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    Timestamps
    0:00 - 0:51 Intro
    0:52 - 2:39 Anniversary Multiplayer
    2:40 - 3:36 Anniversary Campaign
    3:37 - 5:02 Art Style Ruined
    5:03 - 5:52 Gearbox Halo CE Port
    5:53 - 7:10 Anniversary Features
    7:11 - 8:48 Iconic Halo Soundtrack
    8:49 - 10:06 Extras and Outro
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  • @MintBlitz
    @MintBlitz  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +306

    Swapping between Classic and Anniversary Graphics in menu is peak

    • @steve_jedi2511
      @steve_jedi2511 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      What about Weapons fire sound? How do you compare the original and remastered versions?

    • @peterjordansonthe2nd731
      @peterjordansonthe2nd731 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      The reason why the game ran on the Reach engine, is because they didn't want their player base split from the main game (which obviously at the time was Reach). It wasn't because of time constraints

    • @DjDoggDad
      @DjDoggDad 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      peak nostalgia-baiting maybe

    • @jiffbombastic3694
      @jiffbombastic3694 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Would CE anniversary 2 be called CEA2? HA2? HCE2?

    • @MariaFloresRopeLover
      @MariaFloresRopeLover 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It doesn't run on the Halo Reach engine, the heck are you on? lol

  • @RJ-sm2rp
    @RJ-sm2rp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    They could remake Halo CE every ten years and I would buy it every time till I die.

  • @Wizzkidwas
    @Wizzkidwas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    I will say, CE:A didn't preserve the horror aspect in its graphics, but the Keyes terminal...good lord...that's the single most chilling thing in the games.

    • @lionocyborg6030
      @lionocyborg6030 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It’s also based on passages from the book of the game, Halo: The Flood. They…aren’t any less chilling, especially as we effectively see what Keyes is thinking and trying to do during all that time: basically, when he realises the Grsvemind wants to find Earth, he distracts it for as long as possible by feeding it all his memories from childhood to recent except the data it really wants, and he uses the CNI transponder carrier wave itself as a life ring of sorts.
      He’s literally run out of memory by the time the Chief hears him screaming right before he dies: he’s screaming “NOOOOO!” at the Flood in defiance. If John didn’t destroy the Earth data the Gravemind wanted when he smashed Keyes’ skull in to get the neural implants, the Flood certainly lost it later when ODSTs arrived and burned the creature (or was it covenant?) even moreso when the semi conscious Jenkins fighting against the Flood controlling him destroys the ship by making it crash at a book exclusive ODST character’s request, to prevent the Flood using it to escape.

    • @brendansage6876
      @brendansage6876 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Keyes. Jacob. Captain.
      Service number
      01928-19912-JK.
      Keyes. Jacob. Captain.
      Service number
      01928-19912-JK.
      Keyes... Jacob...? Captain....
      Service number
      01928-19912-JK...
      "YOU WILL _NOT_ HAVE ME!!"
      ...
      _"...We already do..."_
      ___
      Absolutely chilling. The second half of Combat Evolved (and particularly The Library and Keyes) IMO should be classified as survival horror, sort of like o.g. Resident Evil 4. Absolutely god-tier environmental horror, it's not too scary in gameplay, but in the context of the story, the Flood are nightmare fuel. CE's more bleak and horror-driven tone while still keeping a somewhat hopeful atmosphere is a big reason why it's my personal favorite Halo game.

  • @jonathanberry3783
    @jonathanberry3783 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +254

    Halo 2 Anniversary was great. It’s a shame it still hasn’t been fixed for series x. It’s probably the best thing 343 has put out and they’ve just ignored the issue.

    • @peterjordansonthe2nd731
      @peterjordansonthe2nd731 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      What is wrong with it? I thought it was patched years ago

    • @Spendingryan
      @Spendingryan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      @@peterjordansonthe2nd731 Missing screen space reflections, (think earth city beach, and delta halo lake with the temples and cliffs all not being reflected) and any light source flickering like a bitch under weapons fire, and of course the framerate, which was made to fit within xbox one from 2014 at 60fps, which cant run on series x at 60fps properly, issues were introduced with the later updates, most important is crashing issues in co op, but we have the game now avaliable on pc which is really cool to be honest.

    • @ZacTheFirst
      @ZacTheFirst 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      343 didn’t make either of the anniversary games. It was Saber Interactive + Blur studios

    • @Pedro_The_Neco
      @Pedro_The_Neco 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The best way to play it on series X is to install it from disc offline :p

    • @typhlo9797
      @typhlo9797 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@Pedro_The_Necowhy? The updates made it better. It was horrible on launch.

  • @MasterOfThe_Beef
    @MasterOfThe_Beef 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +416

    I honestly don’t get why they haven’t made a proper halo ce remake yet. There’s no reason not to aside from maybe lack of employees or funding. People would love it.
    And yes I mean a full remake. Improve on everything from the original, and add new content and stuff on top of it. Mainly for the multiplayer as it hasn’t aged too well.

    • @wheezer5038
      @wheezer5038 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Spv3

    • @marknunya3107
      @marknunya3107 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      12 people would.

    • @NicoCdawg
      @NicoCdawg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@wheezer5038meh

    • @PkMyMuMMaN
      @PkMyMuMMaN 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      No way they're going to make enough money on that.

    • @bandanna2388
      @bandanna2388 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      @@PkMyMuMMaNlook at the resident evil remakes. A remake done right is a guaranteed money printer.
      But this is 343 we’re talking about, I wouldn’t trust them with a McDonald’s order at this point…

  • @timothywatkins4989
    @timothywatkins4989 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +213

    I personally really like the original CE graphics. It’s like you’re playing though an oil painting at times. It honestly part of what makes this my comfort game.

    • @peterjordansonthe2nd731
      @peterjordansonthe2nd731 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Comfort game? Is that like a woman's comfort food?

    • @timothywatkins4989
      @timothywatkins4989 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@peterjordansonthe2nd731 It’s the game I play when I’m too tired to play something else.

    • @REALMARCHINADER
      @REALMARCHINADER 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      ​@@peterjordansonthe2nd731womans comfort food?

    • @3lectric220
      @3lectric220 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @peterjordansonthe2nd731 what the actual fuck is a woman's comfort food

    • @Ostr0
      @Ostr0 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Reminds me of that concept art they make I'm glad they kept a similar style.

  • @REALMARCHINADER
    @REALMARCHINADER 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +255

    I saw almost nobody hate Halo CE anniversary when it was first released. The main gripes people had was it being an old game for $40. People generally liked the newer graphics, hell some people even preferred it.

    • @KirksyBoutit
      @KirksyBoutit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      100%. Me and all my friends loved it. The only thing we didn’t like was the reach mp. I still think the remade campaign is awesome.

    • @toomberrebmoot9244
      @toomberrebmoot9244 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      The issue with the graphics is that not only did the intended art direction get lost in translation by making the game look too brightly lit in scary levels like 343 Guilty Spark as well as making the Halo Ring’s forest environments look too much like earth, it also completely fucks up the geometry of enemy/environmental hit boxes. For instance, missing a head shot on an elite because their head hit box was lower than the Anniversary model would show or the shot gets stopped by a tree that has a wider hit box on classic graphics.
      Don’t even get me started on the fake wall that hides a supply cache on the anniversary version of The Library.

    • @KirksyBoutit
      @KirksyBoutit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      @@toomberrebmoot9244 I can confidently say I’ve never experienced any of those issues or even heard of them until this video.

    • @ZacTheFirst
      @ZacTheFirst 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      @@KirksyBoutitsaying you haven’t experienced brightly lit levels is horseshit. They filled 343 guilty spark full of bright colorful lights in what’s supposed to be a dark scary forest

    • @michaelirizzz121
      @michaelirizzz121 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      nah dude, no one preferred it.

  • @skorch8932
    @skorch8932 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    You didn't mention it had 3D support and Kinect voice commands. They were fun additions to the game.

    • @GENERALEVILANGEL
      @GENERALEVILANGEL 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      yeah, my lil'bro used to shout "ahh" to throw grenades lol

    • @ihazcheese
      @ihazcheese 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Holy crap I forgot all about this. Thank you. Hilarious and largely pointless gimmick but still very clever that it existed at all.

    • @Ostr0
      @Ostr0 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@ihazcheeseAAA AAAA AAAA!!!!

    • @tainttracker7556
      @tainttracker7556 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Halo Master Chief Collection has a mod for 3D support (Helix Mod/geo-11)

    • @Paracetamol985
      @Paracetamol985 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hold on what??? And I played this on the original 360 and didn’t know

  • @greenlightgaming4242
    @greenlightgaming4242 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I wish they would add the original menus into Halo MCC you load up Halo combat evolved you get the original menus you load up Halo 3 and the original menu pops up before you start the game

  • @jiffbombastic3694
    @jiffbombastic3694 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    God I miss the old load screens

    • @j4ze114
      @j4ze114 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, and just renew the original graphics and have Blur Studios renew the original cutscenes! 🔥

    • @Ostr0
      @Ostr0 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🌚

  • @Ravizzone2004
    @Ravizzone2004 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Wonder if we'll get a Halo 5 anniversary before halo 3

    • @_MaZTeR_
      @_MaZTeR_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      The only thing it needs is a PC port to complete the set.

    • @REALMARCHINADER
      @REALMARCHINADER 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      A Halo 5 PC port would be pretty good though.

    • @Spendingryan
      @Spendingryan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      hey calm down, we still have a year or two probably for them to fix infinite, then we can think about that lol.

    • @k9commander142
      @k9commander142 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I hope they never remake 3 its perfect they could only make it worse

    • @totalygamingtemplar
      @totalygamingtemplar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@REALMARCHINADERMINT BLIZ MADE A VIDEO OF HOW TO DO IT

  • @TheVengefulVadam
    @TheVengefulVadam 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Nah, the Reach Plasma Pistol is actually amazing. Not just for its charged shot, but for its primary fire. It hits HARD on Legendary. It's a go-to for me in both Campaign runs and during Invasion matches when playing as a Spartan after killing an Elite player.

  • @theconductor20
    @theconductor20 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    I don’t know man. I don’t remember there being a backlash against the game itself, more so complaining leading up to the game’s release about full priced remakes becoming more and more popular, even though this one was $40 I think. I still have it but I also have the MCC and the original Xbox console/Halo so I admit I haven’t played it in years but I enjoyed the hell out of it

    • @REALMARCHINADER
      @REALMARCHINADER 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      This was back when more *normal* people made up the Halo consumer base. Nowadays only Halo fans talk about Halo, which is why the discussions are way more fanatical and overexaggerated.

  • @theRok29
    @theRok29 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    ‘plays music for comparison’ as you can *see*

    • @TrojanGamer10
      @TrojanGamer10 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Yeah, I feel like that comparing two different songs that are going for different vibes is not exactly a fair comparison.
      I personally love the "rock" style of music way more because it feels more action filled and fun, ya know, what games should be

    • @smolboi9659
      @smolboi9659 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      ​@@TrojanGamer10
      Honest Negotiation Suite is supposed to be a direct remake of Truth and Reconciliation Suite and plays in the same area of the game.
      Edit: Only the remake plays in game. The OG is OST exclusive. See my comment below.

    • @MintBlitz
      @MintBlitz  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@smolboi9659they’re the exact same song in the exact same part of the song. Thankyou for letting them know before I could

    • @theoldman5896
      @theoldman5896 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wait? What? The second one was from the last part of Silent Cartographer "Rock Anthem to Save the World" and the first one from another part of the game entirely. Maybe its because if the country-version and this is some weird localization bs?

    • @smolboi9659
      @smolboi9659 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Ok I did some research. Both these songs play at the 7:15 mark in the truth and reconciliation suite and honest negotiation suite respectively. The OG one is exclusive to the OST and does not appear anywhere in game. The remake one is just rock in a hard place which is just a remake of rock anthem for saving the world. This plays in the silent cartographer structure.
      My source is the halopedia article on truth and reconciliation suite.

  • @doctorcoke5072
    @doctorcoke5072 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The pistol is actually from Halo 3.

  • @Maxxisblitz
    @Maxxisblitz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    That whole trick with the original game running underneath was pretty genius, and 343 proved it could make for a pretty great remaster which preserved game feel with H2A. They just botched the art style sooooo bad.
    A proper remake of CE could be pretty cool.

    • @Arander92
      @Arander92 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A proper REMASTER of CE would be cool. It doesn’t need a remake. None of them do, for that matter

  • @JuliusJ93
    @JuliusJ93 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I actually like it but I get the discourse

  • @adaptcap115
    @adaptcap115 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Time for another remake for Halo CE anniversary.

    • @Ostr0
      @Ostr0 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If they can do what they did for Halo 2 Anniversary then I'm willing to buy it

    • @ITSSIRWAN86
      @ITSSIRWAN86 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      they should even do it better

  • @LordEmpyreal
    @LordEmpyreal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    To be fair, that section of Truth and Reconciliation Suite never actually played in the game, it was a trailer song. So they had no reason to actually remake it for the OST, they just plugged the remake of Rock Anthem for Saving the World in there. Which, it is also pretty different from.

  • @leafdragoon8551
    @leafdragoon8551 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember busting my ass to get all the achievements for Halo: CE Anniversary. Getting "That just happened" was challenging but if you're careful and play the mission enough you'll memorize enemy spawns, you can also save scum it. "Speed Reader" was torture since even with 30 minutes you have to rush and do all cheeses to get it done which puts you at risk of slipping up and dying. There was also one on Two Betrayals where you can't pick up any new weapons which includes dying and respawning.

  • @commandermckoolkid818
    @commandermckoolkid818 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Halo: CE Anniversary is in a strange position as it really was my first Halo game so I have some nostalgia. Having no prior association with the OG game, I was running through the logic of better graphics = better. After playing through Marathon, I see this was wrong.

  • @rustediron4062
    @rustediron4062 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    They should not make a separate anniversary remake. They should just update MCC's CEA.

    • @Arander92
      @Arander92 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      THIS

  • @aidenleary670
    @aidenleary670 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    I had the anniversary edition of Halo and I liked it

  • @MoonBro
    @MoonBro 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Halo CE Anniversary was actually my first experience to halo and it's honestly all I've ever known about halo CE. I really didn't see alot of the bad geometry at all until watching videos like this pointed it out. So after years after the game came out and I booted up MCC and decided to play halo anniversary again but with classic graphics. It almost baffled me seeing many of the scenes being entirely different as I grew up just playing on remastered because in my eyes as a kid realistic equaled better. But after playing through classic I noticed textures being clean when the were supposed to be filled with grunge like the forerunner structures looked like they were mopped recently and over all the lighting is much brighter.

  • @halofanatiks
    @halofanatiks 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I have it still for x360, it's dear to my heart.

  • @PackHunter117
    @PackHunter117 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    IMO I would love to see an update to Halo CE to make it a lot more faithful to the original.

    • @Arander92
      @Arander92 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      THIS

  • @jessicastoker8932
    @jessicastoker8932 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Also, I'm not sure if anyone noticed this... but if you compare the "Classic" graphics to the "Anniversary" graphics of CE, on MCC, the "Anniversary" graphics also add in lag. As in, there's a very, very small amount of lag between button input to what happens visibly on screen. It might just be one frame, but it's enough that I started thinking about it, and would rapidly swap between the two graphics while killing enemies, and then it was screaming at me. The game suddenly feels "off", because it isn't nearly as immediate as before. I don't remember the original Anniversary version having that issue... so I THINK it's just an MCC issue on Xbox (not sure about PC).

  • @comedicidiot
    @comedicidiot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love how Anniversary completely butchers the original's iconic art style

  • @finnedjoker
    @finnedjoker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Undercover of night soundtrack hits hard to this day on truth and reconciliation

  • @luigipunk25
    @luigipunk25 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There was also a Kinect feature, where you coul yell "analyze" like a madman to your Kinect till it understood what you said, and it would scan objects and enemies in game, and you could then go and look at their 3d models in the main menu Extras.

  • @sunderbans
    @sunderbans 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I grew up playing the gearbox PC version of CE. It definitely had it's issues, but boy, being able to play multiplayer for Halo Combat Evolved was amazing.

  • @primusvsunicron1
    @primusvsunicron1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    honestly 343 should have just remade CE in the Reach engine instead

    • @danieltravelstead
      @danieltravelstead 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Would have loved that though would’ve been even more work most likely and still would have been heavily criticized. With that being said, everytime I play through all the games again, Halo CE is always by far the toughest one to get through. Unlike even Halo 2, the gameplay and movement just feel incredibly outdated

    • @Spartan_Tanner
      @Spartan_Tanner 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That was their original plan, there is even concept art showing stuff not possible in CE's engine like the front of the Autumn being split in two during the Maw.
      They changed it when one of the team members suggested to keep the debug switching graphics feature.

    • @Spartan_Tanner
      @Spartan_Tanner 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@danieltravelstead yeah, 4 games in 4 years is a really weird thing for them to have done. I felt the main 343 team should've tried reimagining CE in reachs engine before they worked on 4 in order to be better prepared

    • @ZacTheFirst
      @ZacTheFirst 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well 343 didn’t even make Halo Anniversary

    • @stephenheisler3823
      @stephenheisler3823 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My thoughts exactly

  • @tlgarage9320
    @tlgarage9320 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Played combat evolved anniversary and I did notice the horror element was gone and it was not dark, like one mission you’re asked to turn you’re flashlight on and it does nothing cause it’s not dark at all

  • @the_interwebz_don
    @the_interwebz_don 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If I recall correctly Halo CEA also is the only Halo game that shipped with the ability to play in 3D in the anniversary graphics on a 3D TV.

  • @aidanhelfrich4887
    @aidanhelfrich4887 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I loved halo combat evolved anniversary I still love it whenever I want to experience classic halo on my 360 it’s often the game I pull out

  • @hpp676
    @hpp676 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Did they release modding tools for the Anniversary graphics? So much of the campaign can be fixed with just a few lighting and model tweaks.

  • @fir164
    @fir164 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I give it 10/10.
    2011's Halo CEA is the first Halo game I played.

  • @abalrog42
    @abalrog42 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The wall issues in the Halo CE anniversary campaign drive me nuts. I also don't like that all the maps look like they're lit up so brightly, it doesn't feel like what I'm used to...especially 343 guilty spark and the library 👎
    I also wish they didn't alter the music scores so much, Marty O Donnell's work didn't need to be touched at all.
    6/10

    • @A_GodApple
      @A_GodApple 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      never experienced it once

    • @abalrog42
      @abalrog42 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@A_GodApple to help clarify, I'm not referring to clipping through the walls. The issue is when you're using a part of a wall as cover and the anniversary graphics slightly change the geometry of it; they bulge out, so you don't have the cover you think you do. The elite can see you and shoot you, but you can't see him. It also becomes a major issue when you're using a rocket launcher with the iron skull on...

    • @ZacTheFirst
      @ZacTheFirst 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      3/10, makes the game way worse

    • @Strolledrat
      @Strolledrat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can use o' donnell's music over the Anniversary version in the master chief collection

  • @Professor_Toothpaste
    @Professor_Toothpaste 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have a lot of memories with this game. Way before i played it, i would always play Halo Custom Edition on my dad's old computer, but me and my dad used to play it everyday and we actually beat it! But i would always switch the graphics to classic not because i didn't like them, its just because i grew up with the classic graphics. Fun-Fact: The Assault Rifle and Pistol actually use the Halo 3 models.

  • @JTReviewsPlus
    @JTReviewsPlus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    As much as I love the original covenant designs it makes sense from a lore standpoint why they would look more like Reach since the game takes place not long afterwards. Same with the look of the weapons. As far the atmosphere goes I wish they kept it more eery and dark because brightening up everything does make things less creepy.

    • @ZacTheFirst
      @ZacTheFirst 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It really doesn’t make that much sense, not any more than the other games, Halo 2, ODST, and 3 take place the same year as Reach, it makes sense that scouting parties looking for the sacred rings would have different equipment than a force trying to glass a whole planet.

    • @CloneCommanderCrater1102
      @CloneCommanderCrater1102 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@ZacTheFirst I mean, both the elites seen on Reach and the elites seen on Alpha Halo are part of the Fleet of Particular Justice, so it makes sense for them to share similar harnesseses, while the elites seen in Halo 2 are part of the Fleet of Sacred Consecration, and the elites in Halo 3 are part of the Fleet of Retribution, so they wear different harnesses.

    • @ZacTheFirst
      @ZacTheFirst 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@CloneCommanderCrater1102 yet the Marines in Halo Anniversary are wearing ARMY outfits from Halo Reach and not marine uniforms, the ARs are different, etc. They didn’t do it for consistency, just laziness. They didn’t even try to make the models look natural in the environment which is why gold elites look bad in Anniversary but look great in Reach.

    • @JTReviewsPlus
      @JTReviewsPlus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ZacTheFirst yeah you and @clonecommandercrater1102 have valid points. I definitely can’t deny the laziness in animation and the fact the marines should look different 💯

    • @Arander92
      @Arander92 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s still not an excuse to be unfaithful. It’s canon that different fleets often had different armor configurations depending on their role, and the whims of their commanders.
      The zealots from Reach with the cool ornate looking armor? They’re not from the Fleet of Particular Justice (Thel Vadam’s fleet). They were with the Fleet of Valiant Prudence. A pre-invasion strike force sent by the Ministry of Fervent Intercession, the Covie organization tasked deploying a sect of zealots whose sole job is to hunt down Forerunner artifacts before the cavalry shows up and burns the place down.
      They specifically like to send zealot strike teams to complete these tasks, usually led by a field marshal (sound familiar?). This is why the Reach zealot’s armor is so different. They’re not technically here for the invasion. They’re on another gig. They’re basically the Covenant version of the Nazis from Indiana Jones.
      The average zealot, as any fan would know, are the ones wearing standard harnesses colored gold. The lead squads into battle, command ships, lead fleets. War stuff. These are the ones from Halo CE. (And DO NOT get me started on how they butchered the exterior of the Halo ring! FFS it’s so purple and exotic, it looks like the Covenant made it, not the Forerunners!)
      So no. It actually makes NO SENSE why CEA changes the Covenant armor. It’s literally lore breaking, which is why everyone hates it, and is also why every media that portrayed events from CE onward has ignored these art style changes and goes by the classic graphics, as they should.
      Even CEA’s TERMINALS don’t stick to the art style change! That should tell you something!!

  • @MarkyDav
    @MarkyDav 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Retrospectively the Halo: Reach map-pack system has been a benefit in terms of the Halo: MCC. Allowing a pure Halo 1 port for MCC online, but giving those new maps for Halo: Reach.
    At the time though, it was a shame.

  • @novaleader7305
    @novaleader7305 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The remaster looks like a mishmash of various Halo assets, I think I did one run with remastered and never again classic look for me. Not to mention they completely fucked up Shaders that changed Jackel shields and fog amount other things like the trees model not matching the hitbox at all

  • @l.i.archer5379
    @l.i.archer5379 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still play Halo CE campaign on MCC, but in its original graphics. After 23 years, I finally decided to turn on the Bandanna Skull and play with unlimited ammo. LOL

  • @jfitz6517
    @jfitz6517 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember being so excited for this game. Then getting it & being so disappointed, especially when I reached the level 343 Guilty Spark. It felt like they were trying to make the game T for Teen. I had hoped they’d add the Flame Thrower, playable Fuel Rod Gun, & the Rocket Warthog into the campaign, but no. It’s sad Microsoft forced 343 to rush so many projects, it only served to accelerate the tarnishing of Halo’s brand quality.

  • @jacoboreilly2496
    @jacoboreilly2496 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I gave my copy to a charity shop. Only halo game I've gotten rid of. I prefered the classic graphics, and once MCC came out there was no need to keep it. I still play on classic graphics mostly for MCC too for CE (H2A is fantastic however.)

  • @sage_silver117
    @sage_silver117 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    7:48 pov: Master Chief in the books

  • @slimeboii6927
    @slimeboii6927 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loved this when it came out but as I’ve gotten into adulthood my taste for art and graphics changed a lot. Low res doesn’t always mean worse. Art direction carries a vision. Original CE just looks so much better now.

  • @probablybears
    @probablybears 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Even though it was a bad remaster, I still enjoyed playing it. I even completed 100% of the achievements for it on 360. Not including the Reach MP achievements for the DLC.

  • @chldsk6404
    @chldsk6404 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I like CE anniversary...(except for the multiplayer, I was expecting its own multiplayer)

  • @zalrohglekgolo6149
    @zalrohglekgolo6149 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Reminder:
    The reason the Levels have less horror elements for brighter visuals was from 10 years of criticisms about not being able to see.
    The reason the Reach and Halo 3 models were dumped on top OG models was because Reach's artstyle was retroactive, and in the trailer the armor used (not in the final game) was the Mark V B because Bungie intended the spartan in reach to be IIs not IIIs and the B model was intended as just HD mark V. And Reach was something Bungie considered to be what Halo shoukd habe always looked like.
    As for the weapons, physical models from 3 were in 2007 inteded as retroactive (one of the devs from Vidocs for 3 called it "the halo 1 pustol is back" because the M6 was supposed to be the same model, so the M6D/M6G (thats why the M6C is just the D with the laser off) and the Ma5 series look the same also looking the same. And again, Reach (the guns) was supposed to be retroactive.
    Was this a good call? No. But these choices weren't made out of the blue, people wanted this without realizinf what thwy were asking for.

  • @MyHaloForges
    @MyHaloForges 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mint, the pistol setting is available without modding even on Halo The Master Chief Collection.
    We have a copy of Anniversary CTF on MCC for that three shot head shot pistol that I use for our Yoyorast Island, Ambush and Danger Canyon maps.

  • @iforgot87872
    @iforgot87872 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The lighting was the main mistake, everything else I was personally okay with. But the lighting was such a factor that when I play it I often keep it in original mode, that way I get the nee effects but old map lighting and textures.

  • @j4ze114
    @j4ze114 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Original CE graphics are Perfect! They just need to renew them not completely change them like the anniversary.

  • @mauriziogiulio2980
    @mauriziogiulio2980 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One thing that particularly bothered me was the assault rifle,
    the model itself is very good but it is the wrong rifle, in Halo CE it was the MA5B (60 round magazine) while in the anniversary it was replaced with the MA5C (32 round magazine in Halo 3) "adapting" it to 60 rounds . it may be a stupid detail, but to save time they just preferred to take the halo 3 model rather than making an anniversary model of the MA5B
    (The two files MA5B and MA5C have not only different magazine capacity but also completely different dimensions (the MA5B is much larger than the C)

  • @jackpitcher869
    @jackpitcher869 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I gonna have to disagree with you about the song changes… that guitar solo rips 🔥😂

  • @sprafa71
    @sprafa71 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Original Halo CE its amazing, Aniversary edition its full of bugs, i always rage quit the campaing as there are so many missplace objets like rocks, trees, walls, etc. and other bugs like checkpoint/respawn bugs that make a pain in the ass to play it, when i play it i do it on OG and just change it to new graphics when i face with a bullet that crash in the air just to find there is a rock or a tree right there, also marines have invisible walls and cant follow you as they did in the original

  • @George-zo4hc
    @George-zo4hc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I loved this game when it came out, so many great memories of doing co-op campaign

  • @neverstepd7
    @neverstepd7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you reply to one question that always bugged me? I have an original HCEA xbox 360 too, and on the reverse there are 4 images of maps of halo with the spartans and whatever, but there is one image of the reach's spartan fighting covenant in a map that I am sure was not in the actual game, this map doesn't seem to appear anywhere in the game, I thought it could be firefight's intalation 04 but that one doens't have regular trees, only pines.
    Did 343 released the game with photos of unused content and they messed up again or is something else?
    Edit: I investigated more, you could make a full video with a lot of unreleased yet announced/shown features

    • @MintBlitz
      @MintBlitz  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What’s the image?

    • @neverstepd7
      @neverstepd7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MintBlitz halo reach spartan in firefight in a map that doesn't look like instalation 04 but is clearly a halo

  • @flawless-arena4775
    @flawless-arena4775 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I always switch to classic version, the new one gets old real fast. It saddens me to see most new players start this legendary game with the anniversary version

    • @Arander92
      @Arander92 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They really don’t understand how they’re ruining the game’s atmosphere for themselves. I tried to warn one of these TH-camrs and she just said “nah, I like it this way better”.
      To each their own, but these people have no idea what they’re missing out on

  • @artifexcaptus
    @artifexcaptus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still have my CE anniversary for the 360.

  • @TheDelta0214
    @TheDelta0214 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My issue about the Anniversary version of CE was that it was just a reskin with reworked sounds, terminals, and skulls.
    But back in 2011 I definitely really wished that they would have rebuilt the game from the ground up.
    When I was younger, I thought it would have been even cool to rebuild CE using the same engine that runs Reach… just so much lost potential anniversary could have had.

  • @MystGang
    @MystGang 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun fact: original Combat Evolved Anniversary has Kinect support where you can speak commands instead of pressing the button. Only new thing it added was some data logs you get by saying "analyze" and then "scan" while looking at certain characters/objects.

  • @matthewmarek1467
    @matthewmarek1467 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When this came out, it made Halo 2 the only Bungie Halo that didn't have an Xbox 360 release. I definitely think that Anniversary musical track you highlighted sounded much more Halo 2 than CE. I was a fan at the time, only played in classic mode and it gave me a way to install the game onto my 360, so I didn't have to hear the disc spin constantly.

  • @Larmichim-sj6st
    @Larmichim-sj6st 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Halo youtubers in a content drought be like

  • @micknightmare3
    @micknightmare3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's sad I litteraly want to play it now and it's taking 5 min. To find a match quickplay 😅

  • @StarRider253
    @StarRider253 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I genuinely have no idea why they screwed with the geometry of objects and such with the graphical update. I literally was playing this a few days ago on legendary and killed myself with a grenade that bounced back to me off of thin air, that of course wasn't really thin air. Just another reason to play on the classic graphics instead.

    • @BlueAizu_
      @BlueAizu_ หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's my theory that it's because the "remastered" graphics, to save on development time, are made of cobbled together assets from Halo Reach and 3. In a vacuum there's not really anything wrong with that, but the level geometry doesn't account for collision data present in the original CE so it leads to what looks like a curved corner actually being a 90 degree angle solid wall things bounce right off of.

  • @RednekGamurz
    @RednekGamurz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still have my original copy I pre-ordered back in 2011. I remember people liking it back in the day, but in retrospect it's not great. It's kinda weird to think about how this game had support for 3DTVs and Kinect that are completely missing in the MCC version, but I don't think too many people miss those features. I kinda sucked at the time not getting remastered MP, but in hindsight getting more maps and a new playlist for Reach was the right call, especially when MCC eventually came out with CE's MP anyways. It's still weird to me though that one of the CEA maps was a remake of a Halo 2 map. Like, the rest of the maps are solid picks from CE, and then they just have Headlong in there for no reason. Headlong is a great map, it just felt out of place with the other maps.

  • @rcghalohell
    @rcghalohell 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what are you using for time freeze? i havent seen that since the og pc days with dev trainer

    • @MintBlitz
      @MintBlitz  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Halo Checkpoint Manager allows me to grab angles but not freeze time

  • @NickTemperistic
    @NickTemperistic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd give it a 7.5/10. Definitely some changes that I didn't enjoy but for the most part it was a good time.

  • @invisibleboatmobile10
    @invisibleboatmobile10 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was actually playing this a few weeks ago. On 343 guilty spark I literally had to switch back and forth between the remaster and the original multiple times. I ended up sticking with the original because the atmosphere was 100% more ominous and just felt right. The original implemented fog in the swamp, the remaster didn't. A small change that completely killed the swamp for me. There is also less blood in the hallways in the remaster. And I remember as a kid that was one of the things that really stood out to me. its also something explicitly stated in the book, "The Flood".

  • @GNFNR
    @GNFNR 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This game was what made halo ce my favorite halo game. Remember buying it in 2012 it was so good, over 10 years later played it on with the original graphics instead and it made me love it even more

  • @Dyxzan
    @Dyxzan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I do miss the scan feature they used to have, maybe make it less reliant on the Kinnect, like activate through dpad and it would be a nice return

  • @TheMartin1427
    @TheMartin1427 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember playing this in the 360 and it was different, does anyone remember that there was a feature where you can scan things with the Kinect? And later you can see descriptions of the enemies and weapons

  • @attackontitanfollower
    @attackontitanfollower 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Imagine them remaking halo ce with the halo infinite engine

  • @ZyradosPlays
    @ZyradosPlays 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mint Blitz is going down a dark path in the last couple of months

  • @gamingwithradioman2222
    @gamingwithradioman2222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In my opinion.
    It's pretty obvious that microsoft didn't understand Halo like Bungie and the community did.
    So they struggled to crack the code for so long (and to be honest, they still do have trouble understanding halo to this day).
    343/cyber interactive could be blamed for this, but l believe this lies with Microsoft as the biggest challenge on leadership with halo.
    (It’s kinda like they're cursed with halo and they don't know what to do with the franchise's future).
    It's understandable that the gearbox version isn't the best way to play Halo CE.

  • @oldwellenthusiast8750
    @oldwellenthusiast8750 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    anniversary slayer was one of the most popular playlists in reach for as long as i remember. it was received well, personally was my favourite reach playlist and it kept me playing halo reach. the btb maps werent as successful but btb in general is not popular. a bit more than pistol damage was changed, lower bloom on weapons, faster movespeed, tweaked melee damage, whilst i wish there was original halo 1 multiplayer on anniversary's release anniversary slayer was genuinely quite good and it did feel like halo 1 multiplayer at times (or even a bit better balanced). that being said i think most of the criticism is fair.

  • @juchiha9566
    @juchiha9566 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I played reach and anniversary when it dropped. I never thought it was suppose to be a multiplayer "remaster" of CE. I just thought it was a unique playlist with new reach maps lol

  • @KirksyBoutit
    @KirksyBoutit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You still can buy this game at local game stores in the states but with the campaign being in the mcc it’s pointless to buy.

  • @sidneychapman9335
    @sidneychapman9335 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was 7 when halo 3 came out I remember it was the first online game I ever played. So I never experienced halo 2 or ce when it was out very glad these remakes came out they hold a special place in my heart

  • @lambdachi107-gamingandmusi2
    @lambdachi107-gamingandmusi2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, Mint, but I think the example you gave for the music segment needs some explanation. It seems the arrangers for the Anniversary soundtrack must have forgotten that final segment in Truth and Reconciliation Suite - presumably because that part of the suite is not in the game at all - so rather than doing the full suite justice, they just slapped on Rock in a Hard Place (arrangement of Rock Anthem for Saving the World) at the end so that Honest Negotiation Suite closer matches the original in length.

    • @MintBlitz
      @MintBlitz  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rock in a hard place is also significantly worse than Rock anthem.

    • @lambdachi107-gamingandmusi2
      @lambdachi107-gamingandmusi2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MintBlitz True.

  • @adrianthom2073
    @adrianthom2073 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The reason CEA failed was that the Multiplayer was split.
    It should had been done the same way as ODST, you had the single player campaign. But the multiplayer should had just been Halo Reach with the new maps added for everyone.

  • @SixPickles6644
    @SixPickles6644 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Being the person who is not old enough to own a copy of the halo games before MCC, I don’t have any issue with the anniversary graphics, but that’s all that I’ve played

  • @danieltravelstead
    @danieltravelstead 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Aside from the atmosphere of 343 guilty spark, they did a great job remastering the levels. Would have loved a more grittier feel but I can’t even play the original of CE or 2 without switching to the new graphics. Though it fun to look back and see how it came. Would still love a Halo 3 remaster too to fix all the terrible faces

    • @Arander92
      @Arander92 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They really did a horrible job the entire way through. It’s completely unfaithful, I dunno how you can see past that

  • @Z0ttMonte
    @Z0ttMonte 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love halo ce anniversary. I never played a game this often. I played it as a kid back then with my best friend at his house. My parents would have never allowed it. So many great memories. I understand that, it doesn’t look so horor like the normal ce. I still love it. The story, the music, the artstyle.

  • @mrmerlin6287
    @mrmerlin6287 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gearbox's legacy of breaking Halo CE will live on forever. Sadly, the PC version was all I ever knew. I spent hundreds of hours playing the Custom Edition multiplayer.

  • @StarBoy-fo5ig
    @StarBoy-fo5ig 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im pretty sure the magnum and assault rifle were lifted from halo 3 just with different textures and viewing angle

  • @The-Master-Chief
    @The-Master-Chief 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I managed to actually get a physical copy of it and I’m also an Aussie but I have not tried it yet so this video gives me the will to try it out soon.

  • @UNCLECHOPPERAU
    @UNCLECHOPPERAU 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just hope Saber Interactive does a good job on Jurassic Park: Survival

  • @k1ngb00ster
    @k1ngb00ster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i liked it, and i played it a lot, and i liked it's new firefight map. As a kid i would've rated it a 10/10, but as an adult, i rate it a 5/10

  • @DraphmirEmpire
    @DraphmirEmpire 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With mod support on the MCC many of the issues can be fixed, for example porting the anniversary map pack into the OG CE with updated Asset graphics/skins

    • @gavinrolls1054
      @gavinrolls1054 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no, because we don't have saber 3d's tools as part of the mod tools

  • @chuexsy672
    @chuexsy672 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved it when this came out. The “CE settings” game mode was fun to me. Plus they did a spectacular job on all of the maps imo. Theres a lot of things to hate Halo Reach and 343 for but this was one of the things done right.

  • @sunumaudio
    @sunumaudio 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Halo CE is still my favorite. I have noticed it is always getting harder to find matches in the MCC..Its really the only game I have ever feared of dying.

  • @bj0urne
    @bj0urne 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My main problem with CEA is that everything is overly detailed! In CE, a wall is a wall nothing special, but in CEA it has a bunch of lines, bolts, vents, just an absurd amount of detail, making the result very "busy" and quite ugly.

  • @osrspac420
    @osrspac420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember getting it for Christmas back in the day lol

  • @Legal-104
    @Legal-104 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still have my copy that I pre ordered back in the day

  • @fine_whine
    @fine_whine 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm not even kidding, a week or two ago I pulled this off my shelf for the first time having only played the OG Xbox version, and the MCC version, and I've gotten 30/44 achievements so far

  • @smolboi9659
    @smolboi9659 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like the kinect scanning feature of HCEA

  • @ThelVadam7777
    @ThelVadam7777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:41 honsetly this would slap as its own track, it shouldnt have replaced it

  • @austinfisher1015
    @austinfisher1015 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I main gripe I had for the game was that iconic maps like Sidewinder was not placed in it even on the old graphics. I hated Timberland.