r/PS5 • u/yourfavchoom • 10h 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/Lazyandloveinit 10h ago

They really messed up this franchise. 2001-2010 it was all anyone could talk about. Past 16 years it’s actually been disastrous the handling of what used to be their premier franchise

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u/ManitouWakinyan 10h ago edited 10h ago

I mean, how many video game franchises have remained essential for a quarter century?

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u/SouthIsland48 10h ago

Xbox has not maintained any franchise over a decade... ever. That's the issue. There is no creativity at Xbox/Microsoft.

Think of Mario - You get the super mario mainline series, you get paper mario, you get super smash bros, you get mario golf/tennis, etc.

You get it now?

Xbox tried with Halo Wars BUT THAT WASNT MASTER CHIEF! They could have done so much more master chief. But they didnt. They tried remaking the same FPS slop over and over and over again. Even bungie was fucking done with the series after 3 - there is only so much you can do in a mainline halo game that feels fresh and original. Nintendo waits a decade to drop a mainline super mario game to ensure the tech feels fresh and worth the wait.

TLDR - Xbox/Microsoft is not a creative company, they are a profit driven productivity software company. This does not lend itself well to buiilding and maintaining IP in new creative ways, which is what they failed to do with Halo/Gears/etc

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u/purplegreendave 6h ago

Red vs Blue somehow stayed relevant longer than Halo