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Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains

Fuchsdh

Member
What's going on anti-aliasing wise in the game? Did they switch from the temporal AA that Reach uses?

They never used it. Halo 4's been in development since Reach; I'm guessing they went one direction, and Bungie went another. How much the engines have in common is another question.
 

Das Kalk

Neo Member
You simply can't do a bunch of past Halo model comparisons without posting Da Hood

Same generation, mind:

His model was the only one I ever had a problem with. It looked like he was made out of plasticine... or like he was a robot with fake leather stretched across his face...
 

Omni

Member
1209201b3933652cortanre.jpg


Lol. Maybe I have a dirty mind, but is that a.. I mean you can actually see it, right?
 
Holy shit, applehaloGAF, I just figured something out. To those who have upgraded to iOS6:

Go to Settings > Sounds > Ringtone > Vibration

Try Symphony and tell me what it reminds you of. :lol
 

Noricart

Member
- Cortana + Crotch closeup -
Something, something, looks like porn chick.
Something, something, uncanny valley is wonky.
Something, something, let's go back to how jackals look like Godzilla.


Yeah I dunno if my issue with Cortana is the uncanny valley, because she's a blue chick and Lasky should be far creepier if that were the issue.

Maybe it's just her body shape? I guess the more... full she becomes, the kind of creepier it feels to have a naked blue lady. The lack of transparency is also part of it.
Honestly, the lack of transparency felt really weird to me as well, and it still does. That alone makes me relate more her to a person (without clothes no less) than an artificial intelligence.
 

Fuchsdh

Member
Yeah I dunno if my issue with Cortana is the uncanny valley, because she's a blue chick and Lasky should be far creepier if that were the issue.

Maybe it's just her body shape? I guess the more... full she becomes, the kind of creepier it feels to have a naked blue lady. The lack of transparency is also part of it.
 

FyreWulff

Member
1209201b3933652cortanre.jpg


Lol. Maybe I have a dirty mind, but is that a.. I mean you can actually see it, right?

Vagina. The word you're looking for is vagina.

Alternate answer:
WTF IS WRONG WITH HER LEGS. Her knees seem way lower than they should be in terms of proportion, and I'm not the only one that's mentioned this
 

DeadNames

Banned
Vagina. The word you're looking for is vagina.

Alternate answer:
WTF IS WRONG WITH HER LEGS. Her knees seem way lower than they should be in terms of proportion, and I'm not the only one that's mentioned this

Speaking of knees, does anyone else see faces in them?
 

Omni

Member
Vagina. The word you're looking for is vagina.

Alternate answer:
WTF IS WRONG WITH HER LEGS. Her knees seem way lower than they should be in terms of proportion, and I'm not the only one that's mentioned this

Seemed odd to refer to a video game character's vagina directly....

Where did this pic of Cortana come from? Haven't seen other good images of here not buried.

Here is the original. There aren't any others I don't think.
 

Fuchsdh

Member
this thread got real awkward real quick

Says the man with the pixelated Covenant dildo gun.


WTF IS WRONG WITH HER LEGS. Her knees seem way lower than they should be in terms of proportion, and I'm not the only one that's mentioned this

Huh, now that you mention it, I'd definitely say you're right.

That said it's not a real issue in that people do have legs like that, but that might be contributing to the odd shape to her hips.
 
So, whats up with the Grunt Heavy and why does it look like its sticking its tongue out at me?

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(can anyone grab a bigger pic of this from waypoint?)

1209201b3933652cortanre.jpg


Lol. Maybe I have a dirty mind, but is that a.. I mean you can actually see it, right?

lol oh god..

Ok, playing around with Photoshop, I think it's the combination of her very high waist/hip ratio and the knees that are what are bothering me.

That looks a TON better. Shrink the breasts to match and it would be perfect.
 

Omni

Member
Ok, playing around with Photoshop, I think it's the combination of her very high waist/hip ratio and the knees that are what are bothering me.

I don't like that at all. She looks like a little kid with boobs. I'm liking the curves...

Knees look better though.
 

Fuchsdh

Member
Have you guys never actually seen a naked woman in person?

The right looks all kinds of fucked up.

I didn't plot them to any ratios or anything, just working through why the Cortana model has been bothering me. I'm not trying to say what she should look like.

I also think some of the issue is the scales--shrinking someone down to a holographic projection causes some odd sensations of distortion when we're looking at Cortana and the Infinity crew. Or maybe it's just her knees.


You missed resizing her shoulders. Probably why it looks weird to shogun.

Probably. Too much effort to expend by that part. :p Difficult to get a good read on her profile from this perspective anyhow, might just be an awkward angle that's bothering me.
 

FyreWulff

Member
From a mod on Halowaypoint about Flood Infection

Christ, it's in a magazine on shelves. It's not leaked. Someone please call me when the industry finally grows up to the point where devs and gamers can talk about content that they all know exists but can't because of media partner exclusives.


I didn't plot them to any ratios or anything, just working through why the Cortana model has been bothering me. I'm not trying to say what she should look like.

You missed resizing her shoulders. Probably why it looks weird to shogun.
 

Fuchsdh

Member
Offscreen in the background while an IGN reporter talks about playing the mode

Don't forget the teaser direct feed in the promo that never shows up later.

Sometimes I forget how sad/foreveraloney HaloGAF can be, then shit like that happens. Oh lord.

IT'S A VERGINA!

Hey, lets photoshop this 10 year old (under developed) lower body onto the top of a mature woman. There, that looks much better.

Keep on keepin' on.


Christ, you're a douchebag. You're telling us a lot more about your issues than ours.
 

Brolic Gaoler

formerly Alienshogun
Let's just forget this page ever happened.

Sometimes I forget how sad/foreveraloney HaloGAF can be, then shit like that happens. Oh lord.

IT'S A VERGINA!

Hey, lets photoshop this 10 year old (under developed) lower body onto the top of a mature woman. There, that looks much better.

Keep on keepin' on.

You missed resizing her shoulders. Probably why it looks weird to shogun.

May as well re-size the entire thing.

Christ, you're a douchebag. You're telling us a lot more about your issues than ours.

Yeah, no.
 
Nerds vs jocks, here we go. This should be an interesting match-up. Fuchsdh has way more Halo fiction knowledge, but I bet AlienShogun lift a LOT of weights on the end of big metal sticks.
 

Brolic Gaoler

formerly Alienshogun
Nerds vs jocks, here we go. This should be an interesting match-up. Fuchsdh has way more Halo fiction knowledge, but I bet AlienShogun lift a LOT of weights on the end of big metal sticks.

You and me. Jet-force Gemini super secret Team deathmatch mode. 2 men enter, 1 man/dog leave.

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 

Fuchsdh

Member
I saw the redesign as a sort of reference to the types of women you see in renaissance painting, a more voluptuous woman, yanno? Maybe that's just my inner art student talking...

No, it's definitely my inner art student talking.

It'd be interesting to compare her to different art ideals. Odd knees aside she's definitely got an odalisque complex.

Still wondering what the goal of making her opaque was, though. They've talked a lot about her personality and that aspect of the story, but considering how the fiction sets up appearance to be a really defining aspect of the AI we haven't heard much about it. Then again I guess some of the treatment is just the graphics as usual.
 
So I still think Spike/GTTV wasn't supposed to mention (Spoilers)
................... the Didact...................
(Spoilers). It just strikes me as weird that no other source of media reported on that.

Even the Flood mode reveal in a few hours part?

I really hope thats what it means, and they simply don't mean thats when the magazine starts 'shipping'. Seriously, if we get a reveal of that soon.. =)
 
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