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Posted by: DonVinzone1
Posted by: grey101
The game should get the same score it got 10 years ago and a little more since it is the same thing just graphically updated.
Are they really trying to judge it like a completely new game?
This.
Like I said: controls haven't aged well. I noticed that last winter during my annual "play through the entire series in chronological order" session. Vehicles are annoying to controls compared to H3-Reach standards. And the controls on foot also are a bit too "loose" compared to the modern standards. And sure: AI in Reach is better, especially on the UNSC side.
Still: it's unfair to really make a problem out of the AI (like IGN does for instance) when a game like MW3 fails at even reaching what CE did 10 years ago(!) and it's not even mentioned at all. People, including the media complain about games being too easy these days and giving the player too much guidance to navigate....here's a game that has near perfect pacing, lets you explore the world and doesn't litter your screen with markers and hints every 2 seconds and it's suddenly a bad thing...
It's hypocrite to really zoom in on those elements of CEA and completely ignore it when it's MW3 just to name something.
And no: 8's are no bad grades. Man, I am really happy with every 8 I get on my exams. Still, for a game that is better than most modern FPS games it's a bit harsh. That site that gave it a 6 esspecially misses the mark in my opinion. Edge and Destructiod seem to nail it better.
I agree here. I expected 8's because game reviewers don't review the one thing that they should: did the game achieve what it set out to do? If so, give the game a higher score, if not, a lower score. CEA achieved its goal perfectly: a remastered Halo 1. In that regard, it gets a 10/10. But the people reviewing it are idiots since they're reviwing a ten year old game as if it were modern. I'm playing CE right now, kind of a celebration, and I admit there are clunkier parts (ghosts especially) and it hasn't aged perfectly. But we've known that for years. You can't fault a remake for the technical limitations of ten years earier.
[Edited on 11.14.2011 2:55 PM PST]