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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 478.5 hrs on record (459.5 hrs at review time)
Posted: 24 Nov, 2022 @ 7:06am

Grew up playing Halo CE, 2, 3 and ODST, so when it released on Steam, I was overjoyed, as memories of really good times with friends striked back.

Were some hiccups with some graphics (mostly skyboxes) of the "classic" version of CE (mainly) and a bit 2, but they kinda fixed it.

The atsomphere is back, added some things we didn't have back in the day, like crouch jumping (thanks to XBOX controllers back in the day who put crouch button on the joystick), nameplates, new armor configuration for multiplayers and so much more.

The have redone the soundtracks for the old ones (CE, 2) in their anniversary editions, but you can (at least for CE), put the old musics with anniversary looking for CE and can toggle between each version by a simple binded key, but still, in every games so far, the music is on-point and I love it.

Other than that, was also amazed by Bungie last work on the franchise, Reach.
Never played it before, yet the story is amazing, characters are well written and designed, each one is really unique, and as you probably know the issue if you already played CE, you still got beat to the fact of what happened there.
Kind of my favorite game of the bundle, right close to CE (maybe a bit above it).

As for multiplayers, it's kind of enjoyable in versus/online, as there is plenty of crazy good players on it, so it's maybe hard for new players to really get a good grasp on it, but there is also plenty of funny mods on versus.

Co-op on campaign is also available on all games, and its cross-plateform too (like versus) to enjoy that great story driven through 5 great games, plenty of scenery of different environements, rich story with funny or emotionnal moments at times if you look at it very well (yes I look at you precisely, Sarge on H2).
Really really good to play with friends, a must do.

And sometimes there is challenges which brings rewards for playing, unlocking parts of armor, nameplates, weapons/vehicule skins and such.

All in all, a great bundle of a classic of the Futuristic/Sci-fi FPS genre, really funny with friends, as Co-op is available in all of the games, cross-plateform linked, really enjoyable.

As an old fan of it, I can only recommend this collection to every FPS fans or people who like some sci-fi/futuristic with a bit of atmospheric stuff.
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