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Posted by: annoyinginge
Unlike most people, I don't want a carbon copy of the original CE. Perhaps the original game in HD could be included, but when people buy a game they generally expect something they haven't already got. Here's what I think should change:
For a start, screw spending time on graphics, pretty visuals don't make a game. It can have Reach graphics, and if those chug, give it Halo 3 graphics.
Secondly, the Forerunner architecture needs a serious overhaul. Look at this cutscene. Sure, the sweet CGI makes it look good, but even without that the design is amazing. Whereas CE is just grey corridors and boxy rooms, most of it could've been set on a 2011 industrial estate. Where's that sense of alien grandeur we felt when we first caught sight of a huge ring floating in space?
On the same note, the 'rural' areas of Halo weren't anything special either. Grassy fields and some trees that could have been straight out of the park down the road, and no flowers to mention. Shouldn't this area hold a sample of the species the Forerunners saved from thousands of planets, tens of thousands of years ago? Halo should be so exotic it makes the Amazon look like the Sahara desert, what we've got right now makes an English nature park seem wild. Same goes for the wildlife - this strikingly alien forest would need a whole ecosystem of equally alien creatures to sustain it. I want to feel amazed when I'm walking round Halo.
Thirdly, some of the moments of the Campaign need to be overhauled. The introduction of the Halo, for example, was lackluster compared to what it could have been, as was the scene in which Cortana revealed Halo's true purpose. I don't care if they ahve to hire a Hollywood cinematic director, get those cutscenes up to scratch.
Fourthly, the second half of the Campaign. No two ways of saying it, it's the first half backwards. I'd make it semi-sandbox, give the player a choice as to what route they take, and I'd take full advantage of improved AI numbers to really make it feel as if you're in the middle of an epic battle.
Fifthly (is that a word?), a lot of good mission ideas could be implemented. Use a wide variety of vehicles as you explore Halo, not just the Warthog and Scorpion. We've got the Falcon, the Hornet, the Banshee, the Wraith, the Chopper, the Revenant, the Ghost, the Spectre, the Mongoose... let's make use of all these. Lots of vehicle sequences, please. And let's have a Scarab mission, people have been asking for this since Halo 2, and a space mission at the end, because space combat was awesome on Reach but just wasn't explored fully enough.
And of course, add in all the weapons and vehicles from all Halo games, and Customs and Theater and Matchmaking and Forge and all that.
Thoughts?
I'm not sure I can agree entirely with all of this. What I do agree with is that it would be nice if the graphics could be enhanced. Halo could be graphically enhanced by having a detailed thriving ecosystem. The plant life could be vastly overgrown due to the fact that Halo has been mostly uninhabited except for some Covenant action.
I also agree with adding some if not all of the vehicles of the Halo series.
Plus I agree with adding online services such as matchmaking and the like.
What I don't agree with is meddling with the cutscenes or the campaign story line. Those two things need to be the same as the original Halo: Combat Evolved. Thus I don't agree with adding a Scarab mission and a space mission as it will alter the campaign too much.
Even if you can also play through the original Campaign? I was thinking of the second Campaign being unlocked as a bonus when you complete the original on Heroic or harder. If the two Campaigns clash in canon, obviously the original overrides the new one, which is basically Sabre's take on CE and something to keep people like me happy.