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Subject: ODST looks dated??

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well to get back on topic...the in-game graphics look pretty good to me. its the same engine as halo 3 mind you. its just darker

  • 07.21.2009 11:23 PM PDT

Am I the only one who thinks Halo 3 looks damn good? The campaign is gorgeous, the multiplayer is more so sterile.

Room for improvement now, but damn, it seems like people don't realize what they think is good graphics is really just a layer of dark, essentially hore-blam!-. Go play the legendary maps/onwards and apply the gloom filter. best graphics teh ever!

I hope Bungie realizes that we'd rather have a cleaner looking nice game than something like what a lot of modern shooters are doing---> blurring themselves way too much +making everything gritty.
---I don't mean Halo: Reach can't be dark, ODST is and it looks very clean, but just, hopefully, it won't look like they, well, imagine like they took their game and put on blur and high contrast in photoshop. Err...

[Edited on 07.22.2009 12:24 AM PDT]

  • 07.22.2009 12:21 AM PDT

I though the graphics in the comercials looked amazing!!!

  • 07.22.2009 6:59 AM PDT

THE DARK RETURNS WINTER '09.

which commercial are you reffering to? The halo 3 commercial was obviously pre rendered if thats what your thinking.

  • 07.22.2009 2:58 PM PDT

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Halo 3 is bright, colourful and too happy, apart from the mission "Floodgate". That was the only mission in Halo 3 where I thought: "I'm playing Halo!"

ODST, with its darker environment, looks like it will be perfect for players like me - people who like games like The Darkness and Gears.

  • 07.22.2009 3:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: Dropship dude
Halo 3 is bright, colourful and too happy, apart from the mission "Floodgate". That was the only mission in Halo 3 where I thought: "I'm playing Halo!"

ODST, with its darker environment, looks like it will be perfect for players like me - people who like games like The Darkness and Gears.


I know what you mean. In Combat Evolved, the entire game's enviornment was so mysterious; it captured that Sci-Fi imagination that we all have.

Playing Metropolis in Halo 2 was ok, but Halo is supposed to be played on a whole different level than the Earth, because it's more than just an alien invasion. Like he mentioned, when the Flood crashed in the middle of Halo 3, and the haunting music started playing, it was a whole new game.

  • 07.22.2009 3:24 PM PDT

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

Posted by: Badd0g360
I guess '' Wii '' says it all. Wii is selling more consoles than Xbox 360 and Ps3 combined. Wii doesn't have HD graphics. A game is not bad because it has bad graphics. I think Zelda for wii is one of the best games ever made and it doesen't have HD graphics but I still think it looks beautiful.

I bet most of you guys still play your old games from your old consoles and you dont complain about the graphics.

ODST doesn't look amazing but it's all the small things that makes a game great.

The game needs to be fun before you make the game look ( beautiful )



Wii sells because little kids dont understand quality.

  • 07.22.2009 3:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: Badd0g360
I bet most of you guys still play your old games from your old consoles and you dont complain about the graphics.

Never! I put in Mechwarrior 4 the other day, for a game 9 years old it has aged surprisingly well.

Posted by: HaloSavesMyDay
Wii sells because little kids dont understand quality.

I disagree, the Wii sells because it is meant for families. If you were a parent, and you didn't know anything about video game consoles and you wanted to buy your little kids a new toy, what would you get them?

Old people seem to like the Wii as well.

  • 07.22.2009 3:44 PM PDT

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

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Posted by: Badd0g360
I bet most of you guys still play your old games from your old consoles and you dont complain about the graphics.

Never! I put in Mechwarrior 4 the other day, for a game 9 years old it has aged surprisingly well.

Posted by: HaloSavesMyDay
Wii sells because little kids dont understand quality.

I disagree, the Wii sells because it is meant for families. If you were a parent, and you didn't know anything about video game consoles and you wanted to buy your little kids a new toy, what would you get them?

Old people seem to like the Wii as well.


I got a very hard time imagine being a parent let alone knowing nothing about video games.
But I see your point.

I still don't like it because of all the Wii sport games and exersise games, gees do all that stuff in real life outside. I mean being MC and killing aliens is something you can't do so that's a whole other story.

  • 07.22.2009 4:05 PM PDT

Posted by: III COLTON III

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

I agree 100%.

People often mistake good graphics for gore content

  • 07.22.2009 4:11 PM PDT
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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.

Same. Halo 3 E3 Trailer 2006 > Halo 3 Beta > Halo 3 Final.

  • 07.22.2009 4:15 PM PDT

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

Posted by: Badd0g360
Posted by: HaloSavesMyDay

I still don't like it because of all the Wii sport games and exersise games, gees do all that stuff in real life outside. I mean being MC and killing aliens is something you can't do so that's a whole other story.


Metroid?


Sure but Metroid and Zelda along with other great games dosn't need Wii an it's "flying" controllers, those games would be so much better on the 360.

Don't get me wrong here I've got the Nintendo 64, my brother got Gamecube and Wii so I am no stranger to Nintendo and I know those games will never be ported to the 360 but I wish they would.

  • 07.22.2009 4:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dropship dude
Halo 3 is bright, colourful and too happy, apart from the mission "Floodgate". That was the only mission in Halo 3 where I thought: "I'm playing Halo!"

ODST, with its darker environment, looks like it will be perfect for players like me - people who like games like The Darkness and Gears.

I agree. Halo 3 looked more like a kid's game than Halo 1 and 2. Looking at Halo 3 ODST, it seems they've finally gone from that cartoon stage to a more mature stage, one that is worthy of that M rating the game carries.

  • 07.22.2009 4:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: dangerbyrnes
i really don't care about graphics

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

  • 07.22.2009 4:24 PM PDT

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Halo 3 Graphics are more then good enough, so I don't see a reason why we have to overdo it.

  • 07.22.2009 4:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: III COLTON III

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

I agree 100%.


Foo Shoo! Even if its still the H3 engine, its puts out amazing graphics. Look at the first xbox...compare halo 1 to halo 2. You can pump out alot from the box.

  • 07.22.2009 5:00 PM PDT

I'ma beam them up.

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

Alien Vs Predator 2 for storyline
And for Starcraft? Look up Warhammer 40,000.

AvP2 doesn't compare to the lore Blizzard has created.
WH40k has been out for quite some time... Not as good lore though.

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  • 08.03.2009 4:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: III COLTON III

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

I agree 100%.

People often mistake good graphics for gore content


These.

  • 08.03.2009 4:31 PM PDT

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Halo 3 is about as beautiful as Nathan Fillions perfect hair. :)

  • 08.03.2009 4:44 PM PDT

I think ODST looks even more polished then H3.

  • 08.03.2009 4:45 PM PDT