Controversy has erupted around Halo: Campaign Evolved. The game became the first remake of the original Halo and also the first project in the series on PlayStation. But not everyone was happy with the changes, especially former developers.
Jamie Griesemer, level designer for the first Halo and lead designer for Halo 2 and 3, spoke out sharply after the showing of The Silent Cartographer mission.
"You shouldn't be able to get on a Warthog and run over Hunters. I deliberately placed stones in the way so that you had to fight them on foot. When you can just smash boxes, it ruins the whole fight."
He also lamented the addition of trees to the "WooHoo Jump" landing zone.
Griesemer called the addition of the sprint function "the most alarming sign of a non-working design."
"We don't have a vision of what it should look like, but here are the tools to help you fix it yourself."
He acknowledged that the developers of the new version were in a difficult position.
"Let them get their checks. Remakes and remasters are soul-crushing. No one will win - even if everything works out, there will be no gratitude. It's a bad situation if you're not paid big money."
