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Subject: is it just me or does halo 2 not look that nice anymore?
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i cant keep up with the posts!! lol

  • 06.22.2004 3:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: SolidSnake3035
Main press scan page for newest issue.

Direct to pic I mentioned

And about the bungie saying its an older build, I guess they really didn't, but it definately isn't the NEWEST one.


That's all MP pics, I can tell because of the way they look and the 7th Column Symbol.

  • 06.22.2004 3:40 PM PDT
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Woah! I don't think anyone is worried about Halo being boring, they're just worried about its apperance, graphically. Bump mapping is just darking and lighting a flat surface to make it look more 3dimensional. Its kind of a cheap way not to make many polygons.

  • 06.22.2004 3:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: terminatordavid
Bungie is using Normal Mapping, that's why it looks so much better than the original.


no. bump mapping is better than normal mapping. they are using more bump maps. it said on that X-factor show on the discovery channel.
"its all about the bump-maps" <-----that was part of something someone said in the show.

  • 06.22.2004 3:41 PM PDT
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Terminator, go to the second link, both of the pics on that scan are SINGLE PLAYER!!!!

  • 06.22.2004 3:44 PM PDT
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graphics arent too important. i mean, yeah they are a big bonus. i dont wanna be playing halo 2 with super nintendo graphics. but the graphics are very very good.they are more than enough for me. gameplay is alot more important to me than graphics.

  • 06.22.2004 3:44 PM PDT
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posted by xr mamba
lol, i know that really i do, but im just worried that halo 2 will be overshadowed graphically by games that havent taken this long to be made.

Well what can you expect they want it to be as close to perfect as possible

[Edited on 6/22/2004 3:47:44 PM]

  • 06.22.2004 3:45 PM PDT
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i need graphics!

  • 06.22.2004 3:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: mc420
i need graphics!


I agree 100% mc420 graphics are everything

  • 06.22.2004 3:47 PM PDT
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nah. they are just a lot.

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Alright, this is rediculous. Misinformation everywhere. First of all, a game's multiplayer graphics HAVE NO BEARING whatsoever on latency. Data is transfered in packets containing only information about the game itself. What is displayed on the screen is produced on your machine alone. Tranfer of information does not include graphics!

Second, almost everything that has been shown thus far has been early builds of the game. They're still in the process of balancing what graphical features can be turned on in different modes and scenarios. If you want a link, don't be lazy and try reading ANY of the official articles and updates.

To add my own personal opinion, Half-Life 2 looks absolutley amazing from a technological and realism standpoint, but Halo has always been about the sheer artistry of the enviroments and characters. It has it's own distinct style that surpasses the current state of the art.

EDIT: Ah, yes. I forgot to add. Halo 2 HAS NEVER BEEN DELAYED. Any false release dates were given only by ignorant retail chains.

[Edited on 6/22/2004 3:55:40 PM]

  • 06.22.2004 3:49 PM PDT
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i think you would have to play the game to find out.

  • 06.23.2004 4:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: mc420
Posted by: terminatordavid
Bungie is using Normal Mapping, that's why it looks so much better than the original.


no. bump mapping is better than normal mapping. they are using more bump maps. it said on that X-factor show on the discovery channel.
"its all about the bump-maps" <-----that was part of something someone said in the show.


This is wrong. =) It's common to confuse the two, but Normal Maps are superior, and are what's being used by Bungie. The names are almost interchangable, though, which is why someone can say bump map when talking about normal map.

  • 06.23.2004 4:35 PM PDT
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If you guys are saying that it isn't looking good anymore based off of the Game Informer pics that were just released on the site you can rest assured that the graphics are better than what is shown. I can remember Bungie saying that a lot of the graphical flair was turned down to keep the focus on how the gameplay was and how it played online.

  • 06.23.2004 4:39 PM PDT
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man if you think the grafics are gonna be over shadowed your wrong because they still have 4 months tell relese and their gonna keep making changes.

  • 06.23.2004 4:42 PM PDT
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half life 2 will be good, but halo 2 will be better. halo 2 has better writers (the geniouses at bungie) and will be overall more fun. when did we forget games were ment to be for fun, not to juat look lifelike.

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  • 06.23.2004 4:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Surge
Alright, this is rediculous. Misinformation everywhere. First of all, a game's multiplayer graphics HAVE NO BEARING whatsoever on latency. Data is transfered in packets containing only information about the game itself. What is displayed on the screen is produced on your machine alone. Tranfer of information does not include graphics!

Second, almost everything that has been shown thus far has been early builds of the game. They're still in the process of balancing what graphical features can be turned on in different modes and scenarios. If you want a link, don't be lazy and try reading ANY of the official articles and updates.

To add my own personal opinion, Half-Life 2 looks absolutley amazing from a technological and realism standpoint, but Halo has always been about the sheer artistry of the enviroments and characters. It has it's own distinct style that surpasses the current state of the art.

EDIT: Ah, yes. I forgot to add. Halo 2 HAS NEVER BEEN DELAYED. Any false release dates were given only by ignorant retail chains.


genious. apsolutely genious. couldnt have said it better myself, because i couldnt have said something so true and genious (sorry to be a cliche)

  • 06.23.2004 4:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: SolidSnake3035
Terminator, go to the second link, both of the pics on that scan are SINGLE PLAYER!!!!


if you look closely at MC's choulder, it has a 7th columb pic as shown here

[Edited on 6/23/2004 4:56:00 PM]

  • 06.23.2004 4:54 PM PDT
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How about that plasma nade? It looked just stunning with the electified air around it :)

  • 06.23.2004 4:57 PM PDT
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if the thread poster thinks Halo 2 graphics are not as great anymore, then what the he11 is he basing that on???

Hal-life 2 and Halo 2 are at the top of the ladder right now.

wtf

  • 06.23.2004 5:03 PM PDT
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He's basing it on the MP graphics, which are reduced, for framerate. (I dont belive that though, I just dont think Bungie had the graphics all the way up for anticipation reasons) If he had bothered to look at any of the SP screens in the magazines, he would not have made this thread.

I'm Confused though, what screen are the people arguing about?

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  • 06.23.2004 5:05 PM PDT
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i am looking forward to these games in this order of anticipation: Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Doom 3.
the reason half-life 2 looked better was because of the complexion of interaction with the environment, im sure halo 2 will improve greatly before its release, but no doubt half-life 2 and doom 3 are (graphically) worthy opponants. The makers of half-life spent all the profits of the original half-life series to make half-life 2, so its bound to be good. Halo 2 will be equally good or even better, even without graphical superiority(in my opinion).

  • 06.23.2004 5:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: larry45
Posted by: mc420
i need graphics!


I agree 100% mc420 graphics are everything


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So, as long as a game LOOKS good, you would buy it? even if there's lousy AI, glitches, and it's not even fun?

  • 06.23.2004 5:41 PM PDT

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