Game Informer May 2012 Cover revealed: Halo 4

I have a hard time being excited for another current gen Halo. If it was a next gen title Id be interested.. but currently I just don't see Halo doing anything new technically and graphically on the 360.
 
nib95 said:
Lets hope GI is right on this one. Disappointing it's Halo 4 though, sort of hoped it would be a new reveal of some kind or at least something we hadn't seen before.
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Barely any Halo 4 info is known. Like, really, next to nothing. So in many ways this will (hopefully) be a reveal.

Atomski said:
I have a hard time being excited for another current gen Halo. If it was a next gen title Id be interested.. but currently I just don't see Halo doing anything new technically and graphically on the 360.
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Have you seen the screens and video released last month? They're definitely a jump up in quality for the franchise.
 
Meh. Not a Halo fan, but not really a first person shooter fan either. So this is what has made their jaws hit the floor cause of the graphics?
 
shinobi602 said:
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"He's not the Stig, but he is the Stig's Spartan-II cousin."
 
RPGCrazied said:
Meh. Not a Halo fan, but not really a first person shooter fan either. So this is what has made their jaws hit the floor cause of the graphics?
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Well they said that the screens were jaw-dropping, but a) we haven't seen these screens yet, and b) they are hyping them up just like they do every other month, so...
 
I love the halo franchise to death but lets be honest, none of the games have ever looked amazing when they came out. Also it's basically GI's job to hype up there cover game.
 
Muffdraul said:
I've only played Halo 3 SP campaign about 20 times. Most of those on a 42" Bravia. How many times should I play it in order to see it your way?
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The game didn 't look that bad. But the jaggies ruined a lot of the graphics imo. And the character faces were horrible.
Reach was actually a decent step up from Halo 3.

The best visual aspect of the last halo games imo was how everything has a correct shine.
And the skyboxes in reach were great
 
Tashi0106 said:
Have you even played Halo 3? It's the definitive "looks like ass" game. Jaggies everywhere in the sub HD mess. Shame they didn't use any MLAA or FXAA. That was Bungie's downfall. A real shame. I couldn't play the game because of how bad it looked. No thanks Bungie, I'll stick to KZ2, KZ3
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Damn you're good, Tashi. Almost believed you. ;-)
 
Ah Typical Gaming side GAF. Oh its Halo.. that is not impressive. lol

The same posters would be fapping if it was GoW4.. the hate and general fanboy'ism in this thread is disgusting.
 
Muffdraul said:
We could go back and forth for years about how I think it looks great and you don't. Let's not bother. I have no idea how anybody could look at Halo 3 in general and honestly think it looks "like ass." From my point of view it smells like typical "This franchise is too big for its britches, needs to be taken down a peg" b.s. Holding it to impossibly high standards.
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I love how anyone that criticizes this or many other franchises are automatically fanboys of the opposite side that have a vendetta against the game. I like the Halo series and own all of them. But I look at Halo 3 and there are a ridiculous amount of jaggies and the sub-HD resolution that combined make the IQ shit. Then you have the low-resolution textures, bad character models (someone upload Lord Hood), terrible animations and ugly geometry. The only two good things Bungie did with Halo 3 was the lighting and the skyboxes.

But nope, I'm just a fanboy that's out to knock poor beat up Halo down a peg or two out of some ridiculous Internet allegiance. People sure do have a strong persecution complex.
 
derFeef said:
Ah okay. I some of that covered in the books? I have not read the newer ones.
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Yes Glasslnds covers it. They are way too unorganized to be a massive fighting force right now and there is a lot of political jibber jabber and assassination attempts in the covenant races. Though who knows maybe 3 years time has changed things.


EDIT: Also I will agree with those saying Halo 3 looked like ass, I know its older but it still wasn't super impressive at the time either.....well the water was and still is though.
 
Salz01 said:
I wish game informer would go away. So pointless. Each year they get worse and worse.
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What does this even mean? What, is the cover issue of a gaming magazine somehow not allowed to feature something a great many people are excited about anymore? What are they supposed to show?
 
biosnake20 said:
I love the halo franchise to death but lets be honest, none of the games have ever looked amazing when they came out. Also it's basically GI's job to hype up there cover game.
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Halo: CE looked pretty incredible back in 2001, and besides maybe HL2 and Doom 3, nothing much looked better than Halo 2 in 2004.
 
biosnake20 said:
I love the halo franchise to death but lets be honest, none of the games have ever looked amazing when they came out. Also it's basically GI's job to hype up there cover game.
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Uh.

What?

Reach and Halo 3 both looked pretty good. Beautiful games. Not the best. But good looking.

But Halo CE and Halo 2? CE was probably the best looking game on the Xbox when it came out. Halo 2 for its scale and graphics blew me away (see what I did there)
 
Nutter said:
Ah Typical Gaming side GAF. Oh its Halo.. that is not impressive. lol

The same posters would be fapping if it was GoW4.. the hate and general fanboy'ism in this thread is disgusting.
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What does one have to do with the other? Why are you so salty over people's preferences?
 
JdFoX187 said:
I love how anyone that criticizes this or many other franchises are automatically fanboys of the opposite side that have a vendetta against the game. I like the Halo series and own all of them. But I look at Halo 3 and there are a ridiculous amount of jaggies and the sub-HD resolution that combined make the IQ shit. Then you have the low-resolution textures, bad character models (someone upload Lord Hood), terrible animations and ugly geometry. The only two good things Bungie did with Halo 3 was the lighting and the skyboxes.

But nope, I'm just a fanboy that's out to knock poor beat up Halo down a peg or two out of some ridiculous Internet allegiance.
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Don't get it either.
 
JdFoX187 said:
I love how anyone that criticizes this or many other franchises are automatically fanboys of the opposite side that have a vendetta against the game. I like the Halo series and own all of them. But I look at Halo 3 and there are a ridiculous amount of jaggies and the sub-HD resolution that combined make the IQ shit. Then you have the low-resolution textures, bad character models (someone upload Lord Hood), terrible animations and ugly geometry. The only two good things Bungie did with Halo 3 was the lighting and the skyboxes.

But nope, I'm just a fanboy that's out to knock poor beat up Halo down a peg or two out of some ridiculous Internet allegiance. People sure do have a strong persecution complex.
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You're absolutely right. Halo 3 was marred by too many graphical problems. However, what many people seem to be doing in this thread is using Halo 3's lack of graphical prowess and applying it to all Halo games (not directed to you ofc). Halo 1, 2 and Reach all looked great. Maybe not so much as other games that are directed experiences but that's fine, I'd rather have Halo play like a Halo experience.
 
biosnake20 said:
I love the halo franchise to death but lets be honest, none of the games have ever looked amazing when they came out.
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Uhh not sure I'd agree there.

Halo CE was fantastic looking at the time of release.

Halo 2 was arguable - but ultimately among the best looking games of its generation.

Halo 3 - still looked good, but looked dated relatively quickly

ODST - Looked dated at time of release

Reach - Fantastic - not as visceral as KZ/Crysis2, but still shows up a shit load of other console shooters.

I think maybe the misstep taken with Halo 3/ODST has given people the impression that Halo games lack visual fidelity - which was not true at the franchise's outset, and as of Reach (and now Halo 4) is also no longer the case. When I say misstep, I mean the game(s) ultimately looking dated quicker than expected... I personally thought Halo 3/ODST looked really good - though I can understand why some might consider it mediocre relative to what we have seen on consoles since.
 
A27 Tawpgun said:
Uh.

What?

Reach and Halo 3 both looked pretty good. Beautiful games. Not the best. But good looking.

But Halo CE and Halo 2? CE was probably the best looking game on the Xbox when it came out. Halo 2 for its scale and graphics blew me away (see what I did there)
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I'm like the 17th biggest Halo fanboy on these forums, but I'll be the first to admit Halo 3 looked pretty bad. Reach, however, was gorgeous, though the dark and grainy art decisions brought the visuals down. But now Halo 4 looks like the best of both worlds: Halo 3's pretty colors with graphics that surpass Reach's.

Edit : I pretty much agree with Stripper13 above.
 
Dax01 said:
He's joking, dude. :P
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Oh... I get it now. Good one.

I'm not saying Halo 3 is the best looking game ever. I'm saying that whatever specific flaws it has, it still looks great to me in general. That's all. All of the posts in the world going on and on about lo res textures, jaggies, no AA etc. isn't going to change what I see with my own eyes.
 
Did GI say the cover looks amazing or the screens included in the magazine? I'm asking because I don't see the big deal with this cover at all. Just concept art and rather boring one at that
 
Muffdraul said:
Oh... I get it now. Good one.

I'm not saying Halo 3 is the best looking game ever. I'm saying that whatever flaws it has, it still looks great to me. That's all. All of the posts in the world going on and on about lo res textures, jaggies, no AA etc. isn't going to change what I see with my own eyes.
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How much for your eyes? xD
 
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