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New Halo 4 Screenshots (Grunt new design revealed)
- Thread starter Plywood
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Those grunts and elites are on their own. They're making do with scrap.
To me, they wanted to show their teeth, make them more agressive/desperate/whatever, and chose to show the huge tube to explain how they're breathing.
TUROK
Member
Hands-On MP Impressions:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu.../halo-4-multiplayer-hands-on-impressions.aspx
6 minutes in so far, and no new info so far. No opinions being expressed either.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu.../halo-4-multiplayer-hands-on-impressions.aspx
6 minutes in so far, and no new info so far. No opinions being expressed either.
GodfatherX
Member
for anyone questioning the elite/grunts being in the game or their character designed, I'd suggest reading the GI article. I was very skeptical of them being included at all, but after reading their involvement and how they sound essentially like rogue space pirates im all for them and this design change
ArachosiA 78
Member
Oh, wow, thanks dude. Game looks phenomenal, but I have a hard time believing it will look that clean in reality. Still, really digging the art style.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
No video for me.
shinobi602
Member
To breathe the methane from the tube?
Unity2012
Member
Initially, in spite of my doubts--more like fears, about the changes on the MP; I am glad 343 are implementing new ideas and new features, even complete new modes.
At first I was a bit skeptical about how much could they change without taking away the Halo feel to the mix; but now, the more I learn and hear about these new modes and features, the more confident and excited I feel about Halo 4.
I look forward to learn more about the SP as well.
At first I was a bit skeptical about how much could they change without taking away the Halo feel to the mix; but now, the more I learn and hear about these new modes and features, the more confident and excited I feel about Halo 4.
I look forward to learn more about the SP as well.
Of course it won't look that clean. Why would anyone honestly believe that?
ArachosiA 78
Member
Because they're gullible/naive?
shinobi602
Member
Full 720p and FXAA and no "blurry" effect/ghosting ala Reach?
Yea, it will look MUCH cleaner than Reach at least, which is all people are asking. So either way, everyone wins.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Looks real good, obviously touched up but still way better than past Halo's.
Nothing new here outside of a brief, unsure mention that the Chief's co-op buddies are "Chief look-a-likes;" probably Spartan IVs.
PseudoKirby
Banned
This is blasphemy
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Obviously, they disagree with your assessment and don't think they're "that bad."
I don't think they're awful, but the texture quality is...questionable at best,
higherARC05
Banned
Umm ya no
shinobi602
Member
Bungie doesn't tend to do a locked framerate. Probably gave lots of framerate issues so they took it out.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
have to say I'm not sold on this grunt design either, but for different reasons. 1 being that it is unclear whether he's able to breathe (and through the mouth and all), but mostly because it now looks like it's not going to have its usual comic relief role, AND it looks too human or monkey-like.
Wretches and Locust being human-ish was sensible from Gears' context, but a group of aliens being even further antromorphisized than they already were from Halo 1 to Halo 2 (suddenly they just spoke English) doesn't seem to fit.
Also: bringing in 'the Covenant' at the start is a bit odd, to say the least. For one, 'the covenant' no longer exists, going by the Halo 3 ending. I'm worried that throwing these in as 'spec ops' or some splinter faction is only going to bring confusion to players.
for one, I'm completely unaware of what "rampancy" means and how it could possible be relevant. And I've been reading along with some of the extended universe stuff, so how this is going to relate to the average player is hard for me to see at this point.
Wretches and Locust being human-ish was sensible from Gears' context, but a group of aliens being even further antromorphisized than they already were from Halo 1 to Halo 2 (suddenly they just spoke English) doesn't seem to fit.
Also: bringing in 'the Covenant' at the start is a bit odd, to say the least. For one, 'the covenant' no longer exists, going by the Halo 3 ending. I'm worried that throwing these in as 'spec ops' or some splinter faction is only going to bring confusion to players.
for one, I'm completely unaware of what "rampancy" means and how it could possible be relevant. And I've been reading along with some of the extended universe stuff, so how this is going to relate to the average player is hard for me to see at this point.
Previews so far have mentioned an extended prologue sequence to catch players up - the Conan O'Brien bit had a little bit of the audio from it. I have to imagine anything in the extended fiction that ties into major themes of the game will be explained (depending on the contents of the next Traviss novel, both issues you have could be fully explained by the time the game releases).
I certainly hope that 343 doesn't back away from showcasing elements of the extended universe in the games like Bungie did after everybody complained about not being the Chief the entire time in Halo 2.
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Looks brilliant. And the grunts are cuter than ever.
The designs might not be to your liking which is fine but saying "the character models are this bad" is not really true now is it?
Play Halo 2 and 3. If you don't have the time, just watch some cut-scenes on youtube or halowaypoint. I've only read Fall of Reach (have all the other novels but haven't read them yet) and I don't have trouble following where the games are going story wise.
Barrow Roll
Member
That Grunt image resolution is 1920x1920. The game is going to be rendering at 720p. It's a non-issue.
about this, in their preview here, page2, http://www.gameblog.fr/news/28465-exclu-halo-4-on-y-a-joue-nos-impressions
they say the mission they saw was called "M10 Crash", 4 years after "The Halo Incident"
That's the best preview I've read so far.
Cannot wait to see the redesigned food-nipple.
Yeah ok.
Regarding the texture quality, that was my first thought, too. But then i realized we´re talking about a console with 512 MB Ram here, and i´m simply spoiled by PC gaming.
I just would like to see non bullshot versions of the ingame screens.
Blue Ninja
Member
I'm still confused about the Grunts. So they breathe methane through their nose and, what, have to try their best not to breathe in using their mouth? They'll be easier to kill than ever.
thank god these designers don't work for NASA, they'd be dead by now.
InaudibleWhispa
Member
The air they breathe through their mouth obviously isn't toxic, it just doesn't have the required level of methane. It's the equivalent of someone on Earth with lung issues having Oxygen going up their nose in a tube.
Not the main enemies in this game..
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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*looks at avatar*
The Xtortionist
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Halo 4 |OT| 343th Floor: Native 720p, FXAA, Battle Rifles
I'd watch out. I asked this and I got jumped by the halo-drones for 'trolling' because not everyone spends their time reading about halo.
More like reading the thread. It was answerd in the first few posts.
dragonelite
Member
Now spartan ops makes sense giving buyers free content every week now that i know the launch date. No trade in for cod for you bro.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
People stop picking on Chinner, it's not nice.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
You have no business commenting on a universes foe's when your misinformed. I dont go into the Killzone threads with "Ugh more helghast why are we still fighting them i beat them already"
Elites and Grunts as as iconic to halo as the vehicles are by this point why would the out right retire them when not only do they still actively exists within the Galactic Community of Halo but they dont subtract anything from the game either, its well documented that we are getting new foes and its also known the flood will not return.
Halo 4 will have Ex-Covenant but its also going to have Forerunners and the fact the ex-covenant are going to be their has zero impact on that, id much rather we see elites ect than they just vanish.
Why is it whenever a Halo Fan comments about halo and corrects someone we get deemed as Foaming fanboys that defend the franchise beyond all reason? I dont know if your ever been in the HaloGAF threads but we heavily heavily condemn bad design choices. Yea we are passionate about halo but we dont defend it without logic.
Comments like "They really want us to keep fighting Grunts and Elites huh?" should be condemned and corrected, they are based inside false assumptions coming from people with little knowledge about the universe and they benefit a discussion in no way.
You might aswell say "looks like halo" the comments are just as Invalid as each other.