The original Halo was a big deal for me, and I’ve probably seen this opening cinematic around 20 times, so this updated HD version with polished up visuals, makes me feel all funny inside. For the right reasons.
Both Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 will feature great multiplayer but, strangely, Halo: CE Anniversary is the shooter I’m most looking forward to this year — especially in terms of single player campaigns.
Halo CE had something that its sequels struggled to recapture: a bewildering sense of scale and possibility. Despite the fact that Reach had bigger environments, a bigger sandbox, and more enemies — it somehow never managed to match that feeling of awe. Most likely Halo: CE Anniversary won’t either — how could it? But still, this opening cinematic brought a lot of feeling rushing back.
[Sniff]
Aidan
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:57 AMPretty amazing, except…
what the hell did they do to Captain Keyes’ face?! He looks nothing like the old version.
mattroe
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:01 AMThat’s how he looks in Reach IIRC
brent3000
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:51 PM^ This
http://de.halo.wikia.com/wiki/Jacob_Keyes
thabananaman
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:41 AMAnd his name badge no longer says “Hello my name is Keyes”!!!!
PuppyLicks
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:58 AMWell that brought back some memories, that for sure.
nightFlarer
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:01 AMThe nostalgia…I can’t take it!
Yeah, Keyes doesn’t look like Keyes :(
Namarrgon
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 3:35 PMAnd when did Sgt Johnson turn Mexican?
Azz
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:12 AMIs Cortanas voice Layla from Futurama now?
Azz
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:12 AMI mean now*
Lanky Mikey
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:19 AMYeah at best he is looking pretty young in this scene compared to the original. Doesn’t even look like the same model that was used in Halo Reach.
ZaneStriker
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 9:32 AMAnyone else get shivers as they watched this? Halo CE will always be one of the most important games in gaming history imo.
Casey2
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:45 AMSo…how old’s Miranda going to be?
The Cracks
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:03 AMUnseal the Hushed Casket, indeed.
I was a bit meh about Halo Anniversary, until I saw this video. Everything looks so shiny! Except for Keyes’ face. He looks like he got hit with an ugly stick.
Baron
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:11 AMWhaaaaaa? Mark serrels likes shooters, my mind boggles haha
Jacka
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:59 AMSigh. Glancing at the still frame on the unloaded video, I thought for a moment I was looking at an Anachronox sequel or HD version. A man can dream.
HansIncognito
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:09 PMWait a minute…
Where the hell is Captain Keyes Smoking Pipe?
brent3000
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:53 PMI didnt notice that…
Good eye lol…
Adam Mathew
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:09 PMAgreed. Extremely good eye.
N7 jpicard
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:18 PM@HansIncognito
they removed and changed certain cut scenes slightly in CEA
wheres my MARATHON LOGO on the POA GRR!
Matthew K
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:45 PMBungie has retained the rights to anything related to Marathon, so even though they may have used Marathon stuff in Halo 1-3 and ODST, you’ll notice Marathon references were absent from Reach (you couldn’t even have the Marathon symbol as an emblem in the multiplayer!) so it’s no small surprise those references will be absent from Halo Anniversary, even though it’s just a remake of the original.
Aaron
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:05 PM“Show us on the doll where the trailer touched.”
Points at heart.
HansIncognito
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:38 PMI wonder if those missing details will be back when you switch it to the original graphics mode. I’m assuming you can do that in the cutscenes…
Seriously Microsoft, where’s Keyes goddamn pipe.
Janek
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:48 PMI don’t remember the sarge saying that actually.
A couple of different things but not that.
I remember:
“I don’t care if it’s God’s own son of a bitch machine or a goddamn hula hoop! We will not let them have it! What we will let them have, is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to drown in! Am I right Marines??”
Matthew K
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:04 PMI think the Sergeant only says that if you play on Legendary difficu- oh, I see what you did there.
Grandmaster B-Funk
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:20 PMnow THIS is an HD upgrade
other “HD” upgrades maybe changed the textures a bit, and made it fit widescreen, but this is a complete overhaul, it’s amazing!
i hope this level of effort goes to the Final Fantasy X HD remake!
tokyodove
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7:39 PMsarge johnson looks like a black charlie chaplin
James F
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:00 PMFrankie goes online telling everyone how they haven’t “pulled a lucas” and changed things (http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1210508p1.html), and all I can think about is how they’ve totally ruined Keyes and Sarge.
Joshy206
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:15 PMLook’s pretty damn awesome. And you’re right about the sense of scale: Halo’s story mode was the most fun to play, Reach had the best story, ODST had the most heart and Halo 2 had the best multiplayer.
AerintheADEQUATE
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 2:10 AMI was excited for this. But as I watched it I realized I just want to go play the original…
The pipe and the chin-grab were all very subtle things but for some sick reason those were the things I remembered about Keyes… and now in the “HD’d” version he just seems like a generic youngish guy with gray hair. Why can’t he just be an older grizzled ships captain? Do they think that would offend fratboys or something? :-P I just don’t get it… why change those little things at all? what is the reason?
Glad my original X-box is still hooked up. I’m gonna play some Halo the old-fashioned way, methinks. Will still probably get this Anniversary version for my Dad though… he likes Halo but doesn’t even know the first thing about the storyline. He just shoots things and is happy.
Scott
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 12:47 PMLooks like a bit of a shit stain on my fond memories of Halo: CE :3 *sigh* :/