I won't be diving deep into details of the storyline as I'm sure there are plenty of folks who haven't experienced this now almost 20-year old adventure, but who are finally getting into the Master Chief Collection on PC to catch up before Halo Infinite drops later this year.
The Anniversary remake developer Saber Interactive has thankfully returned to handle this new PC port.
I can't imagine the convoluted process of diving into code that's originally written by Bungie, then ported to PC by Gearbox, followed by an Xbox 360 port, which is now running enhanced on modern PCs.
As its base, the remake actually used the 2003-released PC port, developed by Gearbox Software of all studios. The Anniversary edition is the 2011 remake of the 2001 hit, Bungie-developed, original Xbox game Halo: Combat Evolved. Following a successful launch that brought in millions of new players, Microsoft surprise dropped Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition on PC earlier this week out of nowhere, starting the hype train back up again.īefore starting the review, here's some interesting history on the project.
SUPPORTED OS: Windows 10 Anniversary (v.Microsoft began a new venture to bring its Halo games over to PC last year, and Halo: Reachkicked things off by landing in December as the opening act of Halo: The Master Chief Collection ( MCC) on the platform, starting fans off on the storyline in chronological form. SUPPORTED OS: Windows 10 Anniversary (v.1607) RECOMMENDED SPECS - CPU: Intel Core i5 3.4Ghz / AMD FX 8150 Memory: 12 GB RAM (4 GB VRAM), GPU: AMD Radeon R9 380 / GeForce GTX 970 HD Space: 40 GB DirectX 12ĤK ULTRA SPECS - CPU: Intel Core i7 3.4Ghz / AMD FX 9370 Memory: 16 GB RAM (4+ GB VRAM), GPU: AMD Radeon R9 Fury X / GeForce GTX 980 Ti HD Space: SSD + 40 GB DirectX 12 MINIMUM SPECS - CPU: Intel Core i5 2.3Ghz or AMD FX 6350 Memory: 8 GB RAM (2 GB VRAM), GPU: AMD R7 260x or GeForce 650 Ti HD Space: 40 GB DirectX 12
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