Here's A Full Walkthrough Of 'The Silent Cartographer' Level In Halo: Campaign Evolved

Fully rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5

by Ben Kerry Fri 24th Oct 2025

Alongside Halo Studios' initial reveal of Halo: Campaign Evolved today, the team has also unleashed a full 13-minute demo of the series' iconic The Silent Cartographer level - which you can watch in all its glory via the link up above.

This extended gameplay segment from Halo: Campaign Evolved gives us a proper look at the game's updated tech; fully rebuilt using Unreal Engine 5. The team notes that this demo is "captured from a pre-release build on Xbox Series X" - so do bear that in mind.

"A full playthrough of the Halo: Campaign Evolved work-in-progress The Silent Cartographer demo from the Halo World Championship 2025, captured from a pre-release build on Xbox Series X."

On that note about a pre-release build, you can clearly see some artifacting here in both the opening cutscene and during parts of the mission at large - so this is definitely work-in-progress gameplay alright. Still, it's nice to get such a huge announcement accompanied by some proper extended footage rather than just a teaser trailer!

Anyway, we'll let you folks enjoy that video - and if you want a broader overview on what to expect with Halo: Campaign Evolved, be sure to check out our story on that down below.

What do you reckon to this extended Halo: Campaign Evolved footage? Chat with us about it in the comments.

Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin' in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he's not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that's far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.

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OldGamer999
Fri 24th Oct 2025

@Kezelpaso
Correct me if I’m wrong.
But I think there is 3 new prequel missions in the game as well.

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OldGamer999
Fri 24th Oct 2025

@Kezelpaso
Sorry see you got that in the other article.

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Kezelpaso
Fri 24th Oct 2025

@OldGamer999 I'm also working on one about everything new coming to the remake! Busy busy busy 😅

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Feffster
Fri 24th Oct 2025

I’m a bit underwhelmed - graphics look decent but certainly not spectacular and there’s definitely plenty of work still needed to smooth out the frame-rate stutters and dips. Hopefully it’ll all be fine come release day but I can’t help feeling it has been FOUR YEARS since Infinite….surely the studio must have a lot more cooking than an unfinished remake of a remake?

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OldGamer999
Fri 24th Oct 2025

@Kezelpaso
Thank you for your fantastic efforts on all things Xbox.

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RegnumSolipsi
Fri 24th Oct 2025

Visually stunning and I love that they've added some extra depth to the level design, but I feel like reusing the original audio of the first game was a miss and if they were going to insist on remaking the 1st game, they could've at least altered the levels to offer a different experience. They could've kept the general aesthetic of the levels, but I would've liked something like the SvP3 mod where they extended the levels with new sections and added to the gameplay experience. CE was great for its time, but it's level design was basic and reusing levels for the 2nd half of the game isn't excusable today. Maybe they will change that element, but the Silent Cartographer playthrough looked pretty 1:1 so far.

I think the best part of this project will be the 3 new prequel levels they're adding to the beginning of the game and I'm hopeful they'll add some more content between existing missions that tie in with the novel. That would make up for my earlier grievance about the 1:1 level recreation.

Regardless, it's a Halo game with 1000gs for me to unlock, so I'll be there day 1 to keep up my 100% Halo Completion streak.

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xboxjapanfan
Sun 26th Oct 2025

I wanted it to be reinterpreted like FF7 Remake.
Halo CE has far too many reused maps and tedious sections.

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Grackler
Mon 27th Oct 2025

I really don’t like it. The art style is completely off. The tones, the vibe, the readability…it feels corporate and bland; technically impressive but devoid of the soul that Halo: CE had.

I’m also a bit miffed by some of the lazy changes. All the weapons looks and animate just like the ones in Infinite, but with UE5 lighting. The building look like Infinite too, as do the foes, and the weapon sounds seem off. Plus the gamplay looks a bit neutered (smaller Assault Rifle clip, less beefy pistol, energy swords added into the mix).

I don’t come away from that thinking Halo CE-Again will be much of a patch on the Original for me. It does looks better than Anniversary graphics; but it has the same issue of taking the shape of the levels and shoving it into a different looking and feeling era of Halo.

I don’t think this is inevitable with high end graphics (FF7 Remake captures the tone and vibe of that game well, or say the System Shock remaster). But, for me personally, the art direction is way off. They would have been better making an original game.

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