I just think the initial solution of dynamically changing resolution for framerate is a terrible Idea, or at least it's an alright idea, were the framerate standards lower and the resolution standards higher.
And, while I do see that the resolution is better in the newer model of Xbox, I do find it abhorrent that the contrast has been changed to make things stand out more/look better. That just adds a sort of dishonesty to the claims that one looks better than the other, like they're exaggerating the difference to be an advertisement rather than something impartial.
[QUOTE=The Jack;52897172]I just think the initial solution of dynamically changing resolution for framerate is a terrible Idea, or at least it's an alright idea, were the framerate standards lower and the resolution standards higher.
And, while I do see that the resolution is better in the newer model of Xbox, I do find it abhorrent that the contrast has been changed to make things stand out more/look better. That just adds a sort of dishonesty to the claims that one looks better than the other, like they're exaggerating the difference to be an advertisement rather than something impartial.[/QUOTE]
So if you can't tell the difference between 720p and 4k, then why does the variable resolution matter?
Don't just dumb and dash dude, I'm genuinely puzzled by your reiterated argument here.
Also it doesn't look like the Xbox one x footage got a contrast boost, but it does look like they pulled the gamma back, or even left it default while the xbone vanilla was boosted. I remember the xbone having a weird color space that made everything crushed a bit too dark. Could be that they calibrated the bone but not the X.
Either way, it's not something that would trick someone into thinking they're seeing more detail than they actually are. Quite the opposite. Lots of spots in that digitalfoundry footage are pitch black in the X footage.
Also, why the fuck are you trying to spin this into some sort of conspiracy? What the fuck is wrong with you? What are you going to gain from it?
The xbox one x footage is a bit darker so they're OBVIOUSLY trying to get one over on unobservant viewers, even though the difference in clarity is night and day to a lot of us?
Those of us who CAN see the difference are shills for... a fucking standard resolution; 4k? Your words. Not mine. We're shilling a [I]resolution[/I] because we can see it. Even though these "studies" you refer to and have not cited say that people can't?
This is some flat earth shit. There's no reason any of us should be defending high resolutions and high frame rate. WHO would we be shilling for if we WERE shilling for a 4k standard resolution? 343? Samsung? LG? Sony? It's just fucking better, dude. Idk what you're struggling to grasp here other than the increasingly plausible fact that your vision isn't great.
Are you sure you're not self conscious about it? The impression I'm getting is that you don't want to believe you're the odd one out here, so you feel the need to antagonize those who CAN see the difference and tell us [I]we're[/I] wrong.
I'm so fucking confused, what even are you arguing for or against? I feel like you wanted to say "Halo 5 looks like shit no matter what resolution" but you floundered and got caught up in attacking high resolutions instead. Which is dumb. It's fucking numbers. And yes, the higher the better.
Facepunch needs a "what the fuck are you talking about" rating
Nah I'm just sad that I can't tell the difference between 2k and 4k, and the need for 60fps puzzles me because I've played shooters with 15 so I appreciate 30. It's a magic benchmark for the industry.
I don't think halo 5's graphics greatly exceed Halo 4's They're better, but who'd fuck over resolution for a more costly ambient occlusion, or whatever? For a benchmark?! Quite simply, If a game had the graphical ability of 4, then it'd be fairly easy to improve the graphics in accordance to what'll work on an Xbox 1, without oddball resolutions'n shit.
It all boils down to consoles not having an options menu, so we can put things as we like, but It's the standard there to not have such a menu, so... I guess the game was the title to sell the Xbox 1, so it's gotta be all that impressive, but I think they made some bad priorities.
[QUOTE=The Jack;52899975]
I don't think halo 5's graphics greatly exceed Halo 4's They're better, but who'd fuck over resolution for a more costly ambient occlusion, or whatever? For a benchmark?! Quite simply, If a game had the graphical ability of 4, then it'd be fairly easy to improve the graphics in accordance to what'll work on an Xbox 1, without oddball resolutions'n shit. [/QUOTE]
are you fucking kidding me
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compared to:
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There's an absolutely massive jump in quality in detail and lighting, not to mention the godawful bloom is gone. Hell, just look at the faces used in cutscenes:
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No matter what anyone thinks of the art direction, there's absolutely been a huge jump in graphical quality and Halo 5 is a damn beautiful game despite its shortcomings.
Anyone read Legacy of Onyx yet? [sp] I'm not sure if I can stand reading the rest of it. The writing is fanfiction-tier with the utterly tragic backstory and seemingly-perfect times ahead.[/sp]
I haven't bothered with a Halo book since Ghosts of Onyx, I really couldn't care about the whole prehistoric human space empire thing or the Forerunners as anything more than spookily disappeared aliens
Nylund's books were fine enough, I was never looking for much complexity in Halo. And all the post-war canon is pretty uninteresting
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I hope you guys are ready for some kickass infection customs
Finally assembled my frigate print!
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I hope you name it something cheeky
UNSC Bigger Stick
Anybody know if there's a way to disable the new music in SPV3
[QUOTE=Viper123_SWE;52908414]I hope you name it something cheeky[/QUOTE]
UNSC [I]Come And Get It[/I] or UNSC [I]With Laurels Crowned[/I]? I love the wisecrack names but the poetic names (PoA, IAC) are great too.
for more serious names
UNSC Antagonist
UNSC Desperate Straits
UNSC Kollaa
UNSC No Fair Fight
UNSC Speak Softly
[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;52910216]Anybody know if there's a way to disable the new music in SPV3[/QUOTE]
No, and thats since Masters thinks hes better than Bungie.
lmao i accidentally downloaded halocesetup_es_1 instead of en_1
SPV3 is fine but when i loaded standard everything was in spanish
Also holy shit 60fps in CE is reinvigorating, it's amazing how much my preference for 2/dewrito's MP was skewed over 1 because i couldn't play in 60 fps
Minus the netcode of course, which even though improved, still seems much better in 3.
It is crazy awesome that halo ce is getting this kind of community support so long after its release. 120fps halo is a fucking sight to behold.
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;52910727]No, and thats since Masters thinks hes better than Bungie.[/QUOTE]
Is really due to the fact that a lot of the ques are in different spots and there's more of them meaning the original soundtrack can't be used without heavy editing but sure. Ok, let's go with your theory.
[QUOTE=xalener;52912044]It is crazy awesome that halo ce is getting this kind of community support so long after its release. 120fps halo is a fucking sight to behold.
Is really due to the fact that a lot of the ques are in different spots and there's more of them meaning the original soundtrack can't be used without heavy editing but sure. Ok, let's go with your theory.[/QUOTE]
Not a theory, I've talked to him, multiple times, hes a bit full of himself.
What's SPV3?
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;52912332]Not a theory, I've talked to him, multiple times, hes a bit full of himself.[/QUOTE]
I can attest to this by simply visiting the Halomaps forum
[QUOTE=The Jack;52912358]What's SPV3?[/QUOTE]
Its a remake of Halo 1s campaign for Halo Custom Edition. Its okay at best. But I could be bias.
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Compared to TSC:E, Halo just looks...off. Lack of shadows and actual grass mixed with a very strangely detailed and contrasted grass texture really feels strange with the super detailed weapons and vehicles
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;52912332]Not a theory, I've talked to him, multiple times, hes a bit full of himself.[/QUOTE]
I spent a weekend with him in person. You're right, but that's certainly not the reason for the music.
[QUOTE=xalener;52912484]I spent a weekend with him. You're right, but that's certainly not the reason for the music.[/QUOTE]
Ah, I mean, from the bit I talked to him about, I assumed that was part of that too. I might be bias, he shit talked ElDewrito every chance he could then now that progress is being made, acts like he never did.
I think some of their efforts would've been better spent making assets that were slightly better than halo 2's, or trying to make an artstyle that works within the engine limitations instead of pumping out max quality stuff.
Not that i don't appreciate the effort and some of it does look nice, but when your weapons look better than halo 3 but your actual surroundings don't match it reminds me of installing those high quality super detail model packs for half-life 2.
Does any of the new stuff later on help deal with the repetition of levels? Something that always made CE my least favorite to replay of the halo games was the use of copy pasted rooms and backtracking
You act like this was some sort of coordinated planned team effort, heh
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;52912476]Its a remake of Halo 1s campaign for Halo Custom Edition. Its okay at best. But I could be bias.[/QUOTE]
It adds too much random junk to the sandbox.
[QUOTE=xalener;52914046]You act like this was some sort of coordinated planned team effort, heh[/QUOTE]
You'd hope that a project at that scale would have an actual plan or coordination.
Which shows that Masters will never be better then Bungie because at least they have coordination
Doesn't he also hate Halo 2/3, everything about the post CE flood, and he loves the H4-5 art style apparently.
[QUOTE=Killjoy;52917652]Doesn't he also hate Halo 2/3, everything about the post CE flood, and he [I]loves the H4-5 art style apparently.[/I][/QUOTE]
Never would've guessed, judging for his "artistic changes" to the maps /s
[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;52912480][t]https://i.imgur.com/0n00gSg.jpg[/t]
Compared to TSC:E, Halo just looks...off. Lack of shadows and actual grass mixed with a very strangely detailed and contrasted grass texture really feels strange with the super detailed weapons and vehicles[/QUOTE]
If it weren't for the grass and maybe the ribbing on the pistol, it'd look fine. But that's a pretty ugly pistol. Because, well, it looks not much like a pistol. Since I'm not an enthusiast (i've watched a few videos, but I own nothing because UK), I can't say for sure that it doesn't look like it works, but it's damn ugly. I'm not a gun nut, but I think people who make model guns should be gun nuts. It's one of those things, I don't like it when someone does shitty martial arts or gets -historicalCultureI'mInto- wrong, so I only think it's fair that if you're going to do something that other people have a passion for, you can only do it right, and you either need to get an expert to help out or you're going to have to do some solid research. (whilst being aware that there's a lot of bullshit for some subjects)
Halo, well, the AR and pistol've got strange things attached to them, but they're guns, and guns have stranger things attached. Like, I remember getting impressed when the guys at 343 showed that their pistol, underneath the halo additions, was a very real looking pistol that a gun nut was happy with, that wasn't hampered by the addons they put on. (So I just praised 343, I'm sure I've done that before somewhere, but I just want to draw attention to it here)
Also I don't think the UNSC/Covenant would use cluster grenades. I think they'd just use bigger grenades.
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