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My system. Orignal Pro with no HDMI and 20gb drive. No problems ever wtih games and once repaired for RROD.
What I have learned to date:
There are many problems with this game! mine to date were...
1. Disc read errors (this only happen to me on my 3rd try on a brand new disc, so for boiling it has worked to fix the read problems only.)
2. Game freezes my xbox in multiplayer, usually when alot is going on in big team. it just stops dead frozen on the last frame. this happens quite often(at least every 3 games) and is extremely annoying because everytime i log back in, I am banned for "quitting". Thanks bungie!!!
3. Campaign. 3 discs and same problem, first cut scene with helis repeats forever. if i install game to HD instead of repeat it just crashes to blackish screen.
Semiwork arounds and Info that points directly to the problems of quality control and testing of all hardware.
1. Boil disc that get the read errors, sadly that works. I just put cup of water in micro for 3 min then poured into glass bowl. add 1 cheaply made halo reach disc and let sit for 1 min, then wipe off.
2. I have no idea what makes this freeze in MP happen but i susspect memmory write errors.
3. I was able to find away around the glitching repeating cut scene before you even get to start the campaign by:
A: take out your HD and put in a usb drive and format.
B: Recover gamertag to a usb drive and update the software when asked.
C: Boot to USB drive and start the game....the game now flows perfectly past the cutscenes and into the game. after the first checkpoint go to the menu and choose save and exit. go to memory tab to ensure save game is there on usb drive.
D: yank USB and put back HD....recover gamertag back to hard drive(yes i know this sucks) Keep USB around incase you get stuck at cut, then simply reload the file or keep backups of good checkpoints on ubs drive.
E: delete save games from your hard drive for reach and clear cache. turn off xbox.
F: Restart xbox go to menus then put in usb drive, copy your halo reach save to HD then pull usb again.
G: start reach and make sure to select resume campaign....this will start you off after the first cut scene and into game play mode. BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTT if you die before you save and quit at next checkpoint you will get stuck back at the looping mission intro.
This proves that there is a bug!! all i did was remove the hd and sub in usb for the exact moment that the cutscene transfer you to the game and it works. SO RIGHT THERE IS ALL MS AND BUNGIE NEEDS TO LOOK AT.
I know this doesnt help you people stuck later in the game, but be creative and try swapping around some save files around the time before you freeze.
funny i didnt know i was paying to be a beta tester!!!!
MS AND BUNGIE, how much more info do you need?????
From:A pissed off gamer and shareholder of MSFT and ATVI...which just partnered with Bungie.
This would never ever happen with a blizzard game! lol
[Edited on 09.22.2010 11:04 AM PDT]