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Subject: Halo: Reach - 3D Art Evolved

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This article is amazing. Thank you!

  • 01.26.2010 7:15 PM PDT

Perception is everything.

I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you.

  • 01.26.2010 7:16 PM PDT

looks really great.. but can someone answer me.. is there going to be a br? =/ there wasnt one in halo 1.. =[ and.. the sword.. since you couldnt hold it in halo 1.. how are they gunna make it in reach? will we be able to use one?
i really hope theres a br...

  • 01.26.2010 7:18 PM PDT

Great stuff. The development of the Elite model from Halo 3 to Reach looks especially prominent.

  • 01.26.2010 7:35 PM PDT

Polygons are great stuff! I can't wait to see more.

  • 01.26.2010 8:00 PM PDT
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I just want to point this out:
it just didn't really feel like the AR that people knew and loved
When you said love, it confused me. Because of the sounds (or ranting) coming from the Halo 3 Forum, they despise the AR.

And, I sure do love the new AR, Warthog, Elite, and Grunts! If those are how the Elites will look in Multiplayer (if we have the option to play as an Elite), I will be happy to join forces with the Elites for the first time!

  • 01.26.2010 8:03 PM PDT

My Best Bungie moment: finally beating all the Halo games on solo legendary.
My Worst Bungie moment: not seeing giant stuffie grunts in the Bungie store.

Pretty cool... but the people who should really get the credit are the programmers.

A new game with updated graphics, and the ability to put twice as many enemies into an encounter, and they are using the same hardware. For silky smooth Halo those guys must be working some magic.

...this could turn nasty if someone at Bungie read it, the engineers and the artists... I'm not responsible for any blood shed...

[Edited on 01.26.2010 8:25 PM PST]

  • 01.26.2010 8:12 PM PDT

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Exalted is considered "the highest" because you can't get any bans or warnings of any kind for quite a long time, which is harder than just being a member for a long time.

Awesome, but please tell me there is more than one reason why the marines wear knee pads.

  • 01.26.2010 8:20 PM PDT

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Sweet.

  • 01.26.2010 8:44 PM PDT

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Awesome article, I can't wait for more like this.

Posted by: ExaltedVanguard
I love the new art, but really... All I want... is a good freaking spawn system. It seems as time goes on, spawns in games (as a whole, Halo included) are getting worse. I hope Bungie will turn this horrible trend around.


I thought Halo 3 was pretty much flawless, including the spawn system. (The only thing I don't like so much is the lowish framerate. Although I've only noticed that in recent times in contrast to games that have come out 2 years after Halo 3, when it first came out I barely realised.)

Although I do agree that other games, (ahem Call of Duty,) seem to have made no effort whatsoever to improve spawns.

I'd say Halo 3 is easily the game with the most intelligent spawning system. (And Reach will most probably be even better.)

  • 01.26.2010 8:53 PM PDT

Plekpedia - The most epic site in the history of ever.

Awesome.

  • 01.26.2010 9:08 PM PDT

Owning Noobs Since 05

"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers."

Jim Harkins

:O This game is gunn be ossim. Can't wait to own Elites again.

  • 01.26.2010 9:20 PM PDT

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Zeppelin Rules!

"A pure hand needs no glove to cover it." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

As an aspiring 3d modeler myself, I must say, the grunt modeling is incredible. It's too bad we couldn't see the use of tessellation with this group of artists - they are quite talented.

  • 01.26.2010 9:24 PM PDT

Posted by: Verachi
:O This game is gunn be ossim. Can't wait to own Elites again.
Can't wait to run away from Zealots again (hopefully).

  • 01.26.2010 9:44 PM PDT

Haters are going to hate.
Praisers are going to praise.

The Bungie Forums are what keeps my mind sharp and my fingers active, between writing my own movie scripts, drawing, and studying industrial design. At the moment I'm working on miniatures for a short movie that I'll hopefully be able to film once I've saved up for a camera... That's me, with the mug, trying to have a conversation with Konoko.

Looks great, but Captain Keyes should be replaced by a marine, cause his evolution was more like... (see picture)

  • 01.26.2010 9:51 PM PDT

Halo is art. It's a master piece that one day will be in a museum.

  • 01.26.2010 9:54 PM PDT
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Interesting update/article...but....AR?

NOOOOOO! *echo*

  • 01.26.2010 9:54 PM PDT

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Pretty awesome chunks of info, here.
I like it!

  • 01.26.2010 9:56 PM PDT
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Halo: Out with a whimper
A fan made kick ass 2D Halo.

"The crunch on Halo 2 was, 'Oh my god, we're f***ed. We're all going to die.'" ~ Chris Carney

Keyes looks happy. Probably happy because he didn't survive to get the Halo 2 makeover, zing! The halo 1 head models may be blocky but atleast they looked good, the Halo 2 marines look like they've been hit in the face with the ugly stick repeatedly. I like the reach marine already, he looks badass with his Epic style bulkiness although I do feel like playing Gears and UT3 all of a sudden...

Hmmm, kinda ironic that the reach marines have bulked up while the elites have bulked down and have slightly improved their posture

  • 01.27.2010 12:51 AM PDT

Don't be irreplaceable; if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

Give us back the first artwork of grunts <3

  • 01.27.2010 1:25 AM PDT

WOW!!!!

Good stuff Bungie!!! I did end up just buying a Game Informer mag a few days ago, but this is still sweet to se a few more comparisons and get some technical info!!! That poly count on the AR is ridiculous!!!! And i know first hand what that is like to model!!! Iv'e made my share of rifle replicas in Maya. haha

Keep up the good work and i can say i haven't been disappointed in the least yet...

  • 01.27.2010 1:26 AM PDT

Get WorkPLaced!!

Oh man Reach is gonna be the most beautiful game EVER!

Why was Captain Keyes used instead of a Halo: CE marine?
Either way, the upgrades look amazing, the elites legs look more raptor-esque, like in Halo: CE.

  • 01.27.2010 2:15 AM PDT
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Positive vibes.

Posted by: xLAS3RP01NT3Rx
Posted by: a rascal cat
So will the AR sound any different in Reach?
It seems to be the case.

Apparently they sound a bit more concussive and explosive-like.
More manly and realistic.
I'm so psyched for Reach.


I really do hope so.

  • 01.27.2010 3:07 AM PDT

How will you survive..............

game sounds like its gunna b cool whens the Multiplayer Beta coming out though

  • 01.27.2010 3:53 AM PDT
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Positive vibes.

Posted by: Black Italian94
game sounds like its gunna b cool whens the Multiplayer Beta coming out though


I agree.

: )

  • 01.27.2010 3:58 AM PDT