- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Achronos
I'm afraid you've been duped - the beta is actually a very sophisticated network datamining tool disguised as some aspects of what Halo 3 will be. Such datamining only works with an extremely large sample size.
So - the beta is missing not only maps, weapons, and vehicles, but loads of polishing, weapon balancing, graphic and sound work, lots of networking bugs/features, etc.
Anyway, assuming that you've seen even a quarter of the final game is... well... wrong. And just because the beta was widely distributed and marketed doesn't mean it wasn't just a big beta test - with lots of stuff still to come.
Posted by: viper1989
ZalVex that was one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. The beta will undoubtedly be VERY similar to the final game. Why in the world would MS put so much marketing into the beta if it isn't going to be representative of the final game? Heck, they even packaged it with crackdown to drive sales and increase hype. This thing has been publisized for ages now, and for good reason. If you read videogame publications or even just watch g4 tv, you'd probably realize that the press knows what they're talking about when they say this is the most complete beta ever.
I thought we were getting the final graphics passage until I read this post. Now I understand! We are part of a Bungie conspiracy to "trick" us into thinking H3 has mediocre graphics, while the game has kick ass graphics. Obviously we are doing this so we can help Bungie with something really boring: Networking. Our minds are being aimlessly forced to play this networking tool: And because it is in the seven step plan for world domination, there is nothing we can do.
Now I am not game development Savvy, so I incorrectly assumed Beta = Final. Sue Me. I didn't really understand, I thought the disclaimer was "boring legal stuff".
Please, post something like this so all of the graphics threads stop. Confused users like me can understand that the Beta graphics are 25% of the final graphics.
And thanks Achronos for clearing that up.
Hell, I was really worried. You may have seen me whining on graphics threads, because I was concerned the UT3, Assasisn creed appeared to have better graphics.
Some new screenies (of the graphical awesomeness) would be nice as well. But we can't everything. And that would ruin the surprise of the final game, playing with the same old graphics would be kind of lame.
Obviously it is my fault for not being tech savvy. However this is a "public" beta, so there are a lot of people who are inept at understandin what a beta really is .
So it would really help out if there was a nice big sticky explaining it to... the less informed of us.
[Edited on 05.30.2007 4:48 PM PDT]