This is one of the most interesting "game collections" released, as far as I'm aware, as I've never seen another receive so many changes, additions, and fixes over such a long period of time. I've had it since the early days, though, and was there when it finally made its way to PC, so I'm going to judge it for the entirety of its lifetime, not just the current state.
MCC is a hot mess
I can't even comprehend the lengths to which its UI, the connective tissue bridging all of the cherished games within, has managed to SUCK SO MU—
Ahem... It's garbage. It's functional garbage now, but it's still so unwieldy it drives me crazy. Just try to pick team colors in a local match with casual players. Just try. Maybe here on year 9 they've finally returned it to being a quick dedicated button press on that player's controller, but for 8 years it involved going 2-3 menus deep, one at a time per system. Or really just one at a time since no one else knows how so I had to do it for everyone.
That's only one of many examples, but that will suffice. You're probably heard of or experienced this already, anyway.
I am still very thankful for the content of the collection, though. They have made it very simple to play the games we know and love, and even to enhance them with modern hardware if your rose-tinted-glasses aren't that heavily shaded.
So, for that, I'll give it a pass, because it does seem to keep reaching its goal eventually but I sometimes get the sense that Bungie really took all of the UI talent with them after Reach.
MCC is a hot mess
I can't even comprehend the lengths to which its UI, the connective tissue bridging all of the cherished games within, has managed to SUCK SO MU—
Ahem... It's garbage. It's functional garbage now, but it's still so unwieldy it drives me crazy. Just try to pick team colors in a local match with casual players. Just try. Maybe here on year 9 they've finally returned it to being a quick dedicated button press on that player's controller, but for 8 years it involved going 2-3 menus deep, one at a time per system. Or really just one at a time since no one else knows how so I had to do it for everyone.
That's only one of many examples, but that will suffice. You're probably heard of or experienced this already, anyway.
I am still very thankful for the content of the collection, though. They have made it very simple to play the games we know and love, and even to enhance them with modern hardware if your rose-tinted-glasses aren't that heavily shaded.
So, for that, I'll give it a pass, because it does seem to keep reaching its goal eventually but I sometimes get the sense that Bungie really took all of the UI talent with them after Reach.