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[BigShow36]

I don't GaF if Halo CE looks the exact same as it did 13 years ago, all I care about is that it plays the same.

 

[matthieuC]

MCC is IGN First of October

So this starts this Monday, correct?

 

[belushy]

So this starts this Monday, correct?

Yep

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

MCC is IGN First of October

Damn, that footage from the CG cutscenes looks niccee.

 

[CyReN]

So that what they meant by schedule, hyped.

 

[HTupolev]

Shout, shout, let it all out! >:O

Excellent.

I don't GaF if Halo CE looks the exact same as it did 13 years ago, all I care about is that it plays the same.

FEAR POST

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Hmm, Chief's sprint and leap post-Mercy-assignation looked a little silly there.

 

[matthieuC]

Yep

Wow that's good stuff. New stuff every weekday will be glorious.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I like that the Blur cutscenes aren't afraid to change up the staging/direction of the original. I prefer the shot of Sgt. Johnson's boots hitting the ground so they can pan up to reveal him and meet the upcoming characters' eye level, compared the original where he's mostly obscured by the tank

The spirit of the scene is intact, by the looks of it.

 

[CyReN]

New H2A Cutscenes

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I remember warthogs in particular being deadlier in 3 than they were in past games. I worry taking out the spartan laser and replacing it with the rocket launcher could have consequences.

In Halo 3, you have the following to take out Warthogs: brute shot, plasma pistol, plasma grenades, energy drainer, rockets, turrets, and missile launcher.

Maps play much better without the spartan laser. You get more vehicle action and the maps feel more dynamic because a team can't be completely shutdown by the weapon.

Without the Laser, dominating with the Halo 3 Hog becomes that much easier. The Halo 3 Hog has:

• Tight controls
• A great brake
• Speed
• Feels like a Tank in survivability
• A turret with INSANE accuracy
• etc.

Rockets: slowest and weakest in the series
PP: tracking isn't too great
Power Drain: good luck landing one against a competent driver
Missle Pod: lol.
Plasma Grenades: best bet, but still risky
Brute Shot: not nearly enough ammo to make a difference, nor is it in abundance in multiplayer

There's a good argument for both sides IMO.

 

[Sephzilla]

The blur cutscenes just reaffirm my belief that the Bungie era armors are so much better than 343's overly busy ones

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Master Chief is the right color in the cutscenes.. why is his armor a weird lime green in the game?

New H2A Cutscenes

I just zoned out watching that repeat and repeat.

The blur cutscenes just reaffirm my belief that the Bungie era armors are so much better than 343's overly busy ones

I feel like 343 should aim for an armor configuration that strikes a visual middle-ground between the Halo 3 and 4 armor.

 

[Sephzilla]

I feel like 343 should aim for an armor configuration that strikes a visual middle-ground between the Halo 3 and 4 armor.

There's just something different about the 343 Halo 4 armors.

The Bungie armors felt like they were spacesuits. The 343 armors feel like they're trying to be Crysis.

 

[Moa]

Blur Sgt. Johnson
Blur Tartarus
Blur Chief escaping from Covenant Ship
All new Blur cinematics in one

 

[User 73706]

Since my chippy stuff is usually the most popular, here's a kinda sorta not really NES cover of one of the tracks off Trinity.

 

[maneil99]

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[ViewtifulJC]

RIP in peace Mobile users

at least CyRen tried to be nice

 

[Moa]

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Would be a little easier if you didn't just embed a 42MB gif.

 

[m23]

Oh damn, I'm stuck at work
Need to see them blur cutscenes.

 

[Omni]

A 13MB .gif isn't much better, Moa.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Something is off with those gifs. Where are the TeamBeyond watermarks?

 

[Moa]

A 13MB .gif isn't much better, Moa.

Working fine on my phone, will edit regardless.

Something is off with those gifs. Where are the TeamBeyond watermarks?

We're busting out the red circles.

 

[User 73706]

Would be a little easier if you didn't just embed a 42MB gif.

brb, turning Revival.avi into a 1080p .gif.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

POSITIVITY ON MY HALOGAF?

Carry on.

http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii550/Fahzgoolin/happystinkles_zpsb1d31956.jpg

 

[VinFTW]

Stinkles you sneaky bastard.

Can't wait for IGN first this month. All dat MP/SP footage in 1080/60

Hnnnngggg

 

[jem0208]

Blur Sgt. Johnson
Blur Tartarus
Blur Chief escaping from Covenant Ship
All new Blur cinematics in one

 

[Omni]

Blur Sgt. Johnson
Blur Tartarus
Blur Chief escaping from Covenant Ship
All new Blur cinematics in one

There's something weird about the Chief escaping from the Covenant ship. He's... wobbling too much

IDK

 

[User 73706]

There's something weird about the Chief escaping from the Covenant ship. He's... wobbling too much

IDK

Could be a mix of a shaky-cam and the glassing process eating away at the integrity of the structure itself.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Basically if they were on fire they wouldn't blow up unless you health was all the way down, basically it was tied to your health and made vehicles useful.

343 please make sure this is in H2A, its actually critical for BTB.

Right, right. I'd prefer the health bar system, honestly. Make vehicles tougher to compensate, maybe?

 

[ultimota]

Tartarus just looks so damn awesome :'D

 

[Fahzgoolin]

There's something weird about the Chief escaping from the Covenant ship. He's... wobbling too much

IDK

Looks like he's running for his life and readying his footsteps for a massive leap off the edge. Looks like a genuine state of panic. Even for the MC, I think that's understandable

 

[User 73706]

Did this over in the FFXV car photoshop thread:

 

[Booshka]

Pretty boys from FFXV should have been waiting for Foe Hammer on The Maw in Halo CE imo.

 

[dwells]

People arguing about Halo 1 graphics 13 years later. I bet Bungie would have given everything to know they'd have this level of longevity when making the game.

Exactly, that's the reason I'm so concerned about the graphics. I think it's really a great looking game that deserves the best. The original game and assets actually hold up pretty damn well if they're rendered properly.

MCC is IGN First of October

Please tell me the reason we've been getting little to no screenshots or video is because they signed an exclusivity deal with IGN...

The blur cutscenes just reaffirm my belief that the Bungie era armors are so much better than 343's overly busy ones

I think Halo 2 was the sweet sport for armor. Around Halo 3 when the armor customization came in is when I think the armor started going a little overboard and then things got worse than there. Having a ton of individual interchangeable pieces isn't going to look as good as spending all your time and effort designing a single unified set of armor. Whatever they do, I hope they move away from Halo 4 - the Spartans don't even look like Spartans anymore, just generic sci-fi armor dudes.

Well, adding a post process blur filter that wasn't in the original should be about as trivial as dropping in FXAA or SMAA 1x shaders.

You'd think so, especially since there should be ample resources leftover to implement some proper post-processing.

 

[Fata1moose]

Pretty disappointed the last map is Wizard, never seemed very popular, albeit it's a solid map. I would have like to see Waterworks or Terminal though.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Did this over in the FFXV car photoshop thread:

They are looking in complete shock and confusion as to why random floating panels are blowing up.

Halo 3 warthog ending = cheeze fest

(great pic)

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Dang, my body is tingling.

 

[belushy]

I hope the CE MP gameplay is 8v8 on Death Island.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Pretty disappointed the last map is Wizard, never seemed very popular, albeit it's a solid map. I would have like to see Waterworks or Terminal though.

Are we for sure this is the confirmed map, or are we still working off a "leaked" blurry image. I mean...it looked totally legit, just curious. What makes me hesitant is 343 apparently stated that there wouldn't be any more Halo 2 DLC maps featured in H2:A MP.

 

[kittens]

MCC is IGN First of October

boner

 

[gAg CruSh3r]

Pretty disappointed the last map is Wizard, never seemed very popular, albeit it's a solid map. I would have like to see Waterworks or Terminal though.

I don't think it was confirmed. Beli343.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Just be wary that IGN first has been fairly terrible since it's introduction.

But it's better then nothing.

 

[jem0208]

Just be wary that IGN first has been fairly terrible since it's introduction.

But it's better then nothing.

That's not true, it was pretty great with the Horizon 2 coverage.

 

[Trey]

boner

Put that away, HaloGAF isn't that kind of party. We're civilized, elzar's avatar notwithstanding.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

That's not true, it was pretty great with the Horizon 2 coverage.

one of the days were a five second clip, I remember

get hype

 

[Fata1moose]

Are we for sure this is the confirmed map, or are we still working off a "leaked" blurry image. I mean...it looked totally legit, just curious. What makes me hesitant is 343 apparently stated that there wouldn't be any more Halo 2 DLC maps featured in H2:A MP.

I don't think it was confirmed. Beli343.

Not confirmed, no. Though when Halo 4 was coming out there was an even more blurry image of Ragnarok on the map selection, so it's not like it's anything new.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Just be wary that IGN first has been fairly terrible since it's introduction.

But it's better then nothing.

Although I typically despise IGN and hate how they use a blonde haired chick with doofy drum beat music every day to deliver news (click master-baiting), Ryan typically does a decent job at Halo news. At least he is genuinely excited and hyped about the MCC. His E3 interview with Dan Ayoub and Stinkles was actually quite good--asked important questions and was one of the few to ask about superbounces and BXR's in Halo 2 Classic.

 

[Overdoziz]

Please tell me there was something wrong with the build those Halo 1 screenshots were gathered from. It looks terrible; jaggies everywhere and then some sort of muddy blur filter all over the entire image. Doesn't even look like native 1080p and looks more like a poorly upscaled image.

I'm going to be seriously disappointed if that's what the game actually looks like. There's no excuse for the game looking drastically, drastically worse than Halo PC running on a several year old PC:

I'm with ya mate. The screenshots look pretty bad compared to that game that came out on PC a SpeedyBlueDude ago. Doesn't help that it's a compressed screenshot, but the aliasing and muddy/blurry look to it is strange.

 

[Vinc]

So do we have an update on the classic mode causing sub 1080p on H2A's campaign? I don't really care about the switch being real time, I really hope we can turn off that option to make it 1080p if they can't make it otherwise.