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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
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Demoncarnotaur
Member
Oh, ok, well thats fair.
I'm not judging the visuals of this engine too harshly as it's clearly built from Halo 4. I just hope they go all out with Halo 5, although Halo 4 was damn amazing looking, it had some weird steps backward with certain things like water.
downtown city canvas please
major reason for why I love ODST.
Yes please. It'll never happening, but imagine a nighttime ODST style canvas map.
Frank said before going in one of the threads that H2A was a modified Halo 4 engine while Halo 5 will be all new next gen. Of course "engines" don't really change but I'm going to assume that Halo 5 seems it'll really be impressive.
Encoded at 30 fps.
Yeah I know the video was 30 frames my eyeballs could tell. I was just speculating if forge would be able to maintain 60 frames with the budget they setup.
I hate you guys lol. But if anyone wants to give me a code that would be cool I guess.
Please I need it
How the heck did all of you get early copies? Here's hoping you all share detailed experiences and post pics here once NDA lifts.
VisceralBowl
Member
Ahhh, good question.
Can't speak for the others, but mine is a review copy. I'll be streaming tomorrow afternoon if anyone wants to join - we're only allowed to stream the first mission from each campaign but I'll be playing them through a few times!
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Yup.
Halo 2A really looks a lot like Halo 4, where the glimpse of Midship from Halo 5 has a different feel. However, that other map had a Halo 4 look to it, though it may have been the UNSC art direction which I don't really care for.
I write for a magazine here in the UK and I also freelance for a few websites.
Sure, it's: http://www.twitch.tv/bloma - I'll post when I'm live, but the embargo is up at 4PM GMT tomorrow.
Gabotron ES
Member
How many hours till the end of the embargo?
That's your Greenwich time right? So that's like what, 9 am Pacific here and 12 noon eastern tomorrow morning. Alright, thanks, will tune it, but also maybe post here once you're going live. Would love to see how it looks and plays.
On an unrelated note, it's better to have a wired connection right? Finally setting up my Xbox One, thinking of removing the Xbox 360 from my wired ethernet, making it WiFi, and keeping Xbox One wired. Don't want to lag during MCC.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Hardcore Ranger mode in Metro redux. yo.
well they've adopted cod elements before...
You. I like you. and you can play halo 2/3 to get better. Halo 4 is pretty hand holdy
Maps
LEVOLUTION!!!
i wanna see Makin or some levels from Zombie mode in Treyarch's CoD.
can co-op be private in SA? and if you want some games of KI then im in.
and obvs french canada is best canada. /s
NobleGundam
Banned
So I keep seeing Halo 5 gameplay to be in this coming Halofest, wuut, "Is this real lyfe?"
CloudyTuba
Member
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Halo 4 has tarnished that name forever!
i tarnished that name... dont take that away from me.Ragnarok was a good map
Halo 4 has tarnished that name forever!
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Although fairly Polygon starved, I loved the look of Halo 3 beta armor. The texture detail and shaders were still my favorite in the series, and I was super bummed when they made it more matte and flat in the final build.
Also, best snow in the series.
It's just needed richer, more contrasting colors.
Also, best snow in the series.
It's just needed richer, more contrasting colors.
And of the 3 Ragnaroks, you do have the most colour. ;D
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
That's the spirit mate!
TriStateTryHard
Member
If you are buying physical but want to pre install the game plus the patch:
http://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/2kllxu/psa_those_of_you_who_bought_the_physical_theres/
http://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/2kllxu/psa_those_of_you_who_bought_the_physical_theres/
Yep. It looked pretty boring.
Have we seen any footage of the Suppressed SMG in Halo 2 Anniversary yet? ODST's SMG was possibly my favourite gun of the series, so I'm really curious to see what they've done with it in H2A.
I completely agree with you, and I still can't believe that they changed it - the visual style we ended up with actually stripped away most of the intricacy and detail, and lost the 'ooh, next-gen Halo' wow factor. Even today I still feel that Halo 3's armour is some of the worst of the series - it looks glossy and toyish, like a plastic action figure.Although fairly Polygon starved, I loved the look of Halo 3 beta armor. The texture detail and shaders were still my favorite in the series, and I was super bummed when they made it more matte and flat in the final build.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Plywood once said "Read a book muthafuka". So I read words. Now I feel. Screw Elzar.
Thanks for this.
Prologue and chapter one now in the wild.
Welfare
Member
How many colors does salt come in?
I think the performance meter is going to make optimizing maps much easier. While the feed was 30 I didn't notice any stuttering, and that was with a lot of objects on screen and most of the budget depleted. If explosions get heavy it's likelier to be a problem, as well as more phased geometry.
It's also possible from a practical standpoint you could use triggers to spawn/despawn areas of the map, which for more complex scenarios could yield better performance (that's a big "if", depending on the method of how those scripts work.)
It's also possible from a practical standpoint you could use triggers to spawn/despawn areas of the map, which for more complex scenarios could yield better performance (that's a big "if", depending on the method of how those scripts work.)
Depends who you ask. I know of many different colours. But Oth3rs do not 4gree with m3.
Love them really though.
Curios about this too. Anyone know?
Possibly, since it wasn't what he had mentioned. But why not save it for Friday or last day for surprise? End the month/first with a bang? So that's why I think a teaser look at Halo 5 beta stuff might be the final Friday stuff.
Apply for what? A review copy? If a PR wants your coverage, they'll call you.
Yeah this makes sense to me. I could see IGN getting a little bit of Halo 5 teasing content and slap a big "Make sure ya watch HaloFest for more!" or whatever on the end.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
Just realized I still haven't preordered MCC yet. If I want a physical copy, are there any stores doing pre-order bonuses that matter?
Most of them.
Microsoft Store gives $15 in credit if you are a rewards member.
Best Buy is giving an art book.
Welfare
Member
All of them are moot came December. Unless you're in the UK I guess. Oh yeah those too ^
Ajemsuhgao
Member
Art book you say? EDIT: Bestbuy.com is showing a multiplayer map guide book. Not an art book. I care less now.
Why's that..? And no, I'm in the US.
Welfare
Member
Pre-order skulls will be available to everyone sometime in December.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
It's pretty random overall. We didn't get a copy, but I assume MS gets a TON of review copy requests. Same thing with us and Naughty Dog. You can be a decent sized outlet and not get one, or a small outlet and get one, it all depends on MS and how many they have (and for digital how many they feel they need to give out).
We're (coin-op.tv) mid to small sized (just hit 70,000 subs on YT and about 71 million views - youtube.com/coinoptv) for reference.
I just can't wait to give the game a shot, and see how other reviewers rate it.
Digital Limit
Member
Encoded at 30 fps.
Confirmed, Forge can't maintain 60 fps? Not that I'd expect otherwise.
VisceralBowl
Member
That isn't necessarily a confirmation. The video could have simply been encoded at 30 fps.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
It's pretty random overall. We didn't get a copy, but I assume MS gets a TON of review copy requests. Same thing with us and Naughty Dog. You can be a decent sized outlet and not get one, or a small outlet and get one, it all depends on MS and how many they have (and for digital how many they feel they need to give out).
We're (coin-op.tv) mid to small sized (just hit 70,000 subs on YT and about 71 million views - youtube.com/coinoptv) for reference.
I just can't wait to give the game a shot, and see how other reviewers rate it.
If you are on Metacritic and your review is used, I'm pretty sure that would work very well in your favour too.