While developer 343 Industries looks to add old, unused content to Halo: Master Chief Collection, fans are building a new version of Halo 3 ODST in the new Unreal Engine 5. You can explore Halo 2’s New Mombasa in the new engine now. yourself, just don’t expect to shoot any Covenant.
Halo 3: ODST released way back in 2009, and despite its most recent addition to the Halo: Master Chief Collection, it feels pretty old at this point. Now, fan developer Gearshift Media has created a more modern look at ODST’s iconic city of New Mombasa as an “exploration and narrative experience” in Unreal Engine 5.
You can download it here, but don’t expect a full FPS game. As long as there is a gun, there are no enemies to shoot. Dropzone is more of an “immersive experience” for players to explore a part of ODST and immerse themselves in what it would be like if the game had a new version of Unreal Engine 5.
You can watch a pretty dark sneak peek below while you wait for the 25Gb to download.
There are a lot of great fan remakes in Unreal Engine 5. Starfield looks amazing, as does Bioshock and The Simpsons: Hit and Run. However, if you’re looking for something playable like Dropzone, there’s always this Superman game.
As for Halo itself, a new Halo 4 mod is looking to overhaul the game, and fans are upset that this Halo Infinite prequel in August isn’t DLC.