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Subject: Halo: Reach - 3D Art Evolved

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wow...seeing that takes me back. new and improved beautful stuff. i love the grunt and the assult rifle the most. but please tell me thae grunts arnt armor plated.......that would be very very hard to kill.

  • 01.27.2010 4:45 AM PDT

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Kay, so, why does everything look like it's rendered using Unreal Engine 3? Why does the art style resemble games like Unreal Championship or Mass Effect? Seriously. This is horrible.

The AR looks awful. Like some sort of weapon made from welded pipes. Like the Flamethrower/Rifle combo in Aliens. You changed the classic design completely.

The Grunt looks like some sort of standard Sci-Fi shooter cliche enemy. Glowing. Curvy. The Elite looks like the Halo Wars one but more Space Pirate from Metroid Prime like. The Warthog has more worthless stuff sticking out of it. And the Marines look like they were stolen from Modern Warfare, Army of Two, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, etc. Bungie really has run out of ideas, haven't you?

I haven't been this unimpressed by a Halo game since Halo 2. You guys have destroyed the universe. Completely. Is that your plan? Is that Microsoft's plan? Now that Bungie isn't a Microsoft owned Company, you're just trying to ruin Halo so you get out of it? Is that it?

Unbelievable. Spartan III's. Armor Abilities. Skirmishers. Let me guess, Halsey is played by a professional sex movie star and she looks more of a tool than Professor Anders? Does she wear a lab coat or a bikini?

Mm. Selling out is awesome. Really. I really thought you were taking the right path of Halo 1 with Halo 3 and ODST. But Halo Legends and this just shoots that down completely.

  • 01.27.2010 4:51 AM PDT
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The Elites look amazing(I think we will see more Elites in multiplayer.. ^_^). The grunts look more fearsome than ever before, but the Marines show that they are not push over either. It's like everything has had a bad ass upgrade.

  • 01.27.2010 5:26 AM PDT

You guys have definitely improved in 3D art. Great job!

  • 01.27.2010 5:33 AM PDT

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Awwright! The barrelback/cylinder grunt is back! And the Elite and Marine looks bad ass!

  • 01.27.2010 6:19 AM PDT

:)

The new version of the grunt looks cool.

  • 01.27.2010 6:36 AM PDT

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Am I the only one who does not like these shots? I mean I do appreciate the technical improvement, but all screenshots and models looks like as if they had been soaking in bleach until all color were lost in them. Everything is grey! Gears of War 2 had more colors than Halo: Reach so far. It is very (VERY) disappointing as colors were long associated with the Halo franchise.

  • 01.27.2010 6:52 AM PDT

Very, very hawt.

Good to know what we're going to be getting in the next few weeks too (more of the same but with other things).

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  • 01.27.2010 7:11 AM PDT
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It's not the colors that decreased in intencity, but the lighting that improved in realism

  • 01.27.2010 7:34 AM PDT

Looks awesome!!

Can't wait for release!!

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Posted by: DynastyOfShinho
I don't like the new grunt. I like its old face and pointier back. The new one doesn't look as aggressive. On the other hand, I love the new AR look. Bungie artists did a great job remodeling it to look fresh without losing the iconic view of it that we all know and love! In my opinion, the warthog has had a very minor improvement which isn't bad at all since I love the halo 3 model. And the new elite just looks shinier. Anyways, this all does look really great and I look forward to playing it this fall!!! Thanks Bungie for making such an awesome game!


You DO know the Reach grunts will have different armor variants (like Halo 1) and this is just ONE of them?

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Posted by: TheJadedTarget
Kay, so, why does everything look like it's rendered using Unreal Engine 3? Why does the art style resemble games like Unreal Championship or Mass Effect? Seriously. This is horrible.

The AR looks awful. Like some sort of weapon made from welded pipes. Like the Flamethrower/Rifle combo in Aliens. You changed the classic design completely.

The Grunt looks like some sort of standard Sci-Fi shooter cliche enemy. Glowing. Curvy. The Elite looks like the Halo Wars one but more Space Pirate from Metroid Prime like. The Warthog has more worthless stuff sticking out of it. And the Marines look like they were stolen from Modern Warfare, Army of Two, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, etc. Bungie really has run out of ideas, haven't you?

I haven't been this unimpressed by a Halo game since Halo 2. You guys have destroyed the universe. Completely. Is that your plan? Is that Microsoft's plan? Now that Bungie isn't a Microsoft owned Company, you're just trying to ruin Halo so you get out of it? Is that it?

Unbelievable. Spartan III's. Armor Abilities. Skirmishers. Let me guess, Halsey is played by a professional sex movie star and she looks more of a tool than Professor Anders? Does she wear a lab coat or a bikini?

Mm. Selling out is awesome. Really. I really thought you were taking the right path of Halo 1 with Halo 3 and ODST. But Halo Legends and this just shoots that down completely.


Bungie had nothing to do with legends you stupid git.

Sounds to me like you're just trying to start something.

Go -blam!- on your own topic. The Reach forum is all whiners at this moment, you'll fit right in.

And off all revealed things to complain about, Spartan IIIs? WHAT? Seriously?

And they've already explained the purpose for the new art style man. It's a game that ends with your home planet dying and half the human population destroyed in an instant. Halo 1- 3 are stories of hope. The art reflects that.

Reach is a story of despair. The art reflects that.

[Edited on 01.27.2010 8:09 AM PST]

  • 01.27.2010 8:04 AM PDT

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Wow. Nice work guys! Really cool to see the evolution of these models. Can't wait to see how it all looks in motion!

  • 01.27.2010 8:24 AM PDT

I really don't like the new Assault Rifle. The only thing it has in common with the other 2 is the basic shape. Everything else has changed completely. I much prefer the Halo 3 version.

Everything else looks great though. Good job Bungie.

  • 01.27.2010 9:09 AM PDT

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Very cool article, and I know there isn't any motion to these photos, but strangely enough, overall, I like the H2 models the best.

HOwever, I'm still very excited for Reach and look forward to seeing the new assest in action!

Thanks for posting these!

  • 01.27.2010 9:42 AM PDT

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Looking great =)

  • 01.27.2010 11:20 AM PDT

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Great article. Read it twice. It really gets me fired up for the release!

The comparisons are nice! Thanks for adding them.

  • 01.27.2010 11:23 AM PDT

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Posted by: TheJadedTarget
Kay, so, why does everything look like it's rendered using Unreal Engine 3? Why does the art style resemble games like Unreal Championship or Mass Effect? Seriously. This is horrible.

The AR looks awful. Like some sort of weapon made from welded pipes. Like the Flamethrower/Rifle combo in Aliens. You changed the classic design completely.

The Grunt looks like some sort of standard Sci-Fi shooter cliche enemy. Glowing. Curvy. The Elite looks like the Halo Wars one but more Space Pirate from Metroid Prime like. The Warthog has more worthless stuff sticking out of it. And the Marines look like they were stolen from Modern Warfare, Army of Two, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, etc. Bungie really has run out of ideas, haven't you?

I haven't been this unimpressed by a Halo game since Halo 2. You guys have destroyed the universe. Completely. Is that your plan? Is that Microsoft's plan? Now that Bungie isn't a Microsoft owned Company, you're just trying to ruin Halo so you get out of it? Is that it?

Unbelievable. Spartan III's. Armor Abilities. Skirmishers. Let me guess, Halsey is played by a professional sex movie star and she looks more of a tool than Professor Anders? Does she wear a lab coat or a bikini?

Mm. Selling out is awesome. Really. I really thought you were taking the right path of Halo 1 with Halo 3 and ODST. But Halo Legends and this just shoots that down completely.


Um.......what?

  • 01.27.2010 11:25 AM PDT

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Posted by: TheJadedTarget
Kay, so, why does everything look like it's rendered using Unreal Engine 3? Why does the art style resemble games like Unreal Championship or Mass Effect? Seriously. This is horrible.

The AR looks awful. Like some sort of weapon made from welded pipes. Like the Flamethrower/Rifle combo in Aliens. You changed the classic design completely.

The Grunt looks like some sort of standard Sci-Fi shooter cliche enemy. Glowing. Curvy. The Elite looks like the Halo Wars one but more Space Pirate from Metroid Prime like. The Warthog has more worthless stuff sticking out of it. And the Marines look like they were stolen from Modern Warfare, Army of Two, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, etc. Bungie really has run out of ideas, haven't you?

I haven't been this unimpressed by a Halo game since Halo 2. You guys have destroyed the universe. Completely. Is that your plan? Is that Microsoft's plan? Now that Bungie isn't a Microsoft owned Company, you're just trying to ruin Halo so you get out of it? Is that it?

Unbelievable. Spartan III's. Armor Abilities. Skirmishers. Let me guess, Halsey is played by a professional sex movie star and she looks more of a tool than Professor Anders? Does she wear a lab coat or a bikini?

Mm. Selling out is awesome. Really. I really thought you were taking the right path of Halo 1 with Halo 3 and ODST. But Halo Legends and this just shoots that down completely.

I bet you will still play the hell out of reach.

[Edited on 01.27.2010 11:31 AM PST]

  • 01.27.2010 11:30 AM PDT

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Hmm for some reason its bugging me that the new marines pants are not tucked into his boots.

I kinda like the ODs on the halo 2 marine, but the new one looks epic all the same

  • 01.27.2010 11:42 AM PDT

I like the look of the new elite. He's actually skinny enough to compete with spartans now. :)

  • 01.27.2010 11:59 AM PDT

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this fits with an Arch Enemy song:

Revolution Begins

I cannot wait for the matchmaking info!

Pd. please Halo3 needs a matchmaking update, things are getting bad in shooter quality.

  • 01.27.2010 12:06 PM PDT

I much prefer the old assault rifle...

I hate to say it but this whole game looks over designed... on the art design side anyway. I'm sure it will be a great game but really guys, the spartans look like transformers more then spartans

It just dosn't seem right to me...

  • 01.27.2010 12:52 PM PDT

I have played on every button layout for Halo 3 in matchmaking.
It changes with my mood.

It looks amazing! It's as if they answered my Halo Reach wants! Thank you Bungie!

  • 01.27.2010 1:11 PM PDT