Halo 2: Anniversary campaign gameplay & more MCC info

[Screech]

 

Halo Canon has posted a video compiling all of the H2 Anniversary campaign gameplay released yesterday by IGN and other outlets, along with another video discussing a ton of information we have on The Master Chief Collection thus far.

 

 

Here's a list of all the Master Chief Collection features that are discussed in the two above videos, for those who don't want or aren't able to watch them right now:

• Re-done cinematics in Halo 2 - the new cinematics will "look better than Halo 4's" and, like you're able to switch between old and new graphics during gameplay, you'll be able to switch between new and old cinematics.
   
• Skulls and terminals in Halo 2 campaign - there will be skulls and terminals in Halo 2: Anniversary's campaign - this was revealed in the IGN play-through of Cairo Station:

 

• Halo 2 co-op campaign - In the IGN video, it is mentioned that you'll be able to play Halo 2's campaign cooperatively with a friend over Xbox Live. But other sources are saying all of the games have 2-player split screen co-op and 4-player online co-op... we'll see.
   
• Campaign Playlists - these allow you to play through Halo campaign missions in a unique new way. Whether you'll be able to create your own campaign playlists hasn't been announced but I think it would be a cool feature to include. Here are a few of the 'cross-game playlists' that are built in:

• Matchmaking - it looks they currently have a setup that links game modes to games. For example, the Team Snipers playlist will put you in games on CE, 2, and 3 (I'm hoping they update it so you can sort by game as well):

• Matchmaking ranks - 343 has said they are working on a ranking system that will span all of the games' matchmaking. Nothing has been confirmed, however.
   
• Halo 3 and 4's graphics - they are not being completely overhauled like the Anniversary games, but they are getting a resolution bump. Apparently comparable to a Blu-ray remaster. 1080p, 60fps... you know the deal.
   
• Forge - though it doesn't seem to be present in the current build 343 is using to demo the game to the press, it has been confirmed that you will be able to use forge on Halo 2, 3, and 4. Not on CE, however.

And that's pretty much everything! Be sure to let me know if I missed anything and feel free to post gameplay here as it's revealed! I'd like to see what Halo 3 and 4 look like running on the Xbox One.

[Fahzgoolin]

the fact that they aren't remastering some of the multiplayer maps to maintain the same fidelity of the campaign is dissapointing to me. It's not going to keep me from buying the game, it just seems like a missed opportunity.

 

Let's just hope Halo 5's multiplayer is more like Halo 1-3. Keep loadouts and armor abilities out (Frank has confirmed armor abilities are not in Halo 5).

 

thanks for the good post

[Unease Peanut]

Weren't skulls already in the Halo 2 campaign?

 

Anyway nice finds

[Screech]

the fact that they aren't remastering some of the multiplayer maps to maintain the same fidelity of the campaign is dissapointing to me. It's not going to keep me from buying the game, it just seems like a missed opportunity.

 

I'm guessing you're talking about the Halo 2 maps, right? If so, I'm 99% certain they're going to be giving everything Halo 2 - campaign and multiplayer - a complete graphic overhaul. A few others have mentioned them saying some of the maps are going to be "re-imagined," which most-likely means they'll be changing a few of the maps' features up a bit.

 

But they were pretty vague during the initial announcement at the MS conference so I could see why you'd be confused about it.

 

Weren't skulls already in the Halo 2 campaign?

 

Yeah, skulls were in the campaign but I'm pretty sure terminals are new (I admittedly haven't played H2 campaign in a long time) so I figured I'd just include both those tidbits.

[rrhuntington]

Skulls aren't in the same spots. I'm kind of glad about this, as some of the skulls in Halo 2 were decently hard to get to. I wonder what the terminals will be about, as Halo CEA's terminals were about Guilty sparks pretty sad life after the Halo firing, and during and after the events of the game.

[Screech]

So a little update of sorts... they demoed Cairo Station again on Twitch's E3 stream and decided to take some questions from people in the chat. One the questions they answered was about whether or not The Master Chief Collection will be released on PC and they answered in a way that makes me think that a PC release is something they're actually considering.

 

They didn't say yes but they didn't say no either. So maybe there's hope for you PC gamers getting an actual Halo game (not something like Spartan Assault) released on your platform for the first time in a decade!

[AssaultCommand]

Lol @ that video quality, so blurry.

That's what you get for ripping my video.

[Screech]

Lol @ that video quality, so blurry.

That's what you get for ripping my video.

 

Huh? That's not my video... it's from a youtube channel I'm subscribed to... try reading my post before personally attacking me next time.

[AssaultCommand]

Huh? That's not my video... it's from a youtube channel I'm subscribed to... try reading my post before personally attacking me next time.

I know it wasn't yours, I was voicing my annoyance, not directed at anyone here in particular.

Sorry if I offended you.

[BeckoningZebra1]

Great summary Screech, I'm really excited for the Master Chief Collection it's very, very impressive to see what 343 has done in bringing all of this together and even adding new things like Forge for Halo 2! Also, the remastered Halo 2 maps look Amazing!