Ryouji Gunblade
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It's a big step up from Halo 4.
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Anyone else underwhelmed by Halo 5's visuals?
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3 sections. As i said, they go into right direction.
You wrote "locked" at first. It's very stable, but not "locked"
Nope!
Yes, but Halo 5 is supposed to have huge levels with lots of AI and vehicles running around.
Arby 'n' the Chief
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no and you also skipped this image
Elites visuals are a great improvement compared to 4's
Elites visuals are a great improvement compared to 4's
SamastahSukhino
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Kill zone was only 30fps? I thought 60fps. Halo looks like halo. It was never a looker. I don't care for all the round edges though.
DarthWalden
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Not mind-blowingly good like the order but they look sharp me thinks and will do the job.
Corridor shooter...Even if KZ doesn't qualify, there's still games like Metro Redux, which runs at 60fps, is a lastgen port and it looks like this:
Sylvrfonic
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This kind of nails it. The art direction is cohesive, the graphics are good. But, it's just not a style that's appealing to some.
Right. So there was 1 small dip during a fight and then the weird dip in the elevator... for a game at the time 3 or 4 months from launch I would expected it to be locked.
blast processed
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I think the screenshots look good as well as in motion.
This seems like a stealth, LOL Xbox is underpowered thread.
This seems like a stealth, LOL Xbox is underpowered thread.
If you stick your dick in a circle, are you fucking around?
What does that have to do with anything? Nothing. Just like comparing killzone to Halo. One aims for 30fps giving it much more leftover horse power for image quality. The other is going for super fast and responsive 60fps on a weaker console, meaning it was always going to be a challenge to make it look as great as a 30fps game.
I'm liking halo 5's graphics so far.
What does that have to do with anything? Nothing. Just like comparing killzone to Halo. One aims for 30fps giving it much more leftover horse power for image quality. The other is going for super fast and responsive 60fps on a weaker console, meaning it was always going to be a challenge to make it look as great as a 30fps game.
I'm liking halo 5's graphics so far.
It's been underwhelming since the beta and it doesn't seem like the graphics have improved much since then if at all.
The game doesn't really look "next-gen", it looks like a beefed up Halo 4.
Is that supposed to look good?
The game doesn't really look "next-gen", it looks like a beefed up Halo 4.
no and you also skipped this image
Elites visuals are a great improvement compared to 4's
Is that supposed to look good?
MightyHedgehog
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Sure, screenshots don't look as immediately impressive as screenshots for some other next-gen FPS games. When I see it moving at 60fps, however, I know it's foolish to give that feeling much weight when I'm going to be controlling and watching it move consistently and as glossy smooth as it does. It's similar to MGS V GZ & TPP, where it looks clean and stylized, yet more understated in stills, but you know it also blows up big on the impressions scale when it's in motion. Halo never exactly looked mindblowing in stills for previous installments, anyway, and neither has any CoD. But they look fantastic in motion and, if having less than bleeding edge-gorgeous visuals on paused images and cherry-picked .gif loops is the price, I'll take a focus on performance every single day.
Unlocked, KZSF's campaign mostly stumbles about the mid-30s, with occasional lurches higher if you do things like look at the sky. Looks and feels extremely juddery, hence them later patching in an optional 30fps cap (which makes for a near-perfect lock). Under many devs it would have shipped as a 30fps game.
Even the MP, which has significantly inferior image quality, doesn't hold 60fps particularly well in large matches.
Newtype-001
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I think it looks fine, but everything ive seen seems like they took the inside of ships chopped it into little bits and plastered it back together. Thats all the maps seem like so far which is whats making me feel underwhelmed .
Terbinator
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This has never made sense except for ODST, relative to other games.
thetwinsattack
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How does it not look good?
Still one is a port of a last generation game, one is built for this gen. And yet some of the tech 4A squeezed onto ps360 is years beyond what Halo 5, namely dynamic and volumetric lighting, dynamic weather, tessellation, etc.
I'm sure the game will be great but I wouldn't use this image to defend the graphics. Underwhelming image.
Even if KZ doesn't qualify, there's still games like Metro Redux, which runs at 60fps, is a lastgen port and it looks like this:
This is what Metro Redux actually looks like on consoles:
The real answer is right here.
Rodney McKay
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Metro was also originally designed for high end PCs last gen. I seem to remember it barely ran on anything but the highest of high end PCs back when it first came out.
Would you say that looks significantly better than this?
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Compare that Halo 4 screenshot with this one from the OP.
I wouldn't say Halo 5 looks bad but it looks too much like a 360 game in my eyes to be considered good.
Foutrologue
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Well there's no AO (Ambient occlusion) in sight... which makes it all look flat/fake
Yeah, pretty much, but if that's the price being paid for 60fps it's hard to fault the decision tbh.
It's a thread specifically about the game's visuals.
What does it matter so as long as the gameplay is solid and highly enjoyable. So sick and tired of ppl ripping on game because of visuals. Just play and enjoy the game! PLAY AND ENJOY THE GAME!!!!!
It's a thread specifically about the game's visuals.
In stills it looks OK. On Youtube in 60fps, it looks great and makes me wish Destiny was in 60fps. Unfortunately Halo 5 now exists in a world that has Destiny in it, so for me personally I'm not all that interested anymore in shooters that aren't shared-world. I would be surprised if after the hundreds of hours Phil Spencer has put into Destiny he doesn't feel the same way.
This is what Metro Redux actually looks like on consoles:
Still looks good. And I grabbed my screens from the screenshot thread. The texture on that dude's jacket looks better than anything I've seen of halo 5.
Really ?
Vs.
If you told me that was from the same game, I'd believe it. It's one unflattering photo of gameplay while the other is a clean interior set. Not a leap at all.
What's missing in Halo 5's maps are dramatic lights and shadows. Everything is pretty flat and with very little style
CassidyIzABeast
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Looks great to me.
LukasTaves
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I think it looks great for a locked 60fps.
These shots from Killzone while look great but they highlight my main issue with the game visually, it's very poly starved... Halo 5 seems to have much more going on that department. But yeah, lightning, shadowing and post processes are probably going to suffer most by going 60fps.
These shots from Killzone while look great but they highlight my main issue with the game visually, it's very poly starved... Halo 5 seems to have much more going on that department. But yeah, lightning, shadowing and post processes are probably going to suffer most by going 60fps.
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