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Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' Multiplay
By:GeekInABox
Date: 3/28/14 9:18 am
In Response To: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' Multiplayer (Avateur)

I've been thinking about this for a while and want to toss out a theory/hope ... A little long, very speculative, but bear with me ... but hopefully the payoff is worth it.

The problem: If 343 were to release a H2:Anniversary that nailed multiplayer in a H2-like fashion, what would that mean for H5? It would be a disaster to revert to a H4-like model a year after pleasing fans with H2. Revolt. A split userbase. Dogs sleeping with cats.

So what if they did this:

Part 1 (the appetizer): What if -- as Spencer (kinda) hints -- H2: Anniversary came out in 2014 with a really solid multiplayer engine that nails the H2 experience ?
Part 2 (the dessert): What if Halo 5 (2015/16) used that same engine as the basis for Halo 5 multiplayer?

I think this would make so much sense and is the best of all possible worlds:

  • I think it is a common sentiment that Halo 4's multiplayer is not up to snuff. Something's gotta change there.
  • Along with Halo 3, Halo 2's multiplayer is typically the reference point for 'how to do it right'. If I were 343 and wanted to recreate a multiplayer experience that would resonate with players, I'd look back to what's worked in the past. (The current approach of 'trying to be like CoD' simply isn't working (sorry to minimize it as such, I know reality is more complex))
  • If they could do this right, they could create continuity between the 2 games ... ie, don't split the multiplayer audience between H2A and H5. Use a common multiplayer engine across both. I can't see MS releasing a H2-based multiplayer only to split the audience with a brand new and different H5 multiplayer a year later.
  • Microsoft would get some traction and value ($) out of H2 as a product and name, and use it as the basis to try to rebuild the
  • From a market persepective this feels like the right time -- the 10 yr anniv of H2 is a convenient foil, and with the XBoxOne on the market, there's opportunity to rethink some core experiences.

    End result, a better MP experience that fans would love, a product that makes Microsoft money, and differentiates itself in a market that tires of COD mimickry.

    The risk of course is that I have doubts that we'd see a 'pure' H2 multiplayer experience. 10 years have passed and they aren't simply going to undo 10 years of coding, development, and change. But, as Spencer acknowledged, they have to nail it. IMO 'Nail it' would mean use get damn close to the H2 core.

    And once you've nailed it, don't drastically switch it up for H5.

    • Messages In This Thread

    A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' MultiplayerAvateur3/27/14 11:05 pm
         Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' MultiplayPhoenix_92863/27/14 11:17 pm
               Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' MultiplayKal3/28/14 9:11 am
                     Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' Multiplaythebruce03/31/14 9:23 am
         Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' MultiplayGeekInABox3/28/14 9:18 am
               Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' MultiplayCody Miller3/28/14 6:30 pm
                     Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' Multiplayuberfoop3/28/14 7:02 pm
         Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' Multiplaysquidnh33/28/14 11:37 am
               Re: A Halo 2 Remake Would Have to 'Nail' Multiplaysquidnh33/28/14 11:47 am
               "Beautiful simplicity"?ZackDark3/28/14 11:54 am
                     Re: "Beautiful simplicity"?uberfoop3/28/14 1:06 pm
                     Re: "Beautiful simplicity"?squidnh33/28/14 1:10 pm
         No way to nail itCody Miller3/28/14 6:23 pm
               Re: No way to nail itAvateur3/28/14 8:09 pm
                     This is why we can't have nice things :(The BS Police3/29/14 3:05 pm
                           Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(Avateur3/30/14 12:37 am
                                 Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(serpx3/31/14 11:22 am
                                       Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(Quirel3/31/14 1:47 pm
                                       Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(RC Master3/31/14 2:17 pm
                                             Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(serpx3/31/14 2:25 pm
                                                   Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(uberfoop3/31/14 2:41 pm
                                                         Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(serpx3/31/14 3:34 pm
                                                               Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(uberfoop3/31/14 3:45 pm
                                       Re: This is why we can't have nice things :(Avateur3/31/14 9:37 pm
                           "the PC community...has a hate on for...Halo". No.kornman003/30/14 3:21 pm

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