I'd love for this to be true, even if the original's multiplayer wasn't brought back. Still the best story in a Halo game, even if the missions themselves have some rough edges. New graphics layer, tighten up some of the... less stellar segments of the campaign (keeping the story and cutscenes the same), rebalance the difficulty levels, and I'll buy it at a high price.
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OXM Rumor: Halo 2 Anniversary being developed
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Shitty, outdated engine that prevents the team from upgrading much of anything beyond textures.
Referring back to the main topic: lol.
Emperor Bohe
Member
I'm fucking in if there is multiplayer. the exact same multiplayer that was in Halo 2 before..
if there isn't multiplayer, then I don't care.
if there isn't multiplayer, then I don't care.
Leftover911
Banned
I would pay $50 for the multiplayer alone.
Emperor Bohe
Member
then they should ditch the single player portion, haha. I probably won't buy if it doesn't at least include all of the halo 2 maps in halo 4
brandonh83
Banned
Loved Halo 2 tons. Still my favorite campaign and I played the MP a hell of a lot. Plus it would complete the collection of having every Halo game on 360, physically I mean.
They may work on map remakes for Halo 4 but I'm almost sure they won't make H2 multiplayer. It'd be a really bad decision.
They need to make a comeback with Halo 4 and dividing the population between two halos would wreck any hope of that.
HigherLevel
Member
*insert FyreWulff post on 343 saying they don't want to split the playerbase and doing so anyway*
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
dat milk
edit: sigh, since you kids want more substance. Figures, if true, that Microsoft will remake another halo game instead of investing in new franchises....
edit: sigh, since you kids want more substance. Figures, if true, that Microsoft will remake another halo game instead of investing in new franchises....
Halo 2 map pack for Halo 4 would be cool too. I doubt it would have its own mp
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Headlong! - Slayer.
HigherLevel
Member
You're so original and clever, show me your ways please.
ODST irreparably damaged the Halo brand, there will never be another ODST.
Family Fry
Member
Ahhh Halo 2, I have precious memories of leaving my Xbox 360 on for about 2 weeks when they closed down Live V.1 Halo 2. Was glad to be at least part of the final 50 (last 33, just checked), until one day I came home and it was no longer on, I had a power cut at home.
Will be all over this if it has online multiplayer, relive some precious Halo 2 map memories.
Will be all over this if it has online multiplayer, relive some precious Halo 2 map memories.
NullPointer
Member
That's bonkers. Selling it for $60 was a bad idea but the game itself is one of the better Halos.
Squeeze the udder's teets just enough so you get a proper flow going. Make sure you don't squeeze too tightly, or else you'll stop the flow of milk completely.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
God you have the worst opinions.
ODST was by far one of the best single player halo titles.
If anything damaged the brand it was reach.
You know you have a simpsons avatar right?
Maybe. Not anytime soon, though. This is Microsoft's answer to lack of IPs, it seems.
Care to explain your first point?
And yes, I agree. It was, I actually played through all of it yesterday. HOWEVER it was launched full price against Modern Warfare 2. It undeniably damaged the Halo brand.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Amazing Soundtrack
Amazing Voice Talent
Firefight was fun and challenging.
Campaign consisted of a sampling of all the best gameplay Halo had to offer.
The Sci-Fi Noir theme and overworld were a breath of fresh air for the series.
I wish Reach's campaign had been half as good as ODST's. Instead they made some kind of weird
Would totally take a second of either, I quite enjoyed Halo Wars for what it was, those CG scenes were damn sweet too, Spartans kicking ass like Spartans should and not feeling a little flimsy and moving at a snails pace like previous Halo games have done.
I also thought ODST was awesome, probably enjoyed it more than Halo 3 and definitely enjoyed it more than Halo 2.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
How did Halo ODST damage the brand at all? Your assumption is based on NOTHING. Reach was still the biggest launch in the series and Halo 4 is gearing up to be huge.
Amazing Soundtrack
Amazing Voice Talent
Firefight was fun and challenging.
Campaign consisted of a sampling of all the best gameplay Halo had to offer.
The Sci-Fi Noir theme and overworld were a breath of fresh air for the series.
I wish Reach's campaign had been half as good as ODST's. Instead they made some kind of weirdSevenFive Samurai, martyr-complex lore-rape-fest.
Congratulations on establishing that you cannot read.
@Stalker
Biggest launch, yet it didn't meet the lifetime sales of Halo 3.
TacticalFox88
Banned
ODST bored me to tears. I quit midway. I couldn't stand that shit.
specialguy
Banned
ODST was awesome. In so many ways.
It really signaled Bungie (and Halo altogether) was back on track after the terribleness of 3 and 2. Which they then continued the upswing of ODST with the great Reach.
Be advised as always, I dont play much MP so all my comments only refer to campaigns.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
What? This?
Just sounds like you're back-tracking since you never implicitly stated sales with your first comment.
By the way, Both the Halo franchise and the Call of Duty franchise have grossed roughly $3+ billion, and Microsoft felt confident enough to announce not one, but three new games in the franchise. I'm sure they're worried about its fiscal performance.
Yes, I will reiterate yet again that I really really loved Halo:ODST, that still does not invalidate my statement.
You could have quite easily asked
'In what sense?'
But instead, your mind presumably bellowed 'HAR HARRRRRRRR' and you went in for the kill. You are the Tom Buchanan of our time.
NullPointer
Member
Well...they did a pretty good job, but I wouldn't say great. For a remake it's pretty surprising to find that the framerate was just as unstable if not more so than the original game. It did not run smoothly at all (especially compared to Halo Reach).
How exactly?
ODST damaged nothing. It's a completely wrong statement.
It brought firefight into the franchise.
Great music. great campaign. great noir theme.
only things the game did wrong was that stupid red screen when in low health and the hubworld should've been bigger as they originally announced.
and of course it didn't make as much as other halos, it didn't have an actual multiplayer.
Edit: And it also revitalized H3 MP by being launched with a disc that contained every single map.
So if anything it actually increased halo 3's population
Damaged? No way, good sir.
It brought firefight into the franchise.
Great music. great campaign. great noir theme.
only things the game did wrong was that stupid red screen when in low health and the hubworld should've been bigger as they originally announced.
and of course it didn't make as much as other halos, it didn't have an actual multiplayer.
Edit: And it also revitalized H3 MP by being launched with a disc that contained every single map.
So if anything it actually increased halo 3's population
Damaged? No way, good sir.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Its also had no where near the time halo 3 did. In fact fyrewulf calculated its on track to to come close its about 3 million away from Halo 3 after only a year of release. Halo Brand is still very strong the biggest impact on it has been Call of Duty. ODST helped the brand if anything.
Again you have no basis for the assumption that it hurt the brand. It sold 5 million that's big numbers for any game. Its only a million less than CE sold.}
What invalidates your statement is that you can not validate it.
I'd argue that it rode on the success of Halo 3. Yes it didn't have the time, which is exactly why it shouldn't have been fully priced. I'd also argue that Reach's performance in Major Nelson's activity updates are another great example of the Halo brand being damaged on the back of ODST.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Responding to me with an ad hominem certainly wasn't the best way to make me want to hear more from you about anything.
AdventureRacing
Member
Reach failing to move as much software as halo 3 had much more to do with CODs growth in popularity and more importantly the lack of the master chief. Look at the advertising campaigns around halo 1, 2 and 3 they were all about the chief and that's what people wanted.
Not releasing a game with the chief in it has been the series problem alongside COD exploding in popularity.
Reachs performance in the activity lists have nothing to do with ODST. Plenty of people bought the game for it to be higher in the charts, there simply aren't enough of them compelled to keep playing the MP (like myself). That has everything to do with reach being a disappointment and nothing to do with ODST.
Your entire argument essentially boils down to reach selling poorly and blaming that on ODST with absolutely nothing to link the 2 things together (besides ODST coming out before reach).
Not releasing a game with the chief in it has been the series problem alongside COD exploding in popularity.
Reachs performance in the activity lists have nothing to do with ODST. Plenty of people bought the game for it to be higher in the charts, there simply aren't enough of them compelled to keep playing the MP (like myself). That has everything to do with reach being a disappointment and nothing to do with ODST.
Your entire argument essentially boils down to reach selling poorly and blaming that on ODST with absolutely nothing to link the 2 things together (besides ODST coming out before reach).
Tawney Bomb
Member
Playing this on co-op will be a blast.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttt
That has nothing to do with ODST. Reach's activity is like that because the game is full of problems and has very very very poor playlist management
Also CoD
HigherLevel
Member
+1
Also on the subject of ODST. I think the overall package is the best $60 I spent on the series besides Halo 2. You get the best campaign besides CE, good Firefight, and the complete Halo 3 MP. I wish more games gave you that much amazing content.