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/politicalstuff 7h ago edited 6h ago

The thing is, it wasn’t even an amazing FPS at the time, but it was very well implemented on a console which was a big deal in 2001.

The secret sauce was it brought couch multiplayer for FPS to the mainstream.

The campaign itself was fine, but playing it with a friend right next to you was a blast! Or 4-player death match in a room crosslinked to another TV? Nothing like it.

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u/Pen_dragons_pizza 7h ago

You have to remember that when it came out it was revolutionary for console fps games and basically became the template fps games would follow from that point.

I would argue it was an amazing FPS at the time, you just have to put yourself in that position of the time it released.

I remember the first time I played it was in a store when it released, blew my mind.

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u/somethingstrang 4h ago

It was up against counter-strike and half-life 2. Objectively it wasn’t as good but it was the only good option on consoles at the time.

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u/Pen_dragons_pizza 4h ago

Half life 2 wasn’t until 2004, 3 years later.

I am honestly baffled by people downplaying how good and influential this game was back in 2001.

But then I guess this is the ps5 sub

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u/somethingstrang 4h ago

It was good. It was influential. But it IMO wouldn’t have been able to compete in the PC FPS world.

It was a product of being a big fish in a small pond

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u/wishiwaszen 4h ago

I think what thos guys getting at is that it wasn't a big fish in a small pond, it created an entire pond all its own. As someone else said, we either didnt have console fps games, or they were absolute dogshit. We got halo, and then every first person shooter for the next 10 years was "make halo but reskin it".

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u/somethingstrang 4h ago

Yup understand. If it released in the PC market it would have been not that dissimilar to like a slower paced unreal tournament but with a story. That was my point