The most established game in the Halo series Halo: Combat EvolvedAiming to bring a modern touch to "Halo: Campaign Evolved" The announcement divided the gaming community. But the most notable reaction came from the original game's design team. Halo: Combat Evolved team designer Jaime Griesemer, the changes made in the new production "soulless and unnecessary" He criticized it by describing it as.
While some people are excited about Campaign Evolved's new visuals and gameplay innovations, veterans like Griesemer think that the remake project has lost the essence of the series.
Griesemer, in his statement on Twitter, said that some level designs and key points in the new game misinterpreted He particularly focused on a critical point in the mission "The Silent Cartographer." According to Griesemer, the rocks in this mission allow players to Preventing Warthogs from attacking Hunters and to force the war on foot willful In the new construction, these rocks will be replaced with breakable boxes, "unbalanced and meaningless" He argued that he saw it as a change.
He also noted that even seemingly minor details, such as the addition of a tree to the "WooHoo Jump" landing area, disrupted the original flow of the scene. According to the veteran designer, such interventions undermine the spirit of the original production and the strategic freedom given to the player.
Griesemer's criticism is simply Halo: Campaign Evolved He didn't limit himself to this, he also touched upon the nature of remake projects. Remakes are mostly "for the purpose of making money" and claimed that it did not offer creative satisfaction to the original developers.
Griesemer, "Remakes are never a complete success. The spirit of the original is lost, and the new one is never good enough," In his words, he argued that such remakes create an inevitable cycle of criticism.
Despite the announcement that the new game would also be coming to PlayStation, these harsh comments from original team members signaled that Master Chief's return would bring with it as much nostalgia as it would divide opinion.