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Halo 3 graphics were always meant to look borderlined "cartoony". Not real like GoW. Even so, I still say the graphics are magnificant. Are they has good as Crysis? No. But you know what? I've only gone through Crysis once...

And as yet another person who has fallen victim to the WoW addiction, I can safely say that gameplay means more to me than graphics. The game has over 12 million subscribers. I think a large portion of the gaming community can probably agree that graphics may give an extra buff to the game, but they don't define the game.

  • 07.21.2009 5:44 AM PDT

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Achronos wow just amazing can't get a better explanation than that.

No, im not being a suck up its the truth read it again


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  • 07.21.2009 5:54 AM PDT

-"Two men enter, the better man leaves. The lesser man is respawning, and that's Halo."

The only thing that bothers me are the Rookies fingers, they don't look that great. But I know it's hard to create realistic looking hands so I don't mind it that much.

  • 07.21.2009 6:29 AM PDT
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Have you guys looked closely at Gears's graphics?

They look pretty from a distance but once you get upclose they turn to crap. The textures pop in and out randomly annd if you're upclose everything turns blurry.

Go up close to a spartan or a wall in Halo. It still looks good and there is texture to it.

I'm going to be the first to say it, I think Halo has better graphics than gears.

  • 07.21.2009 7:38 AM PDT

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Posted by: Badd0g360
I think the Xbox 360 can handle better graphics but the developers are lazy because better textures means more work.

Lazy? I don't think so.

  • 07.21.2009 8:24 AM PDT

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Posted by: A27Topgun
Have you guys looked closely at Gears's graphics?

They look pretty from a distance but once you get upclose they turn to crap. The textures pop in and out randomly annd if you're upclose everything turns blurry.

Go up close to a spartan or a wall in Halo. It still looks good and there is texture to it.

I'm going to be the first to say it, I think Halo has better graphics than gears.


I agree, go right up to a spartan in the theater. no matter how close you look, the textures still look realistic not blurry. And the environments are so expansive even beyond the playing field. I dont think Gears put that much attention into multiplayer. Just the immediate surroundings.

  • 07.21.2009 8:35 AM PDT
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i agree with cartoony but realistic cartoon as if it could be real you know because the graphics are amasing.

  • 07.21.2009 9:58 AM PDT

were it so easy

i think that is why i cant play gears too long because of it being dull and gray. it is somewhat depressing i think i like to see kind of brighter straight up shooters. didnt like mp for gears i thought it was really overrated and please dont say i suck at it because i think this. it may be true but it doesnt matter because if you say something it is not going about to make me like gears so understand that.

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  • 07.21.2009 10:07 AM PDT

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I think there is a divide between gears players and halo players, there are those that like both, but it seems the majority have a preference. I would imagine most people here are the Halo guys and prefer those graphics. NOt that gears is awful but we prefer the vibrant happy colors.

  • 07.21.2009 10:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: Darksim007
I think there is a divide between gears players and halo players, there are those that like both, but it seems the majority have a preference. I would imagine most people here are the Halo guys and prefer those graphics. NOt that gears is awful but we prefer the vibrant happy colors.


To me, Gears 'looks better' because of the more realistic graphics, which appeals to me more, but I am sure there are people who like the Halo-style more. I know that Reach will look better than Halo 3, partly due to the new engine that they should be using for it.

  • 07.21.2009 10:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Darksim007
I think there is a divide between gears players and halo players, there are those that like both, but it seems the majority have a preference. I would imagine most people here are the Halo guys and prefer those graphics. NOt that gears is awful but we prefer the vibrant happy colors.


To me, Gears 'looks better' because of the more realistic graphics, which appeals to me more, but I am sure there are people who like the Halo-style more. I know that Reach will look better than Halo 3, partly due to the new engine that they should be using for it.


Does everyone think Gears looks more realistic? The charachters in Gears all look like Gorillas. I think the marines in halo look more like real people.

  • 07.21.2009 10:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: Striped Dragon
Posted by: Darksim007
I think there is a divide between gears players and halo players, there are those that like both, but it seems the majority have a preference. I would imagine most people here are the Halo guys and prefer those graphics. NOt that gears is awful but we prefer the vibrant happy colors.


To me, Gears 'looks better' because of the more realistic graphics, which appeals to me more, but I am sure there are people who like the Halo-style more. I know that Reach will look better than Halo 3, partly due to the new engine that they should be using for it.


Does everyone think Gears looks more realistic? The charachters in Gears all look like Gorillas. I think the marines in halo look more like real people.

I'm talking about the game in general, which is more about the environments.

  • 07.21.2009 10:50 AM PDT

SUPER NICE!!!

OK the bright "oh it's so pretty"(said with heavily influencing lisp) look of halo three is just not what it should feel like. It should be dark and, well actually give the feeling of despair... like you're supposed to be in says the book. Not "look a pretty butterfly"... -blam!- the butterflys... bungie could have made the game look really good instead they did a really good job at making eye candy for those who attend pride parades... But Halo still kicks ass!

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  • 07.21.2009 10:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: Equinox
OK the bright "oh it's so pretty"(said with heavily influencing lisp) look of halo three is just not what it should feel like. It should be dark and, well actually give the feeling of despair... like you're supposed to be in says the book. Not "look a pretty butterfly"... -blam!- the butterflys... bungie could have made the game look really good instead they did a really good job at making eye candy for those who attend pride parades... But Halo still kicks ass!

I have no idea where you get some of your points, but regardless, I do agree that they did a terrible job at conveying the feeling that should have been there when millions of people were being slaughtered.

  • 07.21.2009 11:02 AM PDT

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The majority of people who say Halo doesn't have good graphics are used to those gloomy saturated color games. The real world has colors, yes I know shocking? I've never seen a game like Halo 3 that do so much work into their textures, I mean it literately stops me from playing on Halo 3 for a few minutes to stop and look at some of the normal, bump, and parallax mapping. Whoever was the texture artist is really a god among men, and needs to be worshiped because even Crysis doesn't even have such high-resolution textures without some kind of modification.

I could write another paragraph on how worldly the sky dome is, but I'd rather not since merely playing Halo 3 and actually paying attention to detail explains it already.

For the most part Halo 3 has the 3rd best graphics in the world of gaming, to me at least.

PS: I've played Crysis, Killzone 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, etc and none of them stack up the textures, and sky dome(s) of Halo 3's.

  • 07.21.2009 11:08 AM PDT

I think the color in Halo 3 is the most attractive feature. The graphics in general for ODST look far more advanced than Halo 3.

  • 07.21.2009 11:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: EPIC Zuul
The majority of people who say Halo doesn't have good graphics are used to those gloomy saturated color games. The real world has colors, yes I know shocking? I've never seen a game like Halo 3 that do so much work into their textures, I mean it literately stops me from playing on Halo 3 for a few minutes to stop and look at some of the normal, bump, and parallax mapping. Whoever was the texture artist is really a god among men, and needs to be worshiped because even Crysis doesn't even have such high-resolution textures without some kind of modification.

I could write another paragraph on how worldly the sky dome is, but I'd rather not since merely playing Halo 3 and actually paying attention to detail explains it already.

For the most part Halo 3 has the 3rd best graphics in the world of gaming, to me at least.

PS: I've played Crysis, Killzone 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, etc and none of them stack up the textures, and sky dome(s) of Halo 3's.

Did you play it on the highest setting (Crysis)? Technically, the game cannot look worse than Halo 3. You do not understand how much stronger a computer is than an Xbox.

Edit to poster above:
Could you post some comparison shots? I haven't seen anything that would lead me to that conclusion.

[Edited on 07.21.2009 11:12 AM PDT]

  • 07.21.2009 11:11 AM PDT

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ODST definitely has better graphics than Halo 3, it's been improved. It's not so much that you are blinded by fanboyism than the others by un-fanboyism.

  • 07.21.2009 11:13 AM PDT

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Posted by: EPIC Zuul
The majority of people who say Halo doesn't have good graphics are used to those gloomy saturated color games. The real world has colors, yes I know shocking? I've never seen a game like Halo 3 that do so much work into their textures, I mean it literately stops me from playing on Halo 3 for a few minutes to stop and look at some of the normal, bump, and parallax mapping. Whoever was the texture artist is really a god among men, and needs to be worshiped because even Crysis doesn't even have such high-resolution textures without some kind of modification.

I could write another paragraph on how worldly the sky dome is, but I'd rather not since merely playing Halo 3 and actually paying attention to detail explains it already.

For the most part Halo 3 has the 3rd best graphics in the world of gaming, to me at least.

PS: I've played Crysis, Killzone 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, etc and none of them stack up the textures, and sky dome(s) of Halo 3's.

Did you play it on the highest setting (Crysis)? Technically, the game cannot look worse than Halo 3. You do not understand how much stronger a computer is than an Xbox.

Edit to poster above:
Could you post some comparison shots? I haven't seen anything that would lead me to that conclusion.


Played it on my gaming rig (Quad core 9850, GPU Geforce 285 gtx, RAM 8GB, etc) and played it on Ultra high (custom config) 1680 x 1050 (AA x2), and I still think Halo 3's textures are superior, and I do know how much a computer is stronger than an Xbox, but hardly no company except Crytek uses all those nifty expensive computer parts to the fullest, so there is really no point in saying a console game can't look better than a PC game.

  • 07.21.2009 11:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: Striped Dragon
Posted by: EPIC Zuul
The majority of people who say Halo doesn't have good graphics are used to those gloomy saturated color games. The real world has colors, yes I know shocking? I've never seen a game like Halo 3 that do so much work into their textures, I mean it literately stops me from playing on Halo 3 for a few minutes to stop and look at some of the normal, bump, and parallax mapping. Whoever was the texture artist is really a god among men, and needs to be worshiped because even Crysis doesn't even have such high-resolution textures without some kind of modification.

I could write another paragraph on how worldly the sky dome is, but I'd rather not since merely playing Halo 3 and actually paying attention to detail explains it already.

For the most part Halo 3 has the 3rd best graphics in the world of gaming, to me at least.

PS: I've played Crysis, Killzone 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, etc and none of them stack up the textures, and sky dome(s) of Halo 3's.

Did you play it on the highest setting (Crysis)? Technically, the game cannot look worse than Halo 3. You do not understand how much stronger a computer is than an Xbox.

Edit to poster above:
Could you post some comparison shots? I haven't seen anything that would lead me to that conclusion.

I have seen comparison shots of crysis and of course i agree, as we all should that pc's are vastly superior machines, so lets all drop the crysis comparisons and just compare Halo 3's graphics with other 360 games.

  • 07.21.2009 11:17 AM PDT
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Compare the parts, and computers have the advantage. I think it was Supreme Commander where they cut about half of the textures/features and the Xbox still has framerate issues, yet that game barely pushes gaming computers. Ill edit this post with the comparison shots I used earlier.

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/1578660004_5cd31ecbfe.jpg ?v=0

http://www6.incrysis.com/screenshots/236bh.jpg
This is only to the guy who thinks Halo has superior textures.

[Edited on 07.21.2009 11:21 AM PDT]

  • 07.21.2009 11:19 AM PDT

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Posted by: Darksim007
Posted by: Striped Dragon
Posted by: EPIC Zuul
The majority of people who say Halo doesn't have good graphics are used to those gloomy saturated color games. The real world has colors, yes I know shocking? I've never seen a game like Halo 3 that do so much work into their textures, I mean it literately stops me from playing on Halo 3 for a few minutes to stop and look at some of the normal, bump, and parallax mapping. Whoever was the texture artist is really a god among men, and needs to be worshiped because even Crysis doesn't even have such high-resolution textures without some kind of modification.

I could write another paragraph on how worldly the sky dome is, but I'd rather not since merely playing Halo 3 and actually paying attention to detail explains it already.

For the most part Halo 3 has the 3rd best graphics in the world of gaming, to me at least.

PS: I've played Crysis, Killzone 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, etc and none of them stack up the textures, and sky dome(s) of Halo 3's.

Did you play it on the highest setting (Crysis)? Technically, the game cannot look worse than Halo 3. You do not understand how much stronger a computer is than an Xbox.

Edit to poster above:
Could you post some comparison shots? I haven't seen anything that would lead me to that conclusion.

I have seen comparison shots of crysis and of course i agree, as we all should that pc's are vastly superior machines, so lets all drop the crysis comparisons and just compare Halo 3's graphics with other 360 games.
I'm only comparing Crysis's textures to Halo 3's, and in my opinion, and almost technical facts that Halo 3 has superior textures.

EDIT: Striped Dragon, why not use a Crysis screenshot that isn't a custom ToD? Try to keep the screenshots vanilla Crysis.

[Edited on 07.21.2009 11:24 AM PDT]

  • 07.21.2009 11:20 AM PDT