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10. Halo: The Master Chief Collection Stayed Broken For Four Years

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Halo Master Chief Collection is in great shape right now but it wasn’t always that way.

When the compilation package launched in 2014, what was billed as the ultimate collection of Master Chief’s greatest hits turned out to be nothing short of a disaster. Players struggled to find matches as the servers melted. Many may recall waiting and waiting and waiting to find a match, only to get booted out and forced to try all over again.

What should have been Chief’s big day turned into a nightmare. While MCC was largely broken, developer 343 Industries pledged they were scrambling to fix it, all the while pushing ahead with Halo 5, which launched in 2015 to greater success than MCC out of the gate.

MCC was updated and improved over the years, but fans still felt incredibly burned by the launch state of the hotly anticipated compilation. Particularly since it took so long for the game to get its sorely needed fixes.

We expected better from the ‘Halo’ name and while it’s totally delivering now, MCC absolutely let fans down and plenty felt abandoned by 343.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.