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[Manager]

Holiday 2012 date re-confirmed in the vidoc, no delays please.

 

[Bioloff]

Wow, even if it was only a few seconds the game looks fantastic. So much better lighting

 

[greycolumbus]

Carved in stone

 

[NIGHT-]

BAM here it is in hd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6UL63Zo-uo

DAYUM!!!! DAT AUDIO!!

 

[parasight]

Love that color.

 

[higherARC05]

Sweet mother of biscuts!

 

[Krev]

Looking good.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

are the 343 guys in the old bungie offices?

 

[DMeisterJ]

BAM here it is in hd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6UL63Zo-uo

:')

It's beautiful.

"Built from the ground up maps" !!111!

 

[Dabanton]

Nice. Nice. Nice

Looks great in the parts we can see in motion.

 

[SparkTR]

I'm wondering why they didn't show the more expansive, natural environments. That's where Halo shines visually. They had an awesome desert setting that was completed obscured by the aggressive DoF effect.

 

[shinobi602]

DA CHIEF IS BACK.

 

[S1kkZ]

I'm wondering why they didn't show the more expansive, natural environments. That's where Halo shines visually. They had an awesome desert setting that was completed obscured by the aggressive DoF effect.

e3?

 

[RSTEIN]

no like Reach MP?

Marcus Fenix, Call of Duty soldiers, Battlefield soldiers, and all Unreal characters have no problem sprinting.

Yet a genetically engineered dude with a super suit can't sprint. A Spartan should be able to sprint for infinity.

 

[Resilient]

Health looks to be like that of Halo 3. Loving the colour, looks vibrant, and the audio is awesome. Can't wait for this. Oh man!!!!

 

[szaromir]

Ugh, they should have released a proper trailer. And please 343i implement some sort of FXAA in the final game.

 

[scarybore]

Can't say I like any of the Spartan designs but it looks nice overall, really want to see those outdoor environments without the excessive depth of field as the human industrial look has never done much for me in Halo.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

so there's going to be evil humans or rival corporations or something? mad

 

[FreeMufasa]

I think 343i are going to nail this. Like how Retro have done with Nintendo franchises.

 

[Conor 419]

The Shield World map looks brilliant, really like the setting with that map. I hope we get to see a BTB/Outside map though.

 

[Nibel]

- There are still core elements from the other Halos in the engine, but things like graphics, rendering, lighting and audio are radically overhauled or rewritten
- The engine is heavily modified, but still "feels" like Halo

- Noticable punchier sound effects thanks to the audio director Sotaro Tojima (worked on MGS for example; Konami)
- New composer for the music

- Battle Rifle with three shot burst is back!
- There will be one shot weapons like the DMR
- New and old weapons (probably Halo 1 pistole), new vehicles and new sandbox elements
- "The biggest overhaul" Halo has seen for a long time

- Two new maps:
-> Wraparound: A Forerunner power facility in the skies; cool Forerunner architecture
-> Warhouse: a more "human" map; an industrial facility where a Cyclops MK2 is being built

- Faster, more intense, more visceral than before
- Multiplayer beta is being described as an huge interruption in the process of polishing the game, so probably now beta..
- Release: Holidays 2012 for Xbox 360 absolutely

Low-Res Video captures (will add some more later):

 

[strafer]

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Marcus Fenix, Call of Duty soldiers, Battlefield soldiers, and all Unreal characters have no problem sprinting.

Yet a genetically engineered dude with a super suit can't sprint. A Spartan should be able to sprint for infinity.

It was actually Alan Wake inside the armour.

 

[AzerPhire]

Are we getting actual trailers for either SP/MP or is the vidoc all we are getting today?

 

[Kud Dukan]

I like how they talked about how you should FEEL that you are this powerful supersoldier, and I hope they can make good on that promise. In previous games, the only way I really felt like one was that I could take a lot more damage than the other characters.

 

[Yo Gotti]

Looks way sharper than Reach.

Looks fast like Halo 3.

I am happy.

 

[DMeisterJ]

I really like the HUD. Not sure why, but yeah, it looks amazing.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Lots of interesting stuff, but the best is the return of the BR. Burst fire rather than bloom, 2x zoom rather than 3x.

It looks like Halo, and so far looks like it will play like Halo. Color me delighted.

The audio overhaul is fantastic. Really packs a punch; I'm so used to hearing all these audio capture sessions with amazing sound and then the game sounds nothing like it. This time around, it actually sounds like the audio previews.

 

[Lunchbox]

It was actually Alan Wake inside the armour.

alan wake can sprint too

 

[Vire]

The gun models look like shit...

 

[Cartman86]

are the 343 guys in the old bungie offices?

Looks like it.

 

[Korosenai]

It looks like sprint is built into the game now. Or at least I hope it is.

 

[Satchel]

So far it looks like they've addressed every minor gripe I had with mp and sp.

Fuck yes.

 

[jet1911]

Dat lighting!

 

[higherARC05]

DAT Everything!

 

[Tunavi]

https://twitter.com/#!/DavidEllis/status/176670213939535873
"Oh, and if you'd like the watch that Halo 4 video on your TV, might I suggest loading up @HaloWaypoint on your Xbox 360. "
Youtube only shows 30 FPS max.


DAVID IS IT 60 FPS???????

 

[Pie and Beans]

A lot of focus has gone into giving players a better sense of weight.

This probably excites me the most. If nothing else, this is what Killzone 2 brought to the genre, and a lot of other FPS have felt like camera's skidding around on ice ever since. You bring the weight, you evoke the power.

 

[Everdred]

Looks like a solid, top-tier graphical entry in the current console generation. The make or break will be if the framerate can hold steady. I kinda wish they had held this back for next gen, though.

Since it's an announced trilogy it doesn't matter. We still get 2 more Halos next gen. This way we have a new one to hold us over.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

Anyone else hinks some of the designs seem super inspired by MGS 4?
Game is looking fucking fantastic in motion.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

alan wake can sprint too

for like 3 seconds. He'd knows that he could never do it power armour so he doesn't bother trying.

 

[jet1911]

https://twitter.com/#!/DavidEllis/status/176670213939535873
"Oh, and if you'd like the watch that Halo 4 video on your TV, might I suggest loading up @HaloWaypoint on your Xbox 360. "
Youtube only shows 30 FPS max.


DAVID IS IT 60 FPS???????

WE NEED TO KNOW!

 

[Kajiba]

That making of video was really good. That sound man.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

https://twitter.com/#!/DavidEllis/status/176670213939535873
"Oh, and if you'd like the watch that Halo 4 video on your TV, might I suggest loading up @HaloWaypoint on your Xbox 360. "
Youtube only shows 30 FPS max.


DAVID IS IT 60 FPS???????

WAT!!!!!

 

[greycolumbus]

Loved, loved, loved the few fleeting shots of the HUD.

 

[AdmiralSnackbar]

I like that they felt the need to point out that multiplayer maps are NOT recycled from campaign.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

https://twitter.com/#!/DavidEllis/status/176670213939535873
"Oh, and if you'd like the watch that Halo 4 video on your TV, might I suggest loading up @HaloWaypoint on your Xbox 360. "
Youtube only shows 30 FPS max.


DAVID IS IT 60 FPS???????

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

 

[HollovVpo1nt]

https://twitter.com/#!/DavidEllis/status/176670213939535873
"Oh, and if you'd like the watch that Halo 4 video on your TV, might I suggest loading up @HaloWaypoint on your Xbox 360. "
Youtube only shows 30 FPS max.


DAVID IS IT 60 FPS???????

Based on what?

 

[shinobi602]

We gon pilot this beast in the campaign.

 

[Anteater]

Liking how bright and sharp it looks! Without heavy bloom that usually blurs everything

 

[Kerub]

https://twitter.com/#!/DavidEllis/status/176670213939535873
"Oh, and if you'd like the watch that Halo 4 video on your TV, might I suggest loading up @HaloWaypoint on your Xbox 360. "
Youtube only shows 30 FPS max.


DAVID IS IT 60 FPS???????

What, no way. Maybe the vidoc it self is 60 fps.