Halo: Combat Evolved remake on the way

[Jamar]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/04/halo-combat-evolved-hd/

Joystiq has learned that the previously rumored remake of Halo: Combat Evolved will indeed launch this holiday season for Xbox 360 with a full visual overhaul. Sources explain that the re-release is not Bungie's 2001 Xbox game simply running at a higher resolution -- it's being remade with new art assets. While Halo's audio will likely remain unaltered, the controls will allow for more recent Halo configurations.

The Halo: Combat Evolved remake is allegedly being developed by New Jersey-based Saber Interactive, the company behind TimeShift and Namco's upcoming Inversion, but we've been unable to confirm the nature of the engine powering it. We understand that it's something other than the Reach engine.

The Halo: Combat Evolved update, one of two Halo games currently in development under the watchful eye of 343 Industries, is expected to support 1080p resolution and 3D televisions. Details on multiplayer are supposedly still being worked out, but we understand the remake will likely feature online co-op (the original game supported two-player split-screen co-op).

The game is expected to re-evolve on November 15, 2011, ten years after Halo: Combat Evolved launched alongside the Xbox. Our sources didn't know of any plans to similarly upgrade the recently disconnected Halo 2, but it's hard to imagine Microsoft playing favorites with its biggest franchise.

Interesting...

[Fleksta]

Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand it just screams that they're milking the cow or have run out of new ideas for the franchise. But on the other hand it would be awesome to return to the ringworld setting with enhanced gameplay and visuals.

[jima13]

Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand it just screams that they're milking the cow or have run out of new ideas for the franchise. But on the other hand it would be awesome to return to the ringworld setting with enhanced gameplay and visuals.

Ditto.....I originally played CE on the PC back in '03 iirc, and had never played Halo 2. I had played Halo 3 on my 360 and when Reach came out I decided to get the whole series on the 360. Wound up doing a Halo marathon that lasted a week

I'll probably pick this one up, and by the time it's released my memories of 'the flood' should have faded.

[Mangler]

I would not mind a halo 1 remake that remade the flood into something tolerable.

[Jamar]

Maybe it is nostalgia but I miss (and would look forward to returning) Blood Gulch. It would be nice if they could expand the multiplayer to 24 people on bigger maps.

[Lunar Wolf]

Its gonna be crap, but i'd love them to bring it up to the same standard as Reach.

The original had split screen co-op? must have missed that...

[S.Nixx]

[zebra 204]

Since Bungie is not doing it it might suck but it may also mean that that their might be a PC version...maybe?

[SubCog]

I would love to see a remake of halo2 with a playable fov.

[Treeckcold57]

If they do make remake the Halo: Combat Evolved for PC version, I'd buy it for sure.

[mabran]

Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand it just screams that they're milking the cow or have run out of new ideas for the franchise. But on the other hand it would be awesome to return to the ringworld setting with enhanced gameplay and visuals.

Not really any different than what Sony did with The God of War series recently.

I really don't think Halo needs a remake but it's good for those wanting the updated visuals.

[Chuck]

PC version please?

[Sasquach]

Halo: Combat Again?

[KAC]

Useless remake is useless.

[Zero]

Useless remake is useless.

Thus must be an example of how you never complain about games.

[Taman Linkin]

I love combat Halo:CE so a buy from me.

[GanjaStar]

PC version please?

would pay for it! halo 1 is still has one of the best fps combat mechanics.

[SteadVéx]

Maybe it is nostalgia but I miss (and would look forward to returning) Blood Gulch. It would be nice if they could expand the multiplayer to 24 people on bigger maps.

was playing halo reach the other day, and we we saying how we'd love to replay halo, even if they just realsed the old maps into the new game as dlc ... Quite miss the multiplayer race as well

if you buy halo 1 for xbox, would I be right in assuming youcouldn't play online?


maybe the kinect is spying on us!

[zebra 204]

if you buy halo 1 for xbox, would I be right in assuming youcouldn't play online?

You would be right. No more live for the original xbox. Should still be able to play system link though.

[Farmer_BOB]

I never played Reach or OST, but out of the first 3 I enjoyed the first Halo the most. I probably won't buy this, but I still recommend it.

I agree with the lot of you though, the flood was blah ... bore fest.

[KAC]

Thus must be an example of how you never complain about games.

I never do...

[Zero]

I never do...

And you never make any assumptions about unreleased products either

[SpeckledJim]

You would be right. No more live for the original xbox. Should still be able to play system link though.

Not only that, Halo CE never had any Live support. Non-local play was only possible with some packet tunneling trickery.

[SubCog]

Not really any different than what Sony did with The God of War series recently.

I really don't think Halo needs a remake but it's good for those wanting the updated visuals.

Halo lacks widescreen support and online multiplayer. These are more important to me than a graphics update. I would also love to see 4 player coop.

[mabran]

Halo lacks widescreen support and online multiplayer. These are more important to me than a graphics update. I would also love to see 4 player coop.

Other than the maps which could be released as a map pack for Reach or any other version before it if they wanted to for MP support, Halo MP to me is really not going to change with a remake of the first game and will be more of the same IMO.

The biggest benefit would be the updated visuals and maybe live co-op but MP was not the strong area of the first halo and just modifying it with Live MP capability really does nothing to add to the already drawn out formula. Yes it has been a successful francise but to add MP just for the sake of it without anything new is a waste.

[KAC]

And you never make any assumptions about unreleased products either

Nope never.

[SteadVéx]

Not only that, Halo CE never had any Live support. Non-local play was only possible with some packet tunneling trickery.

Halo lacks widescreen support and online multiplayer. These are more important to me than a graphics update. I would also love to see 4 player coop.

I never knew halo 1 didn't have online mp on the xbox!

most of my friends (including myself) had pirated versions on the pc , we all bought it to play online tho, crazy college days!

4 player co-op would be good for the annoying flood levels

[JonZ]

They realized Halo 1 didn't have health regen. OMG REBOOT

[Maze]

ah halo. the most overrated game series ever known to man....

[Sound_Card]

ah halo. the most overrated game series ever known to man....

Ok, I'll bite your flame bait.

Halo CE IMHO is top 5 FPS and top 10 game of all time. The mood/feeling of the game just kept me glued to it forever. Still the best Halo of all 4. The music, the guns, the story, the large almost sandbox like maps, the vehicles, the multi-player game modes....

I have had more Halo lan parties than I have had PC lan parties. By far. That speaks a lot. And yes, Halo CE's multi-player was the best of all. It's downfall was no Live support.

I do think they tried too hard in Halo 2. It lost a lot of the feeling Halo 1 had.
Halo 3 was a bit better than Halo 2, but was still lacking something that Halo 1 had. Reach again... better than 3 but still several shades shy of Halo 1.

[spindoctor]

ah halo. the most overrated game series ever known to man....

agreed

[Maze]

Ok, I'll bite your flame bait.

Halo CE IMHO is top 5 FPS and top 10 game of all time. The mood/feeling of the game just kept me glued to it forever. Still the best Halo of all 4. The music, the guns, the story, the large almost sandbox like maps, the vehicles, the multi-player game modes....

I have had more Halo lan parties than I have had PC lan parties. By far. That speaks a lot. And yes, Halo CE's multi-player was the best of all. It's downfall was no Live support.

I do think they tried too hard in Halo 2. It lost a lot of the feeling Halo 1 had.
Halo 3 was a bit better than Halo 2, but was still lacking something that Halo 1 had. Reach again... better than 3 but still several shades shy of Halo 1.

Halo 1 had some interesting new things, but had many flaws. The biggest of them all were the indoor levels. Something bungie still can't do. Even the indoor levels in Reach suck compare to most other FPS's

And don't get me wrong. The halo games are not bad. Not bad at all. They just aren't as godlike as people say they are. And even when playing reach (the most epic halo so to speak) i still think they could've done SO MUCH better.
- better story telling
- better character development
- more epic battles (the most epic battle in the halo universe was with those crabs in halo 3 and even that is not THAT epic in my book)
- better music (I still can't figure why the hell the music of halo is praised that high. Sure a few songs are cool, but overall the music is dull)
- better graphics (if you want epic battles, you need an engine that can do these kind of things. The halo engine (1,2,3,reach you name) simply can't do that)
- better aiming system (CoD changed the game)

But the biggest flaw in my book is the fact Halo didn't evolve after the first game. It just became a little pretier to look at. But in my book, the "gameplay experience" did evolve, just not with halo....

[jima13]

After seeing Timeshift mentioned in the article I pulled it off the shelf, still unopened, and played it over the weekend. Not bad, so where's the sequel?

[Sound_Card]

Halo 1 had some interesting new things, but had many flaws. The biggest of them all were the indoor levels. Something bungie still can't do. Even the indoor levels in Reach suck compare to most other FPS's

And don't get me wrong. The halo games are not bad. Not bad at all. They just aren't as godlike as people say they are. And even when playing reach (the most epic halo so to speak) i still think they could've done SO MUCH better.
- better story telling
- better character development
- more epic battles (the most epic battle in the halo universe was with those crabs in halo 3 and even that is not THAT epic in my book)
- better music (I still can't figure why the hell the music of halo is praised that high. Sure a few songs are cool, but overall the music is dull)
- better graphics (if you want epic battles, you need an engine that can do these kind of things. The halo engine (1,2,3,reach you name) simply can't do that)
- better aiming system (CoD changed the game)

But the biggest flaw in my book is the fact Halo didn't evolve after the first game. It just became a little pretier to look at. But in my book, the "gameplay experience" did evolve, just not with halo....

You need to keep it in perspective. Halo 1 came out in 2001. It was no evolution, it was a revolution of a game.
Like I said, 2 - 3 - and reach are not as good as Halo 1. But all four of them are top 100 easy, and perhaps argue for top 50. Halo 1 being top ten.

I find it the other way around. COD games are not as god like as people say they are. COD is the most over hyped game series of all time. Period.

[Rifle_shot]

You need to keep it in perspective. Halo 1 came out in 2001. It was no evolution, it was a revolution of a game.
Like I said, 2 - 3 - and reach are not as good as Halo 1. But all four of them are top 100 easy, and perhaps argue for top 50. Halo 1 being top ten.

I find it the other way around. COD games are not as god like as people say they are. COD is the most over hyped game series of all time. Period.

Agreed-- COD is overhyped blandness now. At least halo reach tried to do something creative; whereas, the new cod games seem to be "rehash as much as you can and just add some new guns, then charge 15 bucks for map packs".

Halo 1 was revolutionary for consoles, and so was cod4, but activision and microsoft both seem to be too scared to invest in new, creative ideas. Makes you wonder if 10 years from now we will be playing Halo 16 and COD 17?

[DigitalDemon]

Makes you wonder if 10 years from now we will be playing Halo 16 and COD 17?

Well Nintendo has been doing this for 30 years now with Mario, so I wouldn't be surprised.

[mabran]

I never knew halo 1 didn't have online mp on the xbox!

most of my friends (including myself) had pirated versions on the pc , we all bought it to play online tho, crazy college days!

4 player co-op would be good for the annoying flood levels

It had local LAN multi but no Live support as XBOX Live was not around yet

[Akumajo]

PC version please?

It'll be on PlayStation 3 first, that I can assure you.

Scary the thinking of these devs, will it have all the stuff cut out of Halo CE like the STORY with the oversealous, highly religious Covenant? on that note they need to remake Halo 2 with an ACTUAL ending this time, and there really is no excuse for a 32 player online mode.

They got all this current gen console hardware, USE IT.