Yes I know the audio is fucked. Looking into it

@fleetaway5214

Ай бұрын

Is it fixed already? It’s fine for me

@taaamas7785

Ай бұрын

love you noogle

@danielmoran3578

Ай бұрын

wgat

@Splarkszter

Ай бұрын

​@@danielmoran3578Dunno, it's fine for me?

@hardcorepanda3576

Ай бұрын

What

Fun fact: in CE Anniversary the first guy you encounter in the game who gives you the tutorial after waking up, his remastered design is based on a deceased fan who was a three time cancer survivor, he said he wanted to live in Halo’s universe, he got his wish

@NoSignofSanity

3 жыл бұрын

The guy who gets killed by an explosion while leading you to the bridge????

@everythingsgonnabealright8888

3 жыл бұрын

I wondered why he looked so different and out of place.

@yottamotiokl2376

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoSignofSanity :D

@nyxie2877

3 жыл бұрын

@Jack Cooper Plays No, god, please no

@AustinH7

3 жыл бұрын

They gave him the worst role what the fuck lol he dies in the first minute of the game . So out of place too, no disrespect to the fan who died. But I’m sure even he would agree his role was out of place

So much to say - so little time. I laughed again.

@hyper.lethal

3 жыл бұрын

I just wanna tell you your music is heckin great

@isaactzh4619

3 жыл бұрын

Missed halo 3 days, traveling to my friends house with an extra controller. Playing community map like fat kid, dig to China, prison break and duck hunt. Good time good time.😔🥺

@namanhboi

3 жыл бұрын

return of a legend

@astroduck8215

3 жыл бұрын

hmm the legend cames back....

@Delta-un5tr

3 жыл бұрын

*Noodle brings joy to Martin O'Donnell part 2*

I’m so happy that the Halo 2 remaster was so much better and they learned from their mistakes

@caramelldansen2204

Жыл бұрын

Blur Studios carried that remaster. Yeah, it was a big improvement, though. I'd give my first-born child to get a Halo film* animated by Blur. (*Assuming that moonbrains like at 343i don't write it.)

@ProsecutorValentine

Жыл бұрын

I agree, despite all the michael-bay style with sound design, and a few inaccuracies and a lack of overall minor details here and there, it is much more faithful. God i love their Elites. I love them. Seriously peak design.

@axelanderson2030

Жыл бұрын

Yep, except for some areas which are way too dark, but it beats them being too bright

@MetaKnightsApr

Жыл бұрын

A bit late to comment here, but I would argue that instead they slightly scuffed the audio (although this is a very minor nitpick, most people can ignore it and the rest of us can move past it without issue). I didn't even notice it myself until I replayed it again recently and noticed I was having a little trouble making the dialogue out, and after switching to "classic mode", I noticed the accompanying background music wasn't as loud. After that I noticed that the music had been turned up across the board throughout the game. Not really sure how to explain this, but if you have the game try switching the graphics while music is playing and see for yourself (maybe I'm just crazy)

@axelanderson2030

Жыл бұрын

@@MetaKnightsApr no, i experienced the same

My boyfriend had actually bought me this game not too long ago, and he’s taught me how to change the graphics once we started, he has great nostalgia for this game and I never had even played it and so far I’m having a great time I switch between anniversary graphics and classic and while I do like the anniversary graphics better because I can see but my boyfriend does have me switch to classic at very specific points that change the game completely. Im having a great time experiencing it for the first time and I do share a great appreciation for the old graphics even though I have a hard time traversing through because I have bad direction and I’m bad with being aware of my surroundings. Thanks for reading my Ted talk.

@aditsaini5094

Жыл бұрын

I'm now a changed person

i didn't know it was possible to get second-hand nostalgia

@happyguy01

3 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah me too

@doodlenoodle8670

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@Challseus

3 жыл бұрын

I’m about to try to figure out how to play halo 1.... immediately

@zackjones8802

3 жыл бұрын

@@Challseus He said anniversary has the option to switch to the old graphics, and I don't know this because I haven't played it (I'm going to) but they might have the option to pair the new sound design with the old graphics.

@Dev84.

3 жыл бұрын

@@Challseus the halo master chief collection has every halo game in it

I love how the carpet still has burn marks from the vr episode

@cooberr

3 жыл бұрын

noodle and attention to detail, cant have one without the other

@thepopcornkid1423

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the burn mark under the couch from when he threw the grenade

Dude, I just played through this and kept switching back and forth trying to figure out how to summarize what didn't feel right. Your explanation is perfect!

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary made a breakthrough in video games by putting so much detail into everything that it actually becomes lifeless again. The original CE was great because the simplicity truly FELT alien and unusual. The nature textures were fine for the time, but if anything have retained a charm. The Mark V armor chief wore is still the most iconic and toughest looking.

@whatsthehistory4752

Жыл бұрын

I think part of it is the fact that a lot of time in development was spent on literally figuring out how to run 2 games simultaneously, which at the time was a new technology basically. And since the technology was already there for halo 2 anniversary, saber were able to do a way better job on art related aspects. That’s just my theory, as a college student studying animation and game design, it’s my dream to work at Saber lol.

@DerDrecksack87

7 ай бұрын

The original CE sucks though, bunch of low poly flat surfaces especially in the Pillar of Autumn, everything looks blend & empty.

@epsilon6516

6 ай бұрын

@@DerDrecksack87someone didn’t watch Noodle’s first Halo video

@no-barknoonan1335

4 ай бұрын

​@@DerDrecksack87You're not understanding what CE did for its time, and how far ahead it was of all its competitors. Yes its an old game, we have much better techniques now, but better graphics techniques can often fail to capture the same wonder and charm.

@1mariomaniac

3 күн бұрын

@@DerDrecksack87 to quote Tartarus "There can be no greater heresy!"

Noodle: What's the purpose of a remaster? Me: M O N E Y

@justanotherperson7774

3 жыл бұрын

Bless Your Soul

@aiboseries

3 жыл бұрын

Infinite: M O N K E

@thatonedude5131

3 жыл бұрын

Muh knee

@blackagent4754

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, it almost seems as if capitalism is the way to make that bag.🗿

@tackyoptic

3 жыл бұрын

You work for disney or sumthin

"Sir this is a Wendy's. Please order something and stop telling me about Halo."

@awkwardllama0509

2 жыл бұрын

This one got a chuckle, thank you

The color of enemies matching backgrounds reminds me of action movies where two people are fighting in the dark wearing all black. So you can't tell them apart or tell what's happening. Which is now considered bad film making.

@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL

Жыл бұрын

With this coming out during the Bayformer/Battle: LA/Battleship/COD at its peak/etc... era it's no surprise even Halo fell into the trap of "Gritty and grey means cool"

@badbeardbill9956

Жыл бұрын

Well that’s the thing, it’s not always a bad thing. It is a disadvantage for games but it can make an enemy more interesting or stressful, even memorable, when well used. And in a movie it can be used as a sequence with a confusing intention.

@nonsonomoltobravoconinomi1531

Жыл бұрын

@@badbeardbill9956 yeah everything can be done well, problem is that most people who know what they're doing avoid needlessly complicating visual fidelity when there are much clearer and more appealing alternatives, leaving people who don't know what they're doing to make these horrible decisions that end up stigmatizing shit like 7th gen piss filter and other stuff.

@henrynelson9301

11 ай бұрын

Okay Mauler

holy shit your recolour of the flood level interior looks so damn good

Anyone gonna talk about how impossibly well he animated flying out of the Warthog?

@victorsaila5879

3 жыл бұрын

that's where all the budget went.

@dud5606

3 жыл бұрын

It was made in source filmmaker actually

@MrPsyghoost

3 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing he traced over footage of a rag doll sim (aka rotoscoping)

@Horizontalvertigo

3 жыл бұрын

Using the white colourway for the spartan model was a great choice too before the subtle fade out

@cousin_x_caps7347

3 жыл бұрын

Can I get a time stamp?

As someone who personally knows an ex-Saber Interactive dev who also playtested Halo 4, CE:A’s development was more of a hellfuck than anyone on the outside could even think. Imagine being given around half a year to remaster one of the most popular video games of all time, with 343 giving you free Mountain Dew as you worked on the game instead of bonuses (I wish I was kidding), and your team is almost entirely composed of Custom Edition modders who all have separate takes and ideas for Halo and want to cram them in for what was supposed to be a simple remaster, culminating in ‘fuck we’re out of time just drag ‘n drop Reach assets in’ at the literal last minute because nobody could fucking work together consistently. THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how you get A Combat Evolved: Anniversary. God I wish this project was never greenlit in the first place.

@OfficialFedHater

3 жыл бұрын

I used to fuck around with custom edition and my God, anyone who dealt with that community should know that it's easier to teach a seal to run a marathon than to get them to finish a project of a decent scale.

@vomErsten

3 жыл бұрын

Please tell me the one who called himself Mr. Ifafudafi in the modding community was not involved on HCE:A at all. Also please tell me Masterz1337 (who I know personally) was also not involved. Neither of them should be allowed to touch Halo, the former is completely incompetent at running a project and the latter thinks every idea is the best evar and should all be included.

@mload45

3 жыл бұрын

Are you sure? You know Halo CEA was developed in russia right? By a company that isn't owned by 343 or microsoft. That had made entire games before taking on halo combat evolved. Somehow I doubt this is an accurate description of its production.

@HydratedBeans

3 жыл бұрын

Tuna Cat I can tell you as a software engineer this account is most likely entirely accurate. It’s been a nightmare anytime I’ve worked for a company that did subcontracting. They probably had 4-6 months to make this.

@Vorked

3 жыл бұрын

This is maybe 1/3rd true at best, and not at all why this happened. And 343 was NOT in charge of budgeting or anything financial. The problems stemmed from Bungie not giving 343 the source code for the games (later apologized for from Marcus Lehto), and the fact 343 was just transitioning from a multimedia franchise company to a game development, nobody had time or anything like that.

problem with sync audio/video

They weren’t allowed to talk to the original team? The people who specifically designed these levels with a purpose?

@MrOof-ob8uw

3 жыл бұрын

not sure what was goin on here, they wanted to get creative in their own way or were just being idiotic

@wargex

3 жыл бұрын

Idk about the whole team but they said they weren't allowed to talk to the original sound designer

@mayflowwy

2 жыл бұрын

@@wargex they werent allowed to talk to the whole team about it not just marty

@wargex

2 жыл бұрын

@@mayflowwy where is your source? Is it a random KZreadr? Is it this video? Because the only one saying this is Noodle. Marty didn't even say this. He said that his friends working on the Halo 2 anniversary remasters music and sound weren't allowed to talk to him specifically. And I haven't found any where or anyone stating otherwise. So if you're claims are true it should be easily verifiable, and I'd like to see the source. You know Marty? Marty O'Donnell? He composed a lot of childhoods. He's also the guy who was fired from Bungie for talking shit about Bungies publisher Activision for not handling his composition and creative vision for a Destiny trailer. Yes I'm sure Microsoft was clamoring to have someone leaking industry insider bullshit and talking shit like he's Colonel Sanders vs KFC because Marty didn't respect their decisions. The only credit he got for his work in the remaster credits is a mention they used "Legacy Scores" no name, no nothing, dudes career working on a franchise boiled down to two words, and no recognition. I'd be mad too. But I'm not going to sit here and pretend it's not a personal/business issue with Marty because a KZreadr was either confused, misspoke, or lied and Noodle doesn't seem like he'd have any reason to lie, but regardless it's misinformation.

@wargex

2 жыл бұрын

@@mayflowwy but since you've corrected my statement, I look forward to seeing your proof/source.

"I didn't kill him; how did... he die?" That moment when FPS turns into survival horror.

@geckoh3963

3 жыл бұрын

thats pretty sus

@testhekid

2 жыл бұрын

so true

@superadambomb5834

2 жыл бұрын

It went from typical epic shooter to friggin resident evil

@orangeboi3387

2 жыл бұрын

its that forboding feeling of "holy shit theres something more powerful than my current enemy that could kick my ass 300 yards"

@a-a-rondavis9438

2 жыл бұрын

@@orangeboi3387 "F O R B O D I N G"

Halo Infinite has the look at the Halo CEA should have had. The landscapes and forerunner structures fit the theme of Halo CE. A remastering with Infinite's assets would be amazing.

@godnyx117

10 ай бұрын

Infinite's graphics are to heavy for Xbox 360.

@valletas

9 ай бұрын

@@godnyx117 he isnt talking about graphical quality but art style

As a newcomer to the Halo franchise, I played Halo CE: Anniversary with a friend who told me about the old graphics, and I had fun swapping between the old and the new just to see what had changed. While I enjoyed the game in the new graphics (and didn't really mind the overcomplications much), I immediately noticed the difference in tone, *especially* on the first Flood level.

"You can't just drag and drop high res assets and call it a remaster" Assasin's Creed 3 Remastered: *you called?*

@dominick4912

3 жыл бұрын

dang, even the pros have to (edited) sometimes, very inspirational.

@DiabeticKirby

3 жыл бұрын

God that thing is so glitched, I tried to 100 percent sync for the first time and got screwed by the Homestead Missions not getting checked off, FUCK THAT at least I beat it finally

@nepnep1802

3 жыл бұрын

haha

@StevieRay.

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like Justin would be the coolest friend to have

@Crazak53

3 жыл бұрын

Go away

After years of hearing about "The flood" I have finally figured out what all those memes meant after playing halo ce for the first time.

@Chuked

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ethanarchibald9106

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I was literally expecting an actual flood. Thought it would be some escape type situation

@Mrcaptainmorgan93

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethanarchibald9106 I mean .... your half right lol

@sly5660

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethanarchibald9106 Exactly like a flood, but instead of water, tons of fucking annoying enemies

@oysteregg2537

2 жыл бұрын

@@sly5660 i like the flood more than the covenant, theyre easier

Man your sponsored segments are the best on the platform, somehow you manage to make them worth watching, and this one was histerical, holy balls

@comeonmang

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

Now that I look at the concept art you showed in this video, they look similar to how Infinite turned out. Especially that forerunner room art.

Everyone is talking about how your animation gets better every episode, but I wanna talk about how Braeden gets 𝓦𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓻 every episode

@LIITEMIES

3 жыл бұрын

What?

@jacksonchristiansen7898

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mysteerie4001

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

"Is this foreshadowing? Idk im seven." Proceeds to be mentally scarred in 10 minutes. All too relatable lol

@JimmyPalmerBlackpool

3 жыл бұрын

I played it when I was seven aswell 🥲

@jacklarsen7362

3 жыл бұрын

Nice Spy Pfp bro

@the_cosmic_cowboy12

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacklarsen7362 idk if this is sarcasm but thanks

@jacklarsen7362

3 жыл бұрын

@@the_cosmic_cowboy12 Nah bro I fucking love tf2

@the_cosmic_cowboy12

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacklarsen7362 lmao awesome. I still have the orange box for pc on my shelf

I didn't grow up with the original Halo trilogy, but I personally think the original graphics in CE have a charm to them.

@ThatRotundGamer

Ай бұрын

Exactly, though I grew up with reach as my first halo game, I find CEs classic graphics more charming and they also just look better to me in general

Seeing the shot of Certain Affinity's interpretation of CE at 12:00 makes me kinda excited for what they'll do with Infinite's upcoming game mode. They have a good feel for the franchise from a design perspective.

8:26 something to also consider is that the "classic mode" on MCC isnt even how the game truly looked. The fog looks SO rough on MCC compared to the original Xbox release

@daanhouwen6834

3 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, another studio (Gearbox or something?) made a PC port of Halo CE and all other versions of CE are based on that port. And they royally fucked up.

@noahcano552

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the jackal shield, the wall designs, and many more. That’s where they fucked up bad.

@JuiceboxCE

3 жыл бұрын

@@darassylmoniakam The remastered graphics were based on what they could see, not what the game was. Assault on the control room level, for instance, the roof of the huge empty space your pelican flew in from? Remastered graphics displayed the wrong situation up there because Gearbox messed it up lol. One of many instances. Let's not forget that with being able to compare the two visual styles, it sucks that the fidelity of the original is absolutely compromised and makes it look inferior in unfair ways. Then again, 343 knows about all this. Mods have it fixed relatively easily, yet half a decade goes by and 343 still hasn't tried to fix it?

@darassylmoniakam

3 жыл бұрын

@@JuiceboxCE SHUT UP. Stop wanting everything. they're not visual remakes. they're just ports. go play your broken mods and let the others enjoying the game as it is on the MCC.

@TheRookie8621

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing that I really don’t like about the anniversary graphics is how freaking useless the flashlight became

I played a Halo game for the first time in my life this year. Someone called me a dork in the multiplayer and i havent played it since

@At0m1c_At0m

3 жыл бұрын

Now thats big sad. Btw u gonna upload?

@aunnamedinternetuser9362

3 жыл бұрын

It's part of the experience

@noodlefunny

3 жыл бұрын

im so sorry you had that experience

@loaduscoolclipz5505

3 жыл бұрын

halo has some damn good reload animations eh?

@OfficialFedHater

3 жыл бұрын

Shame I can't get roasted like I did in old H3 pre-game lobbies, made me the man I am today.

I really hope we get a 20 year anniversary remaster where they do it properly this time

@gialy1

9 ай бұрын

Well 343i is still patching CE Anniversary Since came out on MCC so...

Me thinking of noodle clean balls while he babbles about manscaped😨

@The.realgoose

10 ай бұрын

Oh

This is an amazing breakdown of the problems with the remaster. For me, it was one of those things where it just didn't feel right, but I couldn't fully explain why. Thanks to this video, now I can, haha. Kudos.

@abunny6925

3 жыл бұрын

Walshy chad

@muggyryanse2365

3 жыл бұрын

The Legend who has good content has arrived amazing

@ginjaninja-sv6oz

3 жыл бұрын

YOUR HERE TO?

@1Diddums

3 жыл бұрын

EAT Y'GREENS, BOY

@gavinpennycuff4407

3 жыл бұрын

Yea I never played halo combat master evolved, but I played the remake. I got bad eyes and the constant shift in brightness in between levels always confused me and made me have to go into my settings at some points. And the worst part is that the enemies always looks like walls. I don't want to be playing in space Vietnam let me see what im supposed to be shooting at!

Cant wait for Halo CE Anniversary: Anniversary this year.

@feister2869

3 жыл бұрын

Not expecting much

@TheHiralis

2 жыл бұрын

Halo CE modders will do it for free

@masterchief7482

2 жыл бұрын

Wait there making another ce remaster

@user-mx1fq6qm6i

2 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for Halo 3: anniversary (It's been 4 years, for god's sake)

@clevernamegotban1752

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-mx1fq6qm6i at least some Blur cutscenes for H3.

Fun fact: a lot of the anniversary concept art was done by Eddie Smith, who also did a lot of concept art for CE and Halo 2, as well as designing the Mark V for the canceled Halo movie.

@apexarmada1419

3 ай бұрын

Don’t forget that the helmet from the Mark V concept art was reused for the Halo Wars Mark IV.

I love your ranty videos, feels like my attempts at convincing, but much more well executed Keep it up!

“Nope, you are nitpicking and biased, I win bye bye.”

@ffaalyx3104

3 жыл бұрын

Yeaaaa

@happyguy01

3 жыл бұрын

No.

@saltypickle7758

3 жыл бұрын

-Dunkey

@sweytank

3 жыл бұрын

Oh Dunkey !

@mjc0961

3 жыл бұрын

I stopped listening to you when you said Bubsy 3D was bad.

anyone gonna talk about how his animation and art gets better everytime he releases a new video?

@jackattack1630

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh it went simple and now the old style is back and I like it alot

@noodlefunny

3 жыл бұрын

thanks, I try

@Vulpilux

3 жыл бұрын

@@noodlefunny, but why?

@jackattack1630

3 жыл бұрын

@@Vulpilux why not?

@parrotplays7

3 жыл бұрын

I agree what an inspiring evolution

Love this video so much I can't stop rewatching it. PLEASE make more Halo content of any kind, or more in depth design stuff

Wow, the animation in you're videos have so much charm, i can't help but feel a sense of delight when watching your videos, especially this episode, It takes me back to being 12 years old when i bought Halo: CE Anniversary when it came out for 40 bucks at gamestop, and how i always recalled sticking to the older graphics because of the seemingly stark advantage in combat (excluding dark sections), and it eluded me as a 5th grader why this was the case, but you're video, along with the Act Mans and Late Night Gamings explained why in detail, and motivated me to pick up and softmod an original xbox so i could experience CE like it was released in 2001, and wow! I am pleased to say that replaying the campaign with the og controller was an exhilarating experience for me, I was shock at how good everything looked on my 480i Trinitron CRT, i recommend to anyone who can get an og xbox to try out CE on one of these beastly consoles, anyways you're videos are an inspiration for me and I hope you keep making videos in well into the future!

10% female audience is actually pretty impressive for gaming content on KZread.

@maximusgladi8or

3 жыл бұрын

no its not, because the gaming community is made up of 50% females (being sarcastic)

@justsomeguywithnoeyes7303

3 жыл бұрын

@@maximusgladi8or most play candy crush or puzzle games tho, apparently

@maximusgladi8or

3 жыл бұрын

@@justsomeguywithnoeyes7303 r/whoosh

@joexer1

3 жыл бұрын

@@maximusgladi8or Oh you use Le Reddit bro?? Keanu Chungus Wholesome 100 oof 100. Does the narwhal bacon at midnight???? xD xD

@sirbibton

3 жыл бұрын

Uh... how?

You're literally the only creator that I'll watch the sponsorship sections of.

@nepnep1802

3 жыл бұрын

oof

@jon-ki

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Internet Historian

@iDan_Lopez

3 жыл бұрын

*Internet Historian*

@Zathren

3 жыл бұрын

You don't watch enough creators then haha.

@utisti4976

3 жыл бұрын

Internet Historian has the best, most smooth transitions into sponsorship sections. And the actual section is hilariously entertaining too.

Woah, I'm blown away by how impressive your analysis and presentation are. Have a good one.

The funny thing about Truth and Reconciliation is that the new graphics make the beginning of the level so bright that you can't even actually use the night vision on your sniper. It will make it harder for you to see. The night vision was the whole point of that level being so dark originally lmao

"Its- uh- a- shave ball" -Noodle

I feel like they focused way too much on “polishing” the map’s design rather than factoring in atmosphere, as pointed out through the video.

@kalebwynn2356

3 жыл бұрын

The biggest lighting problem I saw was not 343 guilty spark at least it had this shattered glass tank with green mist but no the biggest one I complain about is two betrayals I thought it was broad daylight out then old graphics revealed this pitch black starry sky I get to fly my banshee through well not anymore

You're the only channel where I choose to watch the sponsorship, secondly this is probably like my ninth time watching this video

Noodle, you are literally the only content creator who's ads I don't skip. You are funnyman pls keep uploading

you had me at *CRASHES WARTHOG ON THE SAME ROCK I CRASHED INTO EVERY TIME*

"An SD card of someone's brain." Ah, you too understand the deep lore.

@PosthumanHeresy

2 жыл бұрын

Not just someone, Space Mengele.

@CloneLoli

2 жыл бұрын

Cortana was always better before she was retroactively made an SD card of someone's brain.

@Smellbringer

2 жыл бұрын

@@CloneLoli That wasn't retroactive. That was always the lore.

@acreativename7999

2 жыл бұрын

@@CloneLoli that was the lore even before the first game even came out

15:24. Just finished CE Anniversary, never played original so in most instances I didn't notice anything too off, but that is something that very much stood out to me. I never used the flashlight at all, save in those escape pod corridors in the Pillar of Autumn. Found myself questioning why it was even included

I love the little details like the chair becoming a couch after being destroyed but staying destroyed for 2 episodes or the laser beam marks from Ice cream sandwich or the robots hole in the wall

I actually have insight and know people who worked directly on this project. The development was only given 6 months (Thanks Don Mattrick) and 343 wasn't even ready to move into their new office when the project was given to them. Saber also had issues beginning the project because the techs that were leaving Bungie after the split from Microsoft refused to give over the source files for the games, so everything had to be reverse engineered as fast as possible. Marcus Lehto would later apologize for not knowing this happened until it was too late. So, 6 months, moving into a new office, creating their staff (343 was barebones at this point, not even enough staff to begin Halo 4 yet), and they had to reverse engineer the game from scratch WITHOUT proper Blam development tools that were used. This project was doomed from the start and the portrayal of 343 being bad and "not having played the games" is pretty unfair due to it. Microsoft absolutely fucked over everyone involved with this project, and bungie not handing over the source codes was a major part of the problem in this cyclone of awful bullshit. I'm surprised they were even able to get the game out.

@OmegaF77

3 жыл бұрын

I find it really hard to believe that Microsoft would have trouble getting source code from Bungie when they owned them and the fact that Microsoft is corporate in culture.

@hubertprzybylko4294

3 жыл бұрын

This comment really changed my perspective on Halo aneversity, and how shitty it ended up being.

@0lionheart

3 жыл бұрын

@@OmegaF77 I don't. Having personally worked on a remaster where getting anything from the original developers was like getting blood from a stone (despite them literally being owned by the publisher), what I'll say is you'd be surprised how easy it is to stall and avoid emails. Especially if the people you're trying to reach are balls deep in another project. Can't speak for what happened, only saying from experience you'd really be surprised at how disorganised these things are. Companies are less well-oiled machines and more like somewhat controlled chaos.

@OmegaF77

3 жыл бұрын

@@0lionheart Hm. As far as I know, Microsoft is also a major software company, you'd think they'd know that there is a possibility of this situation going down.

@damsen978

3 жыл бұрын

They shouldn't have gotten the game out, they should have delayed for a year. But then again, Microsoft happened.

the whole of anniversary just feels like an ambitious but ultimately directionless mod.

@ENCHANTMEN_

3 жыл бұрын

It looks a lot like those shader mods you see for games where they went for "looking good" to the point where it fucks with the visual design. It seems more like they wanted a more dramatic comparison between the old and new then they wanted a good looking game.

@rickygforce4217

3 жыл бұрын

Well, Halo 2 Anniversary proved that it had a sense of direction *and* ambition.

@darassylmoniakam

3 жыл бұрын

still a good game. blame the Microsoft producers

@JLoughlen

3 жыл бұрын

Oh so SPV3? LMAOOOO

@ffaalyx3104

3 жыл бұрын

You will burn in the pits of hell sir

If you want an amazing example of the halo ce forerunner architecture updated right, you dont need to look any further than the terminal location on the last level of halo 3. It's located in a room that is a room that is a recreation of the pulse generator rooms on AotCR/ Two Betrayals from halo ce but (obviously) with h3 graphics. It looks fantastic 👍

I love how low detail and (boring) the level looks that introduces the flood. It's like saying the backrooms would be more terrifying if they had mist and spooky lights and things creeping around. What unnerves me about it is how lifeless it feels. You're going deeper and deeper into this massive alien structure light years from home in what feels like a forgotten corner of a facility built eons ago. Whatever purpose these rooms would've had it doesn't look like they were ever finished, and it makes me feel like I"m really somewhere I shouldn't be.

Word of warning: Don't buy manscaped. Apparently they have a habit of overpromising just as large as their habit of accidentally maiming your testicles. They're largely over marketed cheap razors with ceramic blades as apposed to metallic ones, all the more likely to wear down and require replacements. Anyway, keep collecting that bag Noodle.

@RGInquisitor

3 жыл бұрын

The unspoken rule of KZread is: Everyone knows that the products KZreadrs get paid to advertise suck (mostly), but we still support the KZreadrs because they get to make a living out of entertaining us.

@shoot646

3 жыл бұрын

PJ CB I think that’s not the case with Harry’s razors though, I have a decent liking for their razors, though I’ve never gotten the trial box, I just get them at Walmart

@barmetler

3 жыл бұрын

@@RGInquisitor Yeah, as drew gooden once said: You can _not_ make a living off of ad revenue alone. You have to get creative. That might be merch, podcasts, patreon, tours, but also sponsorships. I'm always happy to see the youtubers I know and love get that kind of money, because it enables them to spend more time on making their videos even better.

@amfram

3 жыл бұрын

John Marston Apparently Raycons actually arent that great compared to similarly priced wireless earbuds, check out DankPods’ video on it for an in depth description about it

@MikeSSDD

3 жыл бұрын

Raycons suck. If it’s your first wireless earbuds you wouldn’t know though. Unfortunately they weren’t my first. Overpriced garbage. I’ve had 40 dollar earbuds with better sound quality, build quality and connection quality. Raycons are very susceptible to interference. Like say. When you run a microwave. Something that never happened on my half priced earbuds. Oh yeah the effective range is shit too.

at 6:13 Chief's arm briefly changes models, I guess someone decided that the frame looked better with a quick swap than clipping?

@DavyJonesVFX

3 жыл бұрын

Actually what's going on there is the IK bones that move the model got stretched straight, meaning that the MoCap wasn't polished enough to eliminate that glitch. They basically captured the movement and slapped it on without tweaking some of the errors like that.

I am so glad you talked about the geometry!!! I recently replayed this game and that damn geoetry kept screwing me over. Especially with shots and driving ghosts. How could not take that into account? So weird.

This is a great video. I've watched it maybe...10 times now? I always give it another watch. Great work Noodle!

I'd like to point out how important it is that blood splatter in Halo CE was important for balancing as much as AI color palette. Since the levels utilized big open areas with backtracking and moody dark corridors, the glow-in-the-dark splats of carnage are highly visible breadcrumbs of areas you have already been to. This way you can tell at a glance if you've been turned around or not. The Anniversary version not only makes enemies blend in with surroundings, but it makes glowing splats smaller and only linger for a few seconds before the blood "dries up" and stops glowing. The way the sandbox was set up also encouraged backtracking to find resources that you will need to pick up. Say you need bullet ammo. Well. Look for red bloodstains. off in the distance you see a tinge of red pixels. Approach it and you will find human corpses which always drop bullet ammo and supplies. If you need plasma pistols, you look for blue bloodstains since wherever a grunt died is bound to be a plasma pistol or needler. And wherever there is purple blood is bound to be plasma rifles and plasma grenades. It all comes together as something you can determine at a glance and is heavily ingrained in the sandbox. If you cannot see the massively cartoonish different colored bloodstains, you are at a severe disadvantage and are unable to make use of the very level design itself in the sandbox. A new player NEEDS this kind of visual information as they are learning which AI carries what supplies in the sandbox and how to find them as well as have viable breadcrumbs so that you don't get lost.

@JZStudiosonline

3 жыл бұрын

I don't even know that it dries up, seems like every type of splatter from every species is always damn near black unless directly looked at in light. Wish someone could mod it to make the blood more luminous like the original. That alone would be a huge difference.

@swordfish1248

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly that is so true; I literally always get lost on 343 guilty spark; spent 1-2 hours on it once trying to find my way out of the damn area since every room looks the same lol

16:55 You hit it right on the head. During lockdown my roommate and I decided to make our way through the MCC and we tried to stick with the original graphics as much as possible for CE. There were multiple times when we got lost or stuck (neither of us had played Halo in around a decade) and turning it to the new graphics made the level light up like a christmas tree so we could progress or see what was going on.

@wesstewart2677

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me and my brother recently did the same thing, we played the game mainly as it was from 2001

@fattahyahya2106

2 жыл бұрын

@Potato King I did it for the Library lol, so damn dark and with a lot of the Flood ambushing you

@Fantastic-rp3lc

2 жыл бұрын

I did the same, it was pretty fun because if i put them for too long the game would just crash, it was like a mechanic

@StevoHDA

2 жыл бұрын

this is a combination of it being a bad pc port not true to the original (research this) and playing on an lcd display with horrible abilities to display blacks.. oleds black crush a lot too (not so much the newer ones)

Wow I played anniversary today and had the exact same thoughts! I'm so glad it has the original graphics as a option

That is hands-down the BEST Manscape promo I've ever watched. Well done sir. Well done.

Glad I'm not the only one who loved the art direction for Infinite

@lordgrimbleshanktribeofmar8056

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I really hope they don’t make the graphics fucking gritty realism after all the criticism

@lunagrace2872

3 жыл бұрын

I really love it also! Much simpler and colorful similar to the Bungie games but is still a more modern take.

@captainnemo4940

3 жыл бұрын

This comment needs three more likes to achieve greatness. I am the 114th like.

@Christian-ky7wo

3 жыл бұрын

everything looks like megablocks i dont like it :|

@ianroach8119

3 жыл бұрын

It's good, I just don't like it as a Halo game. They could totally implement it into another game though.

And you didn’t even touch on the fact that the old version used in the remaster is a worse version

@deadonarrival1170

3 жыл бұрын

I still hope we get bump mapped textures, aotcr fog and fixed shaders on mcc someday.

@noobishmacgaming

3 жыл бұрын

deadonarrival you’re more likely to find gold digging on the side of the highway. Buy the original gearbox version or abandonware it, get custom edition, get the refined / chimera mod.

@678gog

3 жыл бұрын

Worse but more stable version.

@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495

3 жыл бұрын

Quentin Lecuva We can have everything in this instance. If modders can fix a broken port, there’s no reason the actual, official IP holders can’t.

@noobishmacgaming

3 жыл бұрын

Quentin Lecuva yes releasing accurate ports is clearly so laborious that fan mod teams can do a better job without Microsoft funding. 343 fanboys are Stockholm syndrome level insane.

I have bought multiple items thanks to your sponsorships, it's genuinely hilariously good

I don’t play video games. I’m not good at video games. But Noodle brings up so many perspectives I wouldn’t ever think about while watching/seeing a video game. Helps garner appreciation for so much work people put into animation. Plus, he’s hilarious. That’s good enough for me

You forgot the part that because guns and characters were detailed and the levels weren’t, you could see weapons on the ground and what not. It’s a lot harder in Anniversary mode. Also blood elevator on the flood level.

@dr._breens_beard

3 жыл бұрын

That elevator was the breaking point for me.. i pretty much never use anniversary graphics now. Made an even easier decision due to the triple buffered vsync that locks the fps to 30 everytime it dips to 59 fps

@killertruth186

3 жыл бұрын

When I was playing Halo CE on MCC PC, and had a shotgun. When I had grabbed an active camo the everything except the shotgun shell (in the chamber) had became transparent....

@0lionheart

3 жыл бұрын

When I played CEA co-op with a friend we picked up on that straight away. He was playing anniversary graphics, I was playing classic, and I'd keep pointing out plasma grenades to pick up and he'd respond "where? there aren't any?" It's an interesting wrinkle in the "we don't want to change the gameplay" angle, since the visuals actually negatively impact the gameplay in terms of readability.

I laughed, I cried, I cried laughing and that was for the Manscaped ad

@PrimeusArbiter

2 жыл бұрын

Me as well.

@8thpenisstreet

2 жыл бұрын

Sir?

possibly the only youtuber that makes me watch the sponsors because they're funny. good on u :)

The moment at 5:44 in the video is just the most genius thing. I can’t believe I just noticed he’s illustrating why separate voice acting and motion capture is hard.

"idk, I am a seven" this is my favorite line ever in anything

@xavior1352

3 жыл бұрын

yeah ummmmm not gonna definitivley say anything but this might be noodle pointing out that nostalgia plays greatly into our memorys of the first time we played that level

When I started this I was like "I didn't think anniversary graphics were THAT bad." Then I realized I've never actually played through on anniversary graphics. I always played on classic graphics. I am shame

@mariobadia4553

3 жыл бұрын

Classic Graphics are absolutely dogshit

@halochampion342

3 жыл бұрын

We know, thats why we wanted a remaster

@jcdenton3512

3 жыл бұрын

Mario Badia (you)

@senseishu937

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariobadia4553 Doesn't matter when it did the job it was supposed to do: Impose an atmosphere

@DoxSteele

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariobadia4553 someone has 2 brain cells it seems...

You ever just listen to this again and realize that when the halo cover at the first 30 seconds comes up and the sound is when you go somewhere in the halo wars menu and than realize how much work is in this video.

I have watched this and the other Halo video at least 4 times each by now. Good video.

Another issue with the remaster is it uses the Gearbox port as the base, and Gearbox botched much of the lighting and alpha (transparent) textures. Which you might think is a small thing, until you realize the bump mapping used through the entirety of the game is completely broken making surfaces and textures appear more flat than they're supposed to be. and transparent textures look fucking gross (covenant cruiser hanger shield, example) Which will give people the impression that Halo looks worse than it actually was.

@vomErsten

3 жыл бұрын

Fucking THANK YOU! Between this issue and the mandatory usage of the remastered sounds and HUD, even Anniversary's Classic mode still doesn't really capture everything that the original was. Even some of the level scripts are still broken!

@cfdeers

3 жыл бұрын

@@vomErsten There's an option hidden deep in the audio settings to revert it back to old sounds 343 Should've made the option clearer, but it's there

@vomErsten

3 жыл бұрын

@Quentin Lecuva It kinda does when you know what it's supposed to look like, and it's depressing knowing that nobody is going to know what it should look like unless they play the original.

@cfdeers

3 жыл бұрын

@Quentin Lecuva on a technical level, apart from the resolution and aspect ratio, the Xbox version of CE is superior in every way bumpmaps actually work without needing a dynamic light to be shown on them transparent objects like jackal shields react to gunfire, and other transparent surfaces don't look like they used a JPEG for the texture Fog isn't completely broken (Assault on the control room is a good example) and in the PC port, they used the wrong Captain Keyes model edit: and in anticipation to anyone who says that the 1st part isn't all that important, I will now remind you of what uses bumpmaps in Halo:CE 1. Forerunner walls (note that this is basically the scenery for about a fourth of the game) 2. The MA5B (also known as the AR) 3. The sandy ground in Truth and Reconciliation

@cfdeers

3 жыл бұрын

@Quentin Lecuva when a fourth of the game and an entire half of a mission have broken visuals, I think that warrants some pointing out

I love when Noodle uploads. It's like a holiday, it only happens once a year

@nepnep1802

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@benny_plays3451

3 жыл бұрын

true

@nomadliving2212

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, harsh but true - although animation does take time

@leniguekhoune8656

3 жыл бұрын

It upload a lot more often than that. He is like 8 vids /year or something like that

@benny_plays3451

3 жыл бұрын

@@nomadliving2212 mhm

I can't believe it's been 3 years and the Sands of Time remake hasn't even come out yet.

Went in to this expecting a description of a remake, came out wanting more of my remasters

I had no idea until I switched to the classic graphics that Two Betrayals was supposed to be set at night.

“Mario in Unreal” made me bust out laughing for some reason. That’s why I love this channel, no matter what the line is it’s always delivered in a fantastic way.

Something I personally noticed was that the music in Halo anniversary and Halo 2 anniversary (on MCC) was way louder in the remaster versions than in the original. That could’ve been an issue on my end but idk. Also I could never find a way to change the music volume in MCC for the anniversary games. Again, probably on my end. I much prefer the originals of both games just because the music wasn’t ear splittingly loud.

@WeaponizedAutism7

8 ай бұрын

Might have something to do with the vastly better audio quality of the re-recorded anniversary soundtracks

Halo 5 was my first Halo experience in like 2017. A month ago I finished the rest of the games. What an experience it was going back to 5 and wondering: The fuck is this?

I didn’t mind the remastered graphics but I do agree that the introduction of the flood wasn’t that suspenseful compared to the original graphics

@samanthaparr3642

3 жыл бұрын

same

@darassylmoniakam

3 жыл бұрын

the lightings weren't enough darker

@Chuked

3 жыл бұрын

@@darassylmoniakam it needs more of a darker theme to fit in with the original

@NoSignofSanity

3 жыл бұрын

There were NO bloody messes to come across to even hint that the Flood were coming like there were in CE. They ruined it.

@somedude5465

3 жыл бұрын

And that god awful rocket shot delay..remember when you could shoot the rocket launchers barrels fast? Pepper ridge farms remembers..

Ahh, I did a playthrough on Steam just last week and the amount of times I had a "Goddamn these fucking invisible trees/rocks that don't line up with the original geometry" moment... It's nice to look back on :')

13:07 "Unnatural" That can't be a coincidence.

343 even removed the marathon symbol from the badges in mcc, and that game is now open source

“If only grooming was always this socially acceptable!” - Noodle, 2020

@tumbleweed1552

3 жыл бұрын

O h n o

@thefishyfood5155

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t age well

@vietnamesenoodle3280

3 жыл бұрын

what happen

@tumbleweed1552

3 жыл бұрын

@@vietnamesenoodle3280 CallmeCarson sexted a 17 year old girl when he was 19. There's a bit more context that makes it kinda creepy.

@earthbrother4549

3 жыл бұрын

@@tumbleweed1552 lol 19 and 17. And this is a problem? XD

I love how great is the audio design in this vid, everything is on point for the mood, just like the original Halo.

I like the stark style forerunner buildings because forerunner tech is incredibly advanced even by covenant standards so it makes sense for things to look flashy and weird. But they could have improved on the lighting and shadow effects A LOT. Like for the Flood level, they should have made it low lighting with lots of shadows, almost to the point of having difficulty seeing; that would have made the level like a survival horror once the Flood showed up

my first time I played halo ce I played the remastered version, after watching your video I went back and replayed the original ce. thank you.

As a new player, my first playthrough was on the Anniversary edition, and after landing on halo and pressing tab, I immediatly noticed just how more atmoshperic the old version looked, space vs. clouds, sun vs darkness. Though I kept playing on the Anniversary edition, because like Noodle said, the barrier of entry for the old version was too high, I can say that my second playthrough on the old version was actually better, the flood level in particular was much more foreboding, though at that point, the surprise of the flood had already been ruined, anyhow, yeah, I like the old shit better now and will recommend any friends who're about to play mcc to play the old version.

@vomErsten

3 жыл бұрын

You should try to play the original Xbox version. The Anniversary edition is based on Halo PC, which has many of its own foibles that they didn't bother fixing and are carried over into the Classic mode of Anniversary in graphics and gameplay. You also don't get to experience the original sound design which, and I will disagree with Noodle, was both more iconic and better than the remastered ones (the Flood carrier forms used to explode with powerful "BANG!" and not a wimpy "splat", for example).

@awanderingtraveler1972

3 жыл бұрын

@@vomErsten I would, but I don't have an xbox...

@TVAlien

3 жыл бұрын

@@vomErsten I'm pretty sure mcc allows the old sound design on to a tee now. It was the most glaring thing for me when I originally played anniversary on 360 and the og sound effects couldn't be turned on. That all said, with compatibility, there should be old copies of Halo lying around that should work in modern xboxes

@vomErsten

3 жыл бұрын

AWanderingTraveler Do you have any version of Xbox? The original disc will tray and play in all versions of Xbox (OG, 360, Xbone, and the new XSX).

"This is where the fun begins."

i cant unsee the comparison of flashy pc cases and cea forerunner tech

My first ever halo experience was the anniversary edition on Xbox’s master chief collection and I didn’t really understand why everyone loved it so much, I liked ten gunplay but problems were very present and this video has helped me understand why everything felt off. but now I understand and I also didn’t know I could change the graphics. I’m going to do that and try and play it again

@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL

Жыл бұрын

I play Halo 1 with the old graphics and Halo 2 with the new graphics

Personally, I love it when games are minimal in certain ways (Like the "Classic" graphics). Your brain isn't on sensory overload and you can properly appreciate the slight details that are there. The simple design also makes combat feel better as it's easier to focus on enemies and what's going on.

@gmaergabe7313

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sir_toaster As someone with 3k hours in arma 3, the enemies are supposed to blend in because of camo and their surroundings but it doesn't because objects etc don't render past 30 ft without tanking your framerate.

@madjackgamingandfitness498

3 жыл бұрын

I replayed FEAR for the first time since I was a teen. And holy shit I had fun. It felt like everything with the ai and level design was thought out. The AI is impressive and still holds up today and even better than some AAA games.

“Someone with their brain on the wrong way” that’s almost every games studio rn

@FrankMcFuzz1

3 жыл бұрын

Most the big ones; cuz their brain is more focused on making money. The small ones, who actually care about making good games, are still fine. Who knows wtf way Bethesda's brain is on these days lol.

@greppim911

3 жыл бұрын

OLD GOOD, NEW BAD

@anirvana

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrankMcFuzz1 Bethesda sold their brain to make more Skyrim. Hopefully Microsoft donates another one for them, or just puts them out of their... happiness? I would say misery, but they don't seem to be particularly miserable.

@succulentbeans8703

3 жыл бұрын

dr. oldboi in this remasters case yes

@greppim911

3 жыл бұрын

@@succulentbeans8703 Yes, I hate CEA, but that doesn't mean nowadays every developer has shit on their brains.

Can’t believe KZread age restricted this.

I sure did love playing CE on the original graphics except the first ship where I didn't know I could change it