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I've seen a lot of talk on the forums about remakes of previous titles, namely Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. Now, call me unreasonable, but I'd rather not see Microsoft mess with these games, as they're very dear to me; perhaps my all-time favorites. They don't need to be remade, they don't need to be updated, they don't need to be screwed-up.
But, there is a much better alternative. Stop making Halo games for a while. Let 343 do what it is they want to do, but when the series finally dies, the studios move on, and Microsoft finds a new source of revenue, wait a decade. Preferably a few. Allow the series to age; to become a real classic in gaming history. An old icon of Sci-Fi shooters.
Then reboot it. I'm talking a complete re-do. Think about the Star-Trek reboot movie that came out last year. Think about the fairly recent Battlestar Galactica re-boot that was on Sci-Fi. Both, IMO, were excellent, and they were both very successful. That's what I'd like to see done with Halo. Take the universe, the characters, the plot, and remake it; make it a separate entity from the original, both very familiar and strikingly new.
With a reworked continuity, a better-planned canon (the current one is great, but it was created in a make-it-up-as-we-go-along fashion, and could almost be called a rough-draft), and familiar characters in polished incarnations befitting of the new universe, It could be a great thing.
I'd personally love to buy the new Halo series 10-20 years from now, for whatever method of gaming is prevalent by then.
Thoughts?
[Edited on 01.04.2011 2:42 PM PST]