It's not unheard of, pretty sure that's how Viva Pinata did it.
But you're quite right, it's totally unnecessary.
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Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains
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It's not unheard of, pretty sure that's how Viva Pinata did it.
But you're quite right, it's totally unnecessary.
new avatars? whoever wants them
canvas
wolfpack...
Haha looks like angry Pedoear to me.
Campaign looks very nice. If 343i doesn't screw that up their sins of Legends is entirely forgotten....
Gunnerdude
Neo Member
They removed all the grass, soooo 31fps
yeah but it's worth it if the artists feel really proud of themselves. options and user experience are secondary as it should be imo
What's with that tube thing that goes down his spine? That's probably the only thing I don't like about his armour. Looks too... blocky.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I don't know if it was the TVs using some 120hz modes or what, but at PAX it looked better than 30. I'd guess it was a TV setting though.
Yeah, PAX frame rate was solid. No really huge maps on display, but even when things got crazy and both teams collided on the small maps, I never noticed a dip.
Der Flatulator
Member
30 is fine. With game camera tech these days you can fudge > 30fps with capped 30fps.
Lets hope they fixed the bug when you set a forge grid to normal physics whilst merged into natural environment. When that happened, "seconds per frame" was a better measure for frame-rate.
When I'm bored, I'll set a Grid to Normal, start spinning it, then fling it across Forge World. It's like russian roulette except with your 360's GPU.
THAT'S HAVEN, MAN!
BlueScrote
Member
A couple of thoughts from playing through the anniversary campaign. This campaign on heroic feels more difficult than at least ODST and Reach (haven't played 2 and 3 recently enough to comment). Having actual health seems like much more of a burden than it does in reach. Oftentimes I'll finish a firefight with one health bar left and not find a healthpack for several more encounters which leads to some difficult encounters.
Pistol is so powerful in the campaign. It absolutely rips through hunters. Also, shotgunning flood feels great. My one major complaint is the mazelike quality of some of the interiors. The fact that the library needs arrows on the floor pointing what direction to go might be indicative of some bad level design.
Pistol is so powerful in the campaign. It absolutely rips through hunters. Also, shotgunning flood feels great. My one major complaint is the mazelike quality of some of the interiors. The fact that the library needs arrows on the floor pointing what direction to go might be indicative of some bad level design.
Hydranockz
Member
Library isn't that bad. Never understood why people had trouble navigating.
xxjuicesxx
Member
I'd say the opposite with older games 30 fps was fine but with all the graphics n details we have now you want more so you don't lose that quality in blurring n rough animation.
Usually I turn off all of the "enhancements" that a TV has to get the best picture quality. Here's to hoping the PAX build was simply smooth and buttery without any TV marketing gimmicks turned on.
Der Flatulator
Member
Well of course, the higher the frame-rate, the better, but to squeeze what they have out of the 360, 30fps is a fine compromise (if you could call it a compromise)
I'll wait for someone to post another image of Haven thinking it's a new map
Then, I shall strike
ToyMachine228
Member
I too hope we get to see more new enemies. I know there is a wide variety of Promethean Knight classes, but still, I am hoping that we get to go toe to toe with actual Forerunners. Maybe they're saving that for Halo 5. Outside of the assumed
Didact battle
Der Flatulator
Member
Hey guys, I think I found a new map!
My grenades are like pop rocks. Everybody else grenades are like nukes going off and destroying a continent.
I just killed a guy because he threw a grenade, but the grenade killed me. SMH.
Gunnerdude
Neo Member
That's So Haven
Quick like a cat, sly like a fox, and witty as an English Crocodile this one is
The worst is when you accidentally shoot the enemy's grenade from air and the blast kills you but not your enemy.
I wish I could actually hit people with a grenade.
Also, bloom is essentially poor hit detection: the game mechanic.
o DeathCubeK o
Neo Member
This. Thank lawdie they are, essentially, removing it for 4. I heard it's only necessary at longggggg ranges to keep the DMR in check. That I am completely okay with.
Reach's bloom is just so grosssssssssss.
Der Flatulator
Member
Gunnerdude
Neo Member
Jimmy knew that the squad didn't like him much when he threw a gernade into a crowd of covenant troops only to have it explode with confetti and streamers..... Jimmy hoped he would survive to implement his revenge....
And that's a bad thing? I'm not getting my hopes up for any game after Reach, better to expect disappointment than take the blow when it arrives.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Welcome to Reach. You picked a hell of a day to sign up.
Eh. Still annoys me how they decided to kill him off.
His wasn't that bad, it was Noble 6's that annoyed me, he's supposed to be the best apart from MC, yet he doesn't know any martial arts in order to defend himself against a dagger... that's like one of the first things you learn at like white belt.
Inb4 he was injured so couldn't.
I didn't realize there were arrows on the floor at all until I played anniversary.
BlueScrote
Member
It's not bad navigating because there are arrows on the floor telling you which way to go. The issue is how repetitive the area is that everything looks exactly the same.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Noble Team Dying for dramtic effect really blows.
Jorge, Carter, Noble 6 and Jun are all characters id be interested in seeing developed in future halo titles if they had not been killed.
Anyone else curious as to how chief is going to react to the S4's aboard the Infinity or the S2's and S3's still alive?
They're getting into a Pelican to head to Requiem, Chief says "no thanks" an throws himself out an airlock.
They'll need to adapt.
User 73706
Banned
"WHAT THE HELL GUYS? I WAS GONE LIKE A WEEK!"
"Chief, you've been missing for almost three years."
"Shit, really? Damn, what took you guys so long?"
In the original there were arrows? Didn't notice them at all. Hard to remember my first playthrough, but I'm pretty sure I just made sure I knew where 343GS was and followed him for the most of it.
Not quite (I do a martial art. Junior black belt at the moment). I'd say he did a decent job considering what he was up against, but it was lacking, yes - For a Spartan, anyway.
Would've been nice if one of the Spartans survived though. (Did Jun live? Totally forgot)
His fate is left uncertain, but considering he's not at Castle Base with Halsey and wasn't exfild in First Strike, I'd say he's dead or still chilling on Reach with Soren.
That's what I mean, if he was a normal human he would of done really well, but since he was a spartan who was supposed to be able to take on an army on his own, it was really a letdown.
We don't know about Jun, some people say he died while escorting Halsey, some people said he survived. Guess only 343 can clear that up in one of the coming campaigns.
Oh okay. Hopefully he died... I really hated how generic Bungie made him. "I kill the enemy, but do not hate them"....Typical 'sentimental sniper' attitude. EGH