Xbox One

[Blu]

Halo 5 tonight! Woooooo!

I'm anticipating critical acclaim and praise. Who all is going to be playing? Should be worth playing, to say the least.

[Fragems]

Mine is on it's way but UPS left it sitting in Richmond, VA for 3 days to avoid it hitting before release day(or because they suck) so it probably won't show till late tomorrow .

I'm probably only going to play the SP/Co-op for the first few days since I expect MP will probably be a hot mess. I just really hope that the MP makes up for the broken ass matchmaking of Halo MCC since that was obviously intentionally crippled to make sure everyone would move on and play this at release.

That being said I'm really dreading the 9GB day one patch hopefully they have dedicated enough servers to it otherwise I expect not being able to play this till Wednesday or Thursday.

[Lazer]

Have fun! I think I'll play a little original Xbox Halo 2 to mark the occasion. Single player, obviously. I'm interested to hear how the launch of 5 plays out, and how the game is. I'm sure I'll own an Xboxone in the distant future.

[Stark]

I should be on at 9pm if that's when it goes live.

[Fragems]

UPS is a no show so I guess I'll be getting mine tomorrow around 6pm .

[Fragems]

So I played through the Halo 5 campaign yesterday. SP has a pretty complex plot that didn't really blow me away I would probably rank it the worst in the series . The MP looks promising though need some more time to get a feel for a balance though since these REQ packs really alter the game a lot and could make it really unbalanced.

[Blu]

Hey Fragems do you wanna play online at all? My gamertag is BluNMU. Also have a Spartan Company if anyone else is interested.

I'm near the end of the campaign on Legendary, I'm stuck at this one very hard point in the game, and it's nigh impossible on Legendary.

3 Warden Eternal Fight, holy hell this is difficult.

I have some gripes about the game, but overall it's a pretty good experience. I'm really excited to jump in on some Multiplayer.

[Fragems]

Sure I'll add you next time I get on. You playing Legendary solo or co-op. I couldn't imagine dragging the bots through the whole game .

[Fragems]

I think I'm done with MP till it gets a little more balanced if that is even possible. Noticing the REQ are literally wrecking the experience. Once a team manages to get a foothold it's game over as long as their players have good cards. Plus some of the maps are poorly designed and give one side a pretty big advantage due to poor cover placement/entrances to buildings.

The biggest issue is there aren't any noticeable limits on specific vehicles aside from the player having limited cards so on more then one occasion I've seen a team with multiple tanks, wraths, and banshees completely lock down a map. Best part was since there wasn't much we could do against them they were swimming in points as they slaughtered us so even if we managed to take one down they usually had enough points to summon another vehicle immediately or equip an op weapon .

Edit: looks like the dedicated servers are taking a dirt nap at the moment.

[Stark]

Backwards compat list got posted:

A Kingdom for Keflings
A World of Keflings
Alien Hominid HD
Assassin’s Creed II
Asteroids & Deluxe
Banjo Kazooie®: Nuts & Bolts
Banjo-Kazooie®
Banjo-Tooie®
BattleBlock Theater
Bejeweled 2
Bellator: MMA Onslaught
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Blood of the Werewolf
BloodRayne: Betrayal
Borderlands
Call of Juarez® Gunslinger
Castle Crashers
CastleStorm
Centipede & Millipede
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Crazy Taxi™
Deadliest Warrior: Legends
Defense Grid: The Awakening
DiRT 3
DiRT Showdown
Discs of Tron
Doom
Doom II
Dungeon Siege III
Earthworm Jim HD
Fable II
Fallout 3
Feeding Frenzy
Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 3
Gears of War: Judgment
Golden Axe™
Halo: Spartan Assault
Hardwood Backgammon®
Hardwood Hearts®
Hardwood Spades®
Heavy Weapon
Hexic HD
Ikaruga
Jetpac Refuelled
Joy Ride Turbo
Just Cause 2
Kameo™: Elements of Power
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Lode Runner™
LUMINES LIVE!
Mass Effect™
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug XX
Might & Magic Clash of Heroes™
Mirror’s Edge™
Missile Command
Monday Night Combat
Monkey Island: Special Edition
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
Ms. Splosion Man™
Mutant Blobs Attack!!!
N+
NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
NiGHTS into dreams…
Operation Flashpoint™: Dragon Rising
Pac-Man: Championship Edition™
Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX+
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark Zero
Phantom Breaker:Battle Grounds
Pinball FX™
Plants vs. Zombies
Prince of Persia
Putty Squad
Rayman 3 HD
R-Type Dimensions™
Sacred Citadel
Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe
Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
Shadow Complex
Sonic CD
Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Super Meat Boy
Supreme Commander 2
Tom Clancy’s RainbowSix Vegas
Tom Clancy’s RainbowSix Vegas 2
South Park: The Stick of Truth™
Torchlight
Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
Tron: Evolution
Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
Viva Piñata
Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise
Wolfenstein 3D
Zuma

Definitely some fun ones in there! 104 in total.