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Halo 4 - Media blow out

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NullPointer

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Flipyap said:
Sure, but using his resume to explain some accidental visual similarity is a bit silly.
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I think its fair at this point to provide a disclaimer that when it comes to game development I don't know shit about shit. Outside of what I get from GAF via osmosis. Just want to be clear on that ;P

The rocks do remind me of God of War 3 though.

les papillons sexuels said:
Open world, dark, brooding atmosphere, scanning for tapes, getting upgrade depots, linear missions/dungeons peppered between overworld exploration, and all the great halo mechanics and enemies.
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I wasn't really into the ODST audio/visual logs, but the terminals in Halo Anniversary were awesome.

An example: The Terminal for "Keyes". Spoilers for those who haven't played Halo:CE
 
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les papillons sexuels

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alphaNoid said:
Doom 3 + Metroid + Halo = halo odst ?

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Open world, dark, brooding atmosphere, scanning for tapes, getting upgrade depots, linear missions/dungeons peppered between overworld exploration, and all the great halo mechanics and enemies.
 
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DSN2K

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be interesting to see what the Covenant intentions are....thought the war was over ? Perhaps this is a splinter faction.
 
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ViewtifulJC

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We're sitting here, and Halo 4 supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about pipes. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about pipes; not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about pipes. Not the game that 343 go out there and die for and build every game like it's their last but we're talking about pipes man. How silly is that?
 
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DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
higherARC05 said:
How you get the 20 number from? Just wondering :p
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I zoomed in and counted roughly 10 ridges (vertices when taken in a slice) in half a circumference?

Technically if looking at a pipe and assuming they are single sided, 10 vertices would imply 40 polygons going around (takes 2 polys to make a square surface, essentially what a pipe is made out of)

Where the high geometry parts are... Is the curves in the pipes, so imagine the curve is 20 polys, that's 20 * 40 polys for the curve

Doesn't sound like a lot... But have 10 curves with 2 adjoining pipes on screen at 30 FPS... Then you have a tri output of over 500,000 polys/sec

(And this is why round objects become annoying)
 
boutrosinit

boutrosinit

Street Fighter IV World Champion
Definitely the most visually interesting Halo. Lighting totally arse-shags the prior versions. New engine?

I may actually care to play this. Still do not care for the mythos, but the game has always been fairly solid.
 
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Demon Ice

Banned
ViewtifulJC said:
We're sitting here, and Halo 4 supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about pipes. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about pipes; not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about pipes. Not the game that 343 go out there and die for and build every game like it's their last but we're talking about pipes man. How silly is that?
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Any discussion about the actual game mechanics includes people pointing out things that they are less than thrilled about, and then the "die hard" fans get offended and try desperately to shift the topic back to "omfg this awesome game looks so awesome" by posting the same set of .gifs and screens repeatedly.

Edit: Like so.
 
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higherARC05

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ViewtifulJC said:
We're sitting here, and Halo 4 supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about pipes. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about pipes; not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about pipes. Not the game that 343 go out there and die for and build every game like it's their last but we're talking about pipes man. How silly is that?
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I like pipes. They are useful for water movement. And I LOVE water HALO games have rendered. Water in HALO 4 going to look so good. :)

DopeyFish said:
I zoomed in and counted roughly 10 ridges (vertices when taken in a slice) in half a circumference?

Technically if looking at a pipe and assuming they are single sided, 10 vertices would imply 40 polygons going around (takes 2 polys to make a square surface, essentially what a pipe is made out of)

Where the high geometry parts are... Is the curves in the pipes, so imagine the curve is 20 polys, that's 20 * 40 polys for the curve

Doesn't sound like a lot... But have 10 curves with 2 adjoining pipes on screen at 30 FPS... Then you have a tri output of over 500,000 polys/sec

(And this is why round objects become annoying)
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Thanks!!!!!
 
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dragonelite

Member
XAL said:
UUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Flood Spartan or Forerunner/Promethean that's been bioengineered + modified with tech?

***nevermind it's the former, thanks for the clarification monk.
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Those flood design looks good.
Now i do want the flood back.
 
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Garrett 2U

Member
chief... I need you.
40 days. plz zoom by faster than the last 1,825. although I know you won't.
happy 5th birthday Halo 3
 
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∀ Narayan

Member
Fuck... fuck... HOLY FUCK! @ those screens. Looks so good. The Flood-infected S3s look pretty cool. Pretty different look for the Flood from what we're used to.
 
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Lingitiz

Member
Man those pics are gorgeous. Requiem seems to capture the feeling of the first Halo and amps that up way past anything the original trilogy hit.
 
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Demoncarnotaur

Member
Im afraid my 360 will RROD trying to run this game, or catch on fire. :lol


Man the Flood look different, but given its a MP only mode I wonder if thier proportionate changes have to do more with hitboxes. Still, major style change.. more like something from Doom or Resident Evil. Hopefully the old style isn't gone completely, I liked the little touches like heads to the side, hands contorted and the little red plant growth things.
 
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Spaceman Spiff

Member
Not that I needed any more confirmation, but 343 is a team of fucking wizards. The wonders never cease; new media seldom fails to amaze and astonish. I absolutely cannot wait to see the places this game will take us.

I bow to you, 343. Bring on November.
 
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Demoncarnotaur

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I want to see the new Flood in motion, they are fucking badass.


I still like this design better though:

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It felt a lot more like a parasite taking over a corpse. Now they looks much more menacing, but at the same time more generic. Mix the two together and it would probably be perfect.
 
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Kenka

Member
This is the first time in a VERY long time I am blown away by both raw graphics and art direction. Fantastic. And I am a Nintendo fan that kept himself far from Halo, as stupid as it sounds.

That is how Metroid on Wii U should look like :eek:
 
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Mdk7

Member
My god, it's astonishingly beautiful.
Holy shit, 343 are already among my favorite developers ever, and i'm no usual Halo fan AT ALL.
 
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