I guess it’s kinda poetic for Halo 1 to be both the original launch title for Xbox, and the death title for Xbox

I think it’s the remake issue where you’re taking a lot of high quality assets and putting them together to make something that looks like a real life photograph, but as an end result you lack a distinct art style or sense of tone. It’s probably nostalgia but original Halo looks more unique to me

Also, the Halo remake only exists because every Halo game since 2012 has been a failure to some degree. This is both trying to be a faithful 1-1 remake, but its also trying to modernize it and change some of the core gameplay, and i think its because they don't have confidence in either direction

...also because not enough people have played this game in co-op (cause decade old system) and a modern port would show people the true magic of Peace Walker