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Re: Now THAT'S what I'm talking about
Posted By: uberfoop <atkinso2@seattleu.edu>Date: 8/27/11 12:33 a.m.

In Response To: Now THAT'S what I'm talking about (Ibeechu)


: Something I'd always been kind of regretful about is how Halo 2 to Reach
: never captured the same ineffible visual feel of CE. I always thought it
: had something to do with the color palette and the smoothness or
: simplicity of the geometry/materials that both got lost between the
: upgrade in visuals between CE and Halo 2.

I've wondered about that as well. Halo 1 definitely has a different approach to surface rendering, though, and that might be a major part of it.

HCE's shiny Forerunner and Covenant materials both have their own sort of distinct reflection maps, which look very weird* and very alien. Stuff meant to look rocky often seems to have no reflection mapping at all.
Contrast with the surface mapping stuff used from Halo 2 onward, which make almost every surface look either like it's made out of plastic or covered in mucus**.

*Weird in a really good way.

**Look at the rocks on The Ark. You may already be familiar with the effect I'm talking about, and now that I've associated it with strange mucuses, have fun trying to unsee it. Halo 1 has an effect like that in a few places, most notably on snow, where it gives it the gorgeous look of being a little icy, as opposed to being terrifying goo-covered rocks.

GT=sdnomdE


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Headlong last map in pack?The Mean 8/26/11 5:19 p.m.
     Re: Headlong last map in pack?Urban Reflex 8/26/11 5:23 p.m.
           Re: Headlong last map in pack?Rt. Hon. Wolzee 8/26/11 5:26 p.m.
                 *Sigh*Taco Power 8/26/11 5:34 p.m.
                       Re: *Sigh*The Mean 8/26/11 5:38 p.m.
                             Re: *Sigh*Taco Power 8/26/11 5:45 p.m.
                             Re: *Sigh*Shadow8P 8/26/11 5:46 p.m.
                                   Re: *Sigh*Taco Power 8/26/11 6:05 p.m.
                       Re: *Sigh* *NM*Rt. Hon. Wolzee 8/26/11 6:29 p.m.
                       Re: *Sigh*Lurono 8/28/11 3:24 a.m.
                 Re: Headlong last map in pack?stabbim 8/27/11 11:01 p.m.
           Re: Headlong last map in pack?stabbim 8/27/11 10:30 p.m.
     WOOHOO!BlueNinja 8/26/11 5:27 p.m.
     Re: Headlong last map in pack?DEEP NNN 8/26/11 5:28 p.m.
           La forge?nomis78 8/26/11 6:50 p.m.
           Re: Headlong last map in pack?stabbim 8/27/11 11:04 p.m.
                 Re: Headlong last map in pack?uberfoop 8/28/11 12:44 a.m.
     BAH GAWD!Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) 8/26/11 5:28 p.m.
     YAHOOOOOOOOO!Pkmnrulz240 8/26/11 5:30 p.m.
     Re: It has a banshee!pete_the_duck 8/26/11 5:41 p.m.
           Re: It has a banshee!Phoenix_9286 8/26/11 5:56 p.m.
                 The orignal had both of those7he grunt w/a plasma pistol 8/26/11 6:08 p.m.
                       Re: The orignal had both of thosePhoenix_9286 8/26/11 6:22 p.m.
                       Re: The orignal had both of thosepete_the_duck 8/26/11 6:23 p.m.
                             Re: The orignal had both of thosePhoenix_9286 8/26/11 6:27 p.m.
                             Re: The orignal had both of those7he grunt w/a plasma pistol 8/26/11 6:47 p.m.
                                   Re: The orignal had both of thosePhoenix_9286 8/26/11 6:53 p.m.
                                         Headlong Banshee = goodnomis78 8/26/11 7:32 p.m.
                                               Re: Headlong Banshee = goodstabbim 8/27/11 11:11 p.m.
                                                     Re: Headlong Banshee = goodGeneral Vagueness 8/27/11 11:36 p.m.
                             Skill machine. *NM*Beckx 8/26/11 6:58 p.m.
     ACCEPTABLE!Gravemind 8/26/11 5:54 p.m.
     And all was right in the world. *NM*Sqorck 8/26/11 6:06 p.m.
     Fantastic!Salazar14 8/26/11 6:26 p.m.
     I just thought of something: The Hog.Gravemind 8/26/11 6:44 p.m.
           Re: I just thought of something: The Hog.Urban Reflex 8/26/11 7:00 p.m.
                 Re: I just thought of something: The Hog.Pkmnrulz240 8/26/11 8:46 p.m.
     Link brings me to IGN home pageTCKaos 8/26/11 7:14 p.m.
           Re: Link brings me to IGN home pageTCKaos 8/26/11 7:18 p.m.
     Different link if IGN US one is down.The Mean 8/26/11 7:53 p.m.
           Youtube link because IGN UK figured it out.The Mean 8/26/11 10:50 p.m.
                 Now THAT'S what I'm talking aboutIbeechu 8/27/11 12:13 a.m.
                       Re: Now THAT'S what I'm talking aboutuberfoop 8/27/11 12:33 a.m.
                       Re: Now THAT'S what I'm talking aboutscarab 8/27/11 2:06 a.m.
                 Yes. LOVE the Superintendent being there *NM*JDQuackers 8/27/11 9:35 a.m.



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