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Re: Meh. Maybe.
Posted By: Rice <Riceamike@gmail.com>Date: 10/2/12 4:00 a.m.

In Response To: Meh. Maybe. (uberfoop)


: A Halo 2 Anniversary would perhaps turn out somewhat better, though, for
: several reasons: -Online multiplayer would be much more likely to show up
: than for CEA. This is because peer-to-peer networking for Halo 2 has
: always existed; more or less the only work that would have to be done to
: get Halo 2's MP working again would be modifying the lobby system to
: recognize modern XBL accounts.

Even if it would work better, I wouldn't expect 343i to go through and rerelease Halo 2 with working multiplayer if they're already focusing on Halo 4, but I would expect the maps to be released as DLC, of course, same as CE:A. We don't have a Blood Gulch in Halo 4 yet, and unless one of the 3 DLC packs announced has it, then we'll need one.

: -Better planning could improve the smoothness of development, both due to
: experience dealing with outsourcing these things and due to not fitting
: the entire development period into a single year.

My biggest problem with Halo CE:A was the differences. Taking in fan-reaction and whatnot, along with looking at later versions of materials in-game they could really refine the visuals and determine more from a patient viewpoint what needs to change. There were a lot of things in Anniversary that I didn't like remastered, and it took a lot of the thematic tone and feel out of a lot of levels. 343 Guilty Spark and The Library for specifics, and the Pillar of Autumn was turned into some weird ruddy-brown factory instead of the spaceship we were all familiar with.
A redo of Halo 2 could easily remodel New Mombasa without changing the level layout. Personally, I prefer ODST's rendition of the city more than Halo 2, which was horribly ugly and brown and dirty looking. A new take on it could mesh the ODST map into the Halo 2 campaign experience, while keeping the level layout somewhat the same, which during playthroughs of the series as a whole would make it flow better as well. Halo 2 stands out due to the graphical style and because the later games changed a deal of what was established.

: -Halo 2's ports have historically been much more visually accurate than CE's.
: Halo 2 Vista does a decent job of representing Halo 2, and aside from the
: ghost image issue, so does the software emulation in the 360. Things like
: animated fog that have never worked for CE outside of running it native on
: oXbox work fine in other versions of Halo 2. So, a classic mode for a H2A
: has a good chance of being vastly more faithful than that of CEA.

Classic Mode in a potential Halo 2 remake shouldn't be upscaled, it should be altered. Many HD remakes of games are done with new textures, sounds, and other such niceties. Halo 2 should be re-trimmed and fitted, not just ported. Textures, sounds, the good stuff. But nothing that should override the previous experience.

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Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?Rice 10/2/12 1:13 a.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?Quirel 10/2/12 1:30 a.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?Ragashingo 10/2/12 2:00 a.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?FyreWulff 10/2/12 3:02 a.m.
           Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?FyreWulff 10/2/12 3:03 a.m.
           Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?General Vagueness 10/3/12 6:53 p.m.
     Meh. Maybe.uberfoop 10/2/12 3:24 a.m.
           Re: Meh. Maybe.Rice 10/2/12 4:00 a.m.
           Re: Meh. Maybe.General Vagueness 10/3/12 7:31 p.m.
                 Re: Meh. Maybe.uberfoop 10/3/12 8:02 p.m.
                       Re: Meh. Maybe.General Vagueness 10/5/12 12:09 a.m.
                             Re: Meh. Maybe.uberfoop 10/5/12 3:01 a.m.
                                   Re: Meh. Maybe.General Vagueness 10/11/12 1:31 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?Archilen 10/2/12 7:32 a.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?kapowaz 10/2/12 7:49 a.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?Captain Spark 10/2/12 11:50 a.m.
     I would like an H2A...Nikko B201 10/2/12 5:19 p.m.
           Re: I would like an H2A...General Vagueness 10/3/12 9:09 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/2/12 6:44 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?Leviathan 10/2/12 7:46 p.m.
           Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/2/12 10:26 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 : Anniversary by time of Halo 5?dogcom 10/5/12 10:26 a.m.



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