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Halo Infinite Update - February 2021 [New Campaign Screenshots]
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Me too in Control, specially with vertical wall edges. When zooming past them you can see a kind of artifact that is a bit distracting.
This is my biggest concern as well. Unless there are some Metroidvania aspects to block certain areas until after major set pieces take place, it'll be tough to juggle the openness with those majestic reveals we all expect from a CE/2/3 style game. Seeing a brand new biome for the first time instead of a, "hey I saw this already but now there's a Scarab here to take down" sort of thing.
Hopefully there are "proper" missions in there with only the checklist type of stuff (rescue these marines, liberate this camp, etc) on top for added content.
Honestly, for me the pop in was the worst part of that demo. I remember thinking, I can deal with so-so graphics, but how on earth is pop in happening with an SSD and beefy hardware? To me it was the clearest example of how half baked H:I was.
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I do not understand how people see these (most likely cherry picked) screenshots on pc as a massive improvement over what was shown in the actual gameplay trailer. I also do not see a game that is showing a generational leap in graphics, which is what I originally was hoping for. Probably not what we can expect since it is targeting both systems, but still hoping to see a bigger difference.
The game is coming to Xbox One, expecting a generational leap is a setup you did to yourself, lol.
The atmosphere and art design looks stunning here. I'm optimistic this will be a great experience, the team would deserve a win after all the chaos.
No it can't be, you can only enter the tower of pain with tables, ladders and/or chairs, not with sniper rifles.
My favorite memories from the first Hal0 games were going out of bounds and exploring where we really werent supposed to go, so "open world" Halo with an emphasis on exploration is probably the most exciting thing they could have done with the franchise for me.
I don't see why it's not possible to have a true 'next gen' experience on XSX with a cut down version on XBone.... Generation leaps can work on PC, so why not console?... For instance, my experience with Cyberpunk (if I had it) on an old i5 with a GTX1060 would be very different from someone with a cutting edge 2021 PC. Surely the same settings gap can be implemented across the MS consoles, without neutering the new generation.
Anyway, regardless of cross gen graphics I think it's looking pretty, well... pretty. I think this may have cemented my decision to go for an XSX this gen, alone with a few other things of course.
The whole "approaching strongholds with different strategies" reminds me of all the mediocre open world games out there. But Halo has kind of always been about that philosophy, with an incredible sandbox to make it work. So hopefully the Sandbox team under Quinn is able to nail that aspect, because everything else kind of relies on it.
So are we thinking these are audio clip collectables you'll find from stations around the ring?
And what are the green lights in the middle of this screenshot
So, what defines 'next gen'?
If they abandoned the last gen, would it not be the same game, but prettier?
It could be many things, like terminals or in debris of wrecked Pelicans or other ships.
You're acting way too offended bud when someone is showing you the improvement might mostly be due to the vista being presented and the time of day it is shown with rather than being a real tech improvement.
If you like the graphic, then it's definitely fine, no one is telling you it's bad, you're interpreting that yourself, take some fresh air and read carefully a post before over reacting, but if you don't to see some tech improvement aren't totally visible, such as the LOD illustrated here, that's also fine, but you're being selective in what you're appreciating, and that's fair, but don't try to shut down open discussion.
You're free to have your opinion, better waiting seeing that on motion on a Xbox for example, rather than a carefully crafted screenshot on a (probably) high-end PC.
That final audio blip sounds like a collectable ending.So are we thinking these are audio clip collectables you'll find from stations around the ring?
And what are the green lights in the middle of this screenshot
i agree, but it's not just the lack of polish on the assets. it's also a bad screenshot with bad frame composition.
I think that specific clip they provided was from before Shadows of Reach takes place.
My most anticipated game. Im just curious if the game will have some kind of leveling up/skill abilities progress ... If Im not mistaken someone mentioned Metroid Prime. It would be amazing if the progression on the ring is gated by abilities and new tools that completely changes the traversal in the world.
Oh, true. Also, the way the warthog interacted with the environment (or actually the way it DIDN'T), and the animation of the dropship looked really bad. Still, I'm sure these things have been touched upon as well.
Yeah it drove through mud and picks up no mud on the tires. Plus you have enemies spurting blood when shot but no blood pools 😠
The phantom looked like its pathing was made in forge lol.
I think based on their comments about crafting they don't want people to think of it like a ubisoft game but with a halo skin.
Metroidvania elements would be an easy way to gate things. They mention 4 different equipment abilities, and from what I've gathered you can cary all 4 at once and swap between them.
So imagien the first area of the game is just basic halo....then you get the grapple hich opens up new areas, but more are locked off by some sentry system that can only be damaged while it it firing, so you need to find the shield wall. nd then maybe gate sysytems that open and close supe rquickly so you need some kind of speed booster to get through. And then you have air based areas that require you to jack a banshee to get through.
Any game that lets you wait patiently for 15 minutes to get a good ending is OK in my book, lol
Cross gen has nothing to do with anything. Why does this keep being brought up?
The Series X and the One S builds will be different, with different settings, textures, lighting etc.
The game is still in development, with around 8 months left to release. Ray tracing support is promised and is yet to be incorporated in the game.
There's a very significant difference. Not just from the initial reveal, but from the last gen Halo game released (Halo 5 on XOX).
They're touting this as new to Halo, not new to gaming.
Yeah this set my little warnings off.
As it's not an open world game so they haven't got to fill it with endless repeated stuff, hopefully it will have plenty of unique design that makes each one fun.
More BOTW tower and less Just Cause Stronghold
And what are the green lights in the middle of this screenshot
Could be those portals seen in the Halo MP's?
I still haven't played any of the Far Cry games. Thinking this new one might be my first.
You don't think a next gen only halo would look better than these screens?
I'm getting sick and fucking tired of people bringing up the "Its a cross-gen game so it'll be bad" argument.
Graphical Options exist for a reason. Gameplay scaling is a thing that exists. They do it in PC Game Development literally all the time. When you have PC Game Developers pushing out graphical masterpieces that can scale down graphics and gameplay performance to run on modern day potatoes built 10+ years ago. There is absolutely zero reason why Xbox Developers, who may I remind people are also developing their games for PC where they need to account for these settings to begin with, would not be able to do the exact same thing on a Console with multiple SKUs.
They already have the experience. They have to write the damn engine and game to support the required level of scaling for PC anyways. The Consoles run on similar archetectures as PC and Xbox in particular runs on the same damn DirectX APIs. It's a 100% non-issue and people need to stop bringing it up as a "Gotcha".
Graphical Options exist for a reason. Gameplay scaling is a thing that exists. They do it in PC Game Development literally all the time. When you have PC Game Developers pushing out graphical masterpieces that can scale down graphics and gameplay performance to run on modern day potatoes built 10+ years ago. There is absolutely zero reason why Xbox Developers, who may I remind people are also developing their games for PC where they need to account for these settings to begin with, would not be able to do the exact same thing on a Console with multiple SKUs.
They already have the experience. They have to write the damn engine and game to support the required level of scaling for PC anyways. The Consoles run on similar archetectures as PC and Xbox in particular runs on the same damn DirectX APIs. It's a 100% non-issue and people need to stop bringing it up as a "Gotcha".
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Also, do we see a hint of RT on the Forerunner structure around one of them?And what are the green lights in the middle of this screenshot
So are we thinking these are audio clip collectables you'll find from stations around the ring?
And what are the green lights in the middle of this screenshot
They were playing on legendary - sniper jackles got upgraded to fuel rod snipers