Halo: Combat Evolved - Original vs Remaster (Anniversary Edition) 

Whats even more incredible is how you can switch graphics quickly on the fly. Died several times because I was seeing the differences.

I loved the feature that let's you switch back and forth from new to old. I wish more remasters had that, very cool.

I like how they didn't mess around with any gameplay, just upgraded the visuals and let you switch between them on the fly.

Even tho remastered looks dope I still prefer original look. Probably nostalgia

A lot of the stuff isn't just remastered -- it has changed entirely.

I like having access to both. For nostalgia purposes. But I think the remastering helps with continuity. It makes sense to make Cortana look like she does in the later games and not purple.

Original one feels like home

New to the Xbox scene and I'm a few hours into playing Halo CE. It's cool to have that ability to switch between the new and older visuals. The remastered visuals on a surface level are clearly superior, however after several moments of me switching back and forth in certain sections out of curiosity I found myself actually sticking to the original format because quite frankly, the original nails a more interesting Atmosphere overall. Fog, limited lighting, and unique look of high and low tech infrastructure. Hell even the sound design when switching to the original is better in some aspects. What I'm noticing for the remaster is although it's looks gorgeous in comparison, there's too much lighting in areas that didn't need to be and in some ways the design looks like generic Sci fi.

the remaster is what we thought the games looked like back then.

I still love the og for the nostalgia. The remastered one is miles ahead in the graphics department.

Damn, looking at the two side-by-side makes me realize that halo is still visually stunning 15+ years in the future

Captain Keyes in classic isn’t even the Original Xbox Captain Keyes

One of the bigger cons I see in the remastered is not being able to see the damage being dealt to elite’s shields. Either than that it looks pretty good for remasters go.

Original: how it was Remastered: how you remember it

it's so strange looking back at a child hood game and seeing how bad the graphics are [in todays standards], when it looked so realistic when i was a kid. man, they did a great job remastering this game.

Unfortunately some of the new graphics don't line up with the hit-boxes. Causes some real problems at some points in solo legendary.

I think the original still looks better. Just in terms of model quality itself, of course the Anniversary one wins. However, the original has a much better atmosphere and simpler background. Enemies are much more visible in the original. The background is in the background, if you know what I mean.

The remaster is literally how i remember the original game looking as a kid

this is one underrated remaster for sure

Now THIS is what a remaster should look like. None of that Ezio Trilogy crap.

Just played the original one, everyone recommended me to play it :)

I’m currently playing this game on my Series X. Loving every minute of it. Locked 60fps.

I was really excited for the new visuals, but I found myself playing on the old style way more! There was a lot of lore hidden on the new levels designs so it was worth switching a few times to see. Like Spartan Linda’s info next to yours on the pillar of autumn.

Halo: Atmosphere Devolved

Some of the original textures scale better than the remaster at higher resolutions. The art style has aged better than the remaster as well IMO. If your playing on the xbox one x at 4k, the original plays at 60fps and the remaster has a lot of frame drops and feels less smooth. The skybox and scenery is superb on the remaster however.

If your play on the Xbox you can press the 2 buttons on the controller next to the logo on it and you can switch between original and remastered

CE, CEA And 2A Are The Most Beautiful Halo Games Can't Change My Mind

I remember I played Halo CE and Halo 2 7-8 year's ago. But it's still gold🔥

The weirdest part of this is that the new graphics is what I remember halo ce looking like back then

Also, the Anniversary graphics have some hitbox issues because for some reason, 343 decided to change the size and placement of certain things. You could think you’re aiming at an enemy but you’re actually hitting an invisible tree or wall.

Play on both the original feels nice sometimes as well as looking back at what 2001 looked like.

The night vision scope in the remaster doesn't even make sense because it's never that dark.

Con que boton cambio los gráficos en pc?

I'd love it if they gave it the Halo 2 Anniversary treatment - Keep the graphics in line with how the original was supposed to look!

It always bothers me how Johnson looks in CEA compared to H2A. It's almost as if he was aging backwards

The remaster looks great.

My problem with the remaster is in smaller spaces they cram so much detail in the textures it becomes hard to look at (also the needler looks worse)

My problems with remasters nowadays is why tf they take away the edginess and atmosphere in these masterpieces just for aesthetics Same bs with the crash trilogy

As much time has passed between Halo 1 and the anniversary edition as between the anniversary edition and today.

What if they would remaster the anniversary version with today graphics ?

In my opinion the original ones looks better and also suits the space atmosphere in some places the original ones looks terrifying and will definitely scare you ..like the chapter in which u have to follow that monitor index and floods coming out from everywhere ..... The new one is better cuz it's new but its looking like some cod infinite warfare type ...the remastered ones graphics simply made iconic Halo into a common space alien shooter game .. Basically I've played the original one years ago and if I play the remastered one it will simply wipe out all my memories of those beautiful days XD

I was just playing halo 1 in MCC today. Is the AI and all the game code exactly the same? It seemed like the grunts didnt talk as much or harder to hear. IDK the game felt different to me then the OG halo.

I still always play Two betrayals with the OG graphics… the night, the snow, it’s beautiful really…

Played for the first time in 2021. I prefer the original look, the style and gameplay was designed around it, they added too much clutter to the screen in the remaster.

Mad because the remaster is what I always remember it looking like 😅. Back then the graphics were crazy good.

The Halo CE magnum in the anniversary graphics is literally the halo 3 magnum

This is what I call a remaster, unlike Assassin’s Creed: Rogue

I was playing it and at this one point I died and then it went back to OG graphics. How do I switch it back to anniversary mode?

This is one of the best remasters I've played

What is the difference between anniversary and normal

Ugh, this game's audio stops working when the initial cutscene begins. 😅

The problem with the remastered version is they didn’t capture the unique mysterious feel of the original. Halo’s architecture is supposed to feel technologically advanced and ancient at the same time. The new version just looked like typical futuristic scifi architecture.

[Long and possible silly nostalgia and foolish reminiscing] I have great memories of Original CE. I have played countless hours on the original Xbox (I still have it). When I got to Halo Ring and Foehammer dropped off the Warthog, I was "in hog heaven". I spent hours just driving around, flipping, crashing, flat spinning, and having a great time just driving it. The Remaster looks and sounds great. I'm playing it on the Series X using the Master Chief Collection. I see some improved lighting in areas that seemed too dark in the Original. Some improved audio, but some lipsync doesn't look right. Some nicer looking geometry. I like the Original Captain Keyes look, though. Some things that seem different to me and kinda diminish the experience of the Remaster are the grenades, hijacking vehicles, geometry glitching. I seem to remember in the Original, you could throw/pile a bunch of grenades (often stolen by killing Marines) under vehicles and turrets, then immediately get into the vehicle/turret and when the pile exploded, you would launch yourself (still in the vehicle/turret) practically into space (or across the map) undamaged. This allowed for some amazing tricks/glitches and out-of-bounds antics. You could get on top of structures, towers, hills, etc. that you normally would not. You could glitch through walls/doors to get into areas prior to normal paths/triggers. In the Remaster, it seems like you get kicked out of vehicles/turrets and take damage when you try grenade tricks - no more super launching. When you try to glitch/push through walls/locked doors, you die in the Remaster. I haven't tried many of the old tricks. It is still possible (as an example) to glitch through the wall above the security shaft using the Warthog and a Marine at the tail gun on The Silent Cartographer. When the Marine swivels the gun toward you, you are pushed up into the geometry and you can jump down into the secuity area below (easy way to get the Bandana skull). All the times I have tried to hijack a Covenant vehicle in the Remaster, I died. Not sure what's going on there. In the Original, there were glitches/tricks where you could jump on and ride the Covenant drop ships and the Pelicans, or stay in the Pelican instead of hopping out for ground deployment. Not sure if these still work. So far, nope. Delaying checkpoints still seems to work. If you remember where the checkpoint triggers are, you can hop past them, hop to another spot and stop, then the checkpoint occurs. Often great for tricks and exploring. It's been so long and maybe I'm just old and have forgotten some of the tricks and sequences. Anyway, the Remaster is enjoyable, and brings back a lot of fond memories.

I don't want remaster.. I want a complet remake from the ground. Love this game

Was this a good remaster? Coming from someone who hasn't played halo

Remaster: How I remember it looking Original: How it actually looked

I fucking love what they did with the game it looks beautiful. Me and my friend were deciding whether or not to play on old or new graphics because the nostalgia hit hard but ended up being too hard on the eyes so we stuck with the enhanced. At the time I was a kid the graphics looked amazing but thats kinda how it is now with the enhanced but im older. They really nailed it with these remasters.

I will always prefer the original graphics, they are perfect looking. The remaster has way too many details in everything.

Hiii but between these versions the soundtrack and speech also change

When you press SELECT, the difference is even more noticeable, you may not like the atmosphere of the remaster, but damn, that's a remaster.

Sometimes the game is too dark for me so I just switch to remaster. Idk if anyone else does that.

I think everyone played the Flood level on OG graphics. The darker shades made it more like a horror in space movie. The lighter shades made it feel more like a sci-fi thriller.

the problem with enhanced version and original one is i dont have to use the flashlight in all of enhanced gameplay, but the original one i have to use all the time

All they needed to do was upscale it and add some texture filters and some HD textures. All as separate options with variables. Completely new graphics kinda ruins it when their are no options to.filtet and upscale the old ones.

The simple textures (Flat gray interior, "undetailed" vehicle textures, etc.) looked better IMHO. They feel like they were made for effectiveness and not for looks (with metal plates decorating it but serving no purpose) during a seemingly neverending war. The Halo environment also looked somewhat more living with its plain grass. Whatever, still stunning.

How do you play with the remastered graphics?

while the anniversary graphics look nice, wow do they do numbers to the art style. I prefer the original by far.

I must have a rosed coloured memory because before seeing this I always recalled halo with the remastered graphics. . . video games certainly have improved in appearance over the past decade plus

The Remastered looks nice and has more detail, but the faces are a bit off-putting. I think the faces look better (if lower resolution) in the original version.

Overall, I prefer the remaster.

They removed the sun's bloom effect, especularity above ocean water and added ugly colors where it wasn't needed. My vivid memories about it makes the first game on the first Xbox a lot better visually. They could have done a much better work than that.

The only part of the game where the remaster completely fails is the level 343 Guilty spark and that's because they completely destroyed the atmosphere. The Halo 2 remaster on the other hand is perfection.

This is what you call a remaster. Remastered games usually looks like it's only applied a different filter.

I love how they get killed how their bodies fly

The remaster was my first Halo game and my first xbox game and I loved it.

One thing I particularly don't like about the remaster is marine uniform I particularly prefer the appearance green/ Greyish bland uniform compared to the helo reach unsc army uniform. Remaster of the Original would have been cool something likr halo anversary marine uniform.

I have never played a Halo game before(even though i had a 360) but now i have a Series X and the collection and Infinite out today i will definitely play these games.

beautiful remaster, good job

Appreciate the video 👍

The anniversary is such an eyesore. They added waay to many seasonings to the pot instead of a sprinkle of salt and pepper

Old Cortana had so much more character in her face and with the closeup

Is it just me or is anyone else hoping for a remaster of the remaster with raytracing too

I dont know which one to play on ffs. I keep feverishly switching back and forth. I wish they had just made it one or the other so I didnt have to pick

so if i bought it it will look like this?

can anyone tell me whats the size o this game

Somebody should send this video to Rockstar

i feel like the original is much more better because the graphics is much more darker than the remastered one. gives the game much more horror vibes at some part where as in the remastered one has lights in every single corner making the flashlight really really useless. open up the 343 guilty spark mission and you will understand what i am talking about

My only problem with the remaster is the lighting its so bright. And I hate the way the assault rifle looks in remastered. The sound as well.and the elites shield don't pop bright blue like in the other games.

I can't be the only one who thinks the OG halo ce looks way better.Coming from someone who's never played Halo at all

Can we get remastered one in pc without graphics card?

Rockstar needs to learn how to make remasters

It's really more of a remake than a remaster. A remaster would be like The Last Of Us Remastered and Medal Of Honor: Frontline HD for the PS3. You're just slightly improving the original visuals, not completely overhauling the presentation.

Imma beat it on original first and then go back with the remastered graphics

The remastered is how I remember it as a kid

I like the Original Captain Keyes. He looks more lovable. xD

APRENDE ROCKSTAR

I have never played Halo before (I kinda lumped it in with the surge of bang bang shooty military games that came out over the next 5 years), but I am currently going back to give it another chance. I have not finished the first mission yet, but I already think I was pretty unfair to it as a kid. I can tell a lot of love went into the game. THAT BEING SAID, I believe the original graphics are better in most aspects. The remaster is more visually detailed and the environments look nicer, but the original is much more colorful and the NPC models look way better even with less detail.

Now, i want a remaster of the remaster !

These are the guys who are doing to gta trilogy remaster. Keep that in mind

The master chief collection was the best possible decision for the anniversary