In the second entry for The Perfect Level, Game Revolution dives deep into Halo: Combat Evolved's second level and shows you how it elevated the FPS genre to a new height.
Xbox Game Studios' Halo: Combat Evolved Remake is reportedly planned to release in late 2026 to celebrate 25 years of Xbox.
No official update on anything?
They replaced studio leadership
They changed the studio name
They announced the change to UE5
... all while supporting Infinite
The support to Infinite isn't what it originally should have been but they've still been providing tons of official updates over the years, and as recently as two months ago added a brand new weapon.
I think remaking Halo Combat Evolved, and going to 2 and 3 again, will help give the studio an idea of how to make a Halo game feel like Halo again
Infinite did feel like Halo, that's not what the complaints were...
The complaints were almost literally everything else. Monetization, netcode and desync, the campaign structure, story, and single biome, the weaker-than-expected post-launch content.
Dev times in modern days 4 years of silence isn't unheard of when things are running smoothly.
And around 6 months ago 343 did show a tech demo of ue5 using halo assets so it's not radio silence.
Given all the shake ups i am more surprised we're getting anything next year at all.
They coulda started with Halo 3 remake ... I know Halo CE remaster was not proper with the art style but still, remaking after a remaster seems dull, when Halo 3 and Reach have started to show some age.
Yeah I hate they used Halo reach artstyle. Hope this remake feel authentic yet fresh
Probably the simplest to work around with. They are reportedly doing it in UE5, so its just as much an Anniversary thing, as its probably the studio getting familiar and setting up their tools and processes in the engine with an actual game, to facilitate the development of the next Halo
I'm guessing combat evolved has a smaller scope in general the later half of the game features a ton of backtracking and reused assets making it a easier game to remake on a deadline
Its also a better choice if this is the first game to be multiplatform mind you I think it's pretty much a given that anyone with a passing curiosity has played this by now in some way be it pc or brought a used console for a few bucks
I would love to see Lost Odyssey come over to PS5. I would definitely buy that again. That was the first game that I played on my 360. Loved the story and battle system. One of the best JRPGs of all time in my opinion.
A new Halo Combat Evolved glitch has been discovered that allows players to control the iconic Halo ring itself.
A new set of Halo: Combat Evolved glitches allow players to control enemies such as The Flood and fly The Pelican airship.
I think the best levels in Halo:CE are The Silent Cartographer, Halo and The Maw. Halo helped pave the way for broader levels in console FPSs.
Halo used to be such a juggernaut in the FPS genre that you’d frequently see some games marketed as a “Halo Killer.”
Not so much nowadays
That was a great level. To be honest the best levels were against the covenant, the flood kinda turn the rest of the game into generic corridor shooter.
I remember going into Gamestop as a kid and playing The Silent Cartographer level as my first Xbox experience, I was blown away at the graphics and how fun of a shooter it was! I had a PS2 at the time and there was not anything else like Halo at the time on console. Will always remember that!
I was hooked as soon as the second level started when you were the only survivor of the crash and had to hidden from the scouts.