Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Splinter Cell Trilogy… there’ve been plenty of HD re-issues for beloved games over the last few months. But in the video above I’ll show you why the work that 343 Industries and Saber Interactive has done on Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary outclasses all of those other remasters.
Let’s Look At The Facelift Halo Gets For Its Anniversary
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34 responses to “Let’s Look At The Facelift Halo Gets For Its Anniversary”
If they make more pew pew space ship levels then you’ve got me.
Even running around a space station with explosions happening outside is pretty neat. Do that more too!
Jetpack… meh. new weapons, hrm… Just find a way to work the story into it and you’ll have me interested. Especially for $43 at ozgameshop. nice one Pixel.
If anyone else saw those cartoons 343 industries made, that last one has some neat looking space bike/ship things in it that look like fun to blow up stuff with.
I’ve just burnt through the first two levels and it’s like when you find an old book and pick it up after ten years and read the first page and suddenly find you’ve read 40. Instantly, pleasantly familiar, yet distant enough to not feel like a drag. It looks nice and shiny, but those expecting CoD/BF3 level visuals will be disappointed. Personally I love how it looks, but I’ve always loved the aesthetic of the Halo universe. The only thing that limits the impact of how this looks upgraded (in comparison to, say, the ICO/SotC jump) is that we’ve all been playing Halo in HD for the last three titles anyway. So if anything this is a step down from Reach. Still, I’m enjoying it very much. Silent Cartographer, here I come!
Is it just me or does everything seems cartoon-like now?
What’s up with the dark going to bright and see everything. Halo CE had mood and that uncanny feeling of being desperate. Where has that gone?
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Probably nowhere. lol. I think the brightness/dark was something alot of people complained about, was more to cover up low res textures – I liked using the torch though. Maybe some of the game is still really dark…who knows. I mean if you really wanna play the original just do it – its on the marketplace and it’s in Anniversary.
I don’t get complaining about wanting something how it used to be – if you want it to be how it used to be, just play the damn original – what’s the issue?
So much fun. I just played a whole level in the original palate and it was good, but playing it in the updated version proves what a good job 343 have done. I only they’d fixed some of the checkpoints.
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