The Halo remake has released for those who forked out for the advance access version, and they’re not thrilled with what they’ve got. At time of writing, Halo: Campaign Evolved is sitting at a humdrum 68% Mixed rating in the Steam user review scores—a mere 2% off the score given to the game by our Morgan Park in PCG’s Halo remake review.
Why are fans—who were sufficiently John-117-pilled to pay the advance access premium—underwhelmed? Oh, the classic reasons: bugs, server problems, utterly extraneous account linking requirements. It wouldn’t be a 2026 videogame release without those, would it?
“Login failed. Cannot play the singleplayer game as servers are overloaded,” reads a review from Steam user GoatMedicEchoo. “Screw your DRM. Combat was not evolved.” That’s pretty much the vibe when it comes to how users feel about signing into their Microsoft account to play. “Error 400 or 500 when trying to login to Microslop’s online services to connect Steam account,” says user LVL13_. “Typical.”
On the plus side, Halo Studios is replying to complaints about login issues to let fans know they’re fixed. “This login issue should now be resolved. If you’re still encountering this issue, please close and restart Halo: Campaign Evolved,” reads the dev comment posted in reply to various different login complaints.