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[Kampfheld]

Just Announced @Comic_Con: Zanzibar will be remastered for #Halo 2: Anniversary! Share your best memory of the map! pic.twitter.com/TxIsRmjsgD

 

[Killer]

goddamn!

 

[shinobi602]

AWWW YEAAAA ZANZIBAR

 

[Bsigg12]

Please show a trailer of each game running at 1080/60. Please.

 

[buddha0991]

CAN WE GET TURF PLS!?!?! (No chance of this I know, but man I love Turf!)

 

[Evo X]

Yay! Zanzibar was my favorite map from the game. 1 flag/bomb were legendary. I'm sure a lot of people felt the same, so no surprise its being remastered.

 

[DudeWithNoName]

Just Announced @Comic_Con: Zanzibar will be remastered for #Halo 2: Anniversary! Share your best memory of the map! pic.twitter.com/TxIsRmjsgD

drool

 

[Master Yoshi]

Blur cinematics trailer PLS

Zanzibar looks better than ever.

 

[rokkerkory]

Just Announced @Comic_Con: Zanzibar will be remastered for #Halo 2: Anniversary! Share your best memory of the map! pic.twitter.com/TxIsRmjsgD

fuggggggggggggggggggggg please take my monies

 

[Naked Lunch]

I have been gaming since the early 80s - and even after all this time - the Master Chief collection might be my most anticipated videogame of all time. The wait is killing me.

 

[Kampfheld]

Already known screens only so far

Blur greatness for Halo 2 anniversary

 

[iFirez]

I really hope we get to see a trailer or something -- I'm so jealous of all those people at Comic-Con right now. Zanzibar looks awesome, while Last Resort was still very similar I'm excited to see what changes they make to this version of Zanzibar because as we've already seen Ascension isn't 100% the same (new things, some geometry changes) and Coagulation looks different in the concepts we've seen so... EXCITE!

 

[Mixolydian]

Oh sweet beans Zanzibar looks good.

 

[Im_So_Pringles]

1080p 60 fps trailer including footage from all games and I would cream my pants.

 

[TTUVAPOR]

Alright, here is the first 60fps clip. 1080p60 with no fancy AA outside of the game's default. Stream it if you can handle it, download available if you can't. More specifics of what you guys would like would be good.

FOV is tuned up to 90 so I don't get dizzy or anything. Heroic difficulty. Xbox One controller.

Can't wait!

 

[Protagonist Jake]

Im right to assume theyre not streaming this right?

I dont think CC panels are usually streamed so yeah.

 

[The Henery]

Alright, here is the first 60fps clip. 1080p60 with no fancy AA outside of the game's default. Stream it if you can handle it, download available if you can't. More specifics of what you guys would like would be good.

FOV is tuned up to 90 so I don't get dizzy or anything. Heroic difficulty. Xbox One controller.

Thanks for posting. Looks so smooth. Weird to my eye after 13 years of 30 fps Halo but I like it.

 

[TRD Mr Blonde]

I....cant.....wait....much....longer!!

 

[Loxley]

For those who want to take a trip down memory lane, here's the E3 2004 multiplayer demo where Bungie showed off Zanzibar for the first time.

 

[AlStrong]

EDIT: Wow wrong level. This one, right?

If you want I could go back and get a better shot of that one with the gas giant more in view.

That level, but I was thinking right when he gets dropped off on the edge of the forerunner structure and tartarus has to high tail it, and there's the view of delta halo & the landscape behind him.

 

[Benfort]

Still lookin' really really great. thinking about getting a xbox one for this.

 

[Protagonist Jake]

For those who want to take a trip down memory lane, here's the E3 2004 multiplayer demo where Bungie showed off Zanzibar for the first time.

That old Shield really threw me off.

 

[VisceralBowl]

That level, but I was thinking right when he gets dropped off on the edge of the forerunner structure and tartarus has to high tail it, and there's the view of delta halo & the landscape behind him.

Will go back for a better one, but I do have this.

 

[Cutebrute]

Alright, here is the first 60fps clip. 1080p60 with no fancy AA outside of the game's default. Stream it if you can handle it, download available if you can't. More specifics of what you guys would like would be good.

FOV is tuned up to 90 so I don't get dizzy or anything. Heroic difficulty. Xbox One controller.

WOAH! Did my eyes just see that? The 60fps makes a huge difference on its own. This might feel like an entirely new game once the updated graphics are enabled.

Also, the new Zanzibar looks nice, but it seems like a fairly modest improvement to Halo 3's Last Resort (bottom picture):

Sorry for the different angles in the pics.

 

[Kampfheld]

SDCC 2014: 343 Industries Unveils New Halo: The Master Chief Collection Details


http://news.xbox.com/2014/07/games-...ncement?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Today, at a developer panel at San Diego Comic-Con, 343 Industries Community Manager Andy ‘Bravo’ Dudynsky, Franchise Development Director Frank O’Connor and Senior Producer Dennis Ries joined Certain Affinity President Max Hoberman and Blur Studios’ Franck Balson to reveal new details for one of this year’s most anticipated games – Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

Highlighting the stunning Xbox One visuals of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the panel showcased the completely re-mastered campaign of Halo 2: Anniversary and revealed an all-new re-imagined competitive multiplayer map in the fan-favorite of “Zanzibar.”

“Zanzibar” joins the multiplayer maps of “Ascension” and “Coagulation” as the third of six re-imagined Halo 2 multiplayer maps found in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The next map will be revealed this August at gamescom.

Comic-Con attendees were also treated to a first-look at a trailer featuring the overhauled Halo 2: Anniversary cut-scenes, led by Blur.

For more details about “Zanzibar”, please visit Halo Waypoint.

GIVE IT TO ME NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOO

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

WOAH! Did my eyes just see that? The 60fps makes a huge difference on its own. This might feel like an entirely new game once the updated graphics are enabled.

Also, the new Zanzibar looks nice, but it seems like a fairly modest improvement to Halo 3's Last Resort (bottom picture):

Sorry for the different angles in the pics.

I honestly thought the new pic was Last Resort. I know this is being built upon a modified last gen engine, but I'm a little underwhelmed by its visuals.

Even little things like foliage growing up or sand stuck on the steel structure would go a long way.

 

[BigEvilTurtle]

I honestly thought the new pic was Last Resort. I know this is being built upon a modified last gen engine, but I'm a little underwhelmed by its visuals.

Even little things like foliage growing up or sand stuck on the steel structure would go a long way.

Hate to agree. I'm not at all impressed with the Anniversary graphics so far. It looks like a slightly better version of Halo 4's style and graphics and I find Halo 4 ugly.

Eh, oh well. I'm just excited to replay all my favorite games in 1080p/60FPS.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Hate to agree. I'm not at all impressed with the Anniversary graphics so far. It looks like a slightly better version of Halo 4's style and graphics and I find Halo 4 ugly.

Eh, oh well. I'm just excited to replay all my favorite games in 1080p/60FPS.

It just comes off especially bland after playing Destiny. What gorgeous environment and structure art.

 

[Protagonist Jake]

WOAH! Did my eyes just see that? The 60fps makes a huge difference on its own. This might feel like an entirely new game once the updated graphics are enabled.

Also, the new Zanzibar looks nice, but it seems like a fairly modest improvement to Halo 3's Last Resort (bottom picture):

Sorry for the different angles in the pics.

I love how old and dirty it looks. Makes it feel like the abandoned "hell hole" its backstory says it is.

 

[Sordid]

Lastly... these guys... in horrific HD.

Hopefully they'll look less goofy than these guys

 

[AlStrong]

Will go back for a better one, but I do have this.

Cool. Thought it was a pretty nice view with High Charity being so close in relation to the ring. (plus dramatic darkness )

 

[Kampfheld]

Lol ... Seems like someone pressed that publish button too early Fuck wait I didn't click on that trailer -.-

 

[AcePartyN7]

I hope a good gameplay video in this panel, for now some more artworks of Zanzibar H2A MP on this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0dDURk5b5w

 

[manual4]

It just comes off especially bland after playing Destiny. What gorgeous environment and structure art.

at the end of the day, the team involved remaking these maps are limited to what the original is. if they start straying and taking to many liberties, they would have complaints from people for not sticking closer to the source material.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

It just comes off especially bland after playing Destiny. What gorgeous environment and structure art.

To be fair, you're comparing a completely new game that you've actually got to play a bit already to a single screenshot of an old map getting a small graphical update.

 

[Kampfheld]

Halo 2: Anniversary Cinematic Trailer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgLj-vXmrmM

HOLY FUCK.

 

[Im_So_Pringles]

Looks great. Those Blur guys are CG gods as far as I'm concerned.

Edit: Also, Zanzibar is probably still a WIP. I wouldn't think that that is a final screenshot.

 

[siddhu33]

Halo 2: Anniversary Cinematic Trailer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgLj-vXmrmM

Get Hype...omg it looks so good.

 

[BigEvilTurtle]

Halo 2: Anniversary Cinematic Trailer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgLj-vXmrmM

Wow! Gorgeous!

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I hope a good gameplay video in this panel, for now some more artworks of Zanzibar H2A MP on this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0dDURk5b5w

I honestly thought that was Caboose from RvB narrating the video.

at the end of the day, the team involved remaking these maps are limited to what the original is. if they start straying and taking to many liberties, they would have complaints from people for not sticking closer to the source material.

Eh, I'd say you can still be fairly creative with the foliage and texture work to make it seems a little more varied and alive.

 

[VisceralBowl]

So Combat Evolved is a little odd at 60FPS. All the animations are capped at 30 frames, but the game itself runs at 60 still. Very weird to say the least.

You can see Halo CE at 1080p60 right here; stream if you can, download available if you are unable to stream. HUD is a little messed up, though the FOV is corrected. Hope they will fix the animations in the MCC edition.

The PC version's mouse sensitivity won't go any lower either, which sucks...

 

[ProvenDeadly]

Im right to assume theyre not streaming this right?

I dont think CC panels are usually streamed so yeah.

343 said they would upload panels this weekend and into next week on their Youtube.

 

[ProvenDeadly]

This is an excellent breakdown of what was shown as well as a lot of pictures of the panel

Link

 

[manual4]

I honestly thought that was Caboose from RvB narrating the video.



Eh, I'd say you can still be fairly creative with the foliage and texture work to make it seems a little more varied and alive.

you are over anazlying one pic

 

[OG Kush]

Wait Halo 2 anniversy isn't going to come with all the maps?!!

 

[Wizman23]

WOAH! Did my eyes just see that? The 60fps makes a huge difference on its own. This might feel like an entirely new game once the updated graphics are enabled.

Also, the new Zanzibar looks nice, but it seems like a fairly modest improvement to Halo 3's Last Resort (bottom picture):

Sorry for the different angles in the pics.

Last Resort was TERRIBLE compared to Zanzibar. They made the map too big. Zanzibar was PERFECT

 

[witness]

Halo 2: Anniversary Cinematic Trailer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgLj-vXmrmM

Wow. I might have to buy an Xbone, looks incredible.

 

[Beer Monkey]

That trailer. MY FACE. MELTED.

 

[antigoon]

Last Resort was TERRIBLE compared to Zanzibar. They made the map too big. Zanzibar was PERFECT

Agreed. It didn't even feel like the same map. Aside from Midship the Halo 3 remakes were really underwhelming.