They might get Reach released earlier, but I dont think we can expect the fully featured release with things the avid PC gamers will want like uncapped fps or a full FOV slider. I can also forsee 343 having to balance controller auto aim as well as mouse input due to player feedback. Dont forget all the MLG maps we loved too. It's just hard to see the releases being that close together, while still supporting the previous released titles.
It's a complex process for sure. The team is committed to the native PC "pillars" Max has outlined previously but it's definitely likely that the full extent of those features / what's feasible will vary by game and/or not be "fully" implemented right at "launch." In the May update blog, the engineers talk a bit more about the technical challenges of implementing FOV sliders and uncapped framerates in these older games.
It's hard to say really... The team does feel that Reach is probably the most challenging of all the titles being worked on and thus will take the most time. A good chunk of this initial work will pay dividends across the rest of the roadmap - i.e. stuff like the flighting pipelines, build management, etc... So, definitely not 'starting from scratch' with the other titles and we expect/hope that once Reach is out, the others shouldn't take the same amount of time. That said, it'll all be driven by flighting and quality so we'll have to see how it goes and take the time needed to get it right.
I will drag my balls through broken glass just to see a 480p image of a menu. I'll take anything!
Ouch. Please don't. To set expectations appropriately, we are going to be showing a small slice of a work in progress demo build of Reach running on PC. Our streaming setup isn't yet able to handle 4K hotness so it'll be an old school 1080p broadcast. We don't have a release date to share since it's all dependent on flighting and development (it's ready when it's ready). Max will also drop some new info on the progression system, we have updates on the specs for Reach matchmaking settings, and more...
We've pulled the trigger. We'll be showing a tiny slice of a work in progress demo build of Reach on PC.
Sorry, I don't know what a social stream is because I'm not really keeping up with all of 343's streams and social media accounts. So I didn't know what kind of stream gave the Ice Unicorn. I should have been more descriptive of what I meant.
Sometimes the social stream is just us talking about stuff, other times it's a 'playdate' that involves skin giveaways. Tomorrow will be a show-and-tell variety with no skins to pass out.
It's actually very relieving to know that marketing isn't dictating flighting schedules. I'd hate to see the project put on hold or rushed just to meet a hard deadline of E3.
We all aligned very early on that MCC of PC would be quality driven, not date driven and it wouldn't ship until it was ready. We also all agreed from the top down that flighting would be a critical path of development and we'd never leverage flighting as a marketing activation or turn it into any kind of pre-order incentive or customer 'bonus.' Really a lot of props go to the studio leadership and our partners across marketing for supporting the team's desire to do what's right for the project and players!
As someone who was googling 'Halo 3 PC' back in 2007, thank you for bringing MCC to PC, and for putting up with the impatient members of the community.
Nah I wouldn't say anyone is being unrealistically impatient - we've all waited a long time for Halo proper to be delivered to PC. This is a long time in the making and honestly I'm as eager and as excited as the community at large. Waiting is indeed the hardest part - well, waiting and also ensuring we live up to the sky high expectations (that seem to be growing by the day!). To say there's a lot of pressure on the team would be a huge understatement.
It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. They probably had a flighting build ready to go for past few weeks but kept it from us just so they could show it off at E3 first.
Nothing wrong with marketing the product, but publicly estimating an April flighting plan and then waiting 2 months just for the sake of marketing is pretty lame.
What's even the point of promoting the port of a 2014 game (not even the full game, mind you) when they could be focusing on promoting Infinite?
I can assure that nothing going on with the MCC PC project is being driven by or dictated by marketing. Announcing back in March with months of inactivity is the opposite of what Marketing would've wanted. Ideally the entire announce would've just occurred at e3 if we knew then what we know now (just in terms of the pace at which things have been moving).
Flighting should begin rolling out to Insiders in June. But, it's highly likely that a representative work-in-progress flight-build slice of Reach PC will be on hand in Microsoft's booth at E3. We will talk more about this in the May update blog (coming either tomorrow or Thurs) and hopefully if the stars align, on a 343 social stream. If you like hearing in-flux transparent planning info read this (otherwise ignore and pretend it doesn't exist): (this is one of those examples where I'm being transparent telling you that I've got intent to do a Reach PC first look stream tomorrow but it could ...
Read moreThis is awesome lol.
And yes I know the URL title is mistyped. Oops. 😬
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Lol I loved that you ended up doing a bunch of the D1 Grimiore.
Wow, that's awesome! Back in my day we had to chop down a tree and whittle it ourselves.
Looking awesome, as always!
I didn’t work on it continuously, but from start to finish, about a week. It was really fun. Also, are you an actual 343 employee?
Also, are you an actual 343 employee?
That's what they tell me!
Yes, my motivation in life is internet points, well done you guessed it. It’s not like I wanted to decorate my room.
Lol I'm just teasing you. <3
This is great, thanks for sharing!
How long did it take you to do?
Just you wait friend. My mother is like halfway done on a Halo Reach art. Very good drawing too
waits for /u/VenomViper1Mom to post her art and get more karma than /u/VenomViper1
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