.

"Our duty as soldiers is to protect humanity, whatever the cost" - Master Chief

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run Paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☑ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Replayability }---
☐ Baldur's Gate 3
☐ Lots of different ways to play
☐ Good for a few runs
☐ For collectables, sure
☑ Multiplayer / Coop
☐ Don't even play it once

---{ Story }---
☐ No story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee (<5h)
☐ Short (5 - 10h)
☐ Average (10-30h)
☐ Long (30 - 60h)
☑ To infinity and beyond (>60h)

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
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☑ 10

I have never played the Halo games, and since I got this collection on Christmas, I wanted to try them out. Thank you for the gift!

Buying the collection, you will get every main Halo title up until Halo 4, with reworked graphics for Halo: CE Anniversary and Halo 2: Anniversary, which you can even change to the original graphics settings too. It’s a good thing that you don’t have to download all games at once, since all of them listed as DLCs you can choose which one you want to download. There is also cross-platform multiplayer for them, even for co-op, and there is also a map editor which is a great addition, although it is not usable for CE and ODST. Multiplayer active for most of the titles, which I will explain more in their specific reviews. You can also make your multiplayer emblem, customize your character model. Also, there are multiple leaderboards for achievements, different types of playlists for campaigns which all add to the replayability and to improve your results in the games.

I talk about each game’s multiplayer state in their reviews, but in general I can tell that this game is more active in the US region, so if you play from outside of the US, expect to play multiplayer mostly in the active hours of the US. Latency did not feel bad, although it depended on your connection. You can occasionally find servers and a few players in the EU, but it’s not really common. Also, I was not able to find any game for the competitive game modes, so I suggest using the server browser to find matches to join.

The collection has its own launcher, which you download first when you launch the game and it will need a XBOX account to login before doing anything. This additional DRM is not in the liking for some people, but personally I don’t really mind it. Also, none of the game has split screen capability, which could be an issue for some, especially since this was a well known feature in any Halo game.

Still, in my opinion the collection in theory is pretty good, especially for those who have not played these games yet. I will list here my other reviews related to all of the Halo games in the collection, listing them in a chronological order:

Halo: Reach
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Halo 2: Anniversary
Halo 3
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 4

For those who are interested in the Halo universe and have never played any of these games, I think this collection can be a very good deal for them. For those who are interested in FPS games I can also recommend, as in my opinion Halo is providing an unique experience which can be enjoyed for most players. It’s also good for relieving these games on PC if you know the series, but it depends if you are fine buying all of the games in the collection. I can definitely recommend buying the collection, but wait until a sale to get them all.

This game is absolutely worst. first f all there are first 3 halo games which are absoultely worst because they have at least one mission which is so hard to nevigate and complete. whole map is just bunch of repetable enviroment and you dont know whether you are going ahead or back in mission. then there is odst. i was enjoying the game so far untill i encountered a game breaking bug whare one of my fellow died on his own for no reason and i was locked out of mission. this became so frustrating that i decided to post this review and not play this game ever. also forget about requirement to log in with microsoft account which i had to make just for this third class game. i wish i had an option to get refund even if steam keep my money but i dont want them to keep my money for this trauma. aso all memes you see on social media are bunch of cheep marketing and this game is terrible.

Halo is one of if not the best franchises out there from the campaigns and story to the multiplayer and co-op. call it glazing liberals, but all of these games have stood the test of time

This collection can keep you entertained for weeks, with absolute banger campaigns. Halo 3 ODST in particular always having a special place in my heart throughout my childhood.

Really fun game to play with friends in multiplayer. So many maps and gamemodes to choose from!

Bad news every Halo player the stupid MCC update is now not showing many mods now even with anti cheat disabled! :(
This needs to be fixed.
Thumbs up because I love Halo of cause but it would be thumbs down because of this update.
And if the update did not exist then every Halo fan out there would still be happy playing the game normally & playing with mods as with friends as well.

Games great but be warned about multiplayer tho. Its full of try hards not that i blame them tho. I mean nobody plays ranked so they have to play with the casuals. Also the game still crashes sometimes for me when playing custom games. I wish 343 would update this game man. Kinda crazy how the studio abandoned the community here.

Enjoy the countless hours of playing multiplayer with friends, and campaign with my brother. I've had a blast :)

Started out rough but its an amazing game i group up with halo and has always been something i frequently come back to such a fun game.

They update the game for no reason other to screw up all the mods. I have 100 gigs of custom campaigns that are useless for literally no reason. Modded campaigns is the only thing I do on this game.

The input delay is literally worse than the original game and the enemy AI does things they never did in the originals. I'm playing this for the nostalgia and this just doesn't succeed at that. No wonder they're remastering Combat Evolved again. I hope they do a better job.

As for the co-op campaigns, there is a latency delay on the MOVEMENT. I tried to play with a friend from the UK from Australia and there was literally a 300ms delay from when I pressed W to when Chief walked forward and even when I released W he'd continue moving foward for another 300ms. Absolutely atrocious netcoding, I genuinely cannot believe how bad it is.

First time playing Halo! Very much of its era. Always been a Playstation guy, but it is cool to finally experience and understand what people have been talking about for the past 20 years.

You can NOT launch this game with out making a microsoft account. even though you bought it from steam and not microsoft. If you put in the wrong account information youll get stuck in a logging loop that you have to alt f4 and go into your pcs credential files and delete to even attempt to log in again. the game its self is a pretty buggy port. i wish there was a better way to play this collection, this would have gotten a good review if it didnt have so much 3rd party crap attached to it that causes consistent problems.

Buy this game and show 343i (not calling them Halo Studios as they don't deserve the name) that their current view of Halo is absolute trash. They should hire people that actually appreciate and understand the original trilogy and what made the gameplay/artstyle/community so good, and work from there. Halo 4 only just barely squeaks by as not a complete disappointment, but it's still such a skewed view of what Halo is supposed to be, and then Halo 5 and Infinite are just pure horrid messes. Halo Reach and 1-3 are masterpieces in their own ways, the community has to vote with their wallets and stop supporting the new releases and continue to purchase/play MCC.

The game is great, when it works. Being able to play all of the original campaigns in single player on modern hardware is a gift. Trying to play any of the original campaigns in multiplayer is a grift. It simply doesn't work without major changes to the base code, and mods can only go so far. As much work as has been done to modernize the game, desync issues abound whenever a player picks up the wrong gun or gets into the wrong vehicle. It doesn't seem like Microsoft cares to update the game anymore either, so whatever capability we're able to mod in after the fact in 2025 is pretty much what we're left with.

From reading other reviews online, playing multiplayer in other modes may have similar issues, I haven't tried because playing the campaign is what I got the MCC for.

I do not recommend getting this game unless you are looking to play in Single Player, and perhaps wait until the game goes on sale for $10 again.

The games within its collection great but the sigining in and making a microsoft account is just unbearable because you never know when it will get locked and even then it does get locked you cant switch accounts because it gets stucked in the your account was locked message

the only thing good about halo 1-2 is the nostalgia, and story... other than that, they aren't worth playing through without a team to make the garbage more tolerable. The only things worth playing are Reach and ODST, maybe 3 if im willing to risk souring my memories. In other words, i regret being attached to this failure of a franchise, it's potential left to waste. reminds me of C&C. Started cool, became great, and then BAM! full blown AIDS.

Pros:

Graphics.
Soundtrack.
Campaigns.
Online co-op.
Can be played with mid-range PCs.
6 games, totally worth the price.

If you grew up playing these games or have never experienced Halo before, this is the place to start. While not a totally faithful product (some music licenses were lost during the making of this and the changing of studios as well as small lore terminals not present in the base games) it represents a fantastic collection of what defined and shaped online console shooters and became and video game sci-fi darling. I have put hundreds to thousands of hours into these games when they originally released back in the day and I still put another 150 or so hours into replaying these games and revisiting multiplayer and just enjoying these games in general. I still hop on every now and then to do some coop or multiplayer with a friends or friends.

The addition of lore terminals into the base game is another small gripe I have. They were not in the original releases and while I don't mind that they are in the game, I feel like they should unlock after your first play-through, so that those who have never experienced Halo before can learn the lore and story the same way we did. The lore terminals add some info and straight up spoilers very early on the in the trilogy story and even include some bits of detail from the books.

Halo 1-3, Reach, and ODST are the real heart of the Halo franchise. Halo 4 feels a bit like a cop out and the other 343 games lose a lot of heart that the series started off with.

Overall this is a strong collection of Halo games along with their still fun and active online multiplayer scene.

This game is held together by scotch tape and gum. It barely works. I don't know how you screw up networking so hard that campaign co-op effectively doesn't work, but congrats to 343i for doing what I previously thought to be impossible.

This is not a review of the games, obviously all the Bungie Halos are timeless classics and 4... exists. This is an angry rant at a worthless company that, after 11 years, still can't figure out how to do basic features correctly. Avoid this trash port.

great collection but not having split screen support in a halo game should be a crime

Awesome collection of remasters of originals. The games are perfect, and I love the ability to switch between old and new graphics to see the differences in them. The game even goes on sale for like 90% sometimes so awesome. GET THIS GAME!

the game is awesome. I don't recommend playing ODST because it can get very confusing and checkpoints in Reach are funky. Otherwise, I had a lot of fun and it was definitely wroth 10 euros. I recommend Halo CE and especially Halo 2. Just remember not to play firefight custom.

Halo The Master Chief Collection is a must have game on your PC, the CLASSIC nes is unmatched by any other game on steam. if you don't have Halo The Master Chief Collection your an opp because the game is so good that everyone needs it, also my all time favorite voice line is when Master Chief says "I AM THE HALO" because that line is an all time CLASSIC !

The game always crashes on start up. I've tried multiple work around including uninstalling/new install, verifying files etc. The sad thing is reddit indicates this problem has been ongoing for at least 2 years. So that tells me this is another cash grab by a major gaming corporation and they have no intent of fixing anything. Good thing I only paid $10.

Game is a fantastic value. It's a lot of fun, lots of content to play. Grab a friend, hop in a warthog. If you like Halo, or just want to experience it, this is a great starting point.

Requires an XBOX login to even start into the games. Getting it on sale was nice. Refunding it immediately afterwards was even better... ALL games that are under the control of a 3rd party / requiring active internet connection to login and run, should have a big Neon NOTICE: Third Party Login. This is an Online Game and will not work without a live internet connection.

It wouldnt let me get past the sign in. Garbage like that shouldnt be allowed on steam. I buy games, i expect to play them without having to jump trough more hoops. Getting it on sale was nice. Refunding it immediately afterwards was even better...

You need to sign in to play
The sign in option doesn't always work
which means you can't play the game you paid for

My favorite game series will always be Halo, and the deal to get 6 of these games is amazing, I love it.

Halo Master Chief Collection started off as a cash grab from a company that didn't understand the magic of the franchise, but has quickly became an absolute masterclass in media conservation. Halo MCC allows you to relive the best games of the series, and play them all over again in a easily digestible format. Customs games are great, campaigns are unrivaled, and the community is amazing. I encourage anyone who has never played Halo to dive in, and experience some of the best games of the 2000s and ask questions, join game chat, and teabag to your hearts content. Also, the speed running community is amazing and super fun to keep track of and try to participate in. I have loved Halo ever since I was a kid, and as an adult, it offers a moment of respite from life and its many challenges. I hope you experience an 8th of the joy I have felt throughout my life playing these games. Thank you to Bungie and to 343 for creating and maintaining these wonderful pieces of art. 10/10 game, and yes I must say I am biased :)

A wonderful and comprehensive experience of some of the best games of all time (except for Halo 4). The amazing Halo trilogy alongside ODST and Reach is so great to play on PC and many of the games have a very active player base on their respective multi-players. Campaigns are fun to play with all of the skulls available and extras to choose from. Customization is vibrant and extensive and even stretches into the single-player experience if you so desire. Also it has good steady mod support with steam workshop! This means Halo 1 and 3 Firefight and that is just a dream come true for me.