I thought I would post an update in this as I had come very close to buying an xbox one recently.. with forza 6 looking cool, friends playing destiny on the one, halo 5 and I heard crackdown 3 coming out I decided to check into things. I was bummed out when i heard crackdown required live/internet connectivity, but that seems to be life these days. the backwards compatibility push intrigued me, but until there is more clear support and some way to handle all of the games i own on the 360 its a non starter (would be nice though as my launch variant 360 is acting strange as of late, and has a few minor issues).
what pushed me back from buying though is halo 5. no local split screen campaign, no local multiplayer and no lan play. what this is a halo game? thats what made it big, the hours i have burned on the couch with friends. halo , halo 3 both bought on opening night and played through with friends. ODST and Reach I soloed opening night 4 I picked up and co-oped opening night, all done local. taking my xbox and later 360 to another house or to a rented location to play 16 other and trash talk drink and yell, all super fun. thats not to say I did not have fun online, but removing those features kill a major reason to buy the console for me.
this has put it from I was about to pre order and buy 3 other games to.... first halo game since the original I will not get day one and beat that night .... and might not play ever... and to think halo was what made me pick the xbox over the ps II
out side of that a general nit pick ... i really wish a main line halo game was not squad based... kinda takes away from the spartan/masterchief mystique.. teaming up with the arbiter was bad enough... but 4 spartan II vs 3 spartan IV and an odst should not even be a contest.
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