This new clip for the 10 anniversary re-mastering of the first Halo game takes a narrative approach to the lore of the sci-fi shooter. The decades-long war with the alien Covenant collective has humanity pushed to the brink of total defeat
I’ve seen the updated look of Combat Evolved Anniversary before but seeing it presented this way makes the emotional stakes of the story reverberate a bit more. Sgt. Johnson seems tougher, the Elites come across as more vicious and the Flood seem a whole lot creepier. Despite knowing how it all ends, the trailer makes you want to play Halo Combat Evolved all over again.
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Toasty Fresh
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:48 AMAwesome! I really hope this one breaks street date :)
Shaoken
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 4:04 PMI don’t. I have to pick up Saints Row The Third and AC: Revelations on the same day. I don’t want to make multiple trips.
N7 jpicard
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 9:10 AMIts the in thing to do right now, breaking street dates
Todd
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 10:32 AMOnly gripe is the world seems so colourful now. I’m not so into the bright colours everywhere.
I’ll reserve judgement but so far the graphics look great but the artistic colour choices seem somewhat childish, yes?
Nuclear Pi
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 11:54 AMarguably yes, but the ability to seamlessly switch between this and the original graphics does negate your concern rather effectively
Bull Frog
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 12:44 PMLooks like they’ve redone the cutscenes?