Gabotron ES
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Betrayal, betrayal, betrayal...*booted*A27_StarWolf said:Lets be honest, would the target locater worked well with matchmaking at all?
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Halo: Reach |OT6| There Are Those Who Said This Day Would Never Come
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Hypertrooper
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If someone other had posted this, I would have said: It's a troll. But you posted it and I'm not sure. Clarify.A27_StarWolf said:Lets be honest, would the target locater worked well with matchmaking at all
ElRenoRaven
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Gabotron ES said:
Yea there is no doubt in matchmaking it would have gotten boot after boot. I can see how it could be hilariously fun in custom games though.
xxjuicesxx
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Are they going to fix Stockpile? Its still AR starts in a DMR start playlist.
I probably shouldn't go into detail because it's not things that look bad per se. Mostly visual changes that seem jarring to me because I'm such a huge fanboy of CE and wouldn't want anything to look different (or closer to Reach). Disregard me.PooBone said:
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I only gave the video a quick look on my cel because my pc conection is being shit
PooBone
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I'm not trying to attack you or anything, I'm genuinely interested in what seems jarring to you. I've played CE more than any other video game, ever. For me, the biggest thing is the effect you see when an elite's shield pops. It's way more in your face than I remember. I also don't like how the marines are all carrying backpacks now.Letters said:
Where is your Halo Honour?grifball spawn killers said:
You should be skilled enough to get the weekly without resorting to Grifball spawn traps.
Hope to see you there.
There are some visual effects such as that, which I didn't like on first watch. But at this point I'm withholding such comments until I've played it, as I'm not sure how much of it is different as opposed to not as good. It's a different take on things so it will take some time to get used to it. (My beef is the Needler effects.)PooBone said:
Blue Ninja
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Not a fan of Johnson's look and some of the animations look a bit funky. Overall, though, it looks great.PooBone said:
The Librarian
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Wonder where it is in the galaxy.Slightly Live said:
/ponders
The Librarian
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Did 343 update all the animations ore just some? Why some and not others? Imma gonna watch the video again.Blue Ninja said:
PooBone said:
In many respects, the Perfect Dark and Halo CE updates had the same goals: overhaul the skin, but keep the skeleton.
I imagine PD probably got helped by the fact that there was no facial animation.
I also wonder if the success of PD XBLA helped the pitch for Anniversary. It's a shame that PD didn't have the future/past switch, though.
Dax01 said:
I was under the impression that CE:A has no new animations, barring any first person stuff.
The Real Napsta
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Striker said:
I agree with the changes they made for the Halo 2 version, but Hang em High still played better IMO because of the pistol and the fact that MC wasn't so limp wristed in Halo CE.
Halo 2 grenade throwing was/is a joke.
ncsuDuncan
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Eh, it didn't have nearly the graphical leap that CEA has. Mostly just higher res textures, right?FyreWulff said:
There are two versions of every cinematic now, the updated versions have new animation. You can't switch during the cinematic.FyreWulff said:
No new animations in-game, from what I can tell.
The Librarian
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Oh okay. Well I'm fine with this. Cutsenes matter more to me in this situation.ncsuDuncan said:
ncsuDuncan said:
The playable level geometry is the same with (MUCH) higher res textures. Anything that qualified as skybox was completely remodeled.
All the characters were completely remodeled, but they used the same animations. I think the reason they couldn't do a graphics switch is because they actually changed how the heads connected to bodies.
Every gun was completely remodeled. I think it went from like 300 polys per player and 500 polys per gun to 300,000 total.
capture from my own N64:
360 version direct shot:
http://www.cinemablend.com/images/gallery/s20554/perfect_dark_12560511722184.jpg
Earlier shot, once again from my own N64:
vs 360
Both remakes leave the playable geometry alone. If you could escape a level in the N64 version you can do it in the 360 version. Same with CE:A and CE. Definitely more effort than upressing a PS2 game and putting it on a disc.
edit: it should also be noted that the goal with Perfect Dark XBLA was native 1080p and 60fps, so it's not going to go as balls-out with graphic trinkets as Anniversary in that respect. But still a significant overhaul.
Am i the only one who prefers Reach-style Marines?Letters said:
CEA looks very good*, i do wonder, however, if the pre-order bonus is only available on select retaillers? I'd love to pre-order HCEA from a certain local retailler but they still haven't listed the pre-order bonus. Since i cannot access the analyze function, i really want the pre-order bonus at least.
*A lot better than Reach IMO. The classic MP maps don't look nearly as good as CEA. Another reason not to bother with Reach anymore (along with ATLAS and BF3)
Shotgun bug was not fixed. CANNOT UNSEE AAAAAAARRRGGHHH.
But still, what a beautiful looking game. And there was something unexplainably heartwarming about seeing the coop partner doing the running animation while walking slowly. Can't wait to play through it again with a good friend, this time full screen. <3
Toy replica energy swords from the sequels.. smh
Shotgun heavy levels ruined.
But still, what a beautiful looking game. And there was something unexplainably heartwarming about seeing the coop partner doing the running animation while walking slowly. Can't wait to play through it again with a good friend, this time full screen. <3
Toy replica energy swords from the sequels.. smh
ElRenoRaven
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Letters said:Shotgun bug was not fixed. CANNOT UNSEE AAAAAAARRRGGHHH.Shotgun heavy levels ruined.
But still, what a beautiful looking game. And there was something unexplainably heartwarming about seeing the coop partner doing the running animation while walking slowly. Can't wait to play through it again with a good friend, this time full screen. <3
Where did you see that? I know we asked several times here after we were told it was being looked into yet never got an answer.
thezerofire
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wow that's pretty awesomeFyreWulff said:
thezerofire said:
Game runs in native 1080p too. Each person in 4-player splitscreen has only 60 less vertical pixels than a single-screen CoD player :lol:
The Farsight is a huge upgrade, but you should see some of the other guns. The Cyclone doesn't even look the same. That's what I like about Anniversary, interesting when artists can rework a gun model with 5-10x the poly budget. "Holy shit, we can actually put details on this bitch!"
I don't have the equivalent N64 shot, but dem player models:
I'll stop Perfect Dark fanboying it up in this thread. Too bad the PD thread on GAF is dead.
ElRenoRaven
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Letters said:
Barrow Roll
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Man, CEA looks seriously amazing. I loved seeing the 'Reach Chief' footage, he just looks so wrong in there. Glad they went for the full on redux. Wish they gave the Marine's the same treatment but the one's in Reach are second to CE so it's not so bad.
Damn, I can't wait to play this over and over.
Damn, I can't wait to play this over and over.
Actually seeing the Library (feature) in action makes me sad that I am not going to have that functionality when I play through it.
Everything else looks phenomenal though. I wonder how co-op over XBL will play, I'd be so disappointed if it is as rough as some Firefight games can be in Reach.
Everything else looks phenomenal though. I wonder how co-op over XBL will play, I'd be so disappointed if it is as rough as some Firefight games can be in Reach.
RebornYeti
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GhaleonEB said:
Tell me about it.
I had to make a choice on which game to get. I can only afford one game this Holiday season, so I chose Skyrim. Since CEA is technically a game I have already played, it was the obvious choice.
Hopefully Santa pulls through and gets me CEA for Christmas!
PooBone said:
It depends on where in the game. Some of them are just higher-res, a lot more are complete new art.
The Forerunner structures were more open to interpretation over the original, but changing the blue marble floor to something else in XBLA wouldn't have made much sense. Look at the skybox behind Cassandra in the first shot, there's a completely new cityscape.
I'd say a comparison would be the inside of the forerunner structures versus the opening battle of Silent Cartographer. One can be re-interpreted and work, and one you really can't change much without making it feel weird. So the SC battle is an instance of an upres area versus a re-interpreted area.
http://fpsgamer.com/content/perfect-dark-original-2.jpg
http://fpsgamer.com/content/perfect-dark-xbla-2.jpg
bobs...onGaf
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Skyrim is getting a LOT of love on Gaf, can someone fill me in, I haven't been following it at all but when a game gets that much praise I am curious. I know its a RPG which has slightly put me off as generally I dont enjoy those games. Is there something in it for the non RPG fans which is worth a look at?
thezerofire
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from what I've seen it's pretty much an RPG fan's RPGbobs99 ... said:
This would have been the same for me. I'm getting BF3, Skyrim, CEA, and a new xbl with the course of a few weeks. The only bits I have to pay for are CEA and xbl, making the entirety of my gaming purchases this year $100.-Yeti said:
Getting skyrim for free and BF3 I was able to pay off with some old gift cards.
JohnOfMars
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Two things I don't get about the Kinect features:
I get that they're trying to motivate Kinect sales, and these features aren't "required" to play the game (Thank God!), but still, kinda lame excuses for Kinect only.
- Did I really read that the reason why the Library/Encylopedia thing is Kinect-Only is that there were no buttons free? Please tell me that is wrong. Because, the D-Pad says hello.
- And besides that, with all of these "voice" Kinect features, why couldn't I just, you know, use the microphone on my headset?
I get that they're trying to motivate Kinect sales, and these features aren't "required" to play the game (Thank God!), but still, kinda lame excuses for Kinect only.
RebornYeti
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bobs99 ... said:
Maybe this article will help:
Skyrim: The RPG for the Rest of Us
I guess it has some good insight from a person who doesn't like RPGs.