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Subject: ODST looks dated??
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ToD?

  • 07.21.2009 11:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
The first is the texture used for the Chief's armor is different in the shipping game. The second was that the reflection in the visor was not a real reflection like in the trailer.
I could see how the visor reflection could've caused difficulties in the shipping game, but changing the texture of the Chief's armor was for the worse.

  • 07.21.2009 11:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
The first is the texture used for the Chief's armor is different in the shipping game. The second was that the reflection in the visor was not a real reflection like in the trailer.
I could see how the visor reflection could've caused difficulties in the shipping game, but changing the texture of the Chief's armor was for the worse.

I heard somewhere that the 'old' armor looked bad in poor lighting, which is why they favored the newer style, but I may be wrong.

  • 07.21.2009 11:28 AM PDT

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Posted by: Striped Dragon
ToD?
Time of Day, depending on the ToD on Crysis some things will look better or worse, there are custom ToD's to fix some of the graphical failures in Crysis that can either be ignored with a custom ToD, or completely fixed.

  • 07.21.2009 11:29 AM PDT
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That highlights the superior textures. Let's just wait for Crysis 2 to come out on the Xbox 360 and see how much they have to downgrade it for it to be playable.

I think that we'll see a much better improvement in graphics with Reach, due to a new engine. Overall, console graphics will never be consistently up to par with the computers.

  • 07.21.2009 11:32 AM PDT

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I cant say i agree with you saying its a bad console there.
Dont mean to talk trash, but i cant help but laugh when you say you dont like the console, and 360 is in your name ;p


Hahaha

I can understand that but what I ment was that Xbox 360 breaks all the time. I've had my 360 repaired 7 times in 2 years, -blam!- quality.

Edit: I dont change my gamertag because it costs money.

Solution: Take care of your console. I have had mine for a year and a half or so, and it has never even shown a slight sign of trouble.

  • 07.21.2009 11:35 AM PDT

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Posted by: Striped Dragon
That highlights the superior textures. Let's just wait for Crysis 2 to come out on the Xbox 360 and see how much they have to downgrade it for it to be playable.

I think that we'll see a much better improvement in graphics with Reach, due to a new engine. Overall, console graphics will never be consistently up to par with the computers.
Here, let me show you some of Halo 3's textures courtesy of theater mode. Check back for the edit.

EDIT: Here are some of the textures

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=87309773

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=87309983

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=87310134

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=87312307

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=87312515

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=87312659

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=87313145



[Edited on 07.21.2009 12:04 PM PDT]

  • 07.21.2009 11:35 AM PDT
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Posted by: Darksim007
I cant say i agree with you saying its a bad console there.
Dont mean to talk trash, but i cant help but laugh when you say you dont like the console, and 360 is in your name ;p


Hahaha

I can understand that but what I ment was that Xbox 360 breaks all the time. I've had my 360 repaired 7 times in 2 years, -blam!- quality.

Edit: I dont change my gamertag because it costs money.

Solution: Take care of your console. I have had mine for a year and a half or so, and it has never even shown a slight sign of trouble.


That's not the solution, it all depends on if you get a good one or not. I have had 5 consoles at my house, and one came broken out of the box. The two that we have now seem to be doing fine, but the others just ended up dying.

  • 07.21.2009 11:43 AM PDT

Anyone who says ODST looks dated obviously has never played a Wii. ODST is a great looking game. The best? No, but its still great.

  • 07.21.2009 11:47 AM PDT

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So im guessing everybody here who hates bad graphics hates games like Pong, Pac-man, and Asteroids

  • 07.21.2009 11:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: Fife1100
So im guessing everybody here who hates bad graphics hates games like Pong, Pac-man, and Asteroids
Yet again, most people think games have to be gloomy colored to be considered a graphical game. It's a shame really.

  • 07.21.2009 12:08 PM PDT
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You can't tell how far away those shots are taken from...

  • 07.21.2009 12:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: Striped Dragon
You can't tell how far away those shots are taken from...
Please elaborate yourself?

  • 07.21.2009 12:21 PM PDT
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In game, when I look at the ground in a game like Halo I can a HUGE difference in the textures that are 10 feet away, and a hundred feet away.

  • 07.21.2009 12:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: Striped Dragon
In game, when I look at the ground in a game like Halo I can a HUGE difference in the textures that are 10 feet away, and a hundred feet away.
That's any game, why would the developers want their game engine to render high resolution props, and textures from one hundred feet? Of course the textures away are going to be low resolution compared to if you were. Plus in real life, do you see stuff detailed up close, or far away? It's only realistic, and makes more of a technological sense. Also who cares if I'm up close to the textures, Halo 3 is the only game that really makes a great significant resolution change from 20 feet to 10 feet. It's amazing.

Also to comment on your "When Crysis 2 comes to Xbox 360" even the computer can barely handle the Cryengine since it's horribly optimized as an engine. It's great at making visuals, but crappy in making optimized games.

  • 07.21.2009 12:27 PM PDT
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Just find a in-game screenshot of Halo that any one here could go out and take in two seconds that looks as good as the Crysis one. I'm not trying to say Halo has bad graphics, I'm only saying that computers have more power than a Xbox.

  • 07.21.2009 12:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: Striped Dragon
Just find a in-game screenshot of Halo that any one here could go out and take in two seconds that looks as good as the Crysis one. I'm not trying to say Halo has bad graphics, I'm only saying that computers have more power than a Xbox.
Well those were screenshots, and right now I'm playing Crysis, and my textures screenshots look better than 95% of the Crysis's textures. Also saying "computers have more power than a Xbox" is redundant because it's obvious. Doesn't mean a console game can't look better than a PC game in some standards, which Halo does to Crysis.

  • 07.21.2009 12:33 PM PDT

Posted by Darksim007
I read an article that said odst has that old halo look (sorry my pc doesnt let me do quotes)

well not completly odst uses the old halo 3 engine but in better ways therefor creating the efeect of better graphics, the people that rated the game must of heard it is using halo 3 engine and thought it would have the same visul effect.

[Edited on 07.21.2009 12:45 PM PDT]

  • 07.21.2009 12:43 PM PDT

Does anyone even look at these?

Posted by: MJJMS
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


Gears of War.. Good graphics? Sod off...

  • 07.21.2009 1:43 PM PDT
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Halo 3 has great graphics. Not the best...but great

  • 07.21.2009 1:46 PM PDT

i think the brightness was great for promoting the idea of fun. when i played gears 2 it felt like a more serious game and it definently is. the fun fooling around is one of the reasons halo is great

  • 07.21.2009 1:49 PM PDT

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Peopl seem to favor the dark gritty look of gears these days. NOt me. I need bright colors, open detailed worlds, and large bodies of open water.

  • 07.21.2009 3:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: Darksim007
Peopl seem to favor the dark gritty look of gears these days. NOt me. I need bright colors, open detailed worlds, and large bodies of open water.


Then you'd know that Halo's graphics aren't very dated...

  • 07.21.2009 3:34 PM PDT

THE DARK RETURNS WINTER '09.

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Posted by: Darksim007
Peopl seem to favor the dark gritty look of gears these days. NOt me. I need bright colors, open detailed worlds, and large bodies of open water.


Then you'd know that Halo's graphics aren't very dated...


Which is my whole point to this thread.

  • 07.21.2009 3:49 PM PDT
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Gears campaign is too directed while halo you can do random things.

  • 07.21.2009 3:56 PM PDT