Poll of the Day > Okay Halo 2 anniversary is actually pretty cool.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I just recently got back into halo (last I played was when 3 was new), Ive always enjoyed CE a lot it; Its my favorite of the first 3 games.
So naturally when I found out I could play CE Anniversary on PC I was pretty excited.

Well needless to say, it disappointed me with its slough problems.

• The remastered audio is janky (bad sound balancing, and several weird audio loop glitches),
• the visuals were cool on their own but models didnt match collision especially in regards to landscape (youd try to shoot past a rock and hit the air, switch back to classic graphics and the rock is actually bigger than it looks in anniversary)
• The atmosphere of the original was totally ignored, some areas that were dimly lit and eerie in the original were bright as day in anniversary.

Those were my main complaints off the top of my head. So I ended up playing most the game in classic mode, which unfortunately they couldnt get that right either because 343 used gearboxs broken PC port for the base of Anniversary.
I was disappointed but it was still a good game.

Regarding Halo 2, back in the day I didnt like it as much graphically (looks somewhat clay-like) and the setting wasnt as cool to me, and I didnt care for the story. I overall still enjoyed the game though. Its been a long time since Ive played Halo 2 so Im approaching it openly.
Of course Im testing out Anniversarys graphics and my goodness it is so much better than CE Anniv. The audio is actually really good, I dont have funky ass collision issues where the new graphics dont line up with the old, the remade cutscenes are pretty cool, and the levels seem to stay true to the atmosphere of the original.
Halo 2 Anniv makes CE Anniv look extremely low effort by comparison. And my main grip about 2s aesthetics is a non-issue in Anniv mode.

Im really enjoying it.

/blogfaqs

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Halo CEA uses a lot of older assets from Reach and Halo 3 which clashes with each other and CE.

While 2A uses brandspanking new assets that look exactly like the original artstyle but remade for a modern system.
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the ce anniversary one was always kinda ass


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Ya, I played Halo for the first time with the collection about a month ago or so...

CE's AI is still impressive, but I didn't like Halo 2 "as" much... except for the vehicle sections which were pretty good

Too many "wait on an elevator doing nothing" moments

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Lokarin posted...

Ya, I played Halo for the first time with the collection about a month ago or so...

CE's AI is still impressive, but I didn't like Halo 2 "as" much... except for the vehicle sections which were pretty good

Too many "wait on an elevator doing nothing" moments

2 had the best story though