They’ve been doing a bad job of writing new stories. Fumbled it already with 4, 5, and Infinite. Maybe put enough time after Infinite for people to not groan as much as before about the next antagonist pivot
Comment on New Halo Campaign Evolved Report Claims Heavy Outsourcing and Major Gameplay Changes
justdaveisfine@piefed.social 3 days ago
On one hand, I get it. Some of what made Halo CE a great FPS at the time has basically been reused (and expanded upon) by nearly every FPS since then, so it makes a lot of sense to modernize it to catch up.
On the other hand, it feels funky to grab the original and give it this overhaul. Why not tell a new story if you’re going to make so many changes anyways?
network_switch@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
because that requires more money. why bother when you can just polish an old game and resell for the same price?
LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I say this after buying various straightforward remakes, but I think switching things up gives it more justification for existing. The original still exists. Why not use it as a base and change things up?
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
id imagine remaking something with an established story line is easier to do for an outsourced team.
keep in mind, none of the multiplayer stuff is being remade, a multiplayer game is being made by halo studios themselves. whatever this team isnthats doing the outsourced work is solely working on modernizing the campaigns
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 days ago
They claim it’s because they’re using Unreal Engine for the first time and wanted to test the waters by remaking a game they know well. Honestly it just makes them sound even lazier in my book. That and the rumors of massive amounts of generative AI used for development.
islayfan@piefed.social 3 days ago
Aka “Claude rewrite this in unreal engine”
ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That will be $34billion in tokens, you’re welcome.
BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Except, let’s not forget, the original source code is lost and this would be, at best, based on an already flawed and inferior pc port
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
So many game sequels started that way, but then were built up into their own games ones they’d proved out the engine.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Sure, and if 343 studios hadn’t burnt so much fan trust with their last two releases people might be willing to go along with that. I think fans are just sick of not getting a good new Halo game and what they’re doing now seems to most fans like just a cash grab.
It’s not like unreal engine is anything new either, they already contract out work so lots of talent to pull from for the actual technical parts.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Oh yeah. I don’t think I even finished 5 and I have not been keeping up. Did I even play 5? Ehh.