This release does, unfortunately, carry through some of the 2003 port’s missing effects. At 60 FPS, and with the widescreen and field-of-view support the Gearbox 2003 port never offered, those old assets get the job done. With the tap of a button, you can swap between remastered visuals and Bungie’s original art. Halo does, at least, keep Anniversary’s neatest trick. The new gun sounds put into sharp focus how well Bungie nailed the nebulous sensation of gun feel. Rough as the visuals are, I wasn’t prepared for the shock of Anniversary’s reworked audio. As both visual modes use the same collision meshes, you’ll frequently find invisible walls around Anniversary's trees, which lack the girth of their 2001 ancestors. The level where the parasitic zombie-like Flood are introduced-once a masterclass in building tension-is utterly sapped of tone by the saturated new visuals. But Halo’s quiet ambience is lost in Sabre’s everything goes approach to remastering.īrutal, barren structures that could have once been made of concrete are now a mess of metal and lights and holograms. Bungie’s original environments had a sparse appeal, but they were exceptionally blocky affairs. Natural landscapes, generally, tend to get off more lightly. There’s a particular beauty to watching the sun glint off a dropship’s bow as it descends into a sun-dappled valley. Every last model and texture has been completely redone to be more detailed, every level packed with fancy new lighting and particle effects.
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Anniversary’s 'corrections' are something of a sticking point for long-term Halo fans. Halo returns to PC as Halo: CE Anniversary, an updated version of Sabre Interactive’s 2011 remaster. I suppose it’s time to address the elephant in the room.