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Subject: ODST looks dated??

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I read an article that said odst has that old halo look that looked old when halo 3 was new...
Okay am i just blind from fanboy-ism? I think halo 3 is still one of the best looking games out there! They compared it to gears which admitedley is pretty, but Halo 3 is absolutley vibrant!

  • 07.20.2009 9:12 AM PDT
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i think they were high when they di that review, ya sure gears of war has better graphics put halo 3's engine is still really good+ halo has a higher repay value than gears. once i beat gears i stopped with the campaign, but when i finished halo 3, i went back into the campaign with my friends and did so much more than what you could in gears

  • 07.20.2009 9:17 AM PDT

Posted by: Darksim007
Okay am i just blind from fanboy-ism?


I think halo 3 is still one of the best looking games out there!

Yes. Yes you are.

[Edited on 07.20.2009 9:18 AM PDT]

  • 07.20.2009 9:18 AM PDT

i really don't care about graphics

good graphics =/= good games (yet far to many people think so)

but, i do see halo 3's graphics as very good. i think games like GOW2 have the great graphics capabilities but they never use them in an interesting fashion. their always like
dull and grey and boring.

i guess i just like the bright colors of halo 3

most of the time i am like "woah cool graphics"... *goes and plays game not noticing the graphics ever again*


[Edited on 07.20.2009 9:27 AM PDT]

  • 07.20.2009 9:25 AM PDT


I think halo 3 is still one of the best looking games out there!

I agree 100%.

  • 07.20.2009 9:26 AM PDT

My troll sense is tingling.

It's just morons that only care about graphics. It's the way they are used that's important, I love just walking around and taking in the view from Halo games. Sure Gears of War 2 has graphics capabilities, but it doesn't look beautiful or awe-inspiring.

[Edited on 07.20.2009 9:34 AM PDT]

  • 07.20.2009 9:31 AM PDT

Posted by: Badd0g360
Halo 3 has bad graphics and yes it's out of date.

I was expecting Halo 3 to look like the first trailer they showed.

It's gameplay / story / grapics that's important too me.


1. the trailer they showed was using halo 3's engine

2. graphics are really one of the most important things to you?.... thats sad.

  • 07.20.2009 9:34 AM PDT

I'ma beam them up.

Graphics do make up the game. You could hand me a game with the best lore, best story line, best whatever, but if the graphics are horrible, I wouldn't play it.

*No game can beat Wacraft, Starcraft or Diablo in lore or storyline*

  • 07.20.2009 9:34 AM PDT

Well, Bungie takes there time with these things. (Thank god)

  • 07.20.2009 9:59 AM PDT
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graphics is the reason why ps3 players have a holier than thou mentality. I agree that xbox 360 and halo 3 pale in comparison as far as graphics but the 360 has games that are far more enjoyable than ps3 games and halo 3 is one of them. I dont give a -blam!- about graphics and thats why i still play nintendo64 games from time to time. In conclusion, i would rather play a very fun game with good graphics (halo 3), than an alright game with great graphics

  • 07.20.2009 10:00 AM PDT

graphics doesn't matter to a person like me who has a ten year old tv, which is like negative HD

  • 07.20.2009 10:01 AM PDT

Graphics make up the game? So that's why I tried out Sonic Unleashed, was disgusted, and booted up Sonic 3. Good logic.

As for those franchises, only Warcraft has any kind of extensive lore. And the only reason it has so much lore is, well, because they've had 4 games and multiple expansions over the course of 15 years to do it. Go play Mass Effect and come back here and say 1 single Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo game has more lore in it.

  • 07.20.2009 10:06 AM PDT

Posted by: dangerbyrnes
i really don't care about graphics

good graphics =/= good games (yet far to many people think so)

but, i do see halo 3's graphics as very good. i think games like GOW2 have the great graphics capabilities but they never use them in an interesting fashion. their always like
dull and grey and boring.

i guess i just like the bright colors of halo 3

most of the time i am like "woah cool graphics"... *goes and plays game not noticing the graphics ever again*
Lawl agreed.

  • 07.20.2009 10:09 AM PDT

Posted by: Irc WindDragon
Graphics do make up the game. You could hand me a game with the best lore, best story line, best whatever, but if the graphics are horrible, I wouldn't play it.

*No game can beat Wacraft, Starcraft or Diablo in lore or storyline*

I'm kind of confused at the moment, but you're telling me that no game can beat StarCraft, Warcraft or Diablo, but then you say you'd never play a game that has bad graphics. To be honest, by today's standards, those 3 games have horrible, horrible graphics. Yet, they are still amazing and enjoyable. If I understand you correctly, you wouldn't know how good those 3 games are, since you never played them due to their bad graphics, or you're saying that games become progressively worse over time, neither of which make sense to me. I'm sorry, but that's just the way I see what you're saying.

And yes, ODST may have "outdated graphics", but I still think that it's a beautiful game either way. Halo's graphics were never meant to be completely realistic, they were meant to be bright and happy. In plus, one thing that Halo 3's graphics does better than other games (like Gears of War or Call of Duty) is the lighting, at least, that's what I think.

  • 07.20.2009 10:19 AM PDT

THE DARK RETURNS WINTER '09.

Call me naive, but when i play halo 3, look at screenshots, watch videos, i think, DAMN, that looks like real life.

  • 07.20.2009 10:27 AM PDT

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Halo 3 does still look very good, but MANY games out-class it nowadays. I dunno, Halo 3 ODST looks very similar to Halo 3's graphics, but just touched up a little bit.

  • 07.20.2009 10:45 AM PDT

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Posted by: Irc WindDragon
Graphics do make up the game. You could hand me a game with the best lore, best story line, best whatever, but if the graphics are horrible, I wouldn't play it.

*No game can beat Wacraft, Starcraft or Diablo in lore or storyline*

I'm kind of confused at the moment, but you're telling me that no game can beat StarCraft, Warcraft or Diablo, but then you say you'd never play a game that has bad graphics. To be honest, by today's standards, those 3 games have horrible, horrible graphics. Yet, they are still amazing and enjoyable. If I understand you correctly, you wouldn't know how good those 3 games are, since you never played them due to their bad graphics, or you're saying that games become progressively worse over time, neither of which make sense to me. I'm sorry, but that's just the way I see what you're saying.

And yes, ODST may have "outdated graphics", but I still think that it's a beautiful game either way. Halo's graphics were never meant to be completely realistic, they were meant to be bright and happy. In plus, one thing that Halo 3's graphics does better than other games (like Gears of War or Call of Duty) is the lighting, at least, that's what I think.


He said in lore or storyline, not graphics.

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I actually think ODST looks really good.

  • 07.20.2009 10:49 AM PDT

Duracell.
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but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

halo was never meant to look purely realistic, it has a stylized appearance, due to the fact they take artistic licence in making a game.

Gears took a different turn, but in my opinion made everything too... how to describe it... over detailed for a realistic look. it looks great but again took an artistic licence to it.

one depicted a 'high-contrast, bright fantasy' the other took a 'hyper-real low-contrast horror' look. both look great, neither look dated. both are different forms of art.

  • 07.20.2009 10:53 AM PDT

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i dont see whats not realistic about it. I mean who's to say, 500 years in the future, a futuristic dune buggy cant look like a warthog? And hard to say whats "realistic" when it comes to aliens, as we have never actually seen a real one.

  • 07.20.2009 11:04 AM PDT

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I'll admit Halo 3 is good. But Halo 2 and 3 weren't as good as the original. Halo 1 was bomb.com. But Halo 2 (yes Halo 2): ODST looks like it might dominate Halo: CE. But then I saw the Reach trailer.....I'm going to cry tears of joy when it comes out.

  • 07.20.2009 11:14 AM PDT

THE DARK RETURNS WINTER '09.

WEll i dont really care, this game looks amazing, i still play Perfect Dark on the N64. I cant wait for the remake this winter!

  • 07.20.2009 11:24 AM PDT