Poll Want more Halo-style multiplayer repackagings for new consoles? (52 votes)
With the Halo Masterchief collection announced it is clear that this generation will not be devoid of the HD remakes that popped up from the last gen. Since 360/PS3 games were already in HD there seems to be less to gain than with PS2 era games, but there are resolution gains and tweaks that might make the games look better, and if nothing else it will enable people to put away the older machines. The Metro series is getting remade and people seem excited, and obviously Tomb Raider and Last of Us got/are getting the same treatment.
What I'd like to talk about now are multi-player focused compilations like the upcoming Halo games (which will also feature the single-player campaigns, but Halo has always been multi-player first.) There are several advantages to these kinds of compilations over single-player focused ones in my opinion. First, there's often a lot of value to multiplayer even years after release, and quickly being to drop in for 20 minutes of quick shooting sounds fun. Secondly, while you can still enjoy singleplayer games on their original consoles years after release you often can't with multiplayer games. The communities dry up, the servers get shut down, the games get hacked. Want to play Modern Warfare 2 on the 360 without dying constantly to hackers? You can't. The game functionally stopped existing far before server shut down.
I personally think this is an awesome idea, though not necessarily at $60. I'd love to be able to play the Gears series, Various Calls of Duty, and, of course, multiplayer Burnout again. If you don't want a silky smooth 1080p 60fps Burnout collection you are a monster. Most of them aren't even on Steam. Gaming gets better over time but there are lots of great old games out there, some that would be even better with a bigger, more robust multiplayer community. I say bring on the compilations. I promise to not even call it a money grubbing cash grab if you promise to take me back to (Burnout) Paradise.
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