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[godhandiscen]

There is no way to tell if there is an improvement in the graphics. I don't see how you guys can tell.

 

[-PXG-]

Music reminds me of ODST. That is a very very very VERY good thing.

 

[Walshicus]

Absolutely motherfucking amazing. And to think that's all in-engine. :bow Bungie.

And the music!

Actually, I was also pretty unimpressed with the music. Coming from ODST, not even close to Marty's standard.

 

[enzo_gt]

I wonder if this one will let me fulfill my dream of flying a Pelican.

I've had this dream once or twice as well.

 

[EazyB]

Graphics looked good. Hopefully they're going for a fully-realtime lighting engine. Faces looked great. And...

I want gameplay info!

 

[GhaleonEB]

There is no way to tell if there is an improvement in the graphics. I don't see how you guys can tell.

Animation and modeling were clearly a step up. Can't really see much else until we get a better version.

 

[kylej]

This dude made the trailer for me. LOOKS BADASS DOOD.

 

[Mastperf]

Yea, I'm retarded for thinking a pre rendered clip that has nothing to do with what the game in motion will look like, is useless for what the game will look like... you know, when you're playing it. But oh noes, they used the warthog model and everything? This trailer shows as much about what the game is gonna be as the Halo 3 scene when they glass the planet.

You need to learn the meaning of "CGI" and "pre-rendered".

 

[godhandiscen]

Enemy facial modeling improved a lot.

Halo 3:

Halo Reach:

You are not zooming enough. Come on. Also, are both from cutscenes?

 

[TTG]

which is what they used as the initial Teaser for Halo 3. Par for the course, Bungie.

No problem with that, I'm just not making it to be more than it is.

 

[Tashi]

Streaming GAF Customs Night

http://www.justin.tv/tashi23

 

[goldenpp72]

Yea, I'm retarded for thinking a pre rendered clip that has nothing to do with what the game in motion will look like, is useless for what the game will look like... you know, when you're playing it. But oh noes, they used the warthog model and everything? This trailer shows as much about what the game is gonna be as the Halo 3 scene when they glass the planet.

im saying you tried to disqualify someone using incorrect information, it isn't cg, you can call it pointless, stupid, boring, whatever, but it isn't cg.

 

[Talon]

No problem with that, I'm just not making it to be more than it is.

I'm agreeing with you, my friend.

 

[The Librarian]

No, because the books focused on Spartans and Reach. These appear to be Oni related ODST troopers which didn't really get covered in the books.

They're Spartans.

 

[szaromir]

The graphics show an incredible improvement, should be the best looking 360 game next year, but the cutscene itself was dull.

And yay, Elites are back (hardly any news, but it's always great to see one )

 

[pringles]

Haha is it a surprise that everyone who seems to be disappointed had invented crazy expectations like seeing Master Chief, gameplay, lots of action, a true trailer etc. when we've known for a long time what we would be seeing was a snippet of a cinematic of a game that will probably not have anything to with MC.

 

[Zophar]

Its in-engine. Not the same as CG.

Which, uh, doesn't affect his point at all. CG or in-engine there is nothing actually tangible in the video.

 

[joey_z]

Was that honestly the opening cut scene of the game? Jeez. What happened to the Bungie that made the opening scene of Halo 2 and Halo 3?

 

[GhaleonEB]

You are not zooming enough. Come on. Also, are both from cutscenes?

Nope. Just looking for a quick comparison - that was just a google search image.

The lighting, etc. is different in the Halo 3 cinematics, but not the modeling, which is what I was pointing out. I'll be as surprised as anyone if the lighting is like that in-game.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Army of Two was the original Halo prequel?!

:O

Yeah, I shrugged when I saw that. This game is a prequel, right? Why add shit like this in prequel when it's no where to be seen on sequels? Sure, you can say "WELL MAYBE BECAUSE HE IS DEAD?" but yeah... w/e. Looks awesome.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

What's that thing amongst the clouds right after the helicopter/chinook lifts off? Like a massive curved structure. Around the 2:40 mark in the YouTube video.

 

[BattleMonkey]

They're Spartans.

Where does it say they are spartans? They have ODST helmets and apparently connected directly to ONI. Some of them are kinda hurr hurr huge but I don't see anything to signify spartan.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Where does it say they are spartans? They have ODST helmets and apparently connected directly to ONI. Some of them are kinda hurr hurr huge but I don't see anything to signify spartan.

"Spartans do not die. They are just M.I.A." or some shit like that is said in the trailer...

 

[Mr Jared]

As a huge Halo fanboy, I found the Reach trailer incredibly underwhelming and bland. I have no doubt the game will be awesome (It's Bungie. Come on.), but man ... not even Marty's score was particularly interesting and that guy could score a game about paint drying in a manner so epic that god himself would descend from the heavens to say, "Kudos."

 

[The Librarian]

What's that thing amongst the clouds right after the helicopter/chinook lifts off? Like a massive curved structure. Around the 2:40 mark in the YouTube video.

http://i48.tinypic.com/29njtat.jpg[/IMG[/QUOTE]
Looks like smoke.:lol

[QUOTE=BattleMonkey]Where does it say they are spartans? They have ODST helmets and apparently connected directly to ONI. Some of them are kinda hurr hurr huge but I don't see anything to signify spartan.[/QUOTE]
...

They're Spartans.

 

[duk]

i really miss the chief

 

[BattleMonkey]

"Spartans do not die. They are just M.I.A." or some shit like that is said in the trailer...

They were talking about a team of Spartans, not themselves

 

[FrankT]

Haha is it a surprise that everyone who seems to be disappointed had invented crazy expectations like seeing Master Chief, gameplay, lots of action, a true trailer etc. when we've known for a long time what we would be seeing was a snippet of a cinematic of a game that will probably not have anything to with MC.

Do you know that for a fact though? I mean was he not in the book? No focus there? I mean they are specifically talking about the Spartans in this trailer.

 

[Sean]

I saw it in HD and the graphics are a very nice step up from Halo 3. That skybox at the end was stunning. Bungie still isn't that great at modeling human faces though.

As for the content of the trailer itself, a little unexciting. I think back to the Halo 2 reveal trailer and it was like "Oh shit, Earth is totally fucked" and Halo 3's reveal had all those banshees in the sky and everything and felt epic. This was mostly just a bunch of dudes walking around spouting off cliche dialogue - had a sort of Gears/Army of Two vibe.

 

[godhandiscen]

Nope. Just looking for a quick comparison - that was just a google search image.

The lighting, etc. is different in the Halo 3 cinematics, but not the modeling, which is what I was pointing out. I'll be as surprised as anyone if the lighting is like that in-game.

Yeah, it seems they are using more polys in the models this time around. However, it could just mean that their mesh streaming tech improved and that the are replacing the models on the go before the cut scenes. Sorry, I just don't want to get my hopes up.

 

[Skilotonn]

It didn't crash. The guy paused it. Pretty good way to troll the 2000 people watching.

Oh well. I can wait for it to be uploaded I guess. What I saw looked good though. I agree about the CG comments being a great compliment though. :lol

Nah, there was the justin.tv feed, and there was the livestream.com feed, I was watching the livestream one and it started to stutter when the Warthog was driving, and straight-up crashed when going through the squad - arrrrrrrrrrgggggggh.

And after all these years, why is it still so hard to understand the difference between in-engine, in-game and CG? Here's a hint - there is no difference between the first two, aside from camera angles + HUD and first-person models. It is the game you're playing, just not at a gameplay angle.

Come on now.

EDIT: In case it wasn't posted, here's a link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zZFOuCZdvA - watching it now myself...

 

[.:Wesker:.]

I wonder if this one will let me fulfill my dream of flying a Pelican.

You can fly a Pelican in Halo 1's multiplayer (on PC)

 

[Zeouterlimits]

MP coverage hits mid-January.

1) Dialogue was terrible.

Agreed, looked great, but I really hoped for better dialogue.
Can't wait to see direct feed trailer

 

[duk]

They were talking about a team of Spartans, not themselves

i think they were spartans from their helmets but not sure hmmm

 

[TTG]

im saying you tried to disqualify someone using incorrect information, it isn't cg, you can call it pointless, stupid, boring, whatever, but it isn't cg.

Did we come up with a new name for non-gameplay footage? Ok, it's a cutscene that may be using in game models, is that better?

 

[probune]

It was like ODST with Spartans on Reach.

 

[Dabanton]

Uh now how did i know this thread would turn into a mess. :lol

The cinematic was good,showed just enough to whet my appetite.

They can save the actual trailer for next year.

 

[BattleMonkey]

it still so hard to understand the difference between in-engine, in-game and CG? Here's a hint - there is no difference between the first two, aside from camera angles + HUD and first-person models. It is the game you're playing, just not at a gameplay angle.

lol what? In engine and in game is much more than taking away the hud and moving the camera around.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Nah, there was the justin.tv feed, and there was the livestream.com feed, I was watching the livestream one and it started to stutter when the Warthog was driving, and straight-up crashed when going through the squad - arrrrrrrrrrgggggggh.

And after all these years, why is it still so hard to understand the difference between in-engine, in-game and CG? Here's a hint - there is no difference between the first two, aside from camera angles + HUD and first-person models. It is the game you're playing, just not at a gameplay angle.

Come on now.

EDIT: In case it wasn't posted, here's a link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zZFOuCZdvA - watching it now myself...

I don't know about that, aren't cinematics able to pull off more because they don't have to worry about dealing with control input?

 

[joey_z]

Gears of Halo. Really. That's all I feel.

 

[duk]

"this our new number 6?"

hmmm it looks like 6 spartans... but maybe one dies?

 

[Walshicus]

Don't know why you people are arguing to whether it's in-game or whether it will look like that at retail. You're not going to find that out for a while so why waste the energy? The important stuff, like the tone of the story and hints to gameplay is ready to be analysed.

Spoiler

On seeing him clearer, I now have nothing but hate for stupid Mr Skull-on-Helmet.

 

[enzo_gt]

It was one team of Spartans talking about another group. One of them was named George. The lady was wearing blue. This leads me to believe they are the Blue Spartan group. /limited knowledge of Reach.

 

[charsace]

I thought MC gets the Halo 1 armor in the second book?

 

[Mastperf]

People were complaining about how big this thread became with so little info to talk about. Apparently it wasn't big enough since what little info we had to go on (cut-scene, no real gameplay shown) was completely ignored.

 

[Zophar]

And after all these years, why is it still so hard to understand the difference between in-engine, in-game and CG? Here's a hint - there is no difference between the first two, aside from camera angles + HUD and first-person models. It is the game you're playing, just not at a gameplay angle.

No. They are NOT the same. In a cutscene you can divert resources that are necessary for AI and physics and everything else needed while you're actually playing to gussy up the cutscenes. See: every game ever.

 

[alr1ght]

uploaded a better quality (direct feed) version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMLXLUlvNSY
good quality should kick in soon

 

[The Librarian]

People were complaining about how big this thread became with so little info to talk about. Apparently it wasn't big enough since what little info we had to go on (cut-scene, no real gameplay shown) was completely ignored.

Bungie showed what they said they were going to show.

 

[DCX]

That looked awesome, and every Halo cinematic here on out makes me want a movie even more

DCX

 

[Red]

Looks alright. Faces are better but seemed like weird plastic mannequins in the youtube trailer. Better than the mashed potato faces of H3 and ODST, but still a little jarring. Models certainly look more detailed, but the environment shown there was really sparse and boring. And again, could have been the youtube-quality vid, but the colors looked very washed out.

Anyway, I'm excited for it. Animations especially looked great.