Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Review

[ZeroMachine]

A 4.5 stars! I hate the escapist, they're just a bunch of mainstream tools. Yahzee is the only good reviewer on this website, because he tells it like it is. I was glad I gave him money for his trip to PAX, even though tickets ran out and I didn't receive my money back.

Halo is a game for twelve year-old boys, it's the video game equivalent of Justin Bieber. It's the same shit, wrapped up with nice graphics.

Also, the graphics look like shit. Anybody who disagrees is a blind, Halo fanboy.

4.5 stars? You're officially an idiot Mr. Puss Pitts.

That's ok. We hate you, too. Buh-bye, now!

Banhammer with a smile. That's why I love you guys sometimes XD

I had this preordered and everything, but I started a new, relatively exhausting, job the day it came out

Gonna finally get it Saturday. I'm glad I have Skyrim to hold me over until then!

... And for after I beat it.

And for years after that.

 

[Jelly ^.^]

Hoooooooooly shit. A new colour to the FPS shader spectrum! Did you see how blue everything was outside!

Also, I miss the /fingergun and hastily scrawled signature that looks like it says "Piss Tits."

 

[Ellen of Kitten]

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Review

The game that started a legacy looks better than ever.

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It's Russ! I didn't think I'd hear from you again on this site.
Cheers!

 

[Ellen of Kitten]

A 4.5 stars! I hate the escapist, they're just a bunch of mainstream tools. Yahzee is the only good reviewer on this website, because he tells it like it is. I was glad I gave him money for his trip to PAX, even though tickets ran out and I didn't receive my money back.

Halo is a game for twelve year-old boys, it's the video game equivalent of Justin Bieber. It's the same shit, wrapped up with nice graphics.

Also, the graphics look like shit. Anybody who disagrees is a blind, Halo fanboy.

4.5 stars? You're officially an idiot Mr. Puss Pitts.

That's ok. We hate you, too. Buh-bye, now!

Was that the infamous "Halo Guy" we heard about in the last podcast?

 

[Sonic Doctor]

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Review

The game that started a legacy looks better than ever.

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Welcome back! Great review, I felt the same way when I played it. Though I'm surprised when reading your article and watching the video, you didn't mention that they integrated the skulls system into it, along with some new kinds of skulls. You also didn't mention that if you find the hidden terminals, you get and extra bit of story that explains quite a bit of how the Flood survived and came to be on Halo.

 

[Coldster]

Despite these high score reviews, I'm going to pass on this one. I have Halo 1 on my 360 and I love it. Call me when they bring a Halo 2 remake and I promise I'll get that.

 

[Susan Arendt]

A 4.5 stars! I hate the escapist, they're just a bunch of mainstream tools. Yahzee is the only good reviewer on this website, because he tells it like it is. I was glad I gave him money for his trip to PAX, even though tickets ran out and I didn't receive my money back.

Halo is a game for twelve year-old boys, it's the video game equivalent of Justin Bieber. It's the same shit, wrapped up with nice graphics.

Also, the graphics look like shit. Anybody who disagrees is a blind, Halo fanboy.

4.5 stars? You're officially an idiot Mr. Puss Pitts.

That's ok. We hate you, too. Buh-bye, now!

Was that the infamous "Halo Guy" we heard about in the last podcast?

You know, I did wonder.

 

[Eggbert]

Nice. I actually enjoyed the original on PC. However, I disagree with the 'why' on why Halo's holding up so well. I don't think it's because it was so forward thinking (Marathon, on the other hand, I will never deny was forward thinking). I think it's because shooters haven't changed since Halo. That's why. Every shooter since (barring the ones I typically play- Painkiller, Half-Life, etc.) has just been taking stuff Halo did and doing it worse. And that's a damn shame. Nice to see this got made, though. I'll support rereleases as long as games I've enjoyed get (cheaper) rereleases.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

if 343 had the decency to make games in the Halo Universe, and not recycle S-117 as a protaganist character maybe. I would like to see a Halo Wars 2, or a Tactical Espionage Action game surrounding the Arbiter, more ODST titles, explore an Ace Combat like Flight Sim or a Mass Effect Esque Rolepalyer 343. this forerunner trilogy idea is garbage.

I actually like what they did with Halo Anniversary. I'm thoroughly enjoying it. You see, I came into the series during 3, and it was nice getting a nice new package with some nice extras with it and being able to play it with some updates.

I actually wish that they would also do a Halo 2 Anniversary, so that I can have Reach, 1, 2, ODST, and 3 all on one system. I'm also very interested in Halo 4 and I'm glad it will also be on the 360.

But as you said, it would be nice for them to branch out, I loved ODST, and Reach too with all it's changes(love the armor abilities, because they've actually leveled the playing field so that it is also a strategy of using abilities along with shooting skills).

I had the same thought about the flight game, because of the space flight level in Reach, which was one of my favorite parts of that game. I've really only played that campaign all the way through 4 times(2 Normal, 1 Heroic, 1 Legendary), but I do pick out single missions on occasion to play by themselves, and that flight mission is the one I play the most.

They could make a game Halo: Sabre, or whatever other type of spacecraft that the UNSC used. Then when you beat the game you unlock Covenant Mode, where you fly Covenant ships and play the missions with a different take where the Covenant win instead of the Humans.

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

oi, i prefer my Android over Iphones thank you very much

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

It seemed like you were making a really strong argument for how Halo games, or maybe FPSs in general, have not made any significant improvement since then.

Especially got this feeling when you made the comparison with Reach. Basically, "holy crap, we've been paying for the same, if the not worse, thing since the first one."

 

[Speakercone]

You defy me to name any other game which feels as fresh now as it did on release? Ignoring the obvious fact that games released very recently (like, this year) will have this quality, I'd be willing to nominate a few:

Team Fortress 2
Half life 2
Portal
Beyond Good and Evil
Zelda: Wind Waker
Mario Galaxy
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2
Gears of War
God of War
Dota

Halo also makes the list, but it's far from the only one. Also, I've never had a problem making my droid 'just work'. Perhaps you should try rebooting yourself?

 

[Buizel91]

Despite these high score reviews, I'm going to pass on this one. I have Halo 1 on my 360 and I love it. Call me when they bring a Halo 2 remake and I promise I'll get that.

If they actually make that i think i will have the biggest nerdgasm of all nergasms...

I frigging loved that game, and as i keep saying, it's the game that got me out to be the gamer i am today ^^

 

[Silver Patriot]

I got this game because I liked 3, ODST and Reach. However, I personally found this game to be incredibly shit. The new graphics look terrible (character models don't even have motion captured faces; Cortana's animations are, I'm pretty sure, just copied and pasted from Halo 3; and lots of texture pop-in.) I played through about half the first level and stopped because the gameplay is so outdated. I'm gonna trade it in soon.

I'm sure some people will enjoy it but this was my personal experience, so take it as you may.

To be fair this is literally "Halo 1, with better graphics" The game is running a graphical engine overlaying the original Halo 1 engine. Nothing else is different. Halo 1 (Released in 2001) didn't have mocap and Cortana's animations are the same as in the original. (Maybe you ment to say Halo 3 copied Halo 1?) I don''t think you have like the game, but you should at least reaserch what you are buying.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

Well thank you Russ, you can pick up your endorsement check from Microsoft anytime. *Chuckle* Just kidding, man.

But I dislike it when people mistake "simplicity" for "innovation." Halo didn't improve anything. All it did was wipe the table clean and stick to bare bones. Maybe that makes for a nice refreshing feeling, but that doesn't make it some groundbreaking work of art that defines our generation.

Halo is basic. I know this for a fact because my 60 year old father, who has never played a video game in his life, was able to pick up Halo and enjoy it. That'll make for an interesting news blurb, but it won't rock the foundations of gaming. It just means he was the one who got to keep my XBox when the next generation consoles came out.

Halo is fun, it's a vanilla ice cream cone kind of fun: tasty but plain, sweet but safe. This remake doesn't so much add sprinkles or dip it in chocolate, it just swirls the the soft serve into a pretty little design that you're not going to stop and admire before you eat it.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Can't wait to play this game, I never played the first one because I never could afford an Xbox or PC at the time.

Actually I'm going to play it right now. Cya!

And i wanted to see Halo 3 or reach on PC with the same online as Halo 1...but i know that will never happen due to the fact Microsoft don't want to get too much money for some weird reason..

I'm pretty sure they have too much already.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Well thank you Russ, you can pick up your endorsement check from Microsoft anytime. *Chuckle* Just kidding, man.

But I dislike it when people mistake "simplicity" for "innovation." Halo didn't improve anything. All it did was wipe the table clean and stick to bare bones. Maybe that makes for a nice refreshing feeling, but that doesn't make it some groundbreaking work of art that defines our generation.

Halo is basic. I know this for a fact because my 60 year old father, who has never played a video game in his life, was able to pick up Halo and enjoy it. That'll make for an interesting news blurb, but it won't rock the foundations of gaming. It just means he was the one who got to keep my XBox when the next generation consoles came out.

Halo is fun, it's a vanilla ice cream cone kind of fun: tasty but plain, sweet but safe. This remake doesn't so much add sprinkles or dip it in chocolate, it just swirls the the soft serve into a pretty little design that you're not going to stop and admire before you eat it.

Less is more my friend, less is more.

Look at games like Dead Island for example.

 

[Eumersian]

Now, if only Bungie would do that for the Marathon series.

 

[Urh]

I could not bring myself to watch all of Russ' review video, much like I could not bring myself to play all the way through the original Halo all those years ago. 'nuff said.

 

[Titan Buttons]

I just can't understand why anyone would be excited about this game. All I keep hearing is that the graphics look great and that they didn't alter the gameplay in any way.
Then why not just buy the original game on the xbox? I checked, and you can pick up a used copy on amazon for like ?5! I heard that eventually you'll be able to download the multiplayer maps separately for Halo Reach, which makes this game even more pointless in my opinion.

Well I believe a lot of people will get it because anyone who never got Halo 1 they can buy it now and not have to deal with out-dated graphics when you can get it with modern graphics, after all it is still a full game. Also anyone that is a halo fan and is buying this game probably already have the original game still

Persoanlly I can't justify paying $60 for a graphics update and a multipler map pack I will never use, even if it is to guy a great game.