[QUOTE="11Marcel"]Good news for halo 3, forza 2 etc. I hear. It sounds pretty logical. I hope this doesn't turn into an eternal excuse for bad graphics though. 11Marcel
You would agree that many of the Mass Effects screenshots are really nice, right? Well, he says expect the game to look even better. This is the opposite of an excuse for bad graphics.
Yes, I understand Mass effect looks good, but I mean excuses for games like forza 2 and halo 3 that don't look incredible at this moment. In any graphics comparison for upcoming games you'd see lemmings screaming it will look much better in the future.
Good news for halo 3, forza 2 etc. I hear. It sounds pretty logical. I hope this doesn't turn into an eternal excuse for bad graphics though. 11Marcel
You would agree that many of the Mass Effects screenshots are really nice, right? Well, he says expect the game to look even better. This is the opposite of an excuse for bad graphics.
BioWare exec basically tells us not to expect too many 360 games to ship with downgraded graphics.
"And even more behind-the-scenes... One interesting aspect of this question is that the Xbox 360 offers a different challenge than we had on the PC or even the original Xbox, through a seemingly innocent difference: the development Xbox 360 units have the same memory as retail ones. In our previous console development, and certainly on the PC, we often have twice the memory on our dev machines as on the final retail machines. So first you throw in everything you want the game to have, and then you figure out how to make it all fit in a space half the size. So developing graphics for those previous platforms is easy at first, but you can end up having to downgrade your graphics to squeeze it all onto the system. On the Xbox 360 however, players get a beefy 512MB of memory to play in, but us developers don't get any extra room beyond that. So the reverse happens: we first make the most basic graphics fit within memory, and then we upgrade the visuals as we optimize the game. We're also constantly tuning the art and the renderer to gradually improve the overall quality. Therefore you can actually expect the final game to look better than we've ever shown it."
There is no comparison here. Halo 2 is the much better game. Half-Life was a one and done experience for me. But Halo, you don't stop playing that game until the next one is out.
People who can't see a difference in HD vs SD haven't played in HD. That said, they hate it because they don't have it. Trust me when I tell you that there is a difference. I use to play on a 35in SD until I moved to a 22in widescreen monitor. The difference is astronomical.....especially in sport games like NBA2k7. I encourage anyone with an HDTV and a Xbox 360 to download the Bioshock walkthrough trailor. That game looks superb.
[QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="Felous1"]That's Halo 3 Alpha, not Beta.readingfc_1
People keep thinking this game will magically look better. It won't what you see is what your getting...it's Halo...for some reason ppl feel threatened that it doesnt blow Crysis away...get over it guys...just like when ppl said Halo 2 would rival Half-Life 2 LOL!!! yeaaaahhhh ok....
Well even though Half Life 2 was actually a better game i have to say this.
Halo 2=9.4
Half life 2=9.2
pwned pwned lolz lolZZZZ haaaaaa
No, being serious, your right!
I can hardly wait for more 12 year old ganesters to drop F bombs on me!! w00t!
I'm 19. It was a joke nubcake. Obviously most people would agree what Half Life 2 is a much better game.
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