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HaloGAF |OT: Anniversary| So fades the great harvest of our betrayal.
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Poker Face
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as long as it's 60fps i dont really care about the resolution lol
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Yeah but in exchange we got awesome water, full-res transparencies, 7 HDR stops, and Cook-Torrance specular BRDF?
Worth it.
Halo 5 should run at 320x
1080
gAg CruSh3r
Member
I don't understand why people would even freak out or anything about H2A campaign resolution. 343 has out done then self with the MCC. I am so excited for this game. The game looks very nice, clean, and runs buttery smooth. November 11th can't come in any sooner.
Also hornet > falcon
and bloodline need some color to it. It looks s little dead to me.
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Also hornet > falcon
and bloodline need some color to it. It looks s little dead to me.
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FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
While the Hornet looks awesome in H2A, there's something special that the Falcon provides that the Hornet can't: that feeling of the Warthog of the sky.
Hoping it returns for Halo 5 BTB on maps the size of Halo PC's maps.
Hoping it returns for Halo 5 BTB on maps the size of Halo PC's maps.
gAg CruSh3r
Member
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It would be really awesome to see big air battles.
Also I would like to see bigger set of people for BTB 16v16 or 12v12 with AIs. Is that to much or would you think this would be awesome? Invasion 2.0?
I like BTB. Don't get me wrong, I love area gameplay as well too.
Maybe for Halo ODST 2?
Prinz Eugn
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PachinkoChampBruh
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection |OT| Everything is 1080p&60fps*
btw, when are they gonna show the menu and all the options off.
btw, when are they gonna show the menu and all the options off.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Apparently they are showing the multiplayer playlists this week so im sure we will see more menu UI soon.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
This just in, the HD remake:
I almost did the same thing yesterday lol <3
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
there was no reason why we couldnt have it in the original Halo 4...
But then there would have been no room for the icon for the weapon you currently have out, and the game would be practically unplayable without that.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
5 games before it had it.
Everything is 1080p. That just refers to vertical lines of resolution and field order. Halo 2 Anniversary is progressive scan and has 1080 vertical lines. It might be against the spirit of the law, but it fits the letter.
Five games? H2, H3, ODST, Reach, and what else?
(At any rate, I was being sarcastic.)
Sort of. "1080 lines progressive" is the etymology behind 1080p, but it's usually taken to mean 1920x1080 progressive. Now that we use discrete pixels rather than classical analog lines, we can do that.
Really depends on who you ask, there's not very solid consensus as to what "1080p" means. And it's highly contextual.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Lol I would never say that tho. Anyway folks can make up their minds based on actual experience. I'm a fan of art and fidelity. There are thousands of ways to achieve that. Anyone who quotes this out of context is worse than Satan.
In the future, describe your framebuffers in terms of the amount of information they can store.
In qubits.
User 73706
Banned
We need a Rail Falcon. Or at least give us those Grenade Launcher Falcons from campaign.
Zeouterlimits
Member
The p doesn't necessarily bother me that much [I do value the framerate more], but it'd be too hard to judge without a good solid 5-10 minutes of video, if not longer.
Have to judge the visual package as a whole.
Have to judge the visual package as a whole.
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Eh, I've never really cared about the numbers deep down. My only problem was that they weren't getting the best image possible because of the instant switching feature that was rumored.
I still consider it a niche feature, and will assume it won't get much use past the first run through of the campaign. But the resolution is impacted forever because of it.
I would have been fine even if they didn't have the delayed switching of CEA and instead you had to choose classic settings from the menu before you played. I've played through the campaign easily over ten times, I'm looking at my copy of Halo 2 as I type this, I am more excited to see the visuals of H2A than running through the campaign again which I liked less than CE, 3, even Reach.
But I can understand why. There will be a whole new generation of gamers playing this now, kids especially will love the instant switching, and it's a good way to market or show off differences in a remake. Not entirely a big deal overall.
I still consider it a niche feature, and will assume it won't get much use past the first run through of the campaign. But the resolution is impacted forever because of it.
I would have been fine even if they didn't have the delayed switching of CEA and instead you had to choose classic settings from the menu before you played. I've played through the campaign easily over ten times, I'm looking at my copy of Halo 2 as I type this, I am more excited to see the visuals of H2A than running through the campaign again which I liked less than CE, 3, even Reach.
But I can understand why. There will be a whole new generation of gamers playing this now, kids especially will love the instant switching, and it's a good way to market or show off differences in a remake. Not entirely a big deal overall.
User 73706
Banned
So, it's still in an extremely prototypical state with regards to actual content, but I just thought I'd let you guys know that my site Gravity Gauntlet is actually up and running now! For clarity's sake, Gravity Gauntlet is actually the name of the informal development team, contributors permitting. I'm trying to crank things into high gear to start developing a legitimate portfolio and get the Livechamber pages full of content. On top of that, it's also going to serve as the home for Reclaimer Radio, which has its own page here.
Now I'm curious as to why the resolution was dropped beyond the reasoning given.
Just like any other game, there are sections which are probably relatively easy to render, e.g. Cairo Station, while there are sections which are a bit more difficult, e.g. Quarantine Zone.
I have a feeling that the game could have been 1080p 60FPS for most of the game, but a few relatively large sections, e.g. QZ or Metropolis would have dragged the whole thing down.
This is based off the existing lag Halo 2 experiences while playing on the Xbox 360. These missions were also not shown in great detail in the preview. I have a feeling the Great Journey may also be one of those missions where keeping a stable framerate became problematic.
Really, it seems to be based on the missions which have the largest surface area of textures which need to be drawn. I'd imagine drawing all those buildings in Metropolis was also quite problematic.
/Speculation.
Edit: I must state my excitement for Halo 4 apparently looking like an Xbox One game. Am I the only one excited about this, even if it is disappointing to hear about the Halo 2A res news?
Just like any other game, there are sections which are probably relatively easy to render, e.g. Cairo Station, while there are sections which are a bit more difficult, e.g. Quarantine Zone.
I have a feeling that the game could have been 1080p 60FPS for most of the game, but a few relatively large sections, e.g. QZ or Metropolis would have dragged the whole thing down.
This is based off the existing lag Halo 2 experiences while playing on the Xbox 360. These missions were also not shown in great detail in the preview. I have a feeling the Great Journey may also be one of those missions where keeping a stable framerate became problematic.
Really, it seems to be based on the missions which have the largest surface area of textures which need to be drawn. I'd imagine drawing all those buildings in Metropolis was also quite problematic.
/Speculation.
Edit: I must state my excitement for Halo 4 apparently looking like an Xbox One game. Am I the only one excited about this, even if it is disappointing to hear about the Halo 2A res news?
I'm still hoping that when the Falcon returns it'll have a seat inside that is able to carry a person. You could in campaign but not in multiplayer. I like to imagine aerial based objective games where you need to coordinate pickup and that kind of stuff. It'd be glorious. Though there would probably need to be a separate Falcon that didn't have that ability like how there was a second Hornet (that was a straight up replacement however) so that it could fulfill a transport role rather than just a flying warthog.
I can see it working well for 1 side objective games since the other team would be completely focused on defense. Falcons were also fairly easy to destroy.
I can see it working well for 1 side objective games since the other team would be completely focused on defense. Falcons were also fairly easy to destroy.
Revenant was pretty coo'.
Site looks good dude. Really look forward to what you've got in store.
Fata1moose
Banned
When they call the combat slow, claiming it doesn't keep up with today's modern shooters I died a little inside. I can't believe unbalanced ADS shooters are considered good.
Warlock is solid, I would have preferred Terminal/Containment/Relic/Waterworks over it though.
Yeah I heard that too and cringed. Who the hell has been watching Halo 2 Anniversary tournaments featuring pros and thinking the combat is slow or not modern? Apparently crawling, going prone, or moving like a snail when aiming down sights is fast. But jumping while throwing grenades and shooting is slow.
I'm guessing the only reason they say slow is because it's not sprint, and doesn't have that quick ADS kill time.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I gotta say though, reading the article you can practically taste the guy's love for the series. His description of the opening bits of CE was spot on.
I like to think that the overall populace isn't dumb enough to think that it's the case.
Whenever I play a game like Call of Duty I'm not thinking "fast paced fun that encapsulates the epitome of shooters". I'm thinking "Twitchy bullshit that has swallowed the FPS industry over the past decade". Not that I think one type is better than the other (I just enjoy one more). Over saturation sucks regardless of the type that's doing it.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Honestly, the Falcon was dumb. There, I said it. It was like a less fun, easier to blow up version of the warthog that barely appeared on any maps and exploded almost immediately on the ones it did.
Uh, prototypical does not mean what I think you think it means.
"I'm a fan of art and fidelity. There are thousands of ways to achieve that."
- Frankie
ncsuDuncan
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I knew it!