Halo: Anniversary - The Halo 1 remake (fuck anyone who calls it "halo ce" remake)

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Originally Posted by Timo

If it had XBL support i'd buy it, otherwise i'd only rent it to play through the campaign once or twice.

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If they do like they did with ODST, they'll probably keep Reach's multiplayer (on the same disc with all the current map packs) and have a new campaign.

iv heard people talking about this. theyre saying stuff like "i want there to be a battle rifle or dmr" and "i want to see brutes and drivable wraiths".

really, if there are reach guns, its not a halo 1 remake. if the vehicles and characters are different (drastically and gameplay wise, not like texture wise), it is not a halo 1 remake. if you add stuff like melee lunge and the new melee system we have now in reach, it isnt a halo 1 remake (because the core gameplay is different).
not to sound like a purist, but the more they start changing big things like characters, gun damage and new guns, how vehicles handle, melee damage an lunging, the less halo 1 it is and the more halo-1's-maps-and-story-adapted-to-halo-reach it becomes.

that all being said, if they can manage to recreate the maps (possibly the pc ones too), weapons, vehicles, and the core gameplay elements the way they were in halo 1, add live support (without the leading, preferably :v:), and basically not butcher it into a different game than halo 1, i would buy it in a heartbeat.

fake e: all of the stuff i mentioned up there is just what iv heard people asking for, not things that have been announced. so dont fret yet.
real e: and it would be fucking criminal not to implement live support for this. thats like dangling what all us diehard halo pc/ce fans have been wondering about for years right in front of us, then lighting on fire and slapping us in the balls with arguably the most important part.

I'm really torn between whether I want it to be a true Halo 1 remake or a "halo-1's-maps-and-story-adapted-to-halo-reach" like mentionned by Donut. I mean, both would be really great in their own ways. Then again, vehicle boarding seems like a must this time around, as does drivable Wraiths.

What do you think would sell better anyway? A true remake with nothing changed but updated graphics, or a reimagination of Halo 1 with all new Halo Reach features?

I'd be perfectly fine with a Halo 1 with improved graphics and just a few of Reach's gameplay mechanics added in. Vehicle boarding, for instance, and drivable wraiths. They can keep out dual wielding, and I'd rather keep out armor abilities. However, I honestly wouldn't be too adverse to keeping a sprint function in. That did always frustrate me sometimes in the earlier games. Even moreso going back to them after playing Reach.

if they do remake it, they better include all the perks the PC version came with for multiplayer. especially the epic maps

The FRG would be the new(?) grenade launcher of XBL :argh:

bungie's games have always had hundreds of customizable options, so i think if theyre going to implement vehicle boarding (which, imo, would throw off the balance of multiplayer), there should be an option to disable it. like a "real classic" setting where it is literally halo 1 with improved graphics. im thinking even changing the vehicle physics would be obnoxious, since there were some strategies that revolved around being able to jump a ghost off of a warthog.

I would LOVE to see forge on Halo 1! That would be...epic!

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Basically they need to leave the game's AI, Weapon schematics, vehicle schematics, and general simplicity alone while changing the visuals. Oh and Scarabs. Lots and lots of Scarabs....

IIRC, Frankie pretty much dismissed this idea the FIRST time it was brought up (this article wasn't the first). HBO covered both articles in their news.