When you load into Halo: Reach, for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, there are distinct changes from the original game. For one thing, when you get into online matchmaking and start playing with friends and against other players, you earn Season Points to increase your Season Score. The more points you earn, the more rewards you receive. At the top of the screen, there's a Season 1 indicator, hinting that there are more seasons planned for Halo: Reach beyond that initial part.
For the veterans of the game, they may notice that all the rewards come from the original game. There's nothing new introduced to these Season Reason rewards, with all of them in the categories of armor, firefighter packs, and armor effect effects.
You won't spend as much time unlocking all the levels as you did when Halo: Reach first launched on Xbox 360. Max Szlagor, the design director of the 343 Industries publishing team, assures us. players that it won't take them that long, and the first season will end when everyone has had enough time to get to this point.
What happens beyond? The first season focuses on Halo: Reach. Gamers expect the next few seasons to look to other games, but you won't lose any progress you've made with previous titles or any of the unlocks. Progression occurs across all games in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, so players don't feel like playing a single game in the entire collection as long as they have access to it. Future rewards will break down into challenges for players to complete.
Right now, Season 1 has a linear choice for players where they need to purchase the current unlock to collect something higher. For example, if a player has unlocked the first five levels of their Season Pass, they must unlock the sixth slot before they catch the seventh reward. 343 plans to change the way he handles the season system, but he hasn't shared what they plan to do.
We can expect more of it when Season 1 draws to a close, and 343 opens up to her community on when she plans to do so.
