While the batch of maps featured in this remake are rather good for their intended purpose, Halo: Combat Evolved вЂ“ Anniversary takes a strange approach to the levels it chooses to include. Movement and weapon choice can definitely impact your ability to keep up in competitive matches, especially since the shield system can make skirmishes last a bit longer than the usual player versus player encounter in an FPS. Their overall scope is somewhat small, but this allows for more encounters with enemies and many areas have multiple sight lines to better allow bigger multiplayer matches to have plenty of crossfire chaos. Multiplayer maps tend to play into the mobility focus of HaloвЂ™s action. Jumping plays a rather large role in navigation though as it can make you harder to target and makes some already rather speedy traversal go by faster if used correctly. While the original game was released before cover systems were in vogue, thereвЂ™s still a focus on moving around the environment to find those areas you can regenerate your shield. Health is not easy to come by and some weapons or vehicles can blast through both health and shields at once, but the layer of regenerating health in addition to the true health that allows for permanent damage means Halo is able to have a mix of encouraging aggression but many ways to punish or leaving lasting marks if the player doesnвЂ™t respect the power of an enemyвЂ™s weapons. The first is a shield that can regenerate if you avoid damage for a short period of time, but if the shield is completely depleted, any further damage you take until it can recover is applied to a health bar. When youвЂ™re playing as the armored soldier Maser Chief, your health actually comes in two layers.

The gameplay mechanics of Halo: Combat Evolved are definitely an important part of its success. Halo: Combat Evolved вЂ“ Anniversary is simply the remaster that brought this original smash hit to the XboxвЂ™s successor the Xbox 360, with changes both expected and unexpected. Games trying to copy its success were often billed as вЂњHalo killersвЂќ though few would really be able to live up to such a title, but it was clear that Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels were a definitive part of the console generation of their release and their influence can still be felt in how many shooters are designed today. It propelled the console up to being a legitimate contender with the other systems of the time, it reinvigorated the first person shooter genre and popularized ideas like regenerating health, and its sequel lead to a big push towards online multiplayer being a feature in any game that had multiplayer. ItвЂ™s hard to overstate how much of a phenomenon this science fiction first-person shooter was when it released on the original Xbox.

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