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EW: 'Halo 2' shows revamped cinematics in new trailer
- Thread starter Deadly Cyclone
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
http://www.twitch.tv/eastxtwitch
Halo MCC being streamed at the moment for those that want to check it out. It's a preview from Windows Phone Central's own Paul Acevedo. Halo 2 is being shown right now.
Edit: It's over now. They will be streaming tomorrow as well too. The game looks great.
Halo MCC being streamed at the moment for those that want to check it out. It's a preview from Windows Phone Central's own Paul Acevedo. Halo 2 is being shown right now.
Edit: It's over now. They will be streaming tomorrow as well too. The game looks great.
RPS37
Member
2 player online co-op for both Halo CE and Halo 2. 4 player co-op for Halo 3 and 4.
I'm now to the point where I'm browsing through the Halo wiki looking at all the old maps and reminiscing.
Reminiscing and getting puuumped.
Halo 1+2 are 2player online co-op I believe.
CrackaF3tt
Member
GUYSSS! I legitly had tears running down my face as i watched this. Such nostalgia. I cant help it. Coming home from highschool and playing halo 2 all night every day for months and months. Amazon needs to get that sunset bundle quickkk. Sunset looks awesome and I NEED HALO!
Well, fuck.
$350, white system, Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 2, and this? They got me. Jumping in soon.
Yeah the MCC had me wanting to make the purchase, this makes it even hard to contain my Halo urge. I can imagine all the co-op I will get out of this *drools*
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
OMG the chills the CHILLS.
You know you have done an incredible job with a trailer when it excites me about a narrative and campaign that is really not all that great.
Only complaint is the human faces. What in the world is going on with the dead eyes and weird morphing of the skin. Come on BLUR.
You know you have done an incredible job with a trailer when it excites me about a narrative and campaign that is really not all that great.
Only complaint is the human faces. What in the world is going on with the dead eyes and weird morphing of the skin. Come on BLUR.
Victory Red
Member
I dont know what I expected... but that was glorious. Chills everywhere.
Def playing that campaign first. Wow.
Def playing that campaign first. Wow.
0ptimusPayne
Member
I cannot wait to play this collection, the cinematic and 60FPS videos have me stupid hype! Not that I could do any better, but Im not a big fan of the way that they rendered Miranda for the HL2 cinematic's -__-
ahah "Booh!"
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Yeah she is really odd. Wonky eyes and bad facial movement. All the humans look pretty terrible but the things that matter look awesome.
DAAAAAAAMMNNNNNNNN!! Forgot that Dialogue of the Prophets were so damn profound. AND THAT MUSIC!!!
That trailer will sell consoles, they need to use this when they advertise Halo: MCC. Its going to take all those Halo 2 addicts back to the golden age of console multi player FPS.
Rank system is back awww yeaaaahh!
That trailer will sell consoles, they need to use this when they advertise Halo: MCC. Its going to take all those Halo 2 addicts back to the golden age of console multi player FPS.
Rank system is back awww yeaaaahh!
AdventureRacing
Member
Looks like i'm getting an xbone. God damn i love halo 2.
Edit: Brings back all my disappointment from halo 3, such a shame what they did to the story especially the arbiter.
Edit: Brings back all my disappointment from halo 3, such a shame what they did to the story especially the arbiter.
They're retaining the original voice overs right? I can see why the facial animations wouldn't look as great as something that uses performance capture. (Halo 4)
Disappointment? Come now, Halo 3 has an amazing campaign. One of the best in the series.
Aside from the Arbiter stuff, what did you find so disappointing about it? The mission design is varied, the scenarios well thought out, and the the core gameplay perfectly polished. It's a brilliant game.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
I need a thesaurus. All I can think of is WOWZA.
Yup.
Poodle Cannon
Member
Really beautiful presentation.
What is this, the 90s? Using an all-CG trailer to sell the game?
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Did they straight up do CGI, or is that all in engine?
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Adding proper online co-op matchmaking, rather than only being able to play with friends like the old versions of each game has sealed this as a day 1 purchase for me.
Twin Tails
Member
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
It may be pre-rendered, but its still a hell of a job.
Does anyone know how long the new cut scenes are in total?
Does anyone know how long the new cut scenes are in total?
LordOfChaos
Member
They got Blur Studios to remake the cutscenes, all prerendered CGI.
In-engine? What is this, 2025?
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Jesus those look good. And I liked Halo 2 a lot. My body is ready.
ChitoCrisis
Member
Wow! That trailer looks amazing!
They should let them make a CG movie or series.
They should let them make a CG movie or series.
NullPointer
Member
Definitely. I've never seen why there's so much fuss about trying to make it live action.
Live action is much cheaper
NullPointer
Member
Is it though?
How much do you have to spend to make it not look cheap? Or like a Sci-Fi channel B-movie? Forward Unto Dawn had its moments, but its still nowhere near where it would need to be to reach summer blockbuster status and really break though.
Am still not sold by the trailer for Nightfall, but hope its an improvement. Live action just tends to come off as corny more often than not.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Good CG, the stuff Blur is doing, is actually really expensive. CG and big actor names are probably the two things that make a Hollywood movie budget skyrocket. It's why so many studios folded last gen as well, the expense of making these large, intricately detailed worlds is reaching the millions. Now look at how much better the Blur scenes look than the best X1 or PS4 game and you'll see why CG is damn expensive.
Nightfall looks like it has a much larger budget than FUD just from what we've seen.
v0mitg0d
Member
Since some have asked, here's a video dedicated to of Halo 2 Anniversary (Gravemind) with all the stuff requested (even some new CG at the end)
Let me know what else you'd like to see and I'll see what I can do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUE3sN2X1I&list=UUJX49kUZrjNglpVtSENlGLQ
Let me know what else you'd like to see and I'll see what I can do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUE3sN2X1I&list=UUJX49kUZrjNglpVtSENlGLQ
LordOfChaos
Member
Sweet video, but is it just me or is the sound waaaay out of sync? Shooting noises in the gravemind conversation scene, prophets voice on a loading screen, etc.
Booker Dewitt
Member
Woah at Chief catching that needler, even back in 2004 that original cutscene looked janky.