Terbinator
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It looks just as grim as the Reach concept art.
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Halo 5 Concept Art
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It looks just as grim as the Reach concept art.
NullPointer
Member
It begins...
I like the way it hangs up there in the air in the way that bricks don't.
I like the way it hangs up there in the air in the way that bricks don't.
What does this even mean? If the OP didn't say it was Halo and the art didn't have the 343 logo in the corner, how would you know this is Halo concept art? It just looks like art for a sci-fi thing.
This looks like Halo to me:
Fattony12000
Member
Even if we get a lot of the same problems as Halo 4 had, I definitely agree. Still very exciting.
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Too bad it doesn't look like this:
EDIT: bad examples are bad. Basically, the concept art above doesn't give me hope we'll get a game that looks like CE and CE: Anniversary. :/ I mean, Reach style is fine, definitely, but....I miss that vibrant art style.
I could easily say that first picture is just some sort of sci-fi thing. Though from those two shots, it seems like Halo 1 is what looks like Halo for you. The art in OP is very similar to loads of art we've seen come out of the franchise post-Halo 3, not to mention it looks like the Infinity is there and there are some clearly Covenant-reminiscent structures which even date back to Halo 1 designs.
I agree, only over in the community Halo thread stinkles implied that they were in fact from Halo.
Rehosted so you don't have to download:
Hoping this becomes an actual level in the game.
He's a pretty cool guy.
I'm pretty sure it's the latter. Look at the rehosted photo midway through the page.
Fata1moose
Banned
There's also a similar structure in the background of the picture, you can see the curve is coming off a building, not a covenant ship.
ChiliManiac
Banned
The city streets kinda remind me of ODST
Naked Lunch
Member
So hyped. The Halo 5 reveal is going to be amazing - I can feel it.
Oh yes that too. Lol, that was the main part that made me go "ok it's not" in the first place. :S
maneil99
Member
So literally mass effect 3
Sword Of Doom
Member
Look like...........Halo
MrGreencastle
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plasmawave
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Jessie.Bristol
Member
And now it is my Desktop Background!
Etrian Oddity
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I will say that, despite Halo 4's overabundant use of greys and earth tones, there were some breathtaking vistas in that game. I remember playing the game when it came out with a friend, and I'd stop moving just to marvel at the incredible scenery in the distance.
I think the problem is that Halo has never had a unique and cohesive human architecture design. Forerunner and Covenant have clearly defined styles, but human architecture has always been a mishmash of different aesthetics, whether it be: boxy and rudimentary, industrial, pseudo-forerunner, japanese-inspired, or "generic sci-fi", which is what I would call the concept art in the OP. The art itself is good, and Sparth is amazing, but this human setting could be from anything. A cohesive human aesthetic that is unique to Halo is something that has never existed, but I wish it did. They had a chance to do it with Halo 4, but especially now that 343 is a non-Bungie team on new console with a new art director, it seems like the perfect opportunity. Though I'm sure it's probably too late for Halo 5.
IxmagicmanIx
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soulassssns
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Because it looks exactly like the covers of the Halo novels by Greg Bear?
soulassssns
Banned
What does that even mean? Halo 4 looked amazing.
Anti Gravity supports 1080p ships, thrusters have enough power to propel 720p ships.
Oblivionmancer
Member
Speaking only for myself, Infinity chilling up in the sky there is pretty recognizable.
Screw that. I want to see Chief in a cloak skulking around a Mass Effect style bar as future dubstep starts playing.
That the actual game art was filled with shitty browns and mottled greens and greys, sucking the life and vibrance out of a significant amount of the game's levels. It continued in the line of CoD and other modern warfare games' "realistic" and "gritty" locales. EDIT: It wasn't just the greens and greys, it was also the general washed-out colors compared to CE's remake and the levels in H1, 2, & 3.
Here's a comparison of the de-colorification between the same map on 3 and 4.
The gameplay designs also sucked too but whatever this is about art.
That the actual game art was filled with shitty browns and mottled greens and greys, sucking the life and vibrance out of a significant amount of the game's levels.
Here's a comparison of the de-colorification.
The gameplay designs also sucked too but whatever this is about art.
Didnt Halo have ex Retro artists? These guys love colour.