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User Review : Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary

Ups
  • A great remake of one of the best games ever made
  • It still plays beautifully.
  • Incredible soundtrack.
Downs
  • Graphics don't look as good as Halo: Reach's.
  • Repetetive level design in the latter half of the game.
  • Oh yeah, remember Cortana used to look like that?

"Ooh,......you stuck me.....do it again."

This game is freaking sweet, I was running down this hallway and this dinosaur thing was all like "Wot, wot, wot," so I shot him in his sexy face, then I was in a desert with Apollo Creed sniping bad guys and he was like "Lay down some cover fire, Super Chief," but I didn't know what 'cover fire' meant so I reloaded the checkpoint and just hoped he wouldn't ask again.

This game lets you drive cars but only in the game, sometimes you can be driving along when some Australian guys hop in and say something like "Let's get going, Massive Cheek," naturally I assumed they were criminals so I calmly asked, "Where to gentlemen?" before driving my car full speed towards a cliff and jumping out just in time, "Not today you kangaroo fu****s."

The graphics in this game are pretty good but there is alot of texture pop in, I was under the impression that the game was going to use the Halo: Reach engine but instead it looks like it was developed by guys who had only seen Halo: Reach from 200 yards away. You can also play the game with the old graphics engine if you want to see how stupid and easily impressed you were in 2001.

The guns in this game are as sweet as they are many (There are 8) and shooting bad guys in the body always feels great. There is no recoil from any of the guns either so you always hit your target just like in real life. Sometimes you have to reload the guns.

One time I was playing the game when my friend Dwane walked in and he was all like "Yo dawg, let's hit up the co-op mode," and I was like "I've only got one controller," and he was like "Ok, I'll go home and get mine." When Dwane got back we started a split-screen game and had a blast, Dwane was like "Dude, Halo is the best co-op game ever," and I was like "Dwane, we stopped playing 6 hours ago, go home."

The music in this game is stunning, it's like a mixture of funk, tribal and classical music all rolled into one, no other game series utilizes music as well as the Halo games, Bungie really understands that when used correctly, music can take the action to a whole new level.

You can use a Kinect with this game but I don't have a Kinect because I'm not braindead.

Overall, Halo Anniversary is a great update of a tremendous game, but games have moved on quite a bit since 2001 and some elements of Halo's once legendary campaign now feel a little dated, however, Halo's core mechanics are so tight and well constructed that the game becomes an almost transcendent experience, and very few games, new or old, can claim to that.

Score
7.5
Graphics
Not bad but nothing special either.
10.0
Sound
Music doesn't get much more epic than this.
9.0
Gameplay
Modern shooters could still learn alot from this, Halo's organic set pieces will always trump Call Of Duty's scripted nonsense.
9.2
Fun Factor
How many games from 10 years ago give you this much freedom?
8.0
Online
It's the Reach multiplayer, which is great but we all wanted classic Combat Evolved multiplayer.
Overall
8.7
hennessey864534d ago

soon but I chose skyrim first, this game is the reason I got a xbox. The best fps last gen

ZombieAssassin4534d ago

I thought the MP was CE remastered?

coolbeans4534d ago

There's a playlist for playing it solely remastered. 1 map is integrated into Firefight, while the others can be played on normal Reach playlists.

PhantomTommy4534d ago

The 'remastered' playlist is a bit of a joke, it's basically just Halo: Reach with more powerful pistols, I'm sure there are a few more alterations to make it feel more like CE but I didn't notice any. Still fun though.

Hufandpuf4520d ago

"You can also play the game with the old graphics engine if you want to see how stupid and easily impressed you were in 2001."

Bravo, Lad!

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Review: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (The Master Chief Collection)

Alex S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "Looking at it from a modern perspective, I can honestly say, it’s been outdone by the games that it would inspire.”

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5 Remasters that Made the Original Game Worse

Exclusively Games writes:

''The medium of video games is the most susceptible to the test of time. As technology progresses, older games are overshadowed by the graphical improvements and design niceties of future releases. Sometimes, they are left behind by outdated hardware or operating systems and need emulators or fan-made mods to function properly. Other times, they aren’t available for sale at all except for sketchy used sales on Ebay and the like. Whereas older films often hold up despite some dated effects and lower resolution cameras, older games are often overlooked by modern audiences.''

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Magog1677d ago

Abysmal how they ruined silent hill 2. One of the best games ever made.

eddvdm1677d ago

Yes, they've killed the current, future and then the past of SH. Konami should lose its IP before they turn it into a Pachink.. wait

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Fist4achin1677d ago

Actually, the reality of what happened to the SH franchise is a horror in and unto itself. Then if it were to turn into a pachinko machine I hope it would be haunted by the evils of SH...

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Yui_Suzumiya1677d ago

I own the HD collection on PlayStation 3 and I have no clue what you're talking about. It was the Xbox 360 version that never got patched.

Imortus_san1677d ago

I tryed to play 2 of then and was stunned how bad they made the remakes, Silent Hill 2 and Gears of War 1.

AK911677d ago

Batman Return to Arkham
Assassins Creed 3
Injustice 1
Final Fantasy 10
Bayonetta 1

And others I cant remember

UNCHARTED2FANATIC1677d ago

Uncharted remaster on ps4. It managed to make drake look weird and most of all it was missing SOME OF THE BEST MULTIPLAYERS OF ALL TIME !!!

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This mod brings Halo's Master Chief to Monster Hunter World

DSOGaming writes: "Now here is something cool. Modder ‘Warlord Sieck’ has released a brand new mod that brings Master Chief from Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary to Capcom’s monster hunting game, Monster Hunter World."

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