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343 and Saber Interactive’s Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary for Xbox 360 will feature insight into Halo 4, Dan Ayoub, executive producer at 343 Industries has revealed.
“Terminals debuted in Halo 3, it was text, it was a little difficult to find,” explained Ayoub at a Microsoft E3 event overnight. “So we’re going to make the Terminals more accessible, they will be easier for people to find and we’re going to use them to tell a story of the Halo ring, and if you find them all you may find that we’ve laid down some foundation for the other Halo game we talked about today.”
It’s pretty clear he’s talking about Halo 4.
“We wanted to get away from text for Terminals. So we wanted to make it more visual, to get away from the text-based stuff,” he added before showing an example of how audio and visuals will enhance the Terminals.
“We think it’s going to be a great way to tell a story.”
343 Industries development director Frankie O’Connor added via Halo Waypoint: “There will be Terminals – but on a scale of ambition you might not expect. These Terminals will add a really fascinating glimpse into the deeper heart of the Halo universe and make important connections between our past games, present novels and future titles.”
Ayoub also explained how it will be possible for players to switch back and forth between the updated visuals and how the game looked ten years ago.
“Priority one for us was to make sure the game played exactly how it did ten years ago. The way we do this is we’re actually running two engines simultaneously. You’ve got the original Halo code running right now, and that’s how we ensure it controls the same, it reacts the same, the gameplay is the same,” he explained. “But we’ve also layered our graphics engine on top of it and that allows us to get the graphical fidelity we’re showing you right now.
“We also get some other bonuses out of that,” he added.
At any point during the campaign you can hit ‘back’ to activate Classic mode, turning off all the new graphical improvements to see the game how it was ten years ago.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will be released at a lower than usual price point on November 15.
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Halo: Combat Evolved
- Platform(s): macOS, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, First Person, Shooter
