Listen, I absolutely adore Halo CE. It singlehandedly sold me on the Xbox as a platform and I've bought every one since. But this will be the 5th time they've sold us the same game. M$ also...
Listen, I absolutely adore Halo CE. It singlehandedly sold me on the Xbox as a platform and I've bought every one since. But this will be the 5th time they've sold us the same game.
M$ also announced a new Gears of War game...except it's not new. It's just them trying to sell us Gears of War 1 for what I believe is the 4th time now. Yes, Gears 1 was nearly as important for xbox as Halo CE but for fuck sake microsoft this is pathetic. Not only that but every single rerelease of Gears 1 has been objectively worse than the original because they don't give us the OG Warzone multiplayer mode and instead they force a team deathmatch with respawns onto maps that were never designed for it.
Yeah, I tried to be very neutral in my summary comment here, but it's definitely getting old at this point. I actually think a Resident-Evil style remake of CE, in isolation, is a great idea. It's...
Yeah, I tried to be very neutral in my summary comment here, but it's definitely getting old at this point. I actually think a Resident-Evil style remake of CE, in isolation, is a great idea. It's easily aged the worst of the original games. There's a good opportunity there to update it for a new generation and refresh it for the old generation. But the endless, soulless mining of studios' back catalogs for nostalgia bait and easy profit without expending creative energy is wearing on me.
I wasn't raised in a console house, I've been PC since I could walk. I preordered Halo in 1999 before Bungie was bought by M$ and became their XBox flagship IP. The theme music gave me nostalgia...
I wasn't raised in a console house, I've been PC since I could walk. I preordered Halo in 1999 before Bungie was bought by M$ and became their XBox flagship IP. The theme music gave me nostalgia goosebumps. So glad it's also coming to Steam, I will absolutely grab it.
/offtopic /meta @mycketforvirrad, I think the "343 studios" tag should be changed. I get adding the "Bungie" one since they made the original, but "343 studios" isn't correct; the new company's...
/offtopic /meta @mycketforvirrad, I think the "343 studios" tag should be changed. I get adding the "Bungie" one since they made the original, but "343 studios" isn't correct; the new company's name was "343 Industries" but it's not even that anymore, it's just "Halo Studios".
I think graphic fidelity shouldn't be the sole reason to warrant a remake. There is a certain style that comes with old games. If you cannot play them because "lol it looks old", please look at...
I think graphic fidelity shouldn't be the sole reason to warrant a remake. There is a certain style that comes with old games. If you cannot play them because "lol it looks old", please look at all the retro-inspired 8bit games that reach critical mass, Terraria selling over 10million copies, Shovel Knight also doing incredibly well. If you want to play Halo CE, play Halo CE.
To sidestep games a little bit, the same can be said for movies. There was absolutely no reason to remake the Lion King or Lilo and Stitch (and a lot of other movies).
My take is that investors and board directors just want safe investments because they know there is a market that appreciates a new product for that IP. As long as people purchase it, they will keep doing this.
It kills creativity and originality and I think we lose something as humanity for it. Maybe I'm becoming an old whiny bitch at this point, and I'm certainly not saying "back in my day things used to be better". But there is something to be said against constantly rehashing, rereleasing, remasters, rebooting and regurgitating barely aged products, give them a new lick of paint and rake in billions and claim victory.
Listen, I absolutely adore Halo CE. It singlehandedly sold me on the Xbox as a platform and I've bought every one since. But this will be the 5th time they've sold us the same game.
M$ also announced a new Gears of War game...except it's not new. It's just them trying to sell us Gears of War 1 for what I believe is the 4th time now. Yes, Gears 1 was nearly as important for xbox as Halo CE but for fuck sake microsoft this is pathetic. Not only that but every single rerelease of Gears 1 has been objectively worse than the original because they don't give us the OG Warzone multiplayer mode and instead they force a team deathmatch with respawns onto maps that were never designed for it.
Yeah, I tried to be very neutral in my summary comment here, but it's definitely getting old at this point. I actually think a Resident-Evil style remake of CE, in isolation, is a great idea. It's easily aged the worst of the original games. There's a good opportunity there to update it for a new generation and refresh it for the old generation. But the endless, soulless mining of studios' back catalogs for nostalgia bait and easy profit without expending creative energy is wearing on me.
I wasn't raised in a console house, I've been PC since I could walk. I preordered Halo in 1999 before Bungie was bought by M$ and became their XBox flagship IP. The theme music gave me nostalgia goosebumps. So glad it's also coming to Steam, I will absolutely grab it.
M$ is a piece of Internet speak that I hope never ever goes away
Releases on July 28 at $50.
See also the new missions trailer:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=G4sUx2nX5EQ
Edit: Also on Steam, I missed that in the tags.
/offtopic /meta
@mycketforvirrad, I think the "343 studios" tag should be changed. I get adding the "Bungie" one since they made the original, but "343 studios" isn't correct; the new company's name was "343 Industries" but it's not even that anymore, it's just "Halo Studios".
Fixed it for both posts.
Hell is being a game dev trapped in a cycle of remaking halo ce
I think graphic fidelity shouldn't be the sole reason to warrant a remake. There is a certain style that comes with old games. If you cannot play them because "lol it looks old", please look at all the retro-inspired 8bit games that reach critical mass, Terraria selling over 10million copies, Shovel Knight also doing incredibly well. If you want to play Halo CE, play Halo CE.
To sidestep games a little bit, the same can be said for movies. There was absolutely no reason to remake the Lion King or Lilo and Stitch (and a lot of other movies).
My take is that investors and board directors just want safe investments because they know there is a market that appreciates a new product for that IP. As long as people purchase it, they will keep doing this.
It kills creativity and originality and I think we lose something as humanity for it. Maybe I'm becoming an old whiny bitch at this point, and I'm certainly not saying "back in my day things used to be better". But there is something to be said against constantly rehashing, rereleasing, remasters, rebooting and regurgitating barely aged products, give them a new lick of paint and rake in billions and claim victory.