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Most everyone in the Beta would buy it in the state it's in today, probably. But thanks for the cold water everyone. No lens flare & no volumetric fog = no buy.
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Digital Foundry: Hands-on with the Halo 5 beta
- Thread starter Summer Haze
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Messofanego
Banned
Halo 4 1080p looks better? Anyone who has Halo MCC want to agree with that? 1080p automatically looks sharper but interesting the HD job was maybe too good
Windom Earle
Member
I wonder how much they miss Corrinne Yu... Now they "just" have to increase resolution and framerate till release.
Have you actually played the game? Because this is completely untrue:
As for your other comments, I can't even be bothered to address the full CoD comment. Also Reach didn't run at 60fps.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
a lot of wat in this post
"Heavy-weapon drops are still there in all their CoD fashion"
Power weapon have been a part of Halo since before CoD existed...? In fact now it's more similar to how it was in older games than it was in Halo 4. The only real difference is that they game informs you of this, and unlike Halo 2 the timer doesn't require previously picked up weapons to be despawned.
Edit: Wait... are you saying that ordinance drops are still in? Because they literally aren't, but re-reading now it looks like that's exactly what you're saying. Meaning you're just full of shit...?
Regarding thrust, are you claiming a game that has been in development for over 2 years is ripping off a feature from a game that came out in November?
Zoom is nothing like CoD, since it brings back the classic Halo-style descoping and hip firing is still just as viable as always. All it does is give you a little extra range on automatics and a new option when using sword (zooming sword gives you much greater range, though terrible visibility).
The loss of 4-player sucks and I'm bummed, so at least there I can see your point, but at the same time it's honestly not a terrible loss. If that's the worst thing to happen so far then that's something I'm willing to deal with.
As for your last comment... Yeah, I've seen nothing to say 343i is less creative than Bungie, especially to the extent of having "NO creativity."
This is hands down still the biggest mistake people make when talking about 343i.
Windom Earle
Member
What do you mean?
The Kinect powers off during gameplay, so I assume they are.
Green Yoshi
Member
Wait for the Day 1 patch or ask the studio behind Halo MCC. ;-)
Windom Earle
Member
Oh geez.
Oh geez.
Oh geez.
I remember her being lauded as some wizard by Halo fans...
Because she is a very talented programmer? Where are you going with this?
Why would you do that. Gah.
Windom Earle
Member
I don't get where you are going. Does she still work for 343?
Hopefully the 720p was chosen to ensure the beta wasn't GPU bound in any way, so they can analyse and focus on optimising the frame rate and CPU usage. If they can get that done, they should be able to increase the resolution at least a little.
What? Are you being deliberately dense?
He's clearly showing you that Corrine wasn't the sole reason Halo 4 looked so good. She was a member of a team.
Windom Earle
Member
I was wondering if 343 misses her in their tech department. Then you started posting your nonsense. Care to clarify instead of "oh jeeez"?
If you took the effort to actually read my post, you noticed that it shows the Halo 4s graphics engineering credits. it was a team effort, and most of that staff is still at 343.
The nonsense here has been your backhanded obnoxious posting.
You weren't upset about "Is Uncharted 4 the generational leap we were waiting for?"
Windom Earle
Member
Well, I'd agree with that.
But especially our odd friend seemed to have quite the obsession with her before...
(there is more actually)
haha
Kabuki Waq
Member
I have no faith in 343 with regards to polish and performance after MCC.
Prove me wrong guys
Prove me wrong guys
Windom Earle
Member
Maybe you should not attack other posters for no reason? Calm down and read my posts in this thread again. You are emberrassing yourself.
That you felt that it was an attack is laughable. It's a lack of understanding that's your issue.
You're a troll. Just awful.
justgames7604
Member
To be honest i cant see how MCC couldnt have gone wrong. Too many studios working on different aspects of the game, even entire games being given to other studios and being pulled together by a team from 343. Such a weird development process.
justgames7604
Member
No, you came off sounding like a dick and he wasnt the only one that called you out on coming off that way.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
How the hell did you pull those posts so fast?
Windom Earle
Member
Ehh, ok, I think your posts and personal insults speak for themselves.
That was not my intention.
I can't speak for others, but for me it's a case of expecting 900p, hoping for 1080p, and IQ being the end-goal, not necessarily an arbitrary check-box. The early state of the build isn't a reasonable thing to base concerns about the final product on, in either case. For a 60 fps game, some compromise is reasonable.
That I think she is and still is a talented programmer? What are trying to highlight with those posts? You're fishing here for something that is not there.
Portugeezer
Member
I'm sure they will reach their 900p60 target. There is 1 year left to stabilise the framerate and increase resolution. Beta is beta, this was a proper beta.
Windom Earle
Member
You downplaying her role ('group effort) in this thread and calling her the female John Carmack before is... Humorous to me, but that's it. Stop being so goddamn defensive. I actually agree that it is a group effort and never put Yu on a pedestal like other posters *cough* have done before. 343 will pump out a good looking game, but there is still much to improve judging by this build and they did lose an important member of the team which could have helped with those problems. All I was ever saying. But glad to expose your hypocrisy.
I stand corrected, this is the 2nd time then
I DO feel like I have a minority opinion on UC4. It's so damn good looking, people were disappointed, idk why.
ALLseeingEYE
Member
How many games on X1 and PS4 run at 1080p 60fps?
Making games look visually impressive is a balance, the hardware is finite. It would certainly be awesome if they got to 1080p, but as it stands, I just find myself unconcerned with the visuals of the game in multiplayer, the 60fps gameplay is so great, I'm loving it so far.
But yeah, I love 1080p 60fps, and it's kind of sad that both X1 and PS4 are such underpowered systems. But at the end of the day, Halo isn't a corridor shooter. It's a game with giant scale battles, tons of NPC's, enemies, vehicles on the field, with lots of particle effects, explosions and weapons firing off in all directions. I trust that they will do whatever they can to balance the visuals to look as impressive as possible, but I'm glad they are prioritizing gameplay responsiveness.
neogaffer1
Banned
I stand corrected, this is the 2nd time then
I DO feel like I have a minority opinion on UC4. It's so damn good looking, people were disappointed, idk why.
People were disappointed because the first trailer plus fanboy hype made everyone think it was going to be so good it would look like real life.
It's a thing that's for sure.
Those people have realistic expectations and care about frame rate (60 FPS).
How did you feel about Halo 3 (THE xbox franchise) not being 720p during its time?
R3TRO
Member
lol, nice to see I wasn't the only one that noticed that.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Overall I'm surprised at the quality of the beta considering release is nearly a year away. They have plenty of time to get things where they need to be.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Don't you ever get tired of your schtick?