Halo: MCC`s live service elements make it better, not worse
(Windows Phone Central)

Understandably, some dislike the live service approach. It`s ultimately for the best. Here`s why. Following the completion of all of the Master Chief Collection`s (MCC) PC ports in 2020, Halo developer 343 Industries has opted to take a live service approach with the MCC moving into the future. The game has flourished under this new direction. It has become one of Microsoft`s greatest hits, but some players, such as PC Gamer`s Natalie Clayton, feel that 343 Industries` decision to add live service elements to the game detracts from what makes it special in the first place. They argue that if the MCC is meant to stand tall as a time capsule for the Halo shooters of yesteryear, adding in colorful skins, armor suits from Halo Online, and new maps that were never in the original games intrudes on this vision. I understand where these fans are coming from, but I don`t agree with their arguments. Here`s why I think the MCC`s status as a time capsule is still being preserved, and also how...