Looking at these pics and maybe the people who thought that One S/X will hold back the game were right? This does not look 'built from the ground up' for Series X, at all.
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Halo Infinite 4k/60 Gameplay Demo
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Visually the game is straight up embarrassing as a next gen flagship. In many ways it looks like a game that wouldn't look out of place 5 or 10 years ago.
I can't comment on how good of a game it is substantively, and I hope it is good.. But that sure didn't *look* good. Flat lighting, everything bland, overly simple textures... Just bad. Bad.
I can't comment on how good of a game it is substantively, and I hope it is good.. But that sure didn't *look* good. Flat lighting, everything bland, overly simple textures... Just bad. Bad.
Larger areas I can get behind, but open world is just a waste.
I mean, they have done the same thing with much less significant games than Halo. How many times did we hear about Prey 2 before what we eventually got from Arkane? Even Halo fans think this looked trash.
There is no need to be upset
This doesn't look ready to be shown.
I said a lot more earlier but the bottom line is that I'm just not impressed at all.
This doesn't look ready to be shown.
If realism is the hill people want to die on, there's a lot more about a 3000 pound guy in a suit moving around that's unrealistic about Halo, than just a grappling hook, lol.
I did want them to blow me away with some more pizazz and flair than Microsoft gave us, but at the end of the day, it's also open world, and I'm sure there are some tremendously beautiful vistas and environments that we haven't seen in this crazy short demo.
Well fair. Lets say it didn't look as good as games released 5 years ago on 10x less powerful hardware.
Disappointing visually. There is news of ray tracing support though in a patch after the game launches that can maybe address some of these issues.
People are already saying this game should look more like it :p
Is this satire? Bungies environmental design is some of the best in class, especially in the FPS department. I am beyond hyped for HI, even after this showing but I can't deny there are areas of this gameplay reveal that did not look great.
Whether its because they are targetting 4k/60 or the new engine is rough around the edges (or both?) I don't know, but I think its difficult to deny its there.
Yes I know what columnar basalt is. It looks cool. Even looks cool in some games.
The littering of the landscape with these forerunner columns just looks bad.
Another thing to consider. Halo 4 launched on one platform (X360), Halo 5 launched on one platform (Xbox One). This game will launch on Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X likely Xbox Series S and PC. It has to be competent on all of these platforms on day one. I know the last few months have been spent trying to convince us that games scale by themselves and that games shipping across four or five platforms at launch will just be a matter of lowering imaginary sliders but it takes a shit ton of work and optimization that previously wasn't necessary.
There are work in progress games and there are work in progress games that are shipping on five platforms while being the most ambitious game in in their franchise with gamplay mechanics and graphical features that need to hold up across single player and both small scale and large scale multiplayer.
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with what they showed today. It just needs work, the foundations for a great looking game are there it just doesn't come together at the moment because at this stage of game development games usually don't.
There are work in progress games and there are work in progress games that are shipping on five platforms while being the most ambitious game in in their franchise with gamplay mechanics and graphical features that need to hold up across single player and both small scale and large scale multiplayer.
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with what they showed today. It just needs work, the foundations for a great looking game are there it just doesn't come together at the moment because at this stage of game development games usually don't.
Basically. I absolutely believe its not going to turn out to be a wise move.
There is no need to be upset
I said a lot more earlier but the bottom line is that I'm just not impressed at all.
This doesn't look ready to be shown.
... I KNEW it looked familiar.
And now I can't stop laughing.
So the thruster pack movement from Halo 5 is completely gone? That's a shame if so.
Also what happened to Cortana and the Guardians? Where's Blue team? Are they still going to tell that story or do they want people to just forget about it with Infinite? I have so many questions 🤔
Also what happened to Cortana and the Guardians? Where's Blue team? Are they still going to tell that story or do they want people to just forget about it with Infinite? I have so many questions 🤔
Man I hope so, because there is nothing on this I'd want anywhere near a Series X ad in November.
Once again, the shields. Their shield effect in Infinite is just not at all visually attractive to me.
Absolutely agree with this. Clearly anyone that says the Xbox One isn't holding back, and scaling has always happend...blah blah blah.. is seriously confused.
In many of the What to expect from next gen graphics Era threads Halo Infinite was hailed by a number of members as the by far best looking upcoming game. They kept sharing the cutscene of the pilot waking up Masterchief inside the spaceship. Already there I wondered what I was missing that looked better than anything else. The footage from today in the much more open environment looked even worse and less polished than that footage.
... I KNEW it looked familiar.
And now I can't stop laughing.
lmao...i was wracking my brain on this too
Holy shit - saw it on twitter but those brutes are basically modeled after Killface from Frisky Dingo.
I take it all back. That's very good inspiration, 343.
I take it all back. That's very good inspiration, 343.
If you didn't think the game was "Poppin" you need to get your eyes checked ASAP... There was pop in everywhere.
This game has been in development for 5 years, of course it wasn't built from the ground up for Series X.