@Kane04 I do agree with you and I have never been a fanboy. Halo is way overhyped I think because it has been round for a while now and has the kind of science fiction setting that will give it a big following. I dont think this makes it a bad game though because recently I have started playing Halo and I have reach and it's a fun game. I think that is the point, you can talk about how it is majorly overhyped as if it is the best game of all time when it doesnt really do anything new BUT it does what it does well. And as a result it is alot of fun, and the fact that it is very social with big party sizes available and multiplayer on the same system makes it even more fun for people who make use of those features and I think that is why it is so popular online, there are technically better online games but they dont offer the group fun that Halo does. Alot of people are going misread my comment as negative but I am defending Halo here. I'm newly conmverted and it may not be bringing much of anything new to the table (although Reach has made enough changes I think to merit the new game) but it does what it does well and is providing what games are there for, Fun!
I dont know why they are showing close ups like this as the be all and end all of how good the graphics are. Graphics on a game consist of the overall picture. For instance, Fallout 3 has terrible graphics if you were to zoom in like this, bad surfaces, very grainy etc, but when you look at the overall picture it looks much better because of the way they have integrated the environment as a whole. And so if you look at the 2 Halo games without stupid close ups then Reach does look better, not a huge amount but better nonetheless. And also it has a more varied atmosphere, Halo 3 was very bright and colorful, ODST was much darker and trying to set a new style of atmosphere but went a bit far, Reach has the best of both with day and night time levels with the night time ones being more atmospheric than Halo 3 and with everything being a bit more gritty and mysterious without going as far as ODST with which the designers seemed to forget to bring their color pallets to work lol
@BalefulSpartan You've shot yourself in the foot if your comment is supposed to be speaking up for Halo because basically what your saying is the Killzone developers have done a much better job than Bungie because they have made a better looking game without using a higher resolution count. They have made the best of what they've got by using techniques that, as you say, would make Halo look better too if Bungie had used them, more experienced development team? Must be
@KiyokoFaith You're right. Most people have 1 console and to reassure themselves the're happy with it and try and distract themselves from the fact they wish they also had the others they rag on the console that happens to be the one they dont own. I've always been a PS3 fan and theres things I think are stupid/crap about the 360 but I still eventually bought one simply because each console has exclusives that are worth playing. I stick mostly to PS3 (when a title is on both consoles) because thats where I have most of my trophies/achievements and want to build on that but if I'd had a 360 1st it may be vice versa. I prefer PS3 but the 360s also awesome, if it had been my first console of the 2 who knows my opinion might have been different, I doubt it, but either way there are still things the 360 does better than PS3. So yes I agree, haters in either camp are mostly just hiding their secret wish that they could benefit from the great exclusives on either side, e.g... PS3: Uncharted 2, Metal Gear 4, Gran Turismo 5, KillZone 2, Resistance 2, God of War 3, The Last Guardian, InFamous, MAG, Little Big Planet, Modnation Racers, Ratchet and Clank, Motorstorm, Demon's Souls....vs....360: Mass Effect 1 (2 is coming to PS3), Gears of War 1&2, Fable 2, Forza 3, Halo 3 etc, Alan Wake. Sure PS3 has recently overtaken with more recently released strong exclusives but who cares, whatever way you look at it that list proves we are in a golden age for gaming :) whatever you play on :)
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