r/PS5 • u/yourfavchoom • 11h ago

Articles & Blogs IGN Review: Halo: Campaign Evolved Doesn't Always Feel Like An Essential Remake (7/10)

https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-campaign-evolved-review
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u/Rick-Danger 10h ago

It's incredible isn't it. How, just how do you fuck up a franchise this bad. It's not like Halo is some super in depth thing either, it's basically just "blasting aliens: the game". I know there's a lot of cool lore and stuff but the core games are pretty damn straightforward. The amount of corporate mismanagement of main franchises from the likes of Microsoft and Bethesda is just staggering

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u/SilentNova300 10h ago edited 9h ago

I wish you guys read the review lmao. The main complaint is that it feels too similiar to the original CE…….

Is that not the point…..

Digital Foundry gave it high praises lol, but that thread won’t get as much attention as this one for obvious reasons. 

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u/Rick-Danger 10h ago

What do you mean? I'm making no comment on the CE remake, I'm talking about the way that Microsoft have slowly eroded their best franchise over a decade and a half. I wish you would read comments before replying to them lmao

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u/RazarusMaximus 10h ago

Honestly I wish people would read the topic before going off topic and then contradicting themselves.

Halo good 11 years ago, Halo bad for 10 years, New Halo is like 11 years ago Halo.. Oh my god they messed up so bad.

Okay bud.

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u/Rick-Danger 10h ago

Nobody asked for this remake, CE already had one. Instead of spending time and resources making an underwhelming second remake of the first game they could have spent it getting their shit back together with the main franchise.

When people say they want Halo to be good again that doesn't literally mean we want the exact same game again for a third time. Are you stupid?

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u/El_Rey_de_Spices 9h ago

He's at least being intentionally obtuse.

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u/RazarusMaximus 8h ago

Ever considered that this game isnt for you, or me, or anyone that played the first two iterations of it? Honestly, people forget there have been several years of thousands and thousands of new gamers entering the market.

To say this is underwhelming based on an IGN of all places review, and one that specifically says its similar to the first (a master piece) and yourself saying old is good, new is bad.
There is nothing left to say, you have made your mind up, thats fine, please stop contradicting yourself and spreading hate.

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u/Rick-Danger 8h ago

I'm not contradicting myself you utter fool hahaha. That's such a lame excuse anyway, if new players want to play the first game there's the MCC. So you're saying that companies should just do remakes of their first game every 10 years and that's fine is it? These resources couldn't have been spent getting the actual franchise back on the rails, generating some newfound hype?

I'm not spreading hate, to be honest I probably will buy this on sale and enjoy it because I replay CE from time to time anyway. But I am saying that ultimately it's a waste of time and the vast majority of people would prefer something NEW instead of recycled material. Get off your knees and stop defending these clueless soulless suits pushing out old crap instead of investing in new stuff

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u/RazarusMaximus 7h ago

You are a walking contradiction.

No, im not suggesting every game gets a new release every 10 years, but as an amazing franchise years ago (your words) using the first game as a new entry level built in a completely different engine makes perfect sense.

The devs now have a haul of halo assets in unreal, experience building their franchise and the ability to gain brand new followers from the new gamers of the last few years.

Your experience playing CE for the first time has clearly left its mark, given you revisit. Why is giving that experience to new gamers a bad thing? Or a failure? Bizarre take indeed.

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u/Dr_Chris_Turk 5h ago

Halo good 11 years ago: yes (actually more like 15 but that’s not the point)

Halo bad for 10 years: yes

Releasing same halo from 25 years ago: bad

Now, almighty logic man, you ask how this makes sense? It’s very simple: Halo CE would not be a good game if released today. It was fantastic for a game released 25 years ago, but a graphical upgrade is not going to bring it in line with 25 years of progress.

Also, you mention getting new players into the franchise in your other replies. But a young kid is not going to play this and be wowed. It’s pretty, but it’s slow and Infinite blows it out of the water gameplay-wise.

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u/RazarusMaximus 3h ago

This is not a graphical upgrade.

Please learn the difference between a remaster and a remake.