Yesterday saw the release of the long-anticipated Halo: Reach (as part of the Master Chief Collection) on PC. Though Halo is traditionally a console-bound FPS, PC gamers have been looking forward to Master Chief Petty Officer John-117’s return to PC. So much so, that the game has shot right to the top of Steam’s charts since its release yesterday.
The game has also racked up over 100 000 players, which is frankly nuts – especially if you consider that as a Microsoft game, it’s part of the Game Pass for PC subscription too. While there’s no cross-play between PC and Xbox One, there is support between the Steam and Windows 10 Store versions.
As a multiplayer-focused game, it’s obviously got anti-cheat measures. When that’s the case, it usually means that any sort of modding is strictly verboten, because it risks ruining things for people playing online. Speaking on Reddit yesterday, a representative for 343 games said, however, that the game would soon have a way to bypass anti-cheat measures to make modding easier.
“…for now you will have an option when you launch to bypass anticheat,” they said. “This will allow you to play around with campaign and customs but not allow you to play any match made games.”
The rep also added that it would probably be a smart move to make backups of all modded files to make switching things around a little easier, which is sound advice. This does, however, highlight a potential problem with the Microsoft Store version of the game. For some reason, all of the UWP games are heavily protected in Windows and don’t allow for any modification to game files at all. Sure, there are ways around those permissions, but it makes modding difficult for the average person. Unless there’s an explicit mod tool available, it’d probably be best to get Microsoft’s game from the non-Microsoft storefront.
Last Updated: December 4, 2019
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 4, 2019 at 09:04
Looking forward to getting this eventually… ON STEAM NOT GAME PASS. The fact people can mod it is a great addition, give it a while and that’ll add a lot to the game.
Yozzie
December 4, 2019 at 09:09
Watched some streams because of all the hype, but the gameplay and graphics are so dated for a R700 game.
Not that graphics is what makes a game good or bad, it just seems kinda expensive compared to other pew pew games in that price range.
Allykhat
December 4, 2019 at 09:41
Reach is R80.
The whole collection, which is 6 games, is R700.
Just FYI 🙂
Yozzie
December 4, 2019 at 09:56
True. But I am only interested in Reach for the MP. I have no use for the other games that I don’t want. But I am forced to buy them all to get Reach, so the total cost for me to play Reach is R700
Allykhat
December 4, 2019 at 10:03
Uh… whut?
No dude… Reach is R80. All of the games in the MCC on PC can be purchased a-la-carte or you can buy the whole MCC once off.
Wont let me upload an image, but read the blue banner above the package options.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/
“Purchase The Master Chief Collection Bundle or individual titles for access to available game content.”
Also. I only bought Reach, the R80 version, and I was playing last night.
Allykhat
December 4, 2019 at 10:03
Uh… whut?
No dude… Reach is R80. All of the games in the MCC on PC can be purchased a-la-carte or you can buy the whole MCC once off.
Wont let me upload an image, but read the blue banner above the package options.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/
“Purchase The Master Chief Collection Bundle or individual titles for access to available game content.”
Also. I only bought Reach, the R80 version, and I was playing last night.
Yozzie
December 4, 2019 at 10:03
Strange. When I click on Reach it tells me it needs the base game “The Master Chief Collection to play”
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3423a009dadef6df6d5dbfd61e409a39ab7b67492cb62dcbd773c25d42181d69.png
Allykhat
December 4, 2019 at 10:09
When I purchased Reach, my steam updated, saying I now own the MCC. I am able to launch Reach and play games without issue. Think its just a wording issue on Steam
Yozzie
December 4, 2019 at 10:09
Thanks. Will give it a whack tonight.
G8crasha
December 4, 2019 at 09:04
Just finished downloading it yesterday. Can’t wait to give it a go when I get home. I recently bought BL3 as well, so I’m spoiled for choice these holidays!