E3 2011

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Originally Posted by ODX

Frank O'Connor just talked about Halo Anniversary on G4 TV as well as Halo 4.

He says Halo Anniversary is THE Halo 1 Engine, just upgraded graphical to look much better but everything is still kept. Core gameplay, physics, and all the rest. It's going to be $40. Multiplayer is Reach because they don't want to split up the Reach community which is a good move since well...do you really want another Halo game coming out already and separating the community? And then with Halo 4, separating it even more? I don't.

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>_<, How is it the Halo 1 engine when its on Xbox 360? Were those his exact words?

psbl box art
http://files.g4tv.com/rimg_137x0/Ima...nniversary.jpg

My guess is that it's the H1 engine with revamped innards. Sort of like Blam 2 and 3, except that it's not a total overhaul. Probably new renderer, same physics, same basic systems. I know nothing about coding, but that's my layman's assumption.

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Originally Posted by Limited

>_<, How is it the Halo 1 engine when its on Xbox 360? Were those his exact words?

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Not spot on exact but damn close to what he really said.

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Originally Posted by Limited

>_<, How is it the Halo 1 engine when its on Xbox 360? Were those his exact words?

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Because, you see, unlike the CE community, 343 industries has more than 5 people with programming talent past script kiddie level, and most importantly, access to the source code.

My point is not how is it possible, my point is how can it be called halo 1 engine when alit of code would need to be redone.

So minecraft is coming to Xbox 360, thoughts people? Also do you think this (and the portable version) is the 'new' game they have said they've been working a ton on? I think it is, dwood would be so owned if it's true.

I don't see the point of a game based almost entirely on mods and expandability coming to 360, especially when it's not even finished.

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Originally Posted by Limited

My point is not how is it possible, my point is how can it be called halo 1 engine when alit of code would need to be redone.

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Because the only code getting redone is rendering and netcode? I don't see how you can take issue with calling it the Halo 1 engine.

Sorry, but this remake has me more excited. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J5_H...layer_embedded

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Originally Posted by Arteen

Because the only code getting redone is rendering and netcode? I don't see how you can take issue with calling it the Halo 1 engine.

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The netcode shouldn't even really need to be "redone", just built on. It's the same damn engine, but with the addition of HD support (GFX and apparently sound, or at least, the audio was redone). Halo PC was built with DX9, so they could easily port that to 360 since that's the version of DX it uses.

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Originally Posted by Limited

My point is not how is it possible, my point is how can it be called halo 1 engine when alit of code would need to be redone.

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The engine still has the same physics, AI, inventory, etc engines in place as the original Halo. Core components that give the game its feel gameplay-wise are being touched minimally, if at all. If I had to guess, the main things probably getting touched are abstraction layers... besides the graphics engine, of course.