I just found out that this masterpiece was developed by a team of only 40-45 people with an estimated budget of just $10 million.
Excellent story, excellent art style, and excellent casting!
This game runs at a buttery smooth 180FPS with every graphics setting maxed out (mid-range PC).
A lot of developers these days can't even dream of this level of optimization.
I tried exploring the map in Halo Campaign Evolved using the free cam mode, and ended up discovering the underworld! π
Press and hold these button combos to use the official free cam feature:
- XBOX: X + D-Pad Up
- PC: E + Up Arrow
- PlayStation: Square + D-Pad Up
Cortana AI in Halo Campaign Evolved (2026) vs. Halo Combat Evolved (2001)
We have come a long way in 25 years. Technology has advanced so much that AI is actually a real thing now - it's honestly mind boggling!
Halo Campaign Evolved looks unimaginably good while running pretty smooth on Unreal Engine 5! Getting 100+ FPS on my RTX 4060 at the High graphics preset. The texture quality, lighting, and particle effects are all impressive!
Thanks @XBOX for the game code!
If you had shown this video to my younger self 15 years ago, I wouldn't have believed this is a real video game.
We achieved photorealism in video games faster than I expected. My full respect to the talented developers as well as the NVIDIA engineers.