Miranda here in her opening comments about Halo is so much more articulate and informative than virtually anyone ive seen on this panel or any other, that it just shows how much she's needed and missed on this show, or on camera in general.
Surprised Destin is saying halo 3 remaster. This feels like it further points at a halo CE remaster. Halo 1 magnum. That’s mark V armor, the Pacific Northwest scene looks straight out of the “halo” level.
"We know that they can deliver quality." 343 Industries, A.K.A. Halo Studios, wouldn't be in the position that they're currently in if they were known for delivering "quality."
@@kewa_designyeah they still have delivered quality projects. People can argue about content and decisions with the story but their games have looked and performed really well.
The success of Halo doesn't solely hinge upon the presence of Master Chief but more so upon a competent studio being at the helm, something the franchise has lacked since the release of Reach. After FIVE failed projects under 343, this rebrand likely means nothing but I'd love to be wrong!
It means nothing. They only canned a few people, so it's still the same exact team. If anything it's worse, their leadership is full of activists, the head of which being a guy who is apparently so anti-gun he HATES guns in video games and had no problem posting as much on social media. Microsoft just won't learn and will keep chasing the mythical 'modern audience'.
They should keep the iconic games like Halo, GOW, Forza and Fable exclusive to Xbox meanwhile put their other games like elder scrolls, COD, Doom and ... on every other platform. That makes more sense to me! By putting everything on Playstation and just offer gamepass as the only reason why you should buy an Xbox is just ridiculous and will eventually make people to move to other platforms.
Arena Breakout Infinite is a perfect example of what a UE5 FPS shooter is capable of. Really great gameplay, graphics are amazing, and the game runs incredibly well.
The console will suffer if all the games are also on Playstation. Gamepass will suffer because 3rd parties can't go to Gamepass if theyre skipping the Xbox altogether due to low console sales. This is a bad snowball effect happening to Xbox that will lead to its demise and Microsoft (and a lot of Xbox fans) seem blind to it.
@@Waldiggety that makes zero sense. You have no idea what you are talking about. If the game is on PlayStation then Xbox user with gamepass will get it for free so it will have zero impact to them. You are forgetting that Minecraft is bigger than ever when they open up to everyone and anyone. Halo is not big enough today to skew anything. Microsoft is a trillion dollar company, they can shut down Xbox today and wouldn’t impact them in any which way. You single console die hard are so ingrained in your console war that you can’t adapt to the future.
@@corbrobroski3 Dude even Hintze can't save 343/HS. Look at the actual developers. It's all literally the same team. FFS they even put a UX developer in charge as chief of staff just because she filled a DEI checklist. Next Halo will have all the same problems as the last few. which is why they're wasting time talking about graphics and unreal engine as if anyone cares, rather than talking about the things people actually DO care about, like how they're going to fix the gameplay loop, have more than one biome, and actually release a Halo that's feature complete on launch and isn't missing things like team slayer while the dev team prioritizes BLM and pride flags/armors.
We need an Arbiter 3rd person game ( Red Dead Redemption style and Ghost of Tsushima style) in Sanghelios planet. For Xbox ,PS5 and PC . Also Halo CE Remake , Halo 3 Remake, Halo 7 for PC and Xbox , Halo Wars 3 PC PS5 Xbox and Switch.
My only concern for UE5 Halo is it won’t be a solid 60 or 120 FPS on Xbox. Infinite was 120 FPS at launch in both Campaign & MP on Series X. I want them to achieve that too on Series X and the next-gen Xbox in 2026.
What I'm thinking Halo CE remake, ODST 2 game with some type of battle royal, Then an infinite sequel. But one these should drop around 25th anniversary
A.I. has been used to recreate celebrity's voices, esp. music artists. So if the original cast can't voice act for the new Halo, H-Studios can use their A.I. voices.
When you're in a 100-meter race, do the runners line up to compete or just to lose the race? Obviously, they’re there to win. But looking at Xbox, it feels like they’re showing up just to lose. They keep making consoles but aren’t backing them with high-quality exclusives. Their console strategy is baffling. Game Pass, on the other hand, is solid, but Xbox needs to decide: are they all-in on Game Pass, or consoles? If they want to truly compete, they might need to master both.
If we're so worried about PlayStation players understanding the story and "the future platform" that is Halo multiplayer, why wouldn't they focus on remastering the Master Chief Collection to include all the main-line campaigns as DLC extra purchases and the multiplayer as free (Infinite-style)? That way new players can catch up on the story if they wish, but the multiplayer experience is free with in-game purchases for anyone who doesn't care. It would be a MASSIVE undertaking, but if we're already looking at 5-10 years for a major release anyway, what's the downside? Then the dev teams and business decision makers can see what worked and what didn't and change the future release schedule based on what the fanbase focused on. If that's Reach/ODST style games, they lean into that. If its only multiplayer, they become Fortnite. If it's mainline Halo, they continue insertering stories into that.
Need: Martin O'donnell and his 90s synthesizers. Linear/semi open level design. Halo CE aesthetic faithfully recreated with modern lighting and textures. And for God's sake, please don't boost the black levels, making everything look washed out and blurry. Clarity must be preserved.
This is as bad as if Nintendo lost Mario! We all seen what happened when Sega lost Sonic - the Sega console was dead! If Xbox lost Halo it’s OVER! Microsoft isn’t out of the game space though. They acquired a bunch of studios just so they can control the games coming out on different platforms. I’m guessing we will see them focus on games especially PC gaming
@@Pswayze23 she had or still have bigger projects that really needed her attention at the time... She said that in her last episode with them B4 making small appearance 👍
Console exclusive vs platform maker are 2 different things. You can make a console and not have your games be exclusive. Valve anyone. We are just used to a certain recipe, but things are going to change and they almost have to.
40:00 why wouldn't you just do Halo 3 remake and throw in a CGI movie to catch everyone up to the story at that point? Kingdom Hearts 3 has lore clips you can revisit at any time from the menu to refresh yourself on the lore. Or do a Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and have the end of Halo 2 kick off your Halo 3 remake.
343 was named after a mainline villain in the game that killed off one of the best characters and tried to kill chief and Cortana...not cool. Glad they finally ditched the name.
No one would care about losing their cosmetics. The player numbers have fallen off a cliff. We need a new cross platform halo to max the amount of players in matchmaking.
35:13 “If we lose our way with Halo, we have lost our way at Xbox.” -Phil Spencer
Always nice to see Miranda again! Very excited and interested to see how Halo Studios moves forward with the franchise in Unreal 5.
Miranda is back! Unlocked feels right at home now, awesome episode this week!
So nice to have Miranda back.
Miranda has returned and 2024 has been saved
Been waiting for this episode since the news broke, and Miranda!!
😐
Miranda here in her opening comments about Halo is so much more articulate and informative than virtually anyone ive seen on this panel or any other, that it just shows how much she's needed and missed on this show, or on camera in general.
Surprised Destin is saying halo 3 remaster. This feels like it further points at a halo CE remaster. Halo 1 magnum. That’s mark V armor, the Pacific Northwest scene looks straight out of the “halo” level.
Yeah he doesn’t know the difference between the ce and 3 armor
"We know that they can deliver quality."
343 Industries, A.K.A. Halo Studios, wouldn't be in the position that they're currently in if they were known for delivering "quality."
Which is totally right, both statements can coexist without a problem
@@kewa_designyeah they still have delivered quality projects. People can argue about content and decisions with the story but their games have looked and performed really well.
@@kewa_design Master Chief Collection was literally broken for years.
Just not to the standard of Halo. So why should they still be the one's making it.@@Clayaka
Miranda is back and a Halo discussion! What a great episode!
But Xbox players ain’t getting PlayStation exclusive
PC players are
Because xbox is failing not playstation or Nintendo
@@KangKuupaactually bro not really clearly you don’t know all the games coming out…
Exactly
Jerome from halo wars 2 deserves his own game
every squad should have one at least a major part to the grand story
Nice to see you again MIRANDA😊
Halo on PlayStation would be the last straw.
The success of Halo doesn't solely hinge upon the presence of Master Chief but more so upon a competent studio being at the helm, something the franchise has lacked since the release of Reach. After FIVE failed projects under 343, this rebrand likely means nothing but I'd love to be wrong!
It means nothing. They only canned a few people, so it's still the same exact team. If anything it's worse, their leadership is full of activists, the head of which being a guy who is apparently so anti-gun he HATES guns in video games and had no problem posting as much on social media. Microsoft just won't learn and will keep chasing the mythical 'modern audience'.
The fire buns strong with the crew coming in they want to tell the story of our struggle
Just realized you guys are going to have episode 666 released on Halloween Day. What fun luck!
I'm trying to convince them to wear costumes hehe
@@ParallaxStella YES
They should keep the iconic games like Halo, GOW, Forza and Fable exclusive to Xbox meanwhile put their other games like elder scrolls, COD, Doom and ... on every other platform. That makes more sense to me! By putting everything on Playstation and just offer gamepass as the only reason why you should buy an Xbox is just ridiculous and will eventually make people to move to other platforms.
About 10 seconds in and just wanted to comment... MIRANDA!!
Arena Breakout Infinite is a perfect example of what a UE5 FPS shooter is capable of. Really great gameplay, graphics are amazing, and the game runs incredibly well.
Halo coming to PlayStation would be a nightmare
Why?
Why? It has nothing to do with you
Why???
The console will suffer if all the games are also on Playstation. Gamepass will suffer because 3rd parties can't go to Gamepass if theyre skipping the Xbox altogether due to low console sales. This is a bad snowball effect happening to Xbox that will lead to its demise and Microsoft (and a lot of Xbox fans) seem blind to it.
@@Waldiggety that makes zero sense. You have no idea what you are talking about. If the game is on PlayStation then Xbox user with gamepass will get it for free so it will have zero impact to them. You are forgetting that Minecraft is bigger than ever when they open up to everyone and anyone. Halo is not big enough today to skew anything. Microsoft is a trillion dollar company, they can shut down Xbox today and wouldn’t impact them in any which way. You single console die hard are so ingrained in your console war that you can’t adapt to the future.
They have such an opportunity to regain trust. But there is equal opportunity to cement distrust in 343 / Halo Studios.
That died the second people actually looked at who composed this 'new' team.
@@shadow7988 Pierre heintze?
@@corbrobroski3 Dude even Hintze can't save 343/HS. Look at the actual developers. It's all literally the same team. FFS they even put a UX developer in charge as chief of staff just because she filled a DEI checklist.
Next Halo will have all the same problems as the last few. which is why they're wasting time talking about graphics and unreal engine as if anyone cares, rather than talking about the things people actually DO care about, like how they're going to fix the gameplay loop, have more than one biome, and actually release a Halo that's feature complete on launch and isn't missing things like team slayer while the dev team prioritizes BLM and pride flags/armors.
Miranda btw are you more excited for Gears of War: E-Day or the future of Halo? 👀
MIRANDA!!! Never leave! No offense to anyone but to me you make the podcast much more enjoyable
Miranda should be on every podcast.
Love love love love Miranda being back on the panel 🥰
Bro is gooning 😂
Excited for Halo! Can't wait to see the finished game.
We need an Arbiter 3rd person game ( Red Dead Redemption style and Ghost of Tsushima style) in Sanghelios planet. For Xbox ,PS5 and PC . Also Halo CE Remake , Halo 3 Remake, Halo 7 for PC and Xbox , Halo Wars 3 PC PS5 Xbox and Switch.
Great episode. Thanks all
This discussion alone has me very excited for the future of Halo and Xbox!!
A complete reboot of HALO CE makes the most sense.
No we’ve already had that, that would be a waste of time.
Nothing will ever touch Bungie's original vision.
@@Ekekeheh we don’t talk about the Halo CE anniversary 🥲
A second reboot? Ridiculous
@@Ekekeheh a reboot is different from a remaster.
Hope they go for a more dark/ serious tone
its going to get real dark at times
My only concern for UE5 Halo is it won’t be a solid 60 or 120 FPS on Xbox. Infinite was 120 FPS at launch in both Campaign & MP on Series X. I want them to achieve that too on Series X and the next-gen Xbox in 2026.
What I'm thinking Halo CE remake, ODST 2 game with some type of battle royal, Then an infinite sequel. But one these should drop around 25th anniversary
That’s literally EXACLY my prediction lol
@@HaloAncilla from the information we've been receiving for the past year. Now they want to be silent 😅
better be that damn ODST helldivers game
*I'm not even a Halo fan but I'd love a medium open world Halo game 👌 also some Halo FMV films where you choose how the story unfolds* 👌
They should definitely without a doubt, do an elite spinoff game of one of the older stories
29:05 Part of the problem but i’ll let you 🗿 cook
Miranda! 🙏🏿
Agree with Miranda. MC is old, but the Halo universe has potential. At least make something Halo, even without that name, giving MC a rest.
Halo coming to PlayStation shows that there is no justice
Well, Bonnie Ross ran Halo into the ground, and Phil Spencer ran Xbox into the ground, so here we are.🙁
This is what happens when you train a fanbase to not buy games and make mid games.
You guys 😭💚💚💚💚
oh the opening with the MC Voice get the thumbs up for the video
Halo infinite should’ve been on UE5 it would’ve saved them a lot of trouble in development.
The title for this episode is perfect! 👌🏼
This is the cast we should always have
I'm here for Starfield DLC opinion from Ryan 😢
Also …. MIRANDA !!! 🙌🏻❤️
The gang is back together. 🥹
A.I. has been used to recreate celebrity's voices, esp. music artists. So if the original cast can't voice act for the new Halo, H-Studios can use their A.I. voices.
A reboot would be the worst possible idea
Great to have Miranda back!
Mirandaaaaa......!!!!! We missed you sooo...:-)
Could you imagine if they brought back the original Halo CE development team? Oh what a dream.
who ever was involved with the game will get their input this is will be a masterpiece a master class in gaming
the enviroments look fantastic but chief looks like a action figure!
Hell to the yeah..MIRANDA!!!
Look who it is, Mr. 5.9 himself.
Jesus, you people are still getting hung up over that?
Who are ya even speaking of?
Remake combat evolved in unreal. ❤
No
Using Ai for MC is easy since it doesnt need to be lip synced. Similar situation with Darth Vader.
Unreal engine is really going to allow those vibrant rainbow colors to pop!
@august3777 Hell no hope not 😠👎
It’s nice to spend 2 years just to do concepts. Neglect multiplayer and cancel single player
Everyone should know the issues aren't going to be solved just because of Unreal.
Exactly
When you're in a 100-meter race, do the runners line up to compete or just to lose the race? Obviously, they’re there to win. But looking at Xbox, it feels like they’re showing up just to lose. They keep making consoles but aren’t backing them with high-quality exclusives. Their console strategy is baffling. Game Pass, on the other hand, is solid, but Xbox needs to decide: are they all-in on Game Pass, or consoles? If they want to truly compete, they might need to master both.
So excited for the future of Halo!
If we're so worried about PlayStation players understanding the story and "the future platform" that is Halo multiplayer, why wouldn't they focus on remastering the Master Chief Collection to include all the main-line campaigns as DLC extra purchases and the multiplayer as free (Infinite-style)? That way new players can catch up on the story if they wish, but the multiplayer experience is free with in-game purchases for anyone who doesn't care. It would be a MASSIVE undertaking, but if we're already looking at 5-10 years for a major release anyway, what's the downside? Then the dev teams and business decision makers can see what worked and what didn't and change the future release schedule based on what the fanbase focused on. If that's Reach/ODST style games, they lean into that. If its only multiplayer, they become Fortnite. If it's mainline Halo, they continue insertering stories into that.
Is there a game on UE4 or 5 that has that same floaty feel that halo has? Or the accuracy for the weapons?
Build ONE MP. Sell campaigns separately. Infinite 2. HW3 (Red Team) to FPS. ODST 2 New Squad. Human ForeRunner War.
Need to have Sam Lake on episode 665.
Destin lookin more thumby than ever
Please stay Miranda😢😢
Need:
Martin O'donnell and his 90s synthesizers.
Linear/semi open level design.
Halo CE aesthetic faithfully recreated with modern lighting and textures.
And for God's sake, please don't boost the black levels, making everything look washed out and blurry. Clarity must be preserved.
Would like to see a Halo reboot. Just gather Halo 1 to Infinite and call it the Legacy Collection. Then release the next reboot Halo.
grunt game should be named. The Deamon
Nice to have Miranda back indeed, 👍🏾
Holy cow, those grunt game ideas could be a riot 😂
Miranda believing the devs about promising to continue the story reminds me of me believing Valve after HL2: Episode 2. 😢
Stella rambles are the worst
:) you're welcome
Is episode 666 actually gonna drop on Halloween?! 🎃
Hi Everyone !
Hello!
MIRANDA SANCHEZ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
is xbox basically Sega?
The best way to reset Halo is by setting it in a parallel universe so Master Chief can be set anywhere lol.
Absolutely not, no marvel writing please.
Should have went with IDtech
Many irons in fire. So full. So filled.
Predicting the next mainline halo coming out in 2030…
This is as bad as if Nintendo lost Mario! We all seen what happened when Sega lost Sonic - the Sega console was dead! If Xbox lost Halo it’s OVER! Microsoft isn’t out of the game space though. They acquired a bunch of studios just so they can control the games coming out on different platforms. I’m guessing we will see them focus on games especially PC gaming
Miranda and Stella are the best.
Bad workmen blame their tools...
I've been out of the loop, why was Miranda gone for so long?
Other commitments at IGN
That's all the way false lil dude@@Pswayze23
@@Pswayze23 she had or still have bigger projects that really needed her attention at the time... She said that in her last episode with them B4 making small appearance 👍
Miranda!!!!!!!!
Miranda! 🤩
If they recasted Master Chief all hell would break loose
Definitely!
Unlocked !!!
Halo studios presents: Fatter Chief
Console exclusive vs platform maker are 2 different things. You can make a console and not have your games be exclusive. Valve anyone. We are just used to a certain recipe, but things are going to change and they almost have to.
The future of halo is PS5
Halo hasn’t been a Microsoft flagship property since Halo Reach
40:00 why wouldn't you just do Halo 3 remake and throw in a CGI movie to catch everyone up to the story at that point? Kingdom Hearts 3 has lore clips you can revisit at any time from the menu to refresh yourself on the lore.
Or do a Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and have the end of Halo 2 kick off your Halo 3 remake.
343 was named after a mainline villain in the game that killed off one of the best characters and tried to kill chief and Cortana...not cool. Glad they finally ditched the name.
No one would care about losing their cosmetics. The player numbers have fallen off a cliff. We need a new cross platform halo to max the amount of players in matchmaking.
Mirandaaaa
Bring Halo to Nintendo switch 2!
Xbox is making another billion dollar revenue 💚
It's going to be at the expense of PlayStation as a result