Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (or simply Halo: Anniversary) is a first-person shooter video game and a graphical remake of 2001's Halo: Combat Evolved.[3], developed by 343 Industries in collaboration with Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity. The game features remastered graphics and audio, using assets from Halo: Reach.[3][4] Available with the game are 6 multiplayer maps from Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo PC and Halo 2, along with a Firefight mission based on Halo for Halo: Reach multiplayer.[3] Anniversary is a part of 343 Industries' ten-year anniversary celebration.
Features
Frank O'Connor has stated that the game will feature "a graphics layer running on top of the exact Halo: CE physics and gameplay engine, so it feels exactly like Halo."[5] As such, gameplay mechanics from the original game, such as the M6D pistol's three-shot kill, will all be present. The game also features an online campaign cooperative mode over Xbox LIVE. Pressing the Back button allows the player to switch seamlessly between the graphics of the original 2001 title and the 2011 remake. All non-vocal audio for the game will be re-recorded and made by Skywalker Sound,[6]while the original voice-acting will remain untouched.[3] Players will be able to use Kinect voice commands to switch between classic and remastered graphics.[7] The game can also be played in 3D, provided that the player has a 3D TV.[8]
Terminals will be found throughout the game, which, unlike the text-based terminals of Halo 3, contain full-motion video narrated by monitor 343 Guilty Spark. These terminals will link the game's story to that of Halo 4.[3][9] Anniversary will also have subtitles available for in-game and combat dialogue.[10]
The game will feature skulls, including at least two that never appeared in previous Halo games and will also have achievements.
Multiplayer
Anniversary will include Halo Reach's multiplayer with six remakes and one new Firefight map. These maps will each have an exact remake, and a modified version, that takes advantage of the new features of Halo: Reach and updates in gaming from the past ten years. These maps will feature Forge support.[11] It will also feature the M6D Magnum featured in the campaign.[12]
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Marketing promotions
Announcement trailer
- Main article: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary announcement trailer
The Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary announcement trailer was released on June 6, 2011. It showcases the differences between the original Halo: Combat Evolved and Anniversary.
Waypoint Exclusive
- Main article: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Exclusive
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Exclusive is a video documentary in which various 343 Industries employees comment on the development and features of the game.[3]
Pre-order bonuses
Customers who pre-order the game will receive a code to download John-117's Mark V MJOLNIR armor for their Avatars. Pre-ordering the game also gives access to the "Grunt Funeral Skull", which causes Unggoy to explode like plasma grenades when killed.[20]
- Main article: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary terminals teaser
A short trailer which originally debuted during the Halo Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011. It showcases the animation used in the terminals with a narration by 04-343 Guilty Spark.[21]
Trivia
- The game was internally referred to as "Spark" during development.[22]
- According to O'Connor, John-117's abnormally proportioned helmet from the announcement trailer was being fixed prior to the trailer's release, though it was not completed in time to appear in the final E3 trailer.[23]
- At the center of the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary logo, you can see an outline of a monitor's instead of Marathon symbol. It is possible that this outlined monitor is 343 Guilty Spark.
Gallery
Promotional images
Concept art
- Halo anniversary ost concept cover.jpg
Concept art featuring John-117.
- Halo anniversary menu concept 1.jpg
Concept art of Installation 04 in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's menu.
- Halo anniversary menu concept 2.jpg
Another concept of the menu.
- Halo anniversary pillar of autumn concept 1.jpg
Concept art of the level The Pillar of Autumn.
- Halo anniversary pillar of autumn concept 2.jpg
Concept art of a corridor on the Pillar of Autumn.
- Halo anniversary assault on the Croom concept.jpg
Concept art of the level Assault on the Control Room.
- Halo anniversary two betrayals concept 1.jpg
Concept art of the level Two Betrayals.
- Halo anniversary two betrayals concept 2.jpg
Concepts of Two Betrayals.
- Halo anniversary the maw concept.jpg
Concept art of the level The Maw.
Screenshots
Marines storm the beach on the level The Silent Cartographer.
An image from the redesigned level 343 Guilty Spark.
An image of the multiplayer map Penance.
An image of the multiplayer map Battle Canyon.
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The MA5B as it appears in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
- Halo CE T&R.PNG
A screenshot of the redesigned level The Truth and Reconciliation.
Captain Keyes and John-117 standing on the Autumn's bridge in the redesigned level The Pillar of Autumn.
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Two Grunts near a set of blast doors on the Autumn.
The Chief and a Marine engaging Elite Minors onboard the Autumn.
Note
- ^ This is a recreation of the space from the final encounter in the second Halo: Combat Evolved level, Halo.
Sources
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Halo: Anniversary
- ^ Xbox.com, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- ^ a b c d e f Cite error: Invalid
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- ^ VideoGamer: Halo remake does not feature original audio
- ^ GameTrailers: E3 2011: Halo Returns Interview (Stream)
- ^ IGN.com: Halo Fest: Halo Anniversary Campaign Discussion
- '^ Kotaku: "Halo: Anniversary’s Kinect Support Involves Voice-Switching the Graphics"
- ^ Halo Waypoint: "343 Guilty Spark" Level Demo
- ^ IGN.com: E3 2011: Halo CE Anniversary - New Secrets for an Old Friend
- ^ YouTube: SDCC 2011: Halo Universe Panel Part 3
- ^ Halo Waypoint: 343 Sparkcast #5
- ^ Halo Waypoint: BTS: Anniversary Multiplayer
- ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint: The Halo Bulletin: 8/17/11
- ^ HBO forums: "Map... never been seen on console before."
- ^ a b IGN.com: Halo - Ridgeline Flythrough
- ^ HBO forums: "Map... never been seen on console before."
- ^ a b IGN.com: Halo - Solitary Flythrough
- ^ Halo Waypoint: The Halo Bulletin: 9/14/11
- ^ IGN.com: Halo - Installation 04 Flythrough
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Special Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Pre-order Bonuses
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Anniversary Terminals Teaser
- ^ Halo Waypoint: 343 Sparkcast #4
- ^ Halo.Bungie.Org: Frankie's Back. With an update ;-)