New Halo 3 scans showcase its campaign

With each passing week, seemingly more and more Halo 3 campaign screens and info begin to surface, stirring hype before its grand release this September. This time, French gaming magazine Joypad has revealed several new screens that take place in one of Halo 3's jungle locales. It's now evident: Bungie sure as hell wasn't lying when they said the Halo 3 single player would look great.

Though slightly blurry, these scans have helped illustrate what Bungie hopes to accomplish graphically with Halo 3. After completion of the game's online beta, many argued that Halo 3's multiplayer graphics didn't satisfy, but the developer promised that the single player mode would look visually stunning. In these new images, lush foliage, heavily detailed textures, and advanced lighting are in abundance. Bungie has already revealed one other campaign screen from this level- will the jungle be the graphical showcase for Halo 3?

As the release of Halo 3 draws nearer, the graphical quality of the single player campaign continues to surpass expectations: one can only wonder what the final build will look like. Thanks to IdleCoder for providing these Halo 3 scans

http://www.xboxic.com/news/3338

enjoy

As the release of Halo 3 draws nearer, the graphical quality of the single player campaign continues to surpass expectations: one can only wonder what the final build will look like.

reptile1982

How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
steve17989

Yea just like KZ 1 did right...

How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
steve17989

because we dont have your fanboy goggles on?

the lush forest looks great, seems to be lots going on and its got great textures too (unlike killzone)

plus theres the little fact that its the sequal to two of the greatestconsole games ever

oh right killzone 1 was in the same league wasnt it

How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
steve17989

Granted it doesn't look as good as Killzone 2 but unlike Guerilla, Bungie's previous games haven't flopped. Plus those scans look easily as good as Haze'a jungle. Saying they upgraded the Halo 2 engine kinda makes it look like you are the one in need of a new pair of glasses not the "blind" lemmings.

How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
steve17989

Even if the cow is blind and wrong, he does raise a point that Bungie simply hasent reached the 06 in engine build, which is fair to say as no PS3 game has met the 05 CGI trailers.....

Even if either games look good its an undeniable fact.

Is that TPS on the third screen?NobuoMusicMaker

no it is a replay of the single player with the camera detached from the action.

you can use the saved films feature that is in the multiplayer in the same way for single player

[QUOTE="NobuoMusicMaker"]Is that TPS on the third screen?Thebettertwin

no it is a replay of the single player with the camera detached from the action.

you can use the saved films feature that is in the multiplayer in the same way for single player

I dont think SP supports the whole recording thing.

[QUOTE="Thebettertwin"]

[QUOTE="NobuoMusicMaker"]Is that TPS on the third screen?skrat_01

no it is a replay of the single player with the camera detached from the action.

you can use the saved films feature that is in the multiplayer in the same way for single player

I dont think SP supports the whole recording thing.

yeah it does actually read it in a bungie update

Edit: http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12661

"When I'm watching my Saved Films (and I'm a vile narcissist so I watch them over and over and show them to everyone who walks by like a kid showing off a new G.I. Joe to his grandparents), I'll often detach the camera and create dramatic angles, watching the Chief (me) is stalking through foliage and then seamlessly pull the camera back to reveal a garrison of Covenant troops deployed into a vast canyon. Then carefully, and often times in dramatically sweet slo-motion, I watch myself unleash wave upon wave of death against those who would oppress Earth and her denizens. I am humanity's savior and I'm playing the game on Heroic or Legendary, every time (just like you should). "

"Players will be able to save up to 100 total films (that includes whatever combination of Campaign and Multiplayer that your heart desires). When you get within 5 films of this limit, we'll have a message-in game that lets you know how close to the edge you're skirting. Once you've reached your limit, you'll have to delete some files to make room for the new hotness"

It's now evident: Bungie sure as hell wasn't lying when they said the Halo 3 single player would look great.reptile1982

That seems to be the consensus of everyone who has seen the single player.

With each passing week, seemingly more and more Halo 3 campaign screens and info begin to surface, stirring hype before its grand release this September. This time, French gaming magazine Joypad has revealed several new screens that take place in one of Halo 3's jungle locales. It's now evident: Bungie sure as hell wasn't lying when they said the Halo 3 single player would look great.

Though slightly blurry, these scans have helped illustrate what Bungie hopes to accomplish graphically with Halo 3. After completion of the game's online beta, many argued that Halo 3's multiplayer graphics didn't satisfy, but the developer promised that the single player mode would look visually stunning. In these new images, lush foliage, heavily detailed textures, and advanced lighting are in abundance. Bungie has already revealed one other campaign screen from this level- will the jungle be the graphical showcase for Halo 3?

As the release of Halo 3 draws nearer, the graphical quality of the single player campaign continues to surpass expectations: one can only wonder what the final build will look like. Thanks to IdleCoder for providing these Halo 3 scans

http://www.xboxic.com/news/3338

enjoy

reptile1982

Those pics look horrendous, crap textures and it looks like they tried to do some sort of motion blur thing that didnt quite go according to plan. Those pictures dont even look on par with MP3 which is sad really.

Stunnigly great.

[QUOTE="skrat_01"][QUOTE="Thebettertwin"]

[QUOTE="NobuoMusicMaker"]Is that TPS on the third screen?Thebettertwin

no it is a replay of the single player with the camera detached from the action.

you can use the saved films feature that is in the multiplayer in the same way for single player

I dont think SP supports the whole recording thing.

yeah it does actually read it in a bungie update

Edit: http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12661

"When I'm watching my Saved Films (and I'm a vile narcissist so I watch them over and over and show them to everyone who walks by like a kid showing off a new G.I. Joe to his grandparents), I'll often detach the camera and create dramatic angles, watching the Chief (me) is stalking through foliage and then seamlessly pull the camera back to reveal a garrison of Covenant troops deployed into a vast canyon. Then carefully, and often times in dramatically sweet slo-motion, I watch myself unleash wave upon wave of death against those who would oppress Earth and her denizens. I am humanity's savior and I'm playing the game on Heroic or Legendary, every time (just like you should). "

"Players will be able to save up to 100 total films (that includes whatever combination of Campaign and Multiplayer that your heart desires). When you get within 5 films of this limit, we'll have a message-in game that lets you know how close to the edge you're skirting. Once you've reached your limit, you'll have to delete some files to make room for the new hotness"

My only problem with it, is that could I pause the game, and shift the camera to reveal enemies locations ahead....? If so, then the game will get a whole lot easier :P

Or is simply a saved film after gameplay.

How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
steve17989

[QUOTE="reptile1982"]

With each passing week, seemingly more and more Halo 3 campaign screens and info begin to surface, stirring hype before its grand release this September. This time, French gaming magazine Joypad has revealed several new screens that take place in one of Halo 3's jungle locales. It's now evident: Bungie sure as hell wasn't lying when they said the Halo 3 single player would look great.

Though slightly blurry, these scans have helped illustrate what Bungie hopes to accomplish graphically with Halo 3. After completion of the game's online beta, many argued that Halo 3's multiplayer graphics didn't satisfy, but the developer promised that the single player mode would look visually stunning. In these new images, lush foliage, heavily detailed textures, and advanced lighting are in abundance. Bungie has already revealed one other campaign screen from this level- will the jungle be the graphical showcase for Halo 3?

As the release of Halo 3 draws nearer, the graphical quality of the single player campaign continues to surpass expectations: one can only wonder what the final build will look like. Thanks to IdleCoder for providing these Halo 3 scans

http://www.xboxic.com/news/3338

enjoy

-MoOkS-

Those pics look horrendous, crap textures and it looks like they tried to do some sort of motion blur thing that didnt quite go according to plan. Those pictures dont even look on par with MP3 which is sad really.

You are juddging the graphics and textures by this crappy scans:roll:

Um yeah MP3 has better graphics and way better textures!!!

More like Halo 2.1 HIGH FIVE.DaysAirlines

[QUOTE="steve17989"]How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
bluebrad1974

However Halo 3 has a much greater chance of being a better game. 'cows' have to hope that Geurialla can pull of a great game other than nice visuals, sound and amiations, while 'Lems' have the reasurrance of the previous Halo games, and know that the gameplay will be solid, as will the mp.

Wow, I don't know how anyone can downplay Killzone 2 for lowres textures when the Halo textures aren't exactly leagues better. Well, better by any stretch. Hmm I think Killzone 2 looks better than Halo 3 though...

But then again, why is Killzone a topic of debate in a Halo 3 thread? :/ Halo looks amazing, get over it.

u do realise the Halo 3 maps for single player are going to be huge in scale and epic, of course it wont look as good as Corridors of War, but still it looks great. Go look at some of the details tat have already been shown such as multiple AI controlled scarabs on one level, and the end fight in level 2 of the single player having more eneimies than the whole of level 2 in Halo: CE or Halo 2.Knewl2

Methinks only Crysis, UT3, and ArmA - on PC this year will (or have) devivered truly epic battles, with loads of units and characters onscreen at once.

ArmA in particular.... there is no limit to how much can be onscreen....Hell mp has no limit either... 120 player matches are quit freuqent.

Note in that scarab vide there only appears to be a lone Scarab, other dudes and MC, in a desert ;) Stick two of the things in a jungle with more dudes and yea the hardware wouldent take the load the current visual settings.

edit* Pc Epic I mean HUGE battles.

Hell Halo CE was supposed to have huge open enviroments and epic battles. Thats why im not taking it for granted again.

[QUOTE="DaysAirlines"]More like Halo 2.1 HIGH FIVE.-MoOkS-

The killzone lover boytalking down on Halo 3? You gotta be kidding

Some people who have seen it in motion told their reviews and it sounds epic to me

"You can take the Scarab out in many different ways," says Niles Sankey, level designer for "Halo 3."

The huge alien attack vehicle seems to be stalking me and my soldier sidekick as we race around the battlefield in a two-man Mongoose vehicle.

Nearby, other marines exchange gunfire with smaller Covenant vehicles in the shadow of a huge factory complex. In the distance, the fight continues. And above, the battle rages in the air as well, as Earth forces fight for the survival of their planet against the alien Covenant.

But frankly it's hard to take it all in, given I'm running for my life.

Bungie Studios recently invited a small group of journalists from around the globe to their offices in suburban Seattle for an exclusive taste of "Halo 3"'s single-player mode. It marked the first time the campaign mode had been played by non-Bungie personnel.

The Scarab conflict is part of The Storm, the fourth mission of the single-player campaign component of "Halo 3," scheduled for release for the Xbox 360 on Sept. 25.

And it illustrates how the next-generation version of the "Halo" video game franchise has grown.

The battle, just one portion of the mission, has more enemies and allies than the entire first mission of "Halo 1."

"That just gives you an idea of the scale that we're going for. And these are not even the largest encounters in the game," explained Jaime Griesemer, whose title is Bungie's sandbox design lead. "The size really ramps up as you go through."

The Scarab has appeared before in the "Halo" world. But not like this.

"In 'Halo 2,' he was a big piece of moving geometry. He wasn't really real," Griesemer adds. "He was hand-animated and didn't really react to what you were doing. He had a scripted path that he went on."

"But in 'Halo 3,' he's an AI (artificial intelligence). He'll chase you around, he'll acquire targets. If he can't find you, he'll search for you. He's the biggest character we've every done, essentially. And there are dozens of ways to kill him."

I finally find one, after dying repeatedly. I take the Mongoose up a ramp to the factory and get behind a mounted weapon. After pounding away at the Scarab's legs, I finally disable one and the giant machine buckles.

Now I just have to race over and get on it, to take out its Covenant crew, before it recovers.

[QUOTE="steve17989"]How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
mistykal5

Yea just like KZ 1 did right...

Killzone 2 might look better artisticly but Halo 3 slaughters it technically.

when will you cows finaly choke on your own grass? honestly. you fanboys seem to think KZ2 has ANYTHING technicaly over halo3. Sinc when does a preference of a more realistic art style = better greaphics?

Halo 3 has MUCH higher resolution textures,

Much higher poly models.

Global HDR (no other game has ever done this)

and the first console game to have destructable foliage with physics like Crysis (although probably not as detailed)

ALL ON A SCALE OF 16 KM.

where the HELL do you cows get off saying KZ2 has anything on halo3 besides nicer facial animation and linear gameplay? i dont even understadn where you get off comparing the two when one is doing all this on a scale of 16 KM! KZ2 DOES have a more realistic look to it. it DOES. it even has better much more realistic gun models. and two year Alpha developement?! HA! someones lying through their TEETH.

[QUOTE="DaysAirlines"]More like Halo 2.1 HIGH FIVE.-MoOkS-

Dude killzone sucks. Its not even in the same league as halo.

[QUOTE="mistykal5"]

[QUOTE="steve17989"]How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
Supafly1

Yea just like KZ 1 did right...

Killzone 2 might look better artisticly but Halo 3 slaughters it technically.

[QUOTE="-MoOkS-"][QUOTE="DaysAirlines"]More like Halo 2.1 HIGH FIVE.xscrapzx

Dude killzone sucks. Its not even in the same league as halo.

when will you cows finaly choke on your own grass? honestly. you fanboys seem to think KZ2 has ANYTHING technicaly over halo3. Sinc when does a preference of a more realistic art style = better greaphics?

Halo 3 has MUCH higher resolution textures,

Much higher poly models.

Global HDR (no other game has ever done this)

and the first console game to have destructable foliage with physics like Crysis (although probably not as detailed)

ALL ON A SCALE OF 16 KM.

where the HELL do you cows get off saying KZ2 has anything on halo3 besides nicer facial animation and linear gameplay? i dont even understadn where you get off comparing the two when one is doing all this on a scale of 16 KM! KZ2 DOES have a more realistic look to it. it DOES. it even has better much more realistic gun models. and two year Alpha developement?! HA! someones lying through their TEETH.

A-LEGEND

Higher Res texutres - umm I dont think so Halos level textures are quite low res - and Killzone is still in development so we cant properly judge.

Higher Poly models - Ahh after seeing the Helgast dudes and other guys - I think not

Global HDR - WTF SO MANY GAMES HAVE DONE THIS. Half Life 2, Counter Strike Source, Stalker - just to name a few.....

Destructible Foilage - WTF?!?!?!? Operation Flashpoint allowed you to destroy bushes, buildings, forests and trees and that was back in 2001....

Scale - well yes Halo 3 does have upperhand here - but we are still yet to see more of KZ2.

Oh and Halo 3 will be just as linear as KZ2. No seriously its both point A to B. There can be multple path ways but neither game is non linear.

I mean cmon people!

[QUOTE="Supafly1"][QUOTE="mistykal5"]

[QUOTE="steve17989"]How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
-MoOkS-

Yea just like KZ 1 did right...

Killzone 2 might look better artisticly but Halo 3 slaughters it technically.

Stalkers is real time dynamic range lighting that shifts directly from where the sun is, across the enitre lanscape - which of course is a whole open non linear enviroment. Killzone your dealing with a closed linear enivorment like Halo 3.

And an 8800 model card can max out stalker with full dynamic range lighting, and full settings, at high FPS - not with Vista beta drivers though - on XP.

How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
steve17989

This is bs. I used to diss on Halo 3's graphics too, but that's back when it was deserving. The more pics/videos pop up, the better it looks. I think it's at the point now where Bungie deserves some props. If you played the multiplayer beta, you would absolutely notice a difference, not so much in the lighting or whatnot, but in the DETAIL. The detail in the game looks amazing now, wayyyy more than before. And this is really easy to tell even with these low-res scans.

when will you cows finaly choke on your own grass? honestly. you fanboys seem to think KZ2 has ANYTHING technicaly over halo3. Sinc when does a preference of a more realistic art style = better greaphics?

Halo 3 has MUCH higher resolution textures,

Much higher poly models.

Global HDR (no other game has ever done this)

and the first console game to have destructable foliage with physics like Crysis (although probably not as detailed)

ALL ON A SCALE OF 16 KM.

where the HELL do you cows get off saying KZ2 has anything on halo3 besides nicer facial animation and linear gameplay? i dont even understadn where you get off comparing the two when one is doing all this on a scale of 16 KM! KZ2 DOES have a more realistic look to it. it DOES. it even has better much more realistic gun models. and two year Alpha developement?! HA! someones lying through their TEETH.

A-LEGEND

I've got a bridge to sell you.

Seriously there are plenty of things Halo 3 is doing that Killzone isn't but don't be ignorant and forgot all the things Killzone is doing that Halo won't be. From a technical perspective at least.

I would show you some low res textures from Halo 3 but I don't want to derail the thread, you do believe they exist right? You do know you have no proof as to which resolution the textures are on either game right?

I would argue that you don't know if Halo 3 has more polygons in the characters but clearly you can count polygons through images so I'll just leave it.

[QUOTE="Supafly1"][QUOTE="mistykal5"]

[QUOTE="steve17989"]How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
-MoOkS-

Yea just like KZ 1 did right...

Killzone 2 might look better artisticly but Halo 3 slaughters it technically.

Oh the irony!

I just noticed all the Pelicans in the third pic, looks to be a very epic moment with all the reinforcments. That description of the Scarab fight sounds cool.

[QUOTE="steve17989"]How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
Zeliard9

This is bs. I used to diss on Halo 3's graphics too, but that's back when it was deserving. The more pics/videos pop up, the better it looks. I think it's at the point now where Bungie deserves some props. If you played the multiplayer beta, you would absolutely notice a difference, not so much in the lighting or whatnot, but in the DETAIL. The detail in the game looks amazing now, wayyyy more than before. And this is really easy to tell even with these low-res scans.

Oh BTW has anyone seen any Far Cry 2 screens? That game is looking bloody amazing. Zomg free roaming african savanha.

[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]

[QUOTE="steve17989"]How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
skrat_01

This is bs. I used to diss on Halo 3's graphics too, but that's back when it was deserving. The more pics/videos pop up, the better it looks. I think it's at the point now where Bungie deserves some props. If you played the multiplayer beta, you would absolutely notice a difference, not so much in the lighting or whatnot, but in the DETAIL. The detail in the game looks amazing now, wayyyy more than before. And this is really easy to tell even with these low-res scans.

Oh BTW has anyone seen any Far Cry 2 screens? That game is looking bloody amazing. Zomg free roaming african savanha.

I saw those, freaking amazing.

I want some direct feed though, if it's anything like Crysis consoles will be owned 2x over. ;p

[QUOTE="xscrapzx"]

[QUOTE="-MoOkS-"][QUOTE="DaysAirlines"]More like Halo 2.1 HIGH FIVE.-MoOkS-

Dude killzone sucks. Its not even in the same league as halo.

Have you played Halo 3?

[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]

[QUOTE="steve17989"]How can anybody honestly say that looks good??? Bungie lied about the 2006 trailer graphics and now they basically upgrade the Halo 2 engine, it shows how blind lems are. Killzone 2 makes Halo 3 look like garbage. So much for the king of console FPS, killzone 2 is going to kill it.
skrat_01

This is bs. I used to diss on Halo 3's graphics too, but that's back when it was deserving. The more pics/videos pop up, the better it looks. I think it's at the point now where Bungie deserves some props. If you played the multiplayer beta, you would absolutely notice a difference, not so much in the lighting or whatnot, but in the DETAIL. The detail in the game looks amazing now, wayyyy more than before. And this is really easy to tell even with these low-res scans.

Oh BTW has anyone seen any Far Cry 2 screens? That game is looking bloody amazing. Zomg free roaming african savanha.

Are you talking about that leaked concept art or are there actually in-game screens now?