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Halo: Chronicles

This one isn't particularly wishful, since we know it's in development, but we can still have a bit of fun discussing what we want from the Peter Jackson/Microsoft collaboration. Details are thin on the ground, but what we do know is that Halo: Chronicles will be a downloadable episodic mini-series, and that Peter Jackson's Wingnut Interactive will have a say on it. Beyond that though, it's static. Bungie has said fans should be very excited by the project. We are, but what do we want from it? If it's going to be episodic, expect a cheaper, cut down Halo experience. A more story driven game, perhaps? Maybe one heavy on interactive cutscenes? With a title like Halo: Chronicles, could the episodes tell the story of how the Forerunners created the original Halo Rings and destroyed themselves in a vain attempt at starving the Flood of sustenance? Only Peter Jackson and Microsoft know the truth.

Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 remake

We're talking about fully-fledged remakes here, not bog-standard XBL releases, as we've already seen with Halo: Combat Evolved. We reckon a Halo: Combat Evolved remake in particular has the potential to sell even more copies than Halo 3, which, by the way, broke all sorts of records when it was released towards the end of 2007. For precedence, see Starbreeze Studios' remake of the superb Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, which will be included in the upcoming Assault on Dark Athena, and Crystal Dynamics' excellent remake of the original Tomb Raider. The remakes of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 could use the latest Halo engine, indeed might look even better than Halo 3, and would have much improved AI, physics and lovely "next-gen" effects due to the increased power afforded by the Xbox 360. Whatever developer's put in charge, we wouldn't mind it tinkering with the story and level design, either. How about going back and addressing that trenchant Halo: Combat Evolved criticism: that the same areas are recycled over and over until you're bored to tears? And while they're at it, adding online multiplayer, something the first Halo game never had, wouldn't be a bad idea. Or maybe tweaking Halo 2 so that it's not so short, and includes new levels that show what Master Chief was up to when you were playing as the Arbiter? We'd love to revisit Master Chief's original adventures in glorious HD. Would you?

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