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Phil Spencer: Halo: Reach Will Come to Xbox One via Backwards Compatibility before a Remake

Don't expect a remastering of Halo: Reach any time soon.

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gangsta_red3225d ago

Yea, no point in remastering titles when they can just have them with BC.

christocolus3225d ago (Edited 3225d ago )

Agreed.I hope Halo wars is added to the list of upcoming BC titles.such an amazing game.

poppinslops3225d ago (Edited 3225d ago )

You can vote for the games you want BC for at xbox.com... you can also check to see which games are getting the most votes.

So far Red Dead is leading by miles, followed by the likes of Skyrim, Mass Effect 2/3, Halo: Reach, South Park, Alan Wake, the Fallouts, the Portals, the Bioshocks, the Assassin's Creeds, the CoDs, the Dead Spaces and the Batmans - basically every big franchise.

mikeslemonade3225d ago

Stale series, stale remake, and meh for the BC.

DragonbornZ3225d ago

I agree with you, but Halo feels so good at 60 fps.
If they add it to MCC for a good price i'd prolly get it.

green3225d ago

They said all first party published games will be available at launch.

Eonjay3225d ago

Its kinda late for that now. With 5 halo games already remastered. In which case I would say why not both?

Bigpappy3225d ago

This guy Phil Spenser is way more gamers centric than I expected. Exceeding expectations

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dantesparda3225d ago (Edited 3224d ago )

Why not have both? why does it have to be one or the other? If you want the remake with the higher res, possibly higher framerates and better graphics then you can get the remake. If you don't care for that then you can just stick with the original. Plus emulators aren't perfect and can (and often do) introduce all sorts of bugs and problems and certain things could just not work right and have degraded performance. So having both is the best option. Though honestly I don't care for backwards compatibility or remakes.

@gangsta

"OR, the emulator can work just fine and not introduce anything and the game that a lot of people have been playing for years can now be enjoyed the same way on their new system."

How naive. Yeah cuz the 360's emulator was so perfect and had every Xbox game ever made on it working flawlessly,....oh wait, it didn't. Come on, the likelyhood of a flawless emulator is very low, especially when we already know its got issues and just cuz they're saying that they are going to fix it doesn't mean its really going to get fixed. And what is your problem with having both?

gangsta_red3225d ago

OR, the emulator can work just fine and not introduce anything and the game that a lot of people have been playing for years can now be enjoyed the same way on their new system.

It may be good to have both but it's not necessary. Especially when one option of BC is just as good.

deadpoolio3163224d ago

Cause nobody with the intelligence of a 3 year old retarded monkey is willing to sacrifice sales of a remaster for BC....

Same with all the people voting for the Arkham games, Yeah um they are NOT going to be BC not when there is already a confirmed remastered collection coming out in like November.....

Any publisher with even the slightest thought of doing a remastered edition is not going to sign off on having their game be BC on the Xbox one and lose out on those potential sales

Blaze9293225d ago (Edited 3225d ago )

Yeah but they might as well just pull a ODST and add it to the MCC..MIGHT as welllll

Benchm4rk3225d ago

Sorry but id have to disagree. While having it playable through BC would be great i would much rather play through a remaster at 60fps. Even if they just port it over the same way they did ODST and charge $5 for it i would gladly pay for it.

Bigpappy3224d ago

when I start seeing $5 remasters or remakes, I will agree with you. But at this point I will not be buying and remasters or remakes of any games I have already played if they are more that $15. Not even Morrowind, as I can play that on PC right now if I wanted.

Benchm4rk3224d ago

If it was just a port like ODST I wouldn't expect to pay anymore then $10 for it. If it is a full remaster the same way Halo Anniversary or the upcoming Gears Ultimate Edition was I have no problem paying $40-$60 for it. But thats just me. I know alot of people dont feel the same way

Darkwatchman3225d ago

I disagree. I'd rather have a prettier, remastered version of a game than playing the game through backwards compatibility. When I get an Xbox One, I'd play the Mass Effect trilogy through BC, BUT I'd rather have the 3 games remastered in one neat package with all DLC. I would take the same great games with better graphics than the same game with the same graphics. For example. Would you rather play the original halo on your Xbox 360 via backwards compatibility or would you rather play Halo Anniversary????? I think the choice is obvious.

Professor_K3224d ago

Halo reach to get a Remake of its own? im not gonna lie getting sick of all these halo remasters but Reach was by far the best halo game IMO.

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TwoForce3225d ago

Halo Reach is the game that I can enjoy.

StrayaKNT3225d ago

I just want to play the first forza horizon through bc I hope they add it

DillyDilly3225d ago

I wonder what they will do about missing digital games not on the store ? Like if they add Mass Effect 2 & 3 compatibility. But those two are not on the store. Will they finally add them ?

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein243d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED243d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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10 Best Lore-Rich Video Games

Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.

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shinoff2183479d ago

How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.

robtion478d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad478d ago

And somehow Planescape Torment doesn't even make the list.

Crows90478d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183478d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90478d ago (Edited 478d ago )

Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.

DarXyde478d ago

I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy

Crows90477d ago

Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.

DarXyde477d ago

Crows90,

I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.

TheColbertinator478d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13478d ago

narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games

shinoff2183477d ago

The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.

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Halo’s best Bungie campaign has its worst feature fixed after 12 years

Halo’s best ever campaign mode developed by Bungie has had its most annoying feature fixed after more than a decade, making the sci-fi FPS game better than ever

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SullysCigar564d ago

Awesome news - so can we look forward to playing Halo: Infinite with no online issues circa 2033?

just_looken563d ago

"You can download the improved Reach AI mod at Mod DB" This was a mod 343 did nothing so the online will be fixed in our dreams.

SullysCigar563d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos562d ago

They did say they had a 10 year plan for infinite we just all assumed it would be DLC could of been a 10 year netcode rollout.

But seriously this is a mod the community won't be able to modify infinite in the same way

Cikatriz_ESP563d ago

Combat Evolved was the best campaign, and it's not even close.

just_looken563d ago

You should have tried this version of reach when it first came out remastered for a year there was no sound because 343 could not locate the sound files.

It was a special challenge.

badz149563d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE563d ago

Well I guess 12 years is faster than most fixes. I guess this is a cheap way to "remaster" something nowadays.....by just fixing something that used to always be broken.

zidane1341563d ago

Did you even read the article? This is a mod to improve AI from back almost 2 gens ago. Nobody is claiming this is remastering anything. Yeesh.

Crows90563d ago

Halo is dead. Microsoft has other shooter franchises it cares more about now. 343 are no longer Xbox golden studio. They are likely to shift things around or even close it all together and give the IP to someone else.

343i decided to pummel the IP into the ground...and when they see it didn't quite look like Glenn's face they decided to just keep on pummeling. Not sure if Glenn is the IP or the fanbase in this case though.

Profchaos562d ago

343 were never the golden studio they were a hastily thrown together b team when bungie said we want to do something else cya

Crows90562d ago

Well ...I didn't want to say it but I agree. Makes you wonder why Microsoft gave them the IP and didn't keep Bungie or any of the talent they acquired from any studio.

CobraKai562d ago

“ Halo Infinite, Halo 3, or Halo: Combat Evolved. It’s hard to say which of the sci-fi FPS games offers the best experience all round.”
He lost me with Halo Infinite.

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