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Re: Had me wondering too.
Posted By: Ragashingo <ragashingo@mac.com>Date: 12/7/12 11:42 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Had me wondering too. (Phoenix_9286)


: For as pretty as Halo 4 can be, every last explosion in the game is seriously
: disappointing. The miniature Cruisers just break apart in chunks. Vehicles
: on average blow apart with a fraction of the fanfare they had in Reach.
: The Litch putters overhead forever before it blows up in a pathetically
: weak explosion that appears to vaporize the entire ship. Sometimes when I
: watch these explosions, it feels like I'm playing Halo 2. Not a game
: released eight years on. If the engine can't handle a miniature Cruiser
: exploding in a cinematic, let alone a satisfying Wraith explosion during
: gameplay, I really doubt it can handle anything like Truth's Keyship
: fleeing after activating the Ark Portal, only with "better
: graphics".

I was talking about what I'd ideally like to see, but you are very much correct. Halo 4 feels a lot to me like Halo 2 did, at least graphically. I always thought Halo 2 deserved more than the original Xbox could provide for it. It had such great art and locations all downrezed and uglified by the lack of graphical horsepower. It was beautiful, a good step forward from Halo 1, but you could tell that it was heavily constrained at the same time. Halo 4 is like that. Some parts of it certainly look better than Reach, but some of it like explosions and sparky particle effects and so on are a step back. But if history holds, Halo 5 will be the Halo 3 and be a major jump forward graphically.

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At the end of Reclaimer...Phoenix_9286 12/7/12 7:22 p.m.
     Re: At the end of Reclaimer...uberfoop 12/7/12 7:26 p.m.
           Re: At the end of Reclaimer...Vincent 12/7/12 7:36 p.m.
                 Re: At the end of Reclaimer...Phoenix_9286 12/7/12 7:46 p.m.
     Re: At the end of Reclaimer...Leviathan 12/7/12 8:10 p.m.
           Because...munky-058 12/7/12 8:28 p.m.
                 So, not much smaller than a womp rat? *NM*SonGoharotto 12/7/12 9:07 p.m.
                 Re: Because...Buttskunk 12/8/12 12:05 a.m.
           Re: At the end of Reclaimer...uberfoop 12/7/12 8:29 p.m.
           Re: At the end of Reclaimer...Phoenix_9286 12/7/12 8:50 p.m.
     Re: At the end of Reclaimer...Leisandir 12/7/12 8:33 p.m.
     Re: At the end of Reclaimer...Ragashingo 12/7/12 8:34 p.m.
     Had me wondering too.Quirel 12/7/12 8:53 p.m.
           Re: Had me wondering too.Ragashingo 12/7/12 10:14 p.m.
                 Re: Had me wondering too.Phoenix_9286 12/7/12 11:15 p.m.
                       Re: Had me wondering too.Ragashingo 12/7/12 11:42 p.m.
                             Faked surface detail STRIKES AGAIN!uberfoop 12/7/12 11:53 p.m.
                             I hope it's a major step up gameplaylyscarab 12/8/12 3:21 a.m.
                       Re: Had me wondering too.uberfoop 12/7/12 11:45 p.m.
                             Re: Had me wondering too.Ragashingo 12/8/12 12:48 a.m.
                                   Re: Had me wondering too.Vincent 12/8/12 4:43 a.m.
                       That's how Covie cruisers rollkornman00 12/8/12 12:54 a.m.



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