While the cutscenes lag a little during the change, the transition is seamless overall. The way to swap between the original game and Anniversary is easy: Simply press the tilde key. In addition to refreshed visuals, it boasts updated music and cinematic cutscenes. Halo 2 Anniversary‘s remaster is more dramatic than most. It’s a feature I’d never thought to ask for, but now I wish every remastered game had it. Switching between versions of games so quickly and seamlessly gave us a dramatic look at how design, art, and sound trends have changed over the past few decades. He did the same while playing Resurrected. It was something I’d never thought about while playing a remastered game, but shortly into our Anniversary playthrough, we found ourselves swapping back and forth constantly to compare levels, enemies, and sounds.

Both games allow you to swap between the original game’s visuals and the remastered visuals with the push of a button. Soon after we beat it, I watched him play through Diablo II: Resurrected‘s campaign.

I recently played through the campaign of Halo 2 Anniversary, the 2014 remaster of Halo 2, with my partner.

Diablo 2 remake