With the emphasis on multiplayer games rising, is it stunting the growth and creativity of the Halo franchise?
Halo will make its PS5 debut with a massively modernised remake of the original Xbox game, Combat Evolved.
That’s according to the Halo Leaks account on X (or Twitter), which has accurately outed information about the franchise in the past.
Replies(1)I expect this to be announced pretty soon. Can't wait, this game was awesome. I wonder how of a remake it'll be though, hopefully not a remaster because we already have that lol.
it will be running on unreal engine 5, so it will look good. The question is will it run as good as it looks
I think they teased it a few months back when they announced Halo studios. It does look quite incredible graphically but as Hennessy says above, how it runs is gonna be a different story given UE5 track record.
it would probably be like the gears of war reloaded. Which was a remake of the remaster of the original.
...this gen is getting confusing with so many re-whatevers.
@S2K: “ It needs to be a complete redo of graphics or else it’s not my cup of tea.”
I completely agree with you and would add a VR mode as well🥺
oh yeh, theres like a showcase soon, maybe they'll announce it there.
or at the game awards
but ue5 only looks pretty. the games run ..
abit weird.
It's being shown at the Halo World Championships which they had already announced a few weeks ago.
Better reboot than another re-touch (remake after an already remaster) .... but 343/Halo is incompetent now, so .... guess this is best they can do with help of Coalition
So much memories with halo.
The original Xbox was my first console (actually 64 but barely played) and the first game was halo. Me and my brother use to play coop almost everyday.
We eventually traded in for a PS2 because of kingdom hearts lol
I played the first 2 Halo games. That's Bungie's Halo.. I do not know whether 343's Halo is as good as Bungie's.
Either ways Halo is one of Microsoft's big franchises. So many rumours so it's becoming more likely it'll come to PS5
Halo 3 is Bungie's game... so is Reach and ODST. 4, 5 & 6 (Infinite) are 343's. They aren't bad... just different. The original trilogy story ended and should have finished there. But MS wanted to 'Star Wars' this franchise and came up with new stories that sort of just sit there.
Tashi writes: Back in June we let the community know that we’d be continuing the conversation from last year’s HaloWC and the “A New Dawn” video and sharing more about what we’ve been working on. Like last year we’ll be on the Main Stage to talk about it but this year we’ve also got a “deep dive” panel planned for the Community Stage that you won’t want to miss.
This Halo CE mod allows a new way to play co-op, but probably in the worst possible way.
This looks like cursed halo at its finest, love it. They need to bring mods to consoles.
Thank God this is an opinion piece.
Halo is by far the king of shooters. both studios did amazing job on them. Millions of people love halo. first time I hear a lack of innovation of weapons complaint..weird
P.S: It's Bungie not Bungee.
no..343 ruined Halo.
As a fan of Halo, I do get the point the author is trying to make.
Why is this out of this world, sci-fi adventure so conservative with it's weapon designs? Why does Halo 4 have three different scoped, semi-auto rifles, belonging to three different species from three different corners of the galaxy that effectively shoot the same, but nothing that can shoot a black hole inside someone's pants? But it's worth noting that Equipment and Armour Abilities play a big role in adding variety to multiplayer
He's right though, the conservative design is because of multiplayer and balance. I just wish that when people criticize Halo for being "too samey" they consider that Halo is driven by and created for it's massive fanbase. This article wasn't even up for an hour before Shadonic commented about how he dislikes Halo 4's multiplayer. Don't criticize IPs with large established communities for not taking wild risks, it's really part of the territory. How many risks has Counter Strike taken over the years?
That said, I believe that within certain boundaries Halo has continued to keep adding variety. I mean, since Halo 2 set it's standard for multiplayer we've gotten a selection of weapons from two entire races/species, as well as additions to established weapon rosters, Equipment and Armour Abilities.
And there is a huge difference between the "feel" of a 12 Gauge shotgun and the Forrunner's Scattershot which is a damn near automatic flak cannon that fires rounds that ricochet off walls.
Multiplayer can't ruin halo because halo was always a multiplayer focused title. If Bungie/343 didn't change the multiplayer formula, weapon balance would never have been an issue. If this author was a true fan of Halo, he'd know that until Reach, team slayer was ALL ABOUT knowing weapon spawn locations, and controlling (and successfully utilizing) the power weapons. If they didn't switch to a load out system (a la COD) then balance would have never been an an issue.
Now that they've added weapon drops, and perks, the old multiplayer dynamic had to go out the window. In the name of balance within the new system, weapons have to be more 'samey'. But it's not because of the existence of multiplayer, it's because of the direction currently being taken with multiplayer.
PS, I hope they ditch the new system and use Halo2 has a reference for how to make a multiplayer game.
Was I the only one who actually enjoyed all of Halo 4 besides the campaign? I mean it still felt sorta like super-upgraded-reach but it was fun. Like everyone I know absolutely despised the multiplayer and wants Halo to just die now, like even long term Halo fans are at the point.
It wasn't like Halo 3 for me, I didn't play Halo 4 for months on end, but it was enjoyable. Yet a large vocal part of communities despise it.