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More then likely they will be using a new engine but I'm not reading much into that article since I doubt it holds real weight in the gaming news industry. Ive never even heard of that site before.
I found another source:
http://haloreachinfo.com/more-evidence-points-to-new-aaa-engi ne/
Now that is interesting. Very interesting...
If this game has graphics similar to Killzone then it will be a much darker and grittier game which is what i have wanted since Halo 3 when i saw the Believe trailer and i hope that the game does look like starry nights because that looks really cool how the colors are more black gray and brown and not blue and purple
Take note people. See all those boring monochrome games out there? THe Brown farcry, the gray killzone? Over used color pallates and extreme bloom? Well, thay're all this kid's fault. Him and everyone who agrees with him. We need MORE purple and blue. I mean the really dark satyrated purples and blues from Halo 1 and ODST.
I feel sorry for any bungie artist who reads these forums, though. All than hard work put into something, and all the fanbase has to say is "average even for it's time". I mean it's not a lie, but come on people. We need to be constructive. Geve em ideas while they still have room to change things.
One thing they need to do is stop using parallax mapping. All it does is warp textures and doesn't add any depth at all.
Another thing the game would REALLY benefit from is object based motion blur. At least something as simple as RE5 or the last tomb raider. It just makes things look better, even if the model is a crappily textured POS, if it moves fast and has blur NO ONE will notice.
Turning the bloom down wouldn't hurt, but it IS really a big part of Halo's visual style. Maybe an update on the water system? It was BEAUTIFUL when it was released, and still is( hell some games that came out in the past MONTH don't have water that good).... It just needs a few more things though. Uniform waves carrying it UP AND DOWN SHORELINES instead of it just clipping through the land would be nice. Not trying to be rude, you guys would STILL be the first ones to do it if you DO do it.
Maybe simple subsurface scattering. Human skin (and alien skin for that matter) was the weakest part of Halo 3's graphics. I can't really complain here though, as it looks like it's ALREADY been improved in ODST.
Ambient occlusion should REALLY help with the look of the game. It would also get rid of many problems with spartans blending in with the colors of the map (like blue/ green/ steel people on guardian)
Well, yeah. That's all I can really say. The one thing I will ALWAYS respect is the way bungie employees always go above and beyond. They've got a water system that developers of a freakin motorbot racing game would envy. They've got a weather system that kicks any survival horror's dark rainy ass. And who the hell actually NEEDS volumetric clouds? Painted skyboxes are STILL the way to go. Hand painted clouds will ALWAYS look better than a bunch of sprites bunched uptogether. Halo 3 is actually a BEAUTIFUL game, it just.....suffers from being a parachute sewn together while falling.
I agree with your ideas. Although Halo 3 is a bit old now. It was and still is in some ways a revolutionary game. Halo 3 is one of the first console games to pioneer several new things such as an easy to use map editor, saved films, and an excellent web linked features such as stats, fileshare, and screenshots. Even today, most games still can't compete against Halo 3 in terms of features.
As for the Halo 3 Engine, it's true that it's quite old now. But even today, the Halo 3 Engine can still put up a good fight against all the other modern game engines out there such as Unreal Engine and Cry Engine. It may not be as good as those other engines, but it isn't far behind either.
Speaking of game engines... I wonder what it would be like if every game was made using the Halo Engine? lol i think some games would be improved greatly, but other games would end up feeling strange.