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[stickkidsam]

They're going to keep doing this, huh?

I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed.

 

[dgrdsv]

Completely underwhelming.

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

As a OG Xbox campaign veteran, i have little to no excitement for this new release for all the things mentioned except the UE5 hate.

 

[Isurus]

What was harder? Clicking the link or typing this out and clicking reply?

I said what I was expecting, not what was more difficult. And the link was a click-to-view-next-screenshot as opposed to scroll, which I find annoying.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Just give us MCC port for the SW2 & PS5 and they'll make bank while growing the Halo player base.

 

[DEAD ORIGINAL]

Cortana ,

They're going to keep doing this, huh?

Did her dirty.

 

[GoldenEye98]

I dunno I'm looking at these shots and thinking this looks nice. Halo was always a pretty cool sci-fi world and having it with updated graphics will be nice.

 

[Thebonehead]

They still use Blam.
Blam is underneath UE5 for Physics, Ai etc
They use the Reach Version of Blam.

That engine and it's historical quirks that stopped it from being an easy to use pipeline killed both 343 and Bungie in the end

 

[Varteras]

They're going to keep doing this, huh?

Stop being such a misogynistic pig. It's important to maintain realistic beauty standards. She is what a real, holographic AI entity looks like. You'd know this if you ever touched one in real life.

 

[Naked Lunch]

I love Halo.
I completely hate everything about this remake.
It makes me angry just looking at it.
Pointless, waste of time. Super dumb skins added.
Ill just stick with the original on the MCC - its all we ever needed.

 

[winjer]

Those screenshots look rather mediocre.
And to try to hide, they just maxed out chromatic aberration and lens flares.

 

[Lootlord]

Needs more purple.

 

[ScHlAuChi]

Hate that UE5 plastic look on everything

That has nothing to do with UE5, that was a choice of the devs!

 

[Mengy]

Be completely honest, does this look graphically impressive at all?

It might just be me, and it might just be nostalgia, BUT....I think I prefer the look of the original over these new screenshots?

The new pics have a "look" to them which feels worse than the atmosphere the original game had, IMHO. They might technically be better and higher res, but still feel less appealing to me?

 

[PeteBull]

Where's Craig?

Most valid question right there, we want our halo baddie back in action ASAP

 

[Calverz]

Temu Halo

 

[The Cockatrice]

Thats okay in another 10 or so years we'll have another remake of the Halo franchise.

 

[Neolombax]

So they removed these screenshots from the store but

They really want to ruin Halo. Why is the OG armor a pre-order bonus? The other skins are awful.

There is no MP for campaign evolved, right? I guess you can view them during cutscenes? Also, if you told me that these were part of the BO7 battlepass, I would have believed you.

 

[StereoVsn]

I will wait for it to hit $20 on Steam. It's completely underwhelming.

 

[IDKFA]

Brutes in Halo 1?

So to sum it up

• Brutes in Halo CE even though the entire Covenant faction in that game was under Thel Vadam

This remake does feature three brand new prequel missions, which is where I assumed they would be from. Not sure why they would be in the main campaign.

Also, didn't Nate the Hate say that Halo was coming to the Switch 2? Could it be that this is released on the Switch 2 later like Indy?

 

[nkarafo]

Holy chromatic aberration

 

[clarky]

They still use Blam.
Blam is underneath UE5 for Physics, Ai etc
They use the Reach Version of Blam.

This worked out so well for Oblivion I can see why they would go a similar route.

 

[LordCBH]

So to sum it up

• Brutes in Halo CE even though the entire Covenant faction in that game was under Thel Vadam
• OG Master Chief armor is a pre order bonus
• Ugly skins
• No MP
• Ugly Cortana
• UE5 so no Blam Engine Halo Physics
• Awful UE5 look

Think I'll pass.

Leave it to 343 to fuck up YET ANOTHER Halo game.

 

[RSMan]

Man im so pumped to play this on the PRO. Legit hyped.

 

[kindaGoth]

Whether the prequel missions succeed or not all depends on whether they have a scarab.

 

[OverHeat]

I came here expecting screenshots, not to click a link.

Cry me a river

 

[missiles]

So they've made it look busier and noisier again, completely misunderstanding that the understated, elegant brevity of the original is why it looked so beautiful and made it so playable - high enemy visibility and clear, navigable environments. Greebling the shit out of everything and adding superfluous details might look impressive in screenshots and trailers, but when you're toe-to-toe with a gold Elite and you're down to your last rounds you need maximum visibility, not screen tearing, chromatic aberration and visual clutter everywhere.

There was something so mysterious and timeless about the architecture in the original game, the scale of it was incredible and you could sense its history. In the subsequent remakes that was lost to over-detailed and busy surfaces that added absolutely nothing. Shiny for the sake of shiny. The real upgrade would have been to the physics engine and adding convincing destructible environments, revisiting the enemy AI and make the firefights feel like an actual war again. But no, we get a dumbed down engine and layers of pointless specular sheen and meaningless surface noise.

Just depressing how far this series has fallen.

 

[ResilientBanana]

So halo with good graphics = Bad

 

[simpatico]

Imagine the level of H1B working on this thing. Anyone with a real skill and passion for gaming doesn't want to spend 8 years of their career remaking a game that's been remade 3 times. The only people who would take jobs working on this are completely bereft of personal drive and skill. This entire thing is going to be developed like a coloring book, hence the need for Unreal 5.

 

[intbal]

I already own four versions of this game.
I know that three of them are better than this remake.
I bet the PC version, despite its significant issues, is also better.
The only way I'd play this reimagined version is if it's free for existing Halo owners.

 

[intbal]

Imagine the level of H1B working on this thing.

That's probably 75% of Microsoft's workforce now.
And if Nutella gets his way, it'll be 100%.

 

[Gabe ♥]

They're going to keep doing this, huh?

Much better.

 

[clarky]

So halo with good graphics = Bad

The Jury is out on that one.

Halo with stutter, developer "fixes" and shit art direction = Bad.

These cunts have not earned the benefit of the doubt.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

You know it looks interesting. If I don't like it I always have OG xbox copies, PC copies, MCC copies, etc to fall back on and play.

 

[Reaseru]

Stop being such a misogynistic pig. It's important to maintain realistic beauty standards. She is what a real, holographic AI entity looks like. You'd know this if you ever touched one in real life.

I show this image both to gemini and ChatGTP and neither of them would date this Cortana.

 

[Codes 208]

Much better.

Its a shame that CEA's cutscenes were half-assed.

Despite using the superior Cortana model, she just looked stiff and emotionless in CEA.

Hindsight is 20/20 but the cutscenes shouldve been done by blur like with h2a

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

Those Master Chief outfits are very Bollywood.

 

[Killer8]

"If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox."

Checks out.

 

[MazingerDUDE]

Can't wait to see this game running on my PS5 PRO with PSSR2.0 and its full glory

 

[Codes 208]

Those Master Chief outfits are very Bollywood.

Yeah theyre all pretty dumb except the classic skin.

I wouldve preferred canonical skins like the mkVI or the spirit of fire's mkIV

 

[Codes 208]

ya know, lately Ive been playing a TON of CE mods in MCC. Havoc, cursed, spv3, ruby's revalance, etc.

The one thing I REALLY want this remake to do that these fans did is make the flood more intimidating. Like giving them their Halo 2/3 screeches, adding flood biomass all over the place, instant infection transformations from H3, pure forms, etc.

Its hard going back to vanilla CE when all the flood do are make gurgle noises and levels like the library are just too clean and sterile af

 

[Danjin44]