SaganIsGOAT
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Just jumper being jumper
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Halo 5: Blue Team B-Roll
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Just jumper being jumper
Jessie.Bristol
Member
Yeah Stabilizer/Hover whatever.
I didn't get the chance to use it as much in the Beta. Didn't see it as a very useful feature in the Beta, but that will probably change once you are deep into Halo 5 controls and people share clips/tricks.
I turned it off immediately in the Beta before I played my first match. I don't want to be hovering in the air whenever I aim while jumping.
IncognitoPanda
Member
Am I the only who think the environments all look kind of...samey?
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Nope you are not alone. I dont like the Space Station style they have. It just looks like the first level of Halo 4.
Has it's downsides, too.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1089984&highlight=pink+mist
The reasoning behind this was they are a fanatic group and didn't want to speak the language of their enemies. lol
SmartWaffles
Member
It is a less than 2 minutes sample within one same mission, of course environments will looks samey.
Wonder if we'll be seeing the faces of Blue Team or if they're going to represent the Spartans which are a bit more old school, more helmets then faces (which is far more badass).
Looking like as an early level (2nd I think) it's going to start small with multiple paths before opening up nice and big.
Looking like as an early level (2nd I think) it's going to start small with multiple paths before opening up nice and big.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Well, Jumper agrees with you, which is a pretty good sign that you're wrong, but just in case you need more, we've gotten this:
and this
and this
And I doubt that's all we're getting.
So nah.
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Will watch later
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IncognitoPanda
Member
I mean everything we've seen so far. Sanghelios' architecture looks less Covenant than it should, and more UNSC than it should. Also every human place we've seen looks to me to be made with the same few assets. I also think it looks like the Prometheans, UNSC and Covenant stuff are all made out of the same materials.
Not saying the game looks bad, and it's ok to disagree with me, but I feel this Halo looks less organic in it's art-style. Like everything kind of got fused together at the concept stage.
SmartWaffles
Member
Sanghelios structures are, well Sangheili, that is not equal to the Convenant culture and design you see from previous games. And we only saw a tiny bit of the campaign let alone the whole game, it is simply too early to call that.
Bungie started that in Reach to make the invading force sound alien.
Pop
Member
Apollo Cree
Member
Really? I agree that the UNSC seems to have a fairly consistent theme with the soft white style, however they've made each level/map look fairly different even with the same theme. It looks completely different to the Forerunner and Sanghelli stuff as well...
Sanhelios isn't a Covenant world, it's a Elite world and it's not surprising that their culture would allow for more unique architecture.
The people complaining about the way space stations and ships look internally.
Guess what?
That's normal, military builds for function and cost-saving; style is bound by that.
These are interiors from different classes of US military ships:
Tanks:
IncognitoPanda
Member
I'm sure there's a lot we haven't seen from the game yet, and I am excited to see what role the Guardians play, but everything I have seen so far shows that they have blended the art styles together. Everything is more bulky, powerful-looking with a few sleek lines here and there. It goes for all the enemy factions I've seen so far. The geometry is very much the same for me. The weirdest thing is that everything seems to be made out of the same material to me, more or less.
Just a little observation. I know we will visit different type of areas, they're just not all that unique, those I've seen so far. I don't think I'll get that sense of discovery that I have at some points during previous Halos. Will have to wait and see, though.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
It has nothing to do with framerate. The explosions in Halo 3 had more impact than they do in this game. I thought they had improved them but upon further inspection they're definitely not great. The particles that fly out of the explosions look terrible; 343 needs a lesson in explosion physics or something. Make a shockwave instead of light particles that slowly spew out like a fountain if you want to make the explosion actually look like an explosion. Explosion.
Example of Halo 3's superior frag grenade explosions Shitty video but it gets the point across.
compare that with this
Of course it's a nitpick, but it was the same problem in Halo 4. Why add graphics to something that already worked really well if it just makes it look worse?
IncognitoPanda
Member
True, that does make sense for human military structures and weapons. And it is good that the have a uniform design, of course. I just see that it bleeds into everything else as well. Are we never in non-UNSC human levels? I mean they have the chance to make as many unique areas as their creativity enables them to, yet they all have a bit too similar vibe to me, than what is necessary. Perhaps I won't mind when the time comes, or perhaps they're hiding a lot. Either way, thus far it seems as though they try to re-use assets. I would just like to see something that surprises me design-wise. Not so much blocks with rounded edges everywhere
This was a problem for me in Halo 4, as well.
At least Fathom and the "Moses' space station" Warzone map are adding some cool twists to map concepts. Perhaps we'll see a lot more.
EDIT: Here's a thread eplaining my toughts better https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...ar/172b726f-4b07-457c-8a60-c0fdb47e5e78/posts
Side note: Sanghelios reminds me a lot of this!
ShutterMunster
Junior Member
My god that Arena B-Roll footage is on point! The enhanced speed and mobility functionality manages to feel fresh without altering the identity of Halo, a balance Halo 4 didn't strike as well to me. I'm super excited to dive into this. Looks good enough to me, especially considering it's 60FPS.
Fata1moose
Banned
Interesting that you get an overshield after reviving teammates.Game is looking awesome, in the Game Informer article they said this was the most linear level in the game, still it had some open environments at the end.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Maybe hopefully higher than in the E3 footage. It already looks like that they are working on the Aliasing issues. Its still there, but not as harsh like before.
HighResTomato
Member
Don't care about the frame rate or resolution, but I've got a feeling SP is going to be terrible.
What, based on what we've seen and been told, is giving you that feeling?
Fata1moose
Banned
I was thinking the same thing, but it's obviously for new players, this is the second mission of the game and probably the first encounter with hunters.
lol That stuck out to me. Wonder if they can turn off some of that tutorial speech with different difficulty settings. It's a triggered piece of dialogue too, so maybe they could do it like past games (ala Johnson's different speeches etc).
Phat Michael
Banned
LordOfChaos
Member
Wow, imo this looks better than most other footage shown.
At He's a cynic on a lot of issues which isn't a bad thing he's probably never disappointed and often joyfully surprised when things end up better. No point in argueing about it as he won't change his mind until he gets proof which is also fine.
I do agree with you @FordGTGuy though, Frankie wouldn't come on here and flat out lie like that. That would be crazy as fuck for him to do something like that and I don't see him as that kind of person.
TL;DR No point in arguing over this because he most likely will only change his opinion with proof.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Is Fred really explaining that to the chief or to a new player?
HighResTomato
Member
I've always played Halo campaign in co-op split screen, however thats gone can't change that.
Then my other gripe is, the team chatter. It was already bad enough (In my opinion, based on what I like) that they had to include such a large ensemble of Spartans.
Finally the hand holding, please. People have played these Halo games to death for years now, hunters are (I think) present in every Halo game. In this case it was Fred giving tips on how to kill a hunter, but It gives me the feeling that there will be a lot more of that in the game.
It would be great if when a player decides to start on heroic/legendary the game should presume the player is not "new". I understand you have to include this for any newcomer to the series. But to me it just feels out of place as some one who has been playing Halo since CE.
CloudyTuba
Member
I loved the Hunter in this, looks awesome. The rest of it just looks like an upgraded Halo 4, not quite the graphical leap that the previous numbered games got each time. But Halo 4 already looked good so I cant complain that much.
How Can Fred Be Real If Players Arent Real?
Gamers should expect these sorts of little conceits already.
How Can Fred Be Real If Players Arent Real?
Gamers should expect these sorts of little conceits already.
Does everything need to be told explicitly? I remember playing Halo 1 for the first time I did not know I could kill Hunters with just one pistol shot into the orange spots, so I lost a ton of AR ammo in the first encounters against them in the T'nR and SC levels (I accidentally discovered it later on).
I actually like that footage a lot. I'd love to see gameplay in a big open environment, like their modern take on real classic "sandbox" Halo gameplay with vehicles and everything. That's what I've been waiting to see! Basically what they're doing with Warzone, but in the campaign
blue_phazon
Member
I played the Halo series for the first time with MCC, and...WHAT THE HELL!?
Goddammit so much wasted ammo
sp b-roll of blue team! yeah!!
joe staten grunt dialogue
hunters forming in gameplay (not just a cut scene thing)!
this looks so much easier to read, is less visually cluttered and alien, than the e3 demo - i think this demos better. wish we saw this instead. immediately halo
visuals look great. good scale and verticality. i loved watching that player play around on foot then realizing his teammates were engaged in a aerial dog fight around him at the end
love the new abilities and how they tie into gameplay. cant wait to ground pound into the middle of a firefight
that sword elite ai
joe staten grunt dialogue
hunters forming in gameplay (not just a cut scene thing)!
this looks so much easier to read, is less visually cluttered and alien, than the e3 demo - i think this demos better. wish we saw this instead. immediately halo
visuals look great. good scale and verticality. i loved watching that player play around on foot then realizing his teammates were engaged in a aerial dog fight around him at the end
love the new abilities and how they tie into gameplay. cant wait to ground pound into the middle of a firefight
that sword elite ai
sp b-roll of blue team! yeah!!
joe staten grunt dialogue
hunters forming in gameplay (not just a cut scene thing)!
this looks so much easier to read, is less visually cluttered and alien, than the e3 demo - i think this demos better. wish we saw this instead. immediately halo
visuals look great. good scale and verticality. i loved watching that player play around on foot then realizing his teammates were engaged in a aerial dog fight around him at the end
love the new abilities and how they tie into gameplay. cant wait to ground pound into the middle of a firefight
that sword elite ai
Is that actually Joe?
It only worked in CE, they changed it in later games and Hunters were just bullet sponges. Very boring in Halo 2 and much trickier in 3 as they were covering those weak spots much better.