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Subject: Halo CE needs new graphics

Halo is an awesome game, but the graphics are not so good. Maybe they can remake Halo in new graphics so it looks like more awesome then it is now. :)

  • 01.19.2011 11:12 AM PDT

Its graphics are fine. They require some acclimation, but once you're into the flow and style of it it's a gorgeous game.

I actually like its aesthetics more than those of later Halo games; the textures look good, the animations are organic, and visual design is simple-geometry instead of the cluttered mess you get in all games these days. And a cluttered mess is what it would become with a complete overhaul.

I was there in early 2002, and as much as people these days say that "the graphics were very good for their time", I definitely recall being infinitely more impressed by the visual style than the graphical power.

In any case, it's still more stare-worthy than almost any other game out there.



I wouldn't necessarily hate a strictly graphical remake, since I always have my old disc(s) to resort to if it isn't perfect, but I'd rather 343i do something more important. The only thing that would make me get extremely excited over a complete HCE rebuild would be a precise remake (no gameplay or graphical differences) but ported properly to the 360's hardware and with good online netcode and live access. But that's not going to happen because that's not how remakes work, so I'm hoping 343i finds something more useful to do.

[Edited on 01.19.2011 4:17 PM PST]

  • 01.19.2011 4:14 PM PDT

Major C.B.

If you want better graphics, buy it for PC. It doesn't change the beauty of the art design, but everything is slightly visually improved. You might not be impressed if you're expecting something like Halo Reach, but I found it a pleasant surprise transitioning from the Xbox version to the PC version. This is all assuming your PC can run it well, of course.

  • 01.21.2011 9:40 PM PDT

Isn't 343 coming out with a Halo CE HD?

  • 01.21.2011 11:35 PM PDT


Posted by: L_SPARTAN_114
Isn't 343 coming out with a Halo CE HD?

Only according to rumor, and there's a fair chance that a Halo CE rerelease wouldn't really resemble Halo CE all that much except slightly superficially anyway.


Basically, I would love a direct, HD-rendering, non-needed-to-be-emulated port of the Halo CE engine to the 360's hardware, especially if they built online MP with good netcode in while they were at it. But that's not going to happen; it would be expensive, and the market for it is very small.

[Edited on 01.22.2011 12:00 AM PST]

  • 01.21.2011 11:57 PM PDT
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No, just no. More people should realize that graphics are not what makes a game. Sure, they wow people. Halo CE is a classic game, the game play is amazing, the graphics are not. So who cares. I would rather play a game with the best game play in the world with the crappiest graphics, rather than having the best graphics with the crappiest game play

  • 01.22.2011 9:12 AM PDT

Leave the -blam!- game alone. It as beautiful now as it was when it came out, and if you let someone change it you know that that's not all they're going to change.

They look great, the game plays great, and there is no alteration necessary. The most I can possibly think to do to it would be to make it wide-screen capable. Even then, I don't think I'd trust anyone to do it, though.

  • 01.22.2011 9:12 PM PDT