I’ve just played through a hefty handful of AAA games from the last 5 years. Despite having great graphics most of them played horribly, and I tried a few that were so on rails it was painful, despite being gorgeous I couldn’t play more than one sitting before I gave up. Halo 2 is still ahead of most of these games in terms of being fun to play. Halo CE feels a little bit dated now but still a lot more fun than the majority of modern games. Halo 2, 3 and Reach all feel timeless in how fun they are to control and play through. Upgrade the graphics in any of those games and you would never know they were old games.
343 never really copied Halo, they keep experimenting with the franchise which creates subdivisions, brings in new people who like the new formula and annoys the original fans who just wanted a familiar sequel. The reason Halo is in it’s current state is not because of people like me. I bought all the original games, all I ever wanted is more of the same, Halo was the game for me, I just want more of it… but we keep getting further from it.
These here is what I find amazing… People just want updated graphics and more story!!!
Gaming is about gaming… Meaning what we are doing in the gameplay!!!
Graphics and story are enhancements to the core experience, which is gameplay… We are playing games… Not watching movies ahahaha
But you guys seem to place improvements in design/game mechanics last or don’t even want them?
Yeah the first one was called that because the combat involved only being able to carry 2 weapons and scavanging your way through the battlefield with vehicles and marines who can drive or take the gun. They also put grenades on their own seperate button for the first time and had recharging health. It was a pretty big evolution to the shooter genre at that time, so much so nothing else has really innovated beyond it too far since… None of the other Halos were called CE just the first one btw, what’s your point?
Yep, it really is that simple. Throw in some new weapons and vehicles and that’s it. What is the point in changing to become the same as other games? I’d rather have 2 games that are unique than 2 games that share lots of things in common. Halo was already great, its not very great now.