Halo 3

Originally posted by Smasandian
I heared that SP graphics are better which is key because graphics do relate directly to the SP experience.

that would be pretty wacky.. 😑

For graphics minded people...

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6170862/index.html?tag=topslot;title;1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot

I dont expect this game to compete with Gears graphically. The size of the enviroments, the speed, and the number of players at a time will limit it. But this game is also has a much more realistic style, not the dark art heavy style of gears, which I think is a good thing.

Originally posted by AstroFan
For graphics minded people...

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6170862/index.html?tag=topslot;title;1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot

I dont expect this game to compete with Gears graphically. The size of the enviroments, the speed, and the number of players at a time will limit it. But this game is also has a much more realistic style, not the dark art heavy style of gears, which I think is a good thing.

Yeah.. I realize the art direction for sci-fi leans towards a clean, sterile look for almost everything..especially for Halo.. and its evident that the lighting and mapping techniques are mostly to thank for jumping up from halo 2 to 3 (I dont know exactly how much more polys they use).

However, I'm just of the impression that there can be more added that they haven't done yet... having more models is understandable, but the hardware has doubled(?) in power.. so I'd expect the same from the visuals... there are parts of the graphics that I find satisfactory, and others that I dont... (i.e. the bland landscapes (grass and natural terrain, as I cant complain about the artificial/man-made structures.. those are fine)).. I hope they use the HDR to its full power.. and make for some really dramatic firefights on the darker maps

Wow... the beta is damn fine.

haha.. just had to do this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKOUY8ByGvA

first time seeing that come on my screen.... awesomee.

The beta is sick, I love the bomb thats throws all those spikes out those are awesome lol, and the new weapons are sweet.

Can you download it now if you have Crackdown? Last night was pretty stupid, you couldn't, is it fixed?

I just downloaded it like 2 hours ago.

Nice! I will be going on after school, going to math shortly. 🙁

It wasn't working last night for Crackdown users.

Yeah, I know I tried then to. I was to pissed off, it kept failing I thought it was my 360 🙁 then I checked bungie.net and apparently everyone had that problem lol.

I tried randomly throughout the night, I didn't see yyou on at all. 😑

I am just glad it works now. 😄

Oh I didnt keep my 360 on the whole time, I pretty much did what you did, I kept on repeating the download process lol.

Yeah, I thought it was only mine at first like you did, then sent a few people some messages and found out.

Oh well, it should work now, The little atv's are sweet, get someone with a battle rifle to sit on the back and just haul ass through the levels and let them kill while you splatter people.

Until of course someone drops a trip mine.

The gun that I will be using the most will probably be the Assault Rifle, it looks a lot better now. Have you been able to find any of the equipment?

Yeah the assault rifle looks awesome now, and the equipment it laid out all over, once you play the rounds a couple times you'll remember its pretty easy to remember, but bungie has the guide and shows you where all the equipment is on each map.

Can I get the beta by renting crackdown?

Originally posted by General G
Can you download it now if you have Crackdown? Last night was pretty stupid, you couldn't, is it fixed?

Originally posted by Spartan005
Can I get the beta by renting crackdown?

Originally posted by JKozzy
It was fixed at 10pm EST last night. I was playing by 10:20 🙂

Yeah but only for the days you have the disc.

OMG thats awesome *runs to blockbuster*

Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
That is why there are mix feelings at the moments from video game sites and fans. I still feel that there is much work for the game to be done. Graphics wise? well they have plenty of time to polish it. The end product will be the real decisive factor.

They probalby will.

But from those graphics comparisions....I'm not really seeing an huge difference in graphics.

And I'm getting kinda of sick of the same looking environments. They still look like Halo.

Maybe, I'm being picky...but I kinda want to see some sweet graphics when I'm playing the game that should be the main game for the system.

I take Half Life 2 for example, and I know that it was 5 years since the last, but the game mixed it up and adding some new artwork and new things. Why cant Bungie take some time and redo some of the art to change things up a little bit?

Obviously, I havnt played it, but from the MP maps, Im pretty certain that the SP will look the same.