trasharmdsister12 said:
The only game updated for MCC (including offline rendered CG cutscenes made by Blur Studios) was Halo 2 so I think you may be confusing Halo CE with Halo 2 there. Let's call it Halo 2 Anniversary. That game was remastered quite well and kept the artistic intent largely in-tact from the original. Halo CE also received a 10 year anniversary "remaster" but that was before MCC in 2011. It was called Halo: CE Anniversary, was released originally on the 360, and it was included in MCC. I'm calling both Halo: CE Anniversary and Halo 2 Anniversary remasters instead of remakes because the graphics were fully redone but the actual game logic was running on the original engine so that the games played identically to their older counterparts. And yeah, the majority of the Halo community agrees that Halo: CE Anniversary was a poorly done remaster in terms of not paying enough respect to the original vision, design, and atmosphere of Halo: CE. So I can understand that fans of the original game wouldn't mind that one getting another shot. I'd personally rather they spent the time and resources trying to build a more exciting future for the franchise instead of squeezing the past for all its worth and potentially screwing up in the process. I know the executive team at 343 has completely changed but with how the series has been treated for the last decade plus, the doubt in my head going into anything they'd show that is trying to relive the past would give them quite the uphill battle in instilling confidence. |
I view it as:
Remastered = Upscaled, better resolution, improved textures. Like the Final Fantasy Pixel remasters and the 3d Mario remasters.
Remake = Brand new graphics built from the ground up, but the same game. Like Paper Mario TTYD and Super Mario RPG remakes.
Re-imagined = Like a remake, but with changes to game mechanics, story, setting. Like Final Fantasy 7 R.
