New Halo: Campaign Evolved Screenshots

[iamthemilkman]

Space combat confirmed like Halo Reach.

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[Majormachina]

i honestly think they should add more new stuff like the missions tbh. give me us something more than just halo 1 with pretty visuals.

like it would be great if they had post game missions based off Halo: First strike

 

[ZombieFish]

I’m so here for the Steve Harvey version of Johnson. Fingers crossed we get a “survey says” bark.

 

[MDGeistsfavMC5song]

I hate to be that guy that everybody hates, and everyone hates hearing this especially the last few years but .. what's up with Cortana?... I know they probably got shit for ultra thicc Halo 4 Cortana (which wasnt one of that games problems) and Im not expecting that (although Id argue her face was the best, most expressive version of her- which is why the emotional moments in that campaign hit at all, she carries that story imo)... like, she doesnt even look like a young Halsey (shes supposed to)... I mean she's not ugly, just weirdly off.. maybe its an engine thing... oh well, Im not the intended audience for this and I was never gonna buy it anyway, unless somehow they made the gameplay and level design 100 times better (impossible in my layman's opinion) and I already fell for the last remake and still have the originals... I think Johnson looks weirdly crazy, like a scary guy who you think looks kinda goofy but will mess you up, like the weird guy in prison everyone keeps their distance from... are they using the same voice actors? if not, that could ruin things for old heads, but I dont know if thats even possible now.. Im sure it'll be fine for new players on playstation and just new players in general... but Ill wait... also those Marine helmets look too small imo but thats a nitpick... space battles do sound cool, Im one of the few old Halo fans who had very few complaints with Reach and spent thousands of hours on it and og Halo Wars oh well, I hope it makes people happy even if it probably isnt for me...

 

[JellyjamLu]

No thanks, I like the original just fine. cheers.

 

[Dakarus]

This just looks AI generated to me

 

[iamthemilkman]

This just looks AI generated to me

You're not wrong, it has that DLSS 5 look. I'll play it for the new prologue missions with Johnson but my expectations are very low.

 

[Lena CE]

All I can think is man I hope Halo 7 comes out before I'm 40 and doesn't suck total ass. So hard to stay checked in to this IP...

i honestly think they should add more new stuff like the missions tbh. give me us something more than just halo 1 with pretty visuals.

like it would be great if they had post game missions based off Halo: First strike

That's more or less what they're doing. There's 3 missions as a prequel now afaik.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

I cant wait for Halo studios to just go bankrupt

It is such a shame that this is the entry point for many rather than the og on the form of the MCC

 

[iamthemilkman]

 

[sadgrrly]

Was just playing the CE campaign with a friend over the weekend and came across the news (<- not plugged into gaming news remotely). I'm like, trepidacious at best? Could be alright, if things go well. Still... 343 still haven't made one i'd rate above a high 5/10 yet...

 

[JellyjamLu]

For a new generation... sure and normies fair, but this wont be 'alright' from an integrity standpoint.

Engine choice for one thing is awful as we know for performance especially, in addition they changed the art style with all these unreal assets at hand, so it's not as striking or unique looking anymore like the blueprint made for the original vision, it just looks more generic sci-fi with shine everywhere, boring.

I'm not going to go through an entire laundry list of why but long story short, you messed with the Mona Lisa, had this been a remake effort in the vein of RE2 remake for example... sure, maybe i'd hoot a different tune, BUT it's 343 so... yeah, not interested in this one.

 

[Lena CE]

Finally watched the new trailers! Tbh I think it looks fine for what it is. It's a less saturated but somehow more vibrant/dynamic color palette (still prefer OG CE's) and I like the mix of Infinite and CE's artstyle and since the artstyle for Infinite is the one thing people almost universally loved so it makes sense to just iterate on that where you can as opposed to throw it out. On a technical level it is one of the most impressive UE5 joints I've seen and I'm glad they still want to pump that kind of money into even a side project like this.

The new "campaign" just being a few missions is underwhelming but we don't really know how long they'll be and a mini-campaign that is about 2.5-3 hours long on a casual run is perfectly fine. I don't think they're in the position of someone like Capcom where they can risk cutting some things, introducing new things and heavily remixing things into the main campaign that might be more controversial, going for as easy of a W as they can with this is all they can really afford to do when they're walking on eggshells.

The music sounds great, it is a pretty faithful rendition of the original's Halo theme but with just a bit more going on and a more vibrant mix, for lack of any technical terms. The violins sound a bit off to me, but its a nitpick I really don't think it is that big of a deal.

Keyes does look closer to 70 than he does to 60, but I don't hate it. Johnson's line delivery sounds super odd though and I worry that they haven't let Keyes speak in any trailers cause his VA might be doing a mid job too. The fact he's gonna have a whole new voice is def gonna be a sore spot for a lot of people and the remake has mostly positive momentum right now so I get wanting to ride that and introduce as few things for people to glomp onto as major critiques as possible.

I think the only major complaint I have is with the animation style here. They have that damn jiggly/shakey animation style that has been all the craze since Modern Warfare 2019 got so much praise for that animation style. The shotgun in particular looks comical here and everything in general just feels a bit overanimated if that makes any sense.

The remake is still pointless to me, as most remakes are. At $50 it feels absurd, but I'd have wanted it to be $40 at most and I guess the extra $10 doesn't matter much. I'm still waiting for a sale or Game Pass either way. If it had multiplayer I'd be there day one, but whatever. Hopefully we don't have to wait too much longer for Halo 7. See less

 

[iamthemilkman]

Even though I'm not a fan of Unreal Engine 5, the locations now look a lot closer to the originals than they did in Anniverary. I don't think this'll ever replace the original for me, I prefer the original Bungie vision, but it'll undoubtedly be a better remake than Anniversary which took way too many artistic liberties.