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Re: WTF HUD?
Posted By: Apollo <amichaelson10@gmail.com>Date: 6/7/12 6:01 a.m.

In Response To: WTF HUD? (General Vagueness)


: I didn't say anything about this earlier because the moment kind of passed,
: and then after I'd looked over the new footage and pictures I noticed it
: was still around, but I checked to see if anyone else was talking about it
: so as not to clutter the forum, and it took me almost two days.
: WTF is going on with the HUD in Halo 4?
: In some of the older videos some of the HUD elements were kind of sloshing
: around as the player moved. Thankfully I haven't noticed it in the newer
: videos but if you look closely something like that happens in the campaign
: demonstrations when the Chief jumps down.
: I might have mentioned the pointless lines, if not, there are pointless lines
: on the HUD.
: Apparently video can now play off to the side. Why clutter it more,
: especially if it the video is going to be scrunched anyway and audio
: always worked fine before? It seems like progress for the sake of
: progress.
: The weird blue shading is back from Halo 3, and it's worse, in fact it looks
: worse now than it did in earlier pictures. The edges of the viewable area
: are mostly covered with this haze, and it's worse than in Halo 3 and ODST
: because not only does it tint whatever's in the area, it seems to also
: darken it a bit and it blurs it a little. It seems the worst on the bottom
: of the screen. The effect seems a little diminished in multiplayer, but
: that doesn't help much.
: What really gets me, though, is the blacked-out areas of the screen, which is
: only in the campaign footage for whatever reason. WTF? Who thought this
: was a good idea? How is this helpful or immersive or even realistic? It
: looks like it's in the shape of the Chief's helmet, but shouldn't that at
: the very least look like his helmet and not plain black? Why would the
: UNSC or Cortana make something that blocks his view, or blocks it more
: than before? Why wouldn't they have the most-- if you'll pardon the
: usage-- spartan HUD they can get away with?
: What's awful is the black areas and the blue areas together. They take away
: area that I would be able to see, area that I should be able to see. I'm
: fine with the little text, I can kind of see the little lines being
: ignorable and not worth thinking about, the video isn't too bad, I
: could've pretty much ignored the moving HUD elements and it looks like
: that was made better, and I got somewhat used to the blue haze, but that
: doesn't make it worthwhile, and the blacked-out areas are just
: mind-boggling, and all together this HUD looks terrible.
: 343 Industries, I respect you guys, I really do. Maybe not a lot, but I do.
: Maybe I don't really trust you, but I know this is hard and being a branch
: of Microsoft, and having this weight of expectation on you, and coming
: together with new people to work on an existing thing all don't make it
: easier, and I don't think you'll totally blow it.
: I defy anyone to tell me how lowering visibility of my environment with stuff
: that is objectively useless is helpful.
: So I ask you, please 343i, please fix this before you ship it, I don't want
: this to get out and embarrass you guys as much as I'd be embarrassed if I
: put out a product like this.

Seems like a pretty trivial issue you've got there, you could apply that argument to any piece of visual fidelity, one that doesn't add to gameplay per se, but simply adds to the experience and immersion. Why don't we just make the whole game nothing but square polygons shooting other square polygons with square polygon guns in a blank polygon corridor.

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Replies:

WTF HUD?General Vagueness 6/7/12 3:02 a.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?bryan newman 6/7/12 3:22 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?agdtinman 6/7/12 4:00 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?RC Master 6/7/12 4:27 a.m.
                 Re: WTF HUD?Bryan Newman 6/7/12 4:44 a.m.
                 I'd like the option to remove it. *NM*scarab 6/7/12 6:59 a.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?nillapuddin 6/7/12 3:25 a.m.
     I'm skeptical of it too, but...uberfoop 6/7/12 3:30 a.m.
     That's funnySonGoharotto 6/7/12 3:45 a.m.
     WTF Vagueness?Phoenix_9286 6/7/12 3:49 a.m.
           Re: WTF Vagueness?RC Master 6/7/12 4:33 a.m.
                 Re: WTF Vagueness?Phoenix_9286 6/7/12 4:35 a.m.
                       So you mean that its imperfect *NM*scarab 6/7/12 7:00 a.m.
                       It's also missing SUDO the sandwich maker *NM*thebruce0 6/7/12 1:43 p.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?kanbo 6/7/12 4:04 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?scarab 6/7/12 7:03 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?Archilen 6/7/12 7:13 a.m.
                 it's for the narrativerolandk73 6/7/12 1:35 p.m.
                 Re: WTF HUD?thebruce0 6/7/12 1:47 p.m.
                 I'm sorry, what?Mid7night 6/7/12 2:22 p.m.
                       Re: I'm sorry, what?scarab 6/7/12 3:13 p.m.
                             Re: I'm sorry, what?Mid7night 6/7/12 4:06 p.m.
                                   Re: I'm sorry, what?scarab 6/7/12 6:57 p.m.
                                   Careful...uberfoop 6/8/12 12:42 a.m.
                 I don't get itZackDark 6/7/12 5:56 p.m.
                       Re: I don't get itkanbo 6/7/12 11:38 p.m.
                       ProofsThe Lionheart 6/8/12 3:53 a.m.
                             Re: ProofsZackDark 6/8/12 4:28 a.m.
                             Re: Proofsthebruce0 6/8/12 2:12 p.m.
                                   Re: ProofsZackDark 6/9/12 8:04 a.m.
     Y'know, I really like the new HUD.Gravemind 6/7/12 4:04 a.m.
     Only one part I'm bothering to reply tomattroe 6/7/12 4:12 a.m.
           Re: Figure A *IMG*mattroe 6/7/12 4:17 a.m.
                 boom, mattroe nailed it, I love the new hud *NM*kidtsunami 6/7/12 4:24 a.m.
                 I agree with you mattroeWhoLikesChicken 6/7/12 5:43 a.m.
                       Re: I agree with you mattroeuberfoop 6/7/12 5:57 a.m.
                             Some say clean, some say boring :P *NM*mattroe 6/7/12 6:05 a.m.
                             FLAWLESS VICTORY *NM*kanbo 6/7/12 6:10 a.m.
                             oooh nice! *NM*scarab 6/7/12 7:05 a.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?ZackDark 6/7/12 4:21 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?Bryan Newman 6/7/12 4:56 a.m.
                 Re: WTF HUD?Phoenix_9286 6/7/12 5:04 a.m.
                 Re: WTF HUD?uberfoop 6/7/12 5:34 a.m.
                       Re: WTF HUD?bryan newman 6/7/12 5:56 a.m.
                             Re: WTF HUD?Phoenix_9286 6/7/12 6:05 a.m.
                             Re: WTF HUD?uberfoop 6/7/12 6:12 a.m.
                                   Re: WTF HUD?bryan newman 6/7/12 6:55 a.m.
                                         Re: WTF HUD?uberfoop 6/7/12 7:37 a.m.
                                               Re: WTF HUD?Bryan Newman 6/7/12 11:49 p.m.
                                   Great 1080P monitor WITH speakers, $145. Also HMDsThe Lionheart 6/7/12 1:00 p.m.
                                         Spambot in aisle one.Quirel 6/7/12 6:54 p.m.
                                         Re: Also HMDsnillapuddin 6/7/12 8:51 p.m.
                                               Sorry nilla...the future is smart glass...bryan newman 6/8/12 2:43 a.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?Apollo 6/7/12 6:01 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?ZackDark 6/7/12 6:32 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?uberfoop 6/7/12 6:38 a.m.
                 Re: WTF HUD?Apollo 6/7/12 7:11 a.m.
                       Re: WTF HUD?uberfoop 6/7/12 7:39 a.m.
                 Re: WTF HUD?mattroe 6/7/12 7:52 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?RC Master 6/7/12 5:41 p.m.
     Serious questionJDQuackers 6/7/12 11:52 a.m.
           Not reallyZackDark 6/7/12 6:19 p.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?iForge 6/7/12 1:05 p.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?scarab 6/7/12 3:22 p.m.
                 I like soma deez ideazThe Lionheart 6/8/12 3:59 a.m.
                       Re: I like soma deez ideazscarab 6/8/12 12:45 p.m.
                             Re: I like soma deez ideazQuirel 6/8/12 1:06 p.m.
                                   Re: I like soma deez ideazThe Alpha ELite 6/8/12 1:26 p.m.
                                         Re: I like soma deez ideazZackDark 6/9/12 7:56 a.m.
                                   Re: I like soma deez ideazscarab 6/8/12 2:23 p.m.
                                   Firefight voiceworkThe Lionheart 6/9/12 3:38 a.m.
                                         Re: Firefight voiceworkQuirel 6/9/12 4:04 a.m.
                                               Re: Firefight voiceworkThe Lionheart 6/9/12 3:17 p.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?General Vagueness 6/9/12 12:55 a.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?General Vagueness 6/10/12 1:24 a.m.
           Re: WTF HUD?ZackDark 6/10/12 7:27 p.m.
                 Intersting thing about the shieldZackDark 6/10/12 7:29 p.m.
                       Re: Intersting thing about the shieldGeneral Vagueness 6/10/12 8:03 p.m.
                             Re: Intersting thing about the shieldZackDark 6/10/12 8:34 p.m.
                 Re: WTF HUD?Phoenix_9286 6/10/12 8:25 p.m.
                       Re: WTF HUD?ZackDark 6/10/12 8:38 p.m.
                             Re: WTF HUD?uberfoop 6/10/12 9:08 p.m.
     Re: WTF HUD?General Vagueness 6/10/12 4:48 a.m.
           Explaining HUD LUVnillapuddin 6/10/12 6:20 a.m.
                 Re: Explaining HUD LUVuberfoop 6/10/12 6:58 a.m.
                 Re: Explaining HUD LUVmattroe 6/10/12 3:35 p.m.
                 Re: Explaining HUD LUVGeneral Vagueness 6/10/12 7:56 p.m.
                       Re: Explaining HUD LUVZackDark 6/10/12 8:32 p.m.
                             Re: Explaining HUD LUVGeneral Vagueness 6/10/12 8:39 p.m.
                                   Re: Explaining HUD LUVZackDark 6/10/12 8:44 p.m.
                                         Re: Explaining HUD LUVnillapuddin 6/10/12 11:39 p.m.
                                               Re: Explaining HUD LUVGeneral Vagueness 6/11/12 3:42 a.m.
                                                     Re: Explaining HUD LUVnillapuddin 6/11/12 5:19 a.m.
                                                           Re: Explaining HUD LUVuberfoop 6/11/12 5:51 a.m.
                                                                 Erm..uberfoop 6/11/12 5:58 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Erm..nillapuddin 6/11/12 5:21 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Erm..RC Master 6/11/12 9:55 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Erm..nillapuddin 6/11/12 10:28 p.m.
                                                           Re: Explaining HUD LUVGeneral Vagueness 6/11/12 11:15 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Explaining HUD LUVnillapuddin 6/12/12 6:57 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Explaining HUD LUVGeneral Vagueness 6/12/12 5:47 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Explaining HUD LUVnillapuddin 6/12/12 6:24 p.m.



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