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

Idk, it still seems different to me. Could just be the lighting. Either way I never liked the Reach plasma pistol (or any of its weapon designs really) to start with.

The h1 and h2 versions of the covenant weapons are so boring and plain, I am really glad to see them get some serious detail work. I really dont like how simple and plain they are in H1 especially. Why is more detail worse?

It's not that adding detail makes it worse, it's that adding the wrong detail makes it worse. Covenant stuff is supposed to be sleek and streamlined. But the detail they're adding is not streamlined, making it look worse.

And the weapons in Reach and CEA aren't? They are still sleek and streamlined, they just have more detail, and a slightly different art style. The detail makes it so much more interesting, especially when you look at the comparison between the H1 and CEA plasma pistols, the H1 versions where so simple and boring, with so little detail. It may be sleek, and streamlined, but it is boring to look at.

I find myself agreeing with Bobblehob, the weapons in Reach are lovely. I was comparing the Reach Plasma Pistol to the one in Halo 3 and I kept noticing how the one in Halo 3 was so ugly.

It's a matter of preference. But I think all the unnecessary detail just makes the weapons blend in with eachother and ruins their distinctive silhouettes.

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I don't know about you, But I think that the silhouettes here are pretty distinctive regardless of the extra details, if not more so in the new images.

It's still there obviously, just not quite as smooth. I find the Reach weapons ugly in general, there's no point trying to convince me otherwise.

Halo 1 Covie weapons were smooth and shiny.
Halo 1 Hunam weapons were dull and boxy.

Halo Reach Covie weapons are dull and boxy.
Halo Reach Human weapons are smooth and shiny.

Naw, the main difference between Halo 1 and Halo: Reach is the addition of greeblies on both sides. Cliche sci-fi greebly weapons.