HALO CE UNIVERSAL UI SERIES

Sadly, there isnвЂ™t the option for players to create their own playlist, which feels like a missed opportunity. Boss fights, Master Chief or the ArbiterвЂ™s journey through Halo 2, vehicle missions and more are combined into one stream. If youвЂ™re not happy hopping between the various instalments one level at a time, there are also playlists to choose from, a bunch of pre-selected levels from the campaigns which the developers based on different criteria. ItвЂ™s easy to forget that there are four individual entries here, released over a decade apart, thanks to the the ability to jump in and out of all of them. Following your game, you can also check what medals youвЂ™ve earned across each title, and which ones youвЂ™ve yet to unlock. Turning skulls on and off, adjusting the HUD for competitive time or score tracking and tweaking the controls are all available before entering whichever level youвЂ™ve selected.

Once in the game proper, youвЂ™re seconds away from any level in the franchise. While other HD collections may bring together equally popular or critically acclaimed titles, none have taken the steps to combine them with a dedicated UI such as this. You just hop out to the menu and choose exactly where you want to go next вЂ“ and everything is unlocked right from the start. You donвЂ™t have to worry about losing progress as thereвЂ™s separate save data for each game вЂ“ with progress only being lost if you choose to switch games while part-way through a mission вЂ“ and the Universal User Interface is so slick you can jump around between games with ease. After completing the вЂHaloвЂ™ mission of Combat Evolved, my immediate temptation was to jump into MCCвЂ™s major new offering, Halo 2 Anniversary.

HALO CE UNIVERSAL UI SERIES

ItвЂ™s hard to think of another series collection or HD remaster that comes close.Д®ase of use, immediacy, and persistence across titles are the keys. But the practice isnвЂ™t inherently worthless, especially when approached with the sheer style and creativity of The Master Chief Collection. ItвЂ™s easy to dismiss the slew of recent HD remasters as nothing more than stop-gaps, store fillers for empty release schedules. The multiplayer portion of this review вЂ“ and the score вЂ“ will be added in due course.

As such the below text is an appraisal of the single-player modes, the HD remastering, and the collectionвЂ™s unique presentation and gameplay elements. Note: At the time of this review going live it wasnвЂ™t possible to test the multiplayer aspect of the Master Chief Collection due to matchmaking issues.

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