Dan Ayoub, Executive Producer at 343 Industries has boldly come out and said that the new Halo: Combat Evolved remake will “takes the past and makes it better”.
Details revealed that support this statement include the Halo HD remake having achievements, two player co-op over LIVE and of course split screen. You’ll be able to battle on seven maps including Firefight and Damnation.
“We’re taking fan favourite maps and putting them into the Halo Reach engine for multiplayer, which lets us take a whole new take, so there’s different ways to play the maps you love, because now you’re able to play Damnation with a whole bunch of new things like armour abilities and jetpacks, which is going to completely change your gameplay.”
“The game’s going to look amazing and sound amazing, but the test for us is how does it feel? Everyone remembers the first time they played Halo, it had such a distinctive feel and it launched a generation of shooters. It’s really important for us to make sure that it plays exactly the same as it did ten years ago.”
From the sounds of things 343 are going to do their best to re-create that original feeling playing Halo: CE with this remake. Whether or not they manage it remains to be seen, even so it is without doubt one of the most anticipated titles to come out of E3 this year.
