A new Halo Campaign Evolved report claims the remake relied heavily on outsourcing and includes major mission and gameplay changes.
  • justdaveisfine@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    On one hand, I get it. Some of what made Halo CE a great FPS at the time has basically been reused (and expanded upon) by nearly every FPS since then, so it makes a lot of sense to modernize it to catch up.

    On the other hand, it feels funky to grab the original and give it this overhaul. Why not tell a new story if you’re going to make so many changes anyways?

    • mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 months ago

      They claim it’s because they’re using Unreal Engine for the first time and wanted to test the waters by remaking a game they know well. Honestly it just makes them sound even lazier in my book. That and the rumors of massive amounts of generative AI used for development.

      • caseyweederman@lemmy.caEnglish
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        3 months ago

        So many game sequels started that way, but then were built up into their own games ones they’d proved out the engine.

        • mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Sure, and if 343 studios hadn’t burnt so much fan trust with their last two releases people might be willing to go along with that. I think fans are just sick of not getting a good new Halo game and what they’re doing now seems to most fans like just a cash grab.

          It’s not like unreal engine is anything new either, they already contract out work so lots of talent to pull from for the actual technical parts.

          • caseyweederman@lemmy.caEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Oh yeah. I don’t think I even finished 5 and I have not been keeping up. Did I even play 5? Ehh.

            • mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish
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              3 months ago

              You missed nothing if you didn’t. 5 setup a great story, was morphing into a great galaxy spanning adventure finally ready to move on from covenant vs humans. And then they ignored it all for Infinite which felt more like a DLC for an unreleased game.

              • caseyweederman@lemmy.caEnglish
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                3 months ago

                I thought 5 was dumb. No! 4. 4 was dumb. 4 was the one where they said “uhh uhh covenant splinter faction, sanghelli are scary again”, right?
                I was so disappointed by the weapons too. They completely flattened all the interesting differences between factions, quite a feat when adding a whole third set of them.
                Except of course for the rocket launcher that shoots rockets that explode into rockets. That was neat.