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Subject: Halo Reach Graphics

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I think they will be better than Halo 3, but I am not expecting much from it graphics wise, bungie tends to focus alot on Gameplay and it running smoothly, which is great, but how great would it be if we could have both Great Gameplay and Gorgeous graphics?, I am not dogging on Halo 3's graphics at all. I think they are fairly good, but it is going to be 2010 when this game is released and graphics are going to be important. They need to maxamize the games full graphics potential, and let it have a chance to compete with the games in that time period, I know it is gameplay > graphics, but we need to have both of them being equally important. I don't think it will be acceptable if they just make the general improvements like from Halo 2 to Halo 3.

  • 10.17.2009 11:01 AM PDT

hello

Meh.

  • 10.17.2009 11:03 AM PDT

Halo CE is still a good game. Why? Gameplay. It's horrible graphics are no matter because it's fun. I do agree with you though. A simple graphical upgrade is all they need but a huge graphical upgrade would be amazing.

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  • 10.17.2009 11:05 AM PDT

I think they did a great job working within the constraints of their current engine to raise the graphics quality bar quite a bit with ODST. I don't know if they are using a new engine for Reach but I'm sure they'll keep pushing the envelope.

  • 10.17.2009 11:05 AM PDT

Posted by: Struvee
I think they did a great job working within the constraints of their current engine to raise the graphics quality bar quite a bit with ODST. I don't know if they are using a new engine for Reach but I'm sure they'll keep pushing the envelope.

Yes, they have confirmed that they started a new game engine from scratch. Which probably (99.99%) have a new graphics engine as well.

  • 10.17.2009 11:07 AM PDT

2 years ago, Halo 3 graphics were amazing. They still rival most games these days. If they get better, which they should, logically, it be awesome. But I'd rather have smooth graphics then edgy graphics.

  • 10.17.2009 11:08 AM PDT

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Halo CE had good graphics for its time, so that is irrelevant, obviously they are bad compared to todays graphics, so are all old games, but a general improvent just seems like they aren't doing all they can to make the game as best as possible, I'm sure the gameplay will be amazing like usual, but they really need to push the envelope especially for it being released in 2010.

  • 10.17.2009 11:08 AM PDT

There is a new engine.

But not tones of Gore like Gears. Whats the point

  • 10.17.2009 11:09 AM PDT

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Halo 3's graphics were good when it was released but it wasn't pushing the graphics envelope, I hate to compare this b/c it is a completely different game but Gears of War was released around the same time and It had Revolutionary graphics with great gameplay...that is what needs to happen with Reach.

  • 10.17.2009 11:11 AM PDT

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No people underestimate graphics. You can't tell a good story without good graphics. Why even have visual stimuli if you don't need graphics?

People purhcase HDTVs and Blu-Ray players for a reason.

  • 10.17.2009 11:13 AM PDT

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I agree

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HCE graphics were amazing fo its time

H2 dido

H3 average

I hope they step it back up for reach, h3 looked like a game that was in deveopment for the original xbox and just got shined up.

  • 10.17.2009 11:21 AM PDT

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I defianetly agree

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Posted by: iCult
I think they will be better than Halo 3, but I am not expecting much from it graphics wise, bungie tends to focus alot on Gameplay and it running smoothly, which is great, but how great would it be if we could have both Great Gameplay and Gorgeous graphics?, I am not dogging on Halo 3's graphics at all. I think they are fairly good, but it is going to be 2010 when this game is released and graphics are going to be important. They need to maxamize the games full graphics potential, and let it have a chance to compete with the games in that time period, I know it is gameplay > graphics, but we need to have both of them being equally important. I don't think it will be acceptable if they just make the general improvements like from Halo 2 to Halo 3.


I think Halo's graphics are underrated. Do they look like other games like GOW which is pretty realistic? No. But part of that is because Halo isn't intended to look like that. I don't know how to explain it, but the art of Halo is a bit more cartoonish. The purples and other tones of Halo are a lot different than other realistic games. But IMO, Halo does a great job for the style that it is, and they do a tremendous job with lighting. I prefer physics and gameplay over graphics, but I definitely think Halo's graphics are good.

  • 10.17.2009 11:30 AM PDT

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HCE graphics were amazing fo its time

H2 dido

H3 average

I hope they step it back up for reach, h3 looked like a game that was in deveopment for the original xbox and just got shined up.
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  • 10.17.2009 11:34 AM PDT

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Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal.
All this pain is an illusion.

I don't expect much of a graphical leap between Halo 3 and Reach, but I've never really played Halo for it's graphics, even in Halo: CE I payed more attention to the physics than the graphics

  • 10.17.2009 11:35 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ksychutrya
You can't tell a good story without good graphics.


I can't agree with you on this, look at all those 8-16bit games. They have some of the deepest and best told stories of all games, and their graphics are extremely simple. Also, realistic and high tech graphics doesn't necessarily mean good looking (you didn't say it, but I wanted to point it out).

OT: Reach will have an all new engine built from scratch, so it's graphics will probably kick Halo 3's graphics in the butt.

  • 10.17.2009 11:42 AM PDT