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Re: And your new Bulletin is up...
Posted By: uberfoopDate: 9/19/12 10:45 p.m.

In Response To: And your new Bulletin is up... (GrimBrother One)


>>"On the aesthetics side, we felt like the shiny textures, bright colors, and flawless models of the past made them read a bit too toy-like, so we tried to make everything slightly more grounded. We did that by showing more wear and tear (such as scuffs and imperfections) and using new textures that made the guns look like they were created from hard metallic alloys (instead of plastic)."

I certainly don't mind this at all. CE's Covenant material rendering is absolute genius, but if we can't have that level of crazyawesome, I'll totally settle for something non-plasticky.

Also, while I didn't like how Halo 3's Covenant stuff looked under normal lighting, the way strong dynamic lights specular'd off of it was really cool. It's one of the few cases in the modern Halo games where I've been really impressed by the use of lighting effect diversity to emphasize material.

>>NEEDLER

That outstretched-handgun look is impressing me less than ever.

>>STORM RIFLE

I... actually don't mind that the plasma rifle is being replaced. ODST is about the only game after CE where it felt distinct and interesting, and that was only because they decided to totally wreck the AR instead. If it isn't going to even remotely live up to its glorious ancestor, feel free to nuke and pave.

>>CONCUSSION RIFLE
"While I don’t use it except in desperation in Campaign"

Oh, so the brute shot is going to be that campaign gun again.

>>"also one of the weapons that oddly enough, really shows off some of the environment mapping on our surfaces. You really get a “feel” for whatever space you’re in based on the reflectivity and the way it catches color and light."

Is this just interesting response to the lighting, or are we talking subtle use of locational cubemaps like seen on the ghost in the light room on Uplift Reserve? Probably not the latter, but either way I'm interested.

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And your new Bulletin is up...GrimBrother One 9/19/12 7:59 p.m.
     Gold is on the horizon?Quirel 9/19/12 9:13 p.m.
           Re: Gold is on the horizon?JDQuackers 9/19/12 9:24 p.m.
                 Re: Gold is on the horizon?Quirel 9/19/12 9:44 p.m.
                 You know what to doSonGoharotto 9/19/12 10:04 p.m.
                 Re: Gold is on the horizon?Postmortem 9/19/12 10:05 p.m.
           Re: Gold is on the horizon?Phoenix_9286 9/19/12 9:57 p.m.
                 Re: Gold is on the horizon?Quirel 9/19/12 10:21 p.m.
                       lol *NM*ZackDark 9/19/12 11:38 p.m.
           RIP Plasma Rifle, 2001-2012.Gravemind 9/19/12 10:11 p.m.
                 Re: RIP Plasma Rifle, 2001-2012.SonGoharotto 9/19/12 10:20 p.m.
                       Re: RIP Plasma Rifle, 2001-2012.INSANEdrive 9/19/12 11:02 p.m.
                             Re: RIP Plasma Rifle, 2001-2012.Hyokin 9/20/12 12:34 p.m.
                                   Re: RIP Plasma Rifle, 2001-2012.Gravemind 9/20/12 1:31 p.m.
                                         Re: RIP Plasma Rifle, 2001-2012.Joony Joon 9/20/12 2:21 p.m.
                                               Re: RIP Plasma Rifle, 2001-2012.Gravemind 9/20/12 9:23 p.m.
                                         Re: RIP Plasma Rifle, 2001-2012.Chewbaccawakka 9/20/12 5:09 p.m.
           Re: Gold is on the horizon?NotTheVacuum 9/20/12 9:53 a.m.
                 Re: Gold is on the horizon?Joony Joon 9/20/12 1:25 p.m.
                       Re: Gold is on the horizon?NotTheVacuum 9/20/12 1:43 p.m.
                             Re: Gold is on the horizon?Joony Joon 9/20/12 2:12 p.m.
           Re: Gold is on the horizon?General Vagueness 9/22/12 5:02 p.m.
                 Re: Gold is on the horizon?pete_the_duck 9/22/12 5:08 p.m.
     Re: And your new Bulletin is up...uberfoop 9/19/12 10:45 p.m.
     Re: And your new Bulletin is up...ZackDark 9/19/12 11:41 p.m.
           Re: And your new Bulletin is up...Train Dodger 9/19/12 11:55 p.m.
                 Re: And your new Bulletin is up...ZackDark 9/20/12 12:45 a.m.
                       Re: And your new Bulletin is up...General Vagueness 9/22/12 5:14 p.m.
     Hey Frankie...munky-058 9/20/12 12:17 a.m.
           Re: Hey Frankie...Apollo 9/20/12 4:10 a.m.
           Re: Hey Frankie...ZackDark 9/20/12 10:29 a.m.
                 Re: Hey Frankie...NotTheVacuum 9/20/12 11:01 a.m.
                       d= *NM*ZackDark 9/20/12 11:04 a.m.
                 SHENANIGANS!Gravemind 9/20/12 12:24 p.m.
                 THROWING THE GRAV HAMR CONFIRMED FOR HALO 4! *NM*Chewbaccawakka 9/20/12 5:16 p.m.
           Re: Hey Frankie...DMFanella 9/20/12 11:36 a.m.
                 Re: Hey Frankie...bluerunner 9/20/12 11:40 a.m.
                 Re: Hey Frankie...Louis Wu 9/20/12 2:08 p.m.
     Concussion Rifle?Nikko B201 9/20/12 1:19 a.m.
           Re: Concussion Rifle?Hyokin 9/20/12 2:46 a.m.
     Re: And your new Bulletin is up...RC Master 9/20/12 9:43 a.m.
           Re: And your new Bulletin is up...Revenant1988 9/20/12 10:03 a.m.
                 Re: And your new Bulletin is up...Bones 9/20/12 1:32 p.m.
                       Re: And your new Bulletin is up...Revenant1988 9/20/12 2:05 p.m.
                             Re: And your new Bulletin is up...bluerunner 9/20/12 2:19 p.m.
                             Re: And your new Bulletin is up...Bones 9/20/12 5:31 p.m.
           Re: And your new Bulletin is up...General Vagueness 9/22/12 5:21 p.m.
     Concussion Rifle magazine: 4 or 6 rounds?Gravemind 9/20/12 7:25 p.m.



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