shinobi602
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Of course you can't make a 1:1 comparison, but you can still glean some basic things, post processing missing, looks like PBR isn't implemented. The only way we can properly judge is when it's finally on our TVs in October.
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Halo 5 - Game Informer details
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Well we meant more general stuff, such as texture quality and so on.
You lose a ton of detail when it's been pushed through this kind of crap.
I definitely agree, until the game is out and on our TVs than nothing is going to match up to it.
pantsonhead
Member
Yooooo, the Mantis was amazing, if they bring that shit back Halo 5 will be my GOTY every year.
People were saying Halo 3 looks like dogshit, that Bungie were doing a poor job, that it barely looks better than Halo 2, that it was the worse ever because it was a sub-HD resolution aka 640p or something. In the end, Halo 3 was amazing. Such an immersive campaign, solid visuals, skyboxes, enemy animation and design, out of this world lighting and water. I can still remember being transported to the Ark and looking up and seeing the Milky Way Galaxy etc. We have yet to see anything beyond a few screens and people are again disappointed. 'It doesn't look too good, perfect dark zero looking, looks identical to Halo 4, not 1080p' etc.
right? at least the art style is consistent w/ 4
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Hmm, weird, I don't remember a sweet mech. All I remember is the mantis.
pantsonhead
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K
kittens
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Master Yoshi
Member
Few more things I want for e3:
-Blue Team's faces revealed
-Blue Team's voice actors revealed
-Elites in Multiplayer
-Please for the love of all that is holy, bring back the Falcon
I can just see Blue Team loading up in this, bros4life.
Flying, sexy Warthog...
-Blue Team's faces revealed
-Blue Team's voice actors revealed
-Elites in Multiplayer
-Please for the love of all that is holy, bring back the Falcon
I can just see Blue Team loading up in this, bros4life.
Flying, sexy Warthog...
pantsonhead
Member
Few more things I want for e3:
-Blue Team's faces revealed
-Blue Team's voice actors revealed
-Elites in Multiplayer
-Please for the love of all that is holy, bring back the Falcon
I can just see Blue Team loading up in this, bros4life.
Flying, sexy Warthog...
Actually this brings up an interesting question: 4 squad members in a three person Warthog, how'll that shit work? Or are we going to see some new four person vehicles?
We really don't need to see those in-game
pantsonhead
Member
I kind of agree, it'd be interesting for Blue Team to remain faceless while we have Locke and the rest of Osiris having faces. It'd be an interesting way to thematically differentiate them if 343 felt like putting in the effort.
I hope we get B-roll footage on Xbox Wire.
I love Gamersyde but the B-Roll media footage is the best.
http://news.xbox.com/media
Check out this quality:
http://news.xbox.com/api/mediacart/download/a7df855629d84df2a3a908504a02cf78
That's a video with 13,000+kbps bitrate... mmmmm....
pantsonhead
Member
We see Linda's face in one of the commercial's too, I think. The idea was just regarding the game, though I doubt they'd keep Blue faceless in the game anyway.
E: Then again, the fuck do I know?
I think they should start the game with all of their helmets off just as a "Look we're not Bungie and we're actually going to tell you a story here.".
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Hmm, good question. Maybe they'll just provide plenty of vehicles so folks can split up?
pantsonhead
Member
I wouldn't object either, but I think they'd at best annoy a portion of the fanbase and at worst that portion would boycott the game. If I was 343, I'd save the Chief's face reveal for the end of the last game, but like I said, the fuck do I know?
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Jack Scofield
Member
I believe that quote originated from Dan "Shoe" Hsu from EGM.
That's the same portion of the fanbase that still believe that Master Chief is them in the suit. Some people need to realize that in order to tell a story you need to know that you're playing a character with a personality and that he has his own history.
Maybe open the game with Chief as a child having a nightmare about being taken from his home and remembering his parents and how they loved him; all of the sudden he is thrown into a boot camp and exposed to brutal training.
pantsonhead
Member
That'd be a pretty interesting way to do a tutorial, I'll give you that.
NullPointer
Member
Thats how Reach started, with only Noble Six and Emil with their helmets on.
You never saw Noble Six's face so it was still a "your the guy in a suit" thing going on.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Even though it was a terminal, we did see and hear Fred and Linda (or was it Kelly?) in a H2A terminal.
pantsonhead
Member
We also see them as kids (well, to a given value of kid) in Forward Unto Dawn, and Linda is supposed to be in one of the trailers, though I never saw that confirmed.
pantsonhead
Member
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Poodlestrike
Banned
That's from Forward Unto Dawn (which is pretty good, btw). They were supposed to be around 16 at the time, though, same age as the rest of the recruits; presumably they're a little different looking by now.
Escalation art really shouldn't be canon, if at all possible.
Eh. I mean is 'art' in any medium ever canon? Different artist do different stuff. Still, the drawing is still a good idea of what they will look like in Halo 5. I mean, Halo Legends is anime-style, thus it's art style isn't canon. Probably sort of similiar for Escalation.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It's so bad though.
If Escalation art is canon, Banshees are self-piloting and the Arbiter changes size at random.
Like I said, it's art isn't canon. The Halo universes 'style' is what you see in game. If one Artist draws The Punisher as extremely buff to even inhuman levels and the next one draws him as more regular buff... Does either one really 'canon'?
Hell, Escalation already has multiple artists on it. lol.
Master Yoshi
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Twin Tails
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Few more things I want for e3:
-Blue Team's faces revealed
-Blue Team's voice actors revealed
-Elites in Multiplayer
-Please for the love of all that is holy, bring back the Falcon
I can just see Blue Team loading up in this, bros4life.
Flying, sexy Warthog...
I liked blowing this up in reach. Triple kills all around.
pantsonhead
Member
How does that even happen?
Funny story about that, on the Halo forum when someone asked about it a 343i employee said something along the lines about how they can switch roles. Really it was them covering for a mistake. xD
Considering the other lettering errors in the series? Probably oversight. Didn't even realize it till the fans pointed it out.
Master Yoshi
Member
Nanomachines...
pantsonhead
Member
So this is a late response, but I'd say Noble Six was even more "you in the suit" then Chief or even the Rookie. Mostly because you could change their campaign armor, but also choose their gender.
Monocle
Member
I just don't know anymore. I'm...excited? I like the sound of that spoilery detail in the OT at least.
That art is very hefty, thick, and tight. I'm a big fan of the sturdy colors and, uh, tasteful solidity.I can't forgive them mixing up Kelly and Linda...
Poodlestrike
Banned
NullPointer
Member
That better-in-motion thing is something real that I've noticed a lot more than ever these days. Maybe its all the post-processing effects? The only screenshots that tend to feel truly representative are those taken by those with a real knack for capturing action in the screenshot threads. Even The Order: 1886 screens don't live up to seeing it in motion on my TV at home.
Dat girth.
Master Yoshi
Member
At e3, 343i announces that they spent all year playing volleyball and forgot to work on Halo 5. All Halo 5 screenshots are actually the first level of Halo 4 with models that were cut from the game. The announcement trailer was actually the 2007 Halo 3 trailer with Cortana edited out and a poncho photoshopped onto the Master Chief.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Sniping Linda would simply refuse the lift.
Poodlestrike
Banned
God, I'm so freaking excited for E3 this year. I get out of class 30 minutes before MS's conference starts, I'm gonna sprint back to my apartment so I don't miss a minute.
I'm sorry your reaction to someone saying we'll have a better indication of things in a few days is to drag in a quip that shows you're imagining this in terms of message board arguments from almost a decade back with people who aren't me.
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