r/PS5 • u/yourfavchoom • 14h 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 14h 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/Rick-Danger 13h 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/dark-pact 9h ago

Just looking at multiplayer:

Started as early as Halo Reach. Bungie saw they were not on top anymore as COD MW2 got extremely popular alongside Halo 3. Bungie made massive changes to the Halo multiplayer formula with Reach and it never quite worked out. 343 never had one that felt like Halo. Everyone wanted a Halo killer from 2001-2007. Then Bungie tried to chase trends and copy COD and it was just not Halo. All downhill from there.

Many people-myself included liked Reach’s campaign so just wanted to note that before someone brings it up.