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Subject: I hope the new engine is truly "new"

Halo 3 is better than Reach

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i don't want bungie to state their making a new engine, and only somewhat tweak the halo 3's engine, because honestly halo 3's engine is really old, compared to some games u see today. It would be cool if they could make an engine like source or cry-engine, one that is innovative, and not the same stuff we have seen.

  • 10.31.2009 12:03 PM PDT

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The entire Halo series is based on the original Halo engine. Just heavily updated for each iteration.

In a sense you could say that Halo: CE uses Halo Engine Mark I, Halo 2 uses Halo Engine Mark II, and that Halo 3 and ODST use Halo Engine Mark III

[Edited on 10.31.2009 12:07 PM PDT]

  • 10.31.2009 12:06 PM PDT

Why So Serious?

I;ve heard that the change in graphics from Halo 3 to Reach is similar to that of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo2.

  • 10.31.2009 12:07 PM PDT

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I would be thoroughly impressed if Reach ran on CryeEngine3. That would absolutely blow my mind, and bless my socks off. Am i wrong?

  • 10.31.2009 12:09 PM PDT

I'm hoping for a similar situation with Halo 2. When that was released, Bungie had pushed the Xbox to its limits, making it one of the most visually appealing games I have ever played on the Xbox. It even looks beter then some of the current 360 games on the market.
I'm hoping for a similar situation with Reach.

  • 10.31.2009 12:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: ARCtheIsmaster
I would be thoroughly impressed if Reach ran on CryeEngine3. That would absolutely blow my mind, and bless my socks off. Am i wrong?


Bungie makes their own engines.

  • 10.31.2009 12:59 PM PDT
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I remember reading a thread in this forum regarding the graphics of Reach.

Someone had asked a message to a Microsoft employee working on Reach and they asked "When will we get a game with as good graphics as Uncharted 2 for the Xbox?" or something along the lines of that.

The employee responded back and said "wait until Halo: Reach".

So, I'm assuming that it'll have graphics up to today's standards.

  • 10.31.2009 1:04 PM PDT

They had better have better graphics. I am fed up of having the same death animations over and over again.

  • 10.31.2009 1:12 PM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

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They had better have better graphics. I am fed up of having the same death animations over and over again.
I would rather just have ragdoll take over when a player dies, forgo any death animation.

  • 10.31.2009 1:26 PM PDT

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i hope for the cinamatics to be cgi like halo wars

  • 10.31.2009 1:28 PM PDT

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agreed the damn swimming death gets really annoying

  • 10.31.2009 1:29 PM PDT

What spectagon are you in?

Posted by: ARCtheIsmaster
I would be thoroughly impressed if Reach ran on CryeEngine3. That would absolutely blow my mind, and bless my socks off. Am i wrong?


It won't be cryEngine3.

  • 10.31.2009 1:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: GaloX3
Well if the engine works the 360 too hard, it could make the game use much more bandwith for online and create alot of lag. That is what the Unreal 3 engine did to both Gears of war games. I'm sure Bungie can work past this problem, unlike the clowns at Epic though...
No. Graphical quality and required bandwidth for online matches is completely unrelated.

  • 10.31.2009 2:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: GaloX3
Well if the engine works the 360 too hard, it could make the game use much more bandwith for online and create alot of lag. That is what the Unreal 3 engine did to both Gears of war games. I'm sure Bungie can work past this problem, unlike the clowns at Epic though...
No. Graphical quality and required bandwidth for online matches is completely unrelated.


What he said. Gears of War's lag came from the poor netcode.

On topic: Agreed. The Halo 3 engine looks like garbage compared to current games. ODST wasn't much of an improvement.

  • 10.31.2009 2:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: headcrab53
Posted by: GaloX3
Well if the engine works the 360 too hard, it could make the game use much more bandwith for online and create alot of lag. That is what the Unreal 3 engine did to both Gears of war games. I'm sure Bungie can work past this problem, unlike the clowns at Epic though...
No. Graphical quality and required bandwidth for online matches is completely unrelated.


What he said. Gears of War's lag came from the poor netcode.

On topic: Agreed. The Halo 3 engine looks like garbage compared to current games. ODST wasn't much of an improvement.


Only the lack of AA and the ugly character models and animations make Halo 3 look like crap. I think the texture detail for the environments look good. They could look better if they find a way to increase viewable detail at a distance though.

  • 10.31.2009 2:33 PM PDT