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I am really looking forward to Halo Reach and have already stated many of my ideas in other forums, but what I would like to concentrate on in this topic would be the graphics.
Halo Reach is apparentely using a new engine called the "AAA engine" and this engine is suppost to be able to generate amazing graphics. Hopefully this is true.

Since we have no idea what the graphics will look like, I decided to look at another game that has stunning graphics, Killzone 2. What if Halo Reach had graphics like or even better than Killzone 2.
To help you imagine this I have melded two screenshots together.

What do you think?

http://cid-0a0311390bf54259.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Halo% 20Reach%20possible%20Graphics/halo%20reach%20graphics.dib?ct= photos

  • 08.09.2009 6:37 PM PDT

Broken link is broken.

  • 08.09.2009 6:39 PM PDT

well if we can just switch those guys with some UNSC marines or spartans it would be great.

  • 08.09.2009 6:39 PM PDT

Did someone just take another game and throw a VERY poorly rendered assault rifle on it? fail.

  • 08.09.2009 6:48 PM PDT
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Oh my god, I don't know if this is trolling, but it made me laugh. Anyways, I'll adress some things in this post:

1: "AAA Engine" simply refers to an engine being used for a AAA title, and is NOT the name of the engine. The name is probably something like... the Reacharound engine. Yeah, that works.

2: I disagree that Reach should go for the same style as Killzone 2, but Bungie should have looked at what Guerrilla did with their engine - their technical stuff is state of the art, with quincunx anti-aliasing to soften edges, which works with a very advanced normalized motion blur technique - their art assets are built around the limitations of both the engine and the host hardware, and it takes a trained eye to see everything that goes on in Killzone 2, such as how anti-aliasing is disabled during vehicle sequences and lightning strikes.

The Halo 3 engine is still actually very advanced. The HDR is still some of the most advanced to this day, and Bungie has been molding the engine around the strengths and weaknesses of the 360 for ODST, and after watching that ViDoc, it shows. However, Halo: Reach needs to remain colorful and full of life and depth, while technologically and artistically surpassing most games out there by using the limitations of the engine and the hardware it runs on.

  • 08.09.2009 6:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: Anonymous101
Oh my god, I don't know if this is trolling, but it made me laugh. Anyways, I'll adress some things in this post:

1: "AAA Engine" simply refers to an engine being used for a AAA title, and is NOT the name of the engine. The name is probably something like... the Reacharound engine. Yeah, that works.

2: I disagree that Reach should go for the same style as Killzone 2, but Bungie should have looked at what Guerrilla did with their engine - their technical stuff is state of the art, with quincunx anti-aliasing to soften edges, which works with a very advanced normalized motion blur technique - their art assets are built around the limitations of both the engine and the host hardware, and it takes a trained eye to see everything that goes on in Killzone 2, such as how anti-aliasing is disabled during vehicle sequences and lightning strikes.

The Halo 3 engine is still actually very advanced. The HDR is still some of the most advanced to this day, and Bungie has been molding the engine around the strengths and weaknesses of the 360 for ODST, and after watching that ViDoc, it shows. However, Halo: Reach needs to remain colorful and full of life and depth, while technologically and artistically surpassing most games out there by using the limitations of the engine and the hardware it runs on.

Apparently its nicknamed the "Reach Around" AAA Engine at the moment.

[Edited on 08.09.2009 6:56 PM PDT]

  • 08.09.2009 6:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Chunky_Lover
Apparently its nicknamed the "Reach Around" AAA Engine at the moment.
LOL, did Brighton tell you that?

  • 08.09.2009 6:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: Chunky_Lover
Apparently its nicknamed the "Reach Around" AAA Engine at the moment.
LOL, did Brighton tell you that?
Possibly,

Is that what he told you? Or is he just yanking my chain?

  • 08.09.2009 7:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Chunky_Lover
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Posted by: Chunky_Lover
Apparently its nicknamed the "Reach Around" AAA Engine at the moment.
LOL, did Brighton tell you that?
Possibly,

Is that what he told you? Or is he just yanking my chain?
Well, if I told you how he got that name, then it would reveal some stuff I'm not yet ready to talk about :3

  • 08.09.2009 7:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: Anonymous101
Posted by: Chunky_Lover
Apparently its nicknamed the "Reach Around" AAA Engine at the moment.
LOL, did Brighton tell you that?
Possibly,

Is that what he told you? Or is he just yanking my chain?
Well, if I told you how he got that name, then it would reveal some stuff I'm not yet ready to talk about :3
Thats cool.

I just found that incredibly funny...

  • 08.09.2009 7:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: Anonymous101
Posted by: Chunky_Lover
Apparently its nicknamed the "Reach Around" AAA Engine at the moment.
LOL, did Brighton tell you that?
Possibly,

Is that what he told you? Or is he just yanking my chain?
Well, if I told you how he got that name, then it would reveal some stuff I'm not yet ready to talk about :3
Thats cool.

I just found that incredibly funny...


lol, whats up guyz?

  • 08.09.2009 8:53 PM PDT
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Well of course I want to see the graphics get better. That would make sense (completely new game, should mean improved graphics). I'm not going to set the bar too high though, since obviously the 360 does have its limits and Bungie will probably have to cut things out in order to keep the main priority of any professional developer (performance > looks).

  • 08.09.2009 9:14 PM PDT

Oh God....OP.

If Halo ever looks like Killzone, I will be more than upset. Halo's visual style, no matter if it is not as crisp of a picture as KZ2, is far better than KZ's ever could be.

  • 08.09.2009 9:27 PM PDT

How to spell "space"?

S-P-ACE! SPACE!

Pho-pho-pho-photoshop fail! No, I think it will have good graphics.

  • 08.09.2009 9:30 PM PDT

Perception is everything.

I hope the graphics aren't as good as killzone 2. Listen people, I don't want halo to look too real. I want it to keep all the unrealistic bright colors that make it look and feel like halo. I would like an improvement, but keep it halo.

  • 08.09.2009 9:41 PM PDT

But look at the incredible leap from H:CE to H2! I would be lead to assume that the graphics and engine are getting a major overhall . . .

  • 08.09.2009 10:58 PM PDT

Posted by: SlayersBane
I hope the graphics aren't as good as killzone 2. Listen people, I don't want halo to look too real. I want it to keep all the unrealistic bright colors that make it look and feel like halo. I would like an improvement, but keep it halo.


If bright colors aren't realistic how in the world do they exist in the first place?

  • 08.09.2009 11:51 PM PDT

blarg, bow chicka wow wow, boomshakalaka,

this is just a scene in another game with a halo 3 assault rifle stitched in. honestly

  • 08.09.2009 11:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: Elite_Buddy
Mega plox failzz! It's times like this when I hate photoshop.
More like MSPaint'd.

  • 08.10.2009 12:00 AM PDT

Sorry I can't take this thread seriously.

  • 08.10.2009 12:31 AM PDT
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It's friggin' Halloween!

Posted by: Runic Aries
Did someone just take another game and throw a VERY poorly rendered assault rifle on it? fail.

yea and on killzone 2, a ps3 game

  • 08.10.2009 12:48 AM PDT

This AAA engine is not for HALO: REACH.

The AAA engine is currently being developed by Microsoft for the future of HALO games (that microsoft themselves are making)

Whether bungie are developing a new engine or tweaked engine for HALO: REACH has yet to be confirmed

If you re-read the original story you will see that no where does it actually say this AAA engine is for HALO: REACH

Original Story

[Edited on 08.10.2009 2:18 AM PDT]

  • 08.10.2009 2:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: KALAMAZO
This AAA engine is not for HALO: REACH.

The AAA engine is currently being developed by Microsoft for the future of HALO games (that microsoft themselves are making)

Whether bungie are developing a new engine or tweaked engine for HALO: REACH has yet to be confirmed

If you re-read the original story you will see that no where does it actually say this AAA engine is for HALO: REACH

Original Story

but it should...
i dont want an improved Halo 3 Engine! Why?
Look at some framerate problems in some multiplayer action..that sucks. Some people with good eyes and so... are agreed with me that Halo 3 uses an improved Halo 2,and this Engine is bad matched to the Xbox 360 Hardware...

[Edited on 08.10.2009 6:42 AM PDT]

  • 08.10.2009 6:40 AM PDT

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This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Hahaha that looked like Killzone 2, would be cool if it were like that, but yeah, trade those marines for ODST's or Spartans or no dice.

  • 08.10.2009 6:49 AM PDT

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