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Re: NO WAI!
Posted By: The More Deluded <TheAmazingOIiAndHisEducatedRodents@orange.net>	Date: 2/19/07 9:42 a.m.
In Response To: NO WAI! (Jordan117) : The Old and New Mombasa environments kicked the crap out of the Earth City : demo. Sure, the E3 video looked cool at first glance, but if you really : think about it, it has no basis in reality at all. The opening shot showed : that the city was one vast metal hive rising into the sky -- cold, : industrial, impersonal. The city itself was an endless series of metal : canyons, all buildings made of grey steel and concrete, all the same. It : didn't feel like a real city. : The levels we saw in-game, OTOH, were masterstrokes. Outskirts perfectly : captured the feel of a futuristic slum, full of aging "modern" : office buildings and more traditional architecture built over by : 26th-century technology. If you take the time to go through the level and : take a good look at it, the level of detail is really quite remarkable. : New Mombasa, too, was a big improvement. It was futuristic, yes, but was on a : much more human scale than Earth City. There was parkland and aesthetic : architecture. The street level had grass and trees and inviting plazas. : The skyline showcased a variety of interesting architecture that showed : clear African influences, far cries from the multi-leveled concrete : complex seen in E3. It was a bit bigger than what we see today, and a bit : more industrial. But it seemed much more like a city real humans would : build and would want to live in. : What seems more plausible... this ? Or this ? : See also this discussion I had on the Bnet forums about Old/New Mombasa vs. : Earth City. I don't know whats wrong with the second one, i would of quite liked that. I understant where he is coming from, because all the little bits like the wounded marines and the 'is it clear' moment, and of course the mortar, is quality, and i would like too see them in h3 in one form or another, because it does place you in the battle. but you are right, the h2 mombasa does look far better and human, but i think while the landscape is better, the encounters are not as good as what was promised, although putting the scarab in mixed it up fantastically and made it really cool. anything with the scarab was a 'wow' moment for me, especially the end

Message Index

The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happened?	Major Silva	2/19/07 8:09 a.m.
NO WAI!	Jordan117	2/19/07 9:23 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	The More Deluded	2/19/07 9:42 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Leviathan	2/19/07 10:12 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Peptuck	2/19/07 10:17 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Leviathan	2/19/07 10:33 a.m.
Isn't most of Halo 2 scripted anyway?	tucsonbatman	2/19/07 10:53 a.m.
Re: Isn't most of Halo 2 scripted anyway?	Peptuck	2/20/07 12:58 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	mnemesis	2/19/07 10:22 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Leviathan	2/19/07 10:36 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Sep7imus [subnova]	2/19/07 1:50 p.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Leviathan	2/19/07 2:13 p.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Sep7imus [subnova]	2/19/07 2:38 p.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Cthulhu117	2/19/07 3:34 p.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Narcogen	2/19/07 11:32 p.m.
Re: NO WAI!	mnemesis	2/20/07 12:02 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Leviathan	2/20/07 1:01 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	mnemesis	2/20/07 10:28 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Jordan117	2/19/07 10:45 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Leviathan	2/19/07 10:49 a.m.
Re: NO WAI!	The More Deluded	2/19/07 1:34 p.m.
Re: NO WAI!	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	2/19/07 10:03 p.m.
Yes...	Jordan117	2/25/07 1:49 p.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Peptuck	2/19/07 10:09 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Leviathan	2/19/07 10:14 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Peptuck	2/19/07 10:20 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	The More Deluded	2/19/07 1:37 p.m.
yeah next time i'll read the whole thread :) *NM*	The More Deluded	2/19/07 1:38 p.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Peptuck	2/20/07 12:55 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Endbringer	2/19/07 10:27 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Leviathan	2/19/07 10:40 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Endbringer	2/19/07 10:51 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Leviathan	2/19/07 12:20 p.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Major Silva	2/19/07 5:20 p.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Endbringer	2/19/07 5:58 p.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Dojorkan	2/19/07 10:24 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Baratos	2/20/07 1:49 a.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	scarab	2/20/07 7:33 a.m.
Linear much?	darthbob	2/25/07 12:26 p.m.
Re: Linear much?	Major Silva	2/25/07 2:00 p.m.
Re: Linear much?	Neo-genesis	2/25/07 4:22 p.m.
Re: The Art/Level Design in Halo 2 -- What Happene	Smurfa	2/25/07 12:23 p.m.
Wow moments... (long post)	tucsonbatman	2/26/07 8:29 a.m.
My wow moment list	delta3	2/26/07 6:16 p.m.
Re: My wow moment list	The Meep	2/26/07 9:56 p.m.
Re: My wow moment list	delta3	2/26/07 11:03 p.m.