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I was already waiting for XSX to replay Halo in anticipation of Reach (played Halo 1, Reach is up next), because even though I have a very powerful computer and an OLED to hook it up to, I just didn't think Halo "felt" right on PC at all - it just wasn't smooth.
Now I can play at the full 120hz the TV offers? Totally worth it. There was a brief period of time I doubted my XSX purchase to go with a PS5 after also upgrading to a 2080TI, but the more news that comes out the more I realize I will use the XSX quite a bit in conjunction with everything else.
Now I can play at the full 120hz the TV offers? Totally worth it. There was a brief period of time I doubted my XSX purchase to go with a PS5 after also upgrading to a 2080TI, but the more news that comes out the more I realize I will use the XSX quite a bit in conjunction with everything else.
Halo 3 and ODST feel orgasmic at 1440p, 144 FPS on PC so having that experience on console is going to be nuts. I'm over the moon about this. I just really hope that they're able to smooth out CE and Reach.
this is my biggest hope as well. 343 has been talking about adding FOV sliders for a while now. It would suck if it turns out to be a next gen exclusive feature.
Now this is nice, was hoping they'd have a Series X update. Hope they announce one for Halo 5 as well.
The plan is to have crossplay and input based matchmaking, yes. Scroll down to Halo 4 Flighting --> New Features in this blog post.
There are also pictures in the blog post that show early concepts of these settings.
120FPS on multiplayer?
OOOOOOH BABY
Shit, I may need to consider a Series X sooner than I originally thought
OOOOOOH BABY
Shit, I may need to consider a Series X sooner than I originally thought
They are looking into Halo Online maps and they are testing the custom game browser. I'm just waiting for official mod support.
Bit of a shame it's missing launch day and the subsequent launch day press coverage, but classic Halo at 120Hz sounds like a fine way to spend a November weekend
Sound delicious, might screw around and buy a series X for that couch split screen action.
What a time to be alive huh
I think it's intentional. They probably have enough on their plate with the new system.
I really need to go back and play through the series again, last time was around the release of Halo 3. Have never played Reach or 5 but have done all of the others. This seems like a really good opportunity to do it, especially with a gap to Infinite releasing.
So, while I always love to see games receive updates like this, I can't help but but think that 120 FPS is largely going to be a pointless addition for most people.
The overwhelming majority of people playing on consoles are playing on TVs, not PC monitors - and those TVs right now (like >99%) are 60 Hz panels. Only the most expensive TV panels from the last couple years ($2,000+ TVs starting in 2018) have 120 Hz panels, and if you have a Series X, you're also going to need a TV with HDMI 2.1 for 4K 120 FPS.
This may change in 5-7 years when HDTVs with 120 Hz, VRR, and HDMI 2.1 become more ubiquitous, but right now, the 120 FPS upgrade doesn't seem like it would provide much benefit to most players.
The adjustable FOV though is awesome.
The overwhelming majority of people playing on consoles are playing on TVs, not PC monitors - and those TVs right now (like >99%) are 60 Hz panels. Only the most expensive TV panels from the last couple years ($2,000+ TVs starting in 2018) have 120 Hz panels, and if you have a Series X, you're also going to need a TV with HDMI 2.1 for 4K 120 FPS.
This may change in 5-7 years when HDTVs with 120 Hz, VRR, and HDMI 2.1 become more ubiquitous, but right now, the 120 FPS upgrade doesn't seem like it would provide much benefit to most players.
The adjustable FOV though is awesome.
PC version supports high refresh rate and FOV slider out of the box. Just Reach and CE has some weirdness when playing at >60fps but I dunno if it has been fixed.
Halo 2A is pretty golden on PC, Reach however will never go past 60...
But Halo 3 at 144Hz is amazing.
I get what you're saying, but reduced input latency is still a benefit of 120fps even without a 120Hz screen.
My guess would be full screen split screen (some halo games have black borders in splitscreen)
on the modding Discord Farn clarified that basically the LOD wont be ass anymore
Also gave a 😉emoji when asked if H2A MP and Reach VFR was improved for this release.
It's always good to futureproof, and makes sense with MS's strategy of supporting their back catalog. Not to mention that the latest TCL 6 Series should be able to output 1440p120 with VRR, and is relatively affordable for that spec. Not HDMI 2.1, but it seems like a good start. Hopefully 120hz on large screens becomes more and more accessible.
I hope that's the case. I've been asking for this to be worked on for years.
As of now all we know is it will support full LOD for splitscreen, no other details yet.
Just thinking about Halo:CE at 4K/120fps really drives that excitement for me getting the XSX next month.
level of detail, basiclly how good things look the closer you are to them, in split screen this is dialed wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy back. In H2 Classic the ghosts will look like H1 ghosts pretty much due to the LOD when playing on split screen lol
Many of the games had significantly reduced LODs and other optimisations to help them run in split screen
Can confirm. I've been playing the Master Chief Collection on a Radeon RX 5600XT and get a solid 60fps in 4K (Downsampled to 1080p) on a which is supposedly a bit less powerful than the Series X, should Logical Increments be correct.
Awesome news.
Hope they can get the file size down though, otherwise that's a sizeable chunk of my Series S storage space gone.
Hope they can get the file size down though, otherwise that's a sizeable chunk of my Series S storage space gone.
Keep in mind that when the Xbox 360 launched in 2005 most customers were still on tube SDTVs.
