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Re: Halo remakes? *Reach SP*
Posted By: RyanTheHeretic <ryan.mcgowan@ntlworld.com>Date: 10/19/10 7:32 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Halo remakes? *Reach SP* (ArteenEsben)


: That sounds awesome and is exactly the game I want.

This where you lose me. Redesigning levels, sure. New gametypes, go for it. Patching continuity by referencing or even including Prophets, Brutes, Drones and Engineers, sure. Adjusting physics, weapon balance, etc., okay, I can see the point of that.

But you surely can't be serious when you say you really would like the stuff you quote from my previous post?

I mean, I don't want to sound like I'm taking this a bit too seriously, but damn, don't you think... I dunno, don't you think you're being a bit... immature about this? Maybe you're not much of a Combat Evolved fan in relation to the other games, and that's fine. But from those four points alone, it sounds like you'd happily kill all the little things which made CE what it was. It's like when I see the cover of First Strike and they are holding Plasma Repeaters... it's tacky. It's not breaking canon at all, but it IS cheesy. Let's face it, there're holding Plasma Repeaters (just as TFoR's Spartans are holding Army-issue ARs) because they are new and shiny and Reach is totally exciting and let's throw it everywhere because it's cool. To me that's like a child saying his favourite movie is the one he saw most recently because it was new, and therefore automatically better.

I genuinely can't see the point in remaking a game if you're going to change almost everything that made it what it was.

Theatre, Forge, vehicle boarding, assassinations, Wraiths, Engineers, Brutes, Drones, Skirmishers, new weapons, new levels and new gametypes, I'd TOTALLY be up for all of those, and much more besides. I'm not saying keep Halo 1 static in a remake, but at least give it some respect. There's a reason so many people think it was the best in the series, and that's because it's a genuinely good game. You don't need to replace everything and mess it around - you'll often just make it worse, not better.

I don't believe Combat Evolved is perfect. But it's a damn fine game, and very close to my heart, as games go, at least. So why mess with the fundamentals? Fix things, tweak things, add things, but don't *break* things.


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Old halo games remake by 343 industries?hotshot revan 10/18/10 11:02 a.m.
     Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?ArteenEsben 10/18/10 11:20 a.m.
           Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?RyanTheHeretic 10/18/10 11:41 a.m.
                 Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?Bry 10/18/10 12:35 p.m.
                 Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?Archilen 10/18/10 1:01 p.m.
                 Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?ArteenEsben 10/18/10 4:00 p.m.
     Halo remakes? *Reach SP*RyanTheHeretic 10/18/10 11:30 a.m.
           Re: Halo remakes? *Reach SP*ArteenEsben 10/18/10 4:03 p.m.
                 Re: Halo remakes? *Reach SP*Quirel 10/18/10 9:52 p.m.
                       Re: Halo remakes? *Reach SP*ArteenEsben 10/19/10 7:38 a.m.
                 Re: Halo remakes? *Reach SP*RyanTheHeretic 10/19/10 7:32 a.m.
                       Re: Halo remakes? *Reach SP*ArteenEsben 10/19/10 8:15 a.m.
                             Re: Halo remakes? *Reach SP*thebruce0 10/20/10 10:10 a.m.
     No thanksAvateur 10/18/10 11:51 a.m.
           Agreed.P_40E 10/18/10 11:56 a.m.
                 I think Halo 2 was perfection. *NM*hyokin 10/18/10 11:58 a.m.
                       Step outside, hyokin. We need to talk. *NM*RyanTheHeretic 10/18/10 12:01 p.m.
                       I agree with Hyokin. *NM*Spec ops Grunt 10/18/10 12:26 p.m.
                       You are absolutely correct. *NM*Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) 10/18/10 12:30 p.m.
                             If he's talking about story, sure *NM*Avateur 10/18/10 12:54 p.m.
                       I concurpadraig08 10/18/10 6:07 p.m.
           Re: No thankskapowaz 10/18/10 12:18 p.m.
                 Re: No thanksAvateur 10/18/10 12:55 p.m.
     Why retread perfectly-good tires? *NM*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/18/10 12:39 p.m.
           What if they're flat? *NM*The Loot 10/18/10 12:52 p.m.
                 You don't retread flat tires, only bald ones! *NM*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/18/10 1:05 p.m.
                       But you do FIX a flat. *NM*The Loot 10/18/10 1:14 p.m.
           Re: Why retread perfectly-good tires?Cody Miller 10/19/10 11:28 a.m.
                 Re: Why retread perfectly-good tires?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/19/10 11:39 a.m.
                       Re: Why retread perfectly-good tires?Cody Miller 10/19/10 1:18 p.m.
                             Re: Why retread perfectly-good tires?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/19/10 4:11 p.m.
                             Re: Why retread perfectly-good tires?Avateur 10/19/10 5:47 p.m.
                 Re: Why retread perfectly-good tires?FoolsRun 10/20/10 9:06 a.m.
     Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?Cody Miller 10/18/10 1:30 p.m.
           Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?justagrunt1 10/18/10 1:43 p.m.
           Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?Hawaiian Pig 10/18/10 3:13 p.m.
                 Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?Hawaiian Pig 10/18/10 3:14 p.m.
     I don't believe itrolandk73 10/18/10 1:40 p.m.
           Re: I don't believe itAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/18/10 1:57 p.m.
                 Re: I don't believe itGrimBrother One 10/18/10 2:14 p.m.
                       I'm on the fenceBry 10/18/10 3:25 p.m.
     Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?thebruce0 10/18/10 2:33 p.m.
           Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?Bry 10/18/10 3:04 p.m.
                 Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?thebruce0 10/18/10 5:05 p.m.
                       Re: Old halo games remake by 343 industries?Bry 10/18/10 5:25 p.m.
     I really don't get what people expect.uberfoop 10/18/10 7:49 p.m.
           Well saidscarab 10/19/10 6:12 p.m.
     Re: If it's pitch-perfect, awesome. Otherwise...ThorsHammer 10/18/10 8:36 p.m.
           Re: If it's pitch-perfect, awesome. Otherwise...Cody Miller 10/18/10 9:44 p.m.
                 A no hitter.Narcogen 10/19/10 5:38 a.m.
                 Re: If it's pitch-perfect, awesome. Otherwise...kapowaz 10/19/10 5:49 a.m.
                       Re: If it's pitch-perfect, awesome. Otherwise...Archilen 10/19/10 8:53 a.m.
                 Re: If it's pitch-perfect, awesome. Otherwise...ThorsHammer 10/19/10 10:23 a.m.
           I'd love it, but with some caveats.Gravemind 10/20/10 2:56 p.m.
     Pointless Abominationscarab 10/19/10 12:31 a.m.
     The problem with a remake...Wayward Spleen™ 10/19/10 9:15 a.m.
           Re: The problem with a remake...tln 10/19/10 9:53 a.m.
                 Duel Wielding Warthogsscarab 10/20/10 2:43 a.m.
     Would love to see this happen, but just one thing.DerekT07 10/20/10 5:09 p.m.



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