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343 Industries answers Halo Anniversary questions – Announces Hands-on at PAX

In 343 Industries’ latest podcast, they answered some of the community’s biggest question about Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Find out all the details on the new upcoming game after the break!

tdogchristy904726d ago

Wait, so they are adding the reach abilities into CE maps to keep it balanced? Are we also getting reach weapons instead of halo 1 weapons? Why!!!!!!!!! (cries in a corner)

EagleBurn4726d ago

They said the original Halo: CE multiplayer would be incredibly unbalanced due to the pistol and other weapons. They also didn't want to split the multiplayer community. So they integrated it into Reach. The article explains that and more.

tdogchristy904726d ago

Then it wouldn't be combat evolved! Using the unbalanced excuse doesn't cut it in my opinion. You change too much and it's not combat evolved anniversary but something totally different.

SixZeroFour4726d ago

tdog...the campaign and multiplayer for the remake are 2 different experiences

the campaign is staying true to the CE campaign, no armor abilities, weapon damages are the same, and objects in the levels are practically in the same position and scale as the original

the multiplayer however is using the reach network code which is why ppl that already have reach dont necessarily have to go out and but the game, they just need to get the expansion (which is why i doubt there is going to be a special edition) so its using reach character models, armor abilities, not sure about the weapons, and its essentially just a map pack

SixZeroFour4726d ago (Edited 4726d ago )

they are using reach's multiplayer cause the network bungie created for reach is already established and it would take too much time and effort to make one from scratch catering to the original CE

you should just listen to sparkast 004 yourself, cause some info seems off in this article...i dont think they mentioned anything close to a halo 2 map as one of the 7 maps, all i heard them say was 7 maps and 1 of those are a firefight map

EagleBurn4726d ago

Hey, I'm the editor for the article. I was mistaken, the map from Halo 2 is currently a rumor. The community found screenshots of one through the trailer, but it hasn't been confirmed.

I edited the article and stated this.

SixZeroFour4726d ago

no problems here...there have been plenty of times ive been wrong, im just going by what i heard or remember hearing

tdogchristy904726d ago

@sixzerofour

Thanks for the clarification bud. While it is somewhat a bummer that they are messing with the mp (since it was so unique for its day), at least the most important part (sp, in my opinion) is staying true to the original.

thrasherv34726d ago

At what time does it specifically state one of the remade maps is from Halo2? According to Waypoint, it's "one map that while famous and awesome, has never been seen on console before. I’m sure you’ve figured it out by now."

http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/...

I don't think Halo 2 on PC had any exclusive maps but I never bought it so I could be wrong. Halo:CE on the other hand did have a few good ones. One particular map that stands out is Death Island. It was essentially the forth level from the Campaign. Hope it makes it to the Anniversary edition.

EagleBurn4726d ago

I believe the community figured that a Halo 2 map will be in the game by looking at the trailer.

ThrazN74726d ago

i'm glad reach is getting more support.

nilamo4726d ago (Edited 4726d ago )

yeah I love armor abilities, it adds so much more dimension to the game.

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purple10119d ago (Edited 19d ago )

Twitter is blowing up right now

All games coming to PlayStation
Next Xbox will have steam
Next Xbox niche and only for “gamers who want it” (it’s a really powerful pc or a steam deck type portable, or both)

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Kaii92d ago

Well, 4-Infinite dropped the ball massively so don't worry.

Sgt_Slaughter92d ago (Edited 92d ago )

Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.

FinalFantasyFanatic92d ago

I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.

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PhillyDonJawn91d ago (Edited 91d ago )

To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.

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Vengeance113892d ago

Dead IP, time to invent something new.

kaos8992d ago

Maybe they can have ID or one of the COD studios help 343 with this series.

jznrpg92d ago

Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them

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