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

[Higuy]

Audio guys do not work on BSPs/graphics/weapons/multiplayer/engine design

^ lol this, but they do have to be paid, pay others to do other work!!!

[Hotrod]

Also, is it really necessary to try and fix something that was perfectly fine to begin with? I can think of several things they could better spend the time and resources on, namely porting over the multiplayer.

They could port over the multiplayer if they wanted to, but they have already stated to not do so due to the fact that they didn't want to split the Halo multiplayer base into two games, especially since Halo 4 is coming out next year. So the guys who would have worked on that are either making the rest of Halo Anniversary look better or working on Halo 4 and making sure that's as good as it can be.

[Warsaw]

^ lol this, but they do have to be paid, pay others to do other work!!!

Exactly what I was getting at.

@Hotrod: That is just a story they are feeding us. The player base is already fragmented between Reach and Halo 3, and then there are still those few that continue playing ODST Firefight.

[Kornman00]

They could port over the multiplayer if they wanted to, but they have already stated to not do so due to the fact that they didn't want to split the Halo multiplayer base into two games

There's no MP base to split if they did a PC version :trollface:

[DarkHalo003]

They could port over the multiplayer if they wanted to, but they have already stated to not do so due to the fact that they didn't want to split the Halo multiplayer base into two games, especially since Halo 4 is coming out next year. So the guys who would have worked on that are either making the rest of Halo Anniversary look better or working on Halo 4 and making sure that's as good as it can be.

Does the fact that Halo 4 comes out by the end of 2012 bother anyone? I mean, I honestly think it's WAY too soon. Reach has been out for about a little more than a year, reaching two. The argument of not wanting to split their player base is bull; once Halo 4 out, the Halo gaming community will probably be fractured, especially since many still play Halo 3.

[Hotrod]

Does the fact that Halo 4 comes out by the end of 2012 bother anyone? I mean, I honestly think it's WAY too soon. Reach has been out for about a little more than a year, reaching two. The argument of not wanting to split their player base is bull; once Halo 4 out, the Halo gaming community will probably be fractured, especially since many still play Halo 3.

Well they've been working on it for a while now, probably around a year or two, so it's not too soon development-wise. If Halo 4 succeeds, most of the players will migrate to it from Halo 3 and Reach.

Also, Call of Duty has a release every year and Black Ops still has a hell of a lot of players. I see no reason why Halo 4 can't do the same.

@Hotrod: That is just a story they are feeding us. The player base is already fragmented between Reach and Halo 3, and then there are still those few that continue playing ODST Firefight.

Most Halo players play Reach, with about 20 000 max playing Halo 3 since they don't like Reach enough to play it (or just never bothered to buy it). Like I said before, if Halo 4 is a success (for some people, that would mean being more like Halo 3 than Reach), then a lot of those people will move to the new game.

There's no MP base to split if they did a PC version :trollface:

Yeah, but that's never gonna happen, knowing Microsoft...

[Kornman00]

I have to wonder if Halo4 will even be about/have MP. I can see them doing a campaign-only thing, and maybe a Firefight shindig. They would be playing a dangerous game, trying to define a new MP experience (since the way I understand it, they won't be re-using the Reach engine).

[TeeKup]

The whole base scenario right now leaves a lot of space open for forerunner weaponry, which I'm semi-interested in for mulitplayer. unless by the second mission the Forerunner planet he lands on teleports him straight to Earth. I'll call bullshit and shenanigans if anything of that nature ever happens.

[Kornman00]

They're probably going back to the Halo1 feel, with having the Chief be the center of everything and having next to nothing in terms of support (eg, no marines)

[FRain]

Does the fact that Halo 4 comes out by the end of 2012 bother anyone? I mean, I honestly think it's WAY too soon.

AFAIK they've been working at H4 since before Reach comes out.