Halo Gamers Officially Can't Distinguish Between Alpha, Beta Or Gold

Cinemablend says "We conducted a poll here at Blend Games to see if gamers could tell the difference between late alpha (pre-beta) shots of Halo 3 and gold shots of Halo 3. It's probably not surprising that the results prove that gamers honestly can't tell the difference between the various stages of development for the game..."

[LordMarius]

So I guess we can blow the whole
"OMG I cant believe it looks this good and its still in Alpha-stage yatta yatta"

[cyguration]

the fanboys will be pleased.

[Paradicia]

"Bungie should just abandon the whole graphics revolution thing because it’s going to hurt a heck of a lot more in the long run when games like Brink, Spec Ops: The Line and Medal of Honor roll around and make Halo: Reach look like a visual after thought."

Saying that Reach looks like a visual after thought is just downright ignorant. Its funny that he labels the people who took his comparison Halo gamers. Anyone could of took his poll. There was even a comparison of the alpha and gold versions of killzone 2 in his past article he refers back to in the text.

Pathetic journalism at its finest people.

[Immortal321]

it's not on a system where the graphic are ahead of it's time.

halo gamer old saying, "Gameplay over Graphics."

after reading the "pictures"....
http://www.cinemablend.com/...

Im sure damage control for this game will come on N4G soon.

I can't believe this game been in development since halo3! Not even the halo gamers can tell the difference between alpha and gold.

[-EvoAnubis-]

While I don't think that calling it a 'visual afterthought' is fair, unless Bungie is making a new engine for this game I can't see it comparing on a graphical level to most games that will launch around the same time.

Will the game be fun? No doubt; Bungie makes good games, and their games aren't really about graphics much at all. It'll be fun, and have a multi-player that will far outlast anything else in the foreseeable future.

[ryuzu]

Seems strange since about 6 months ago, this site was one of the biggest 360 cheer leaders around. Maybe he got a PS3 for Christmas :)

Anyways, the reality is that released shots of games whether it be Alpha, Beta, Gold, Demo blah blah, rarely change in any significant way for release. The simple reason is that it takes a long time to get the artefacts ready - the textures, the light sources, the animations etc etc. If you are going to make a significant order of magnitude graphical change, all those artefacts have to be reworked - and that can take months and even years.

Once you have your models, textures, maps in place, there isn't much more that can change. Yes you might get a bit of extra dynamic lighting fidelity, or some other full scene graphical effect - but the underlying textures, animations, models are fixed and its those things that make the big difference to your visuals (unless they do a Splinter Cell and start again!).

r.

[Beefstew4u]

I think you're missing the point of the article

[MajesticBeast]

Sadly the gameplay also isn't much just like the graphics.

[GreenRingOfLife]

They are comparing Halo 3's development to Halo Reach. bad article

[Immortal321]

I can't believe you said that.

I predict a lot of disagrees on your comment.

@below

umm? you deserve a sticker.

[we won]

Ok this PS3 fanboy damage control and desperation is getting out of hand now. Halo Reach is not Halo 3. The the Year of the 360 is going to be one filled with rabid PS3 fanboys causing chaos in gaming and man child articles bashing the 360 will be more common than actual PS3 news.

This article/poll is an excuse to do damage control because of Halo, a stealth attack due to fear of the game, trying to set the tone and popular opinion of the game before it comes out.

[Sitdown]

let me get this straight. Just because random people can not notice the difference between alpha, beta and gold for Halo 3, we are to assume that we should not expect much from the final graphic version of Reach, even though most believe Reach is already beyond Halo 3...and are pleased? Hmmm...care to share the photos? Its easy to search for the perfect screen shots to skew the data to report in the manner you would like. Ex..get the very best shot from the alpha, beta and the worse of the gold..and of course, people might have a hard time.

[Cold 2000]

Cant wait for Halo Reach.

Wouldnt want to be on the other side of the fence i.e on N4G when the beast is released ^^

Local multiplayer with my brothers is what I'm looking forward to the most.

@below: I am really far from being a Halo fan, I'm not even that familiar with the story and FPS is the genre I play the least but after seeing the vidoc this is a day one buy for me.

[UnwanteDreamz]

Halo is a great game but its release only matters to fans. Halo Reach is getting lots of attention from the press and I am sure it is deserving but to think this game will shut anyone up is naive to say the least. Those who give a d*mn probably already have it preordered and those who don't care never will.

I am not a Halo fanboy but I know a good game when I see one and Reach looks like it is gonna be great.

EDIT: I wasn't saying you had to be a fan to buy it but that you had to be a fan to care. If you don't like Halo its release is just another day to you.

[ProjectVulcan]

Rather silly article trying to associate halo 3, reach and its pre alpha to final, BUT as an aside quite a lot of games' engines are 'fixed' or 'set' relatively early in development after some design parameters have been agreed, so everything done after that point wont 'break' the game as badly- its unlikely reach will get much more than visual tweaks but then what else is new? Few games really change hugely with regards to graphics with only six months or so to release- otherwise all those early official shots wouldnt remotely resemble the finished product lol.

This is why every developer bangs on about 'polishing' as the latter stages. They are just going to try and squash as many bugs as possible, balance and ensure stability of the final code. At the point of a couple months left, no developer is still looking at fiddling with the underlying engine, beyond maybe visual artifacts or colour filters and whatnot.

[iceice123]

Just wondering how this makes you feel.

God of War 3 near final build: http://www.gamespot.com/ps3...

Halo: Reach PRE ALPHA: http://www.gamespot.com/xbo...

Pre Alpha Halo: Reach looks like a beautiful piece of concept art. But it's not, that's an in game screenshot. The God of War 3 shot? That's a shot from January, near final build. Pretty disappointing for the PS3's biggest game. What's up with the low resolution blurry grass, lol?

[JonnyBadfinger]

lol i too am interested to see how Saaking will spin those screen shots.

It impossible to compare to the production process of 2 games. Every Bungie game has had a different Project Leader, so the build process would vary from leader to leader.

And not to mention Bungie Studios has grown alot in size since Halo 3, so more people working on something means things can be improved alot quicker than they once could.

Sorry PS3 fanboys, but i have already pre-ordered my copy of Halo Reach... i win, you ruse!

[SilentNegotiator]

Halo Gamers have never been a tech-savvy group.

And before they all say "Gameplay over graphics", I am going to say that there is no reason we shouldn't be given both, unlike with the last 2 installments. And with the main things we've seen being tiny hillside maps, there's no excuse for them to not go native 720p. And AA would be nice, too.

[Noob]

How do you call that disappointing? Do you not see that enormous monster in the back? The scale of GOWIII is HUGE. You'd have to be a hater to call that disappointing or worse looking than Halo. There's nothing in that boring screen shot of Halo that holds a candle to what's going on in that GOW pic. There's nothing special about it at all as a matter of fact. I have seen too many game images from consoles that I could post that put it to shame. You're better off sticking with the "at least the gameplay is better" argument, which is subjective

Hold on a second...are you being sarcastic?

[wicko]

Hi I'm icewake, and I'm going to pick the best halo reach screenshot I can find, and the worst GOW3 screenshot I can find. It's proof that Reach graphics > GoW3 graphics!!!!

Seriously, this is your argument?

[SixZeroFour]

my first question is "how many ppl took this poll? in relation to the 800k that play it everyday or even the 10+mil that have/had a copy" took a quick read and didnt exactly see any numbers relating to that

2nd question "how was this poll moderated so that only halo players took the poll?" or even "how was this moderated so that only ppl with xboxes, multiconsole owners or not, took the poll?"

once i see these answers, then ill come up with my own perception of whether or not HALO gamers can tell the difference

[pixelsword]

...I'm not really caring if anyone can tell the difference, as long as the finished product looks good.

[SPACEBALL 1]

this reminds me of all the morons tellin us mag would be dramatically better than the beta. how did that work? it still the same game as the first wave of the beta and its just straight up a sh1tty game.

[The Lazy One]

I'm pretty sure that someone pointed out that he didn't actually use any alpha shots in their comparison when the original article was posted.

[Nevers]

how this drivel gets approval... total hack "journalism" ... nevermind... it fits... Hack Journalism for a Hack Journalism Site.

N4Loss

[creatchee]

Graphics really shouldn't change from Alpha to Gold, as the models, textures, and such are part of the base of the game (unless there are specific changes that need to be made).

The fluidity of the animations, the framerate, the screen not tearing - those are the big improvements that you see by the time you get to Gold. There are others of course, but "better graphics" typically isn't one.

And you certainly won't see major differences if you compare still pictures. It's more of an "in-motion" kind of thing.

[2cents]

"So more than anything, especially at this stage in the development game, Bungie should just abandon the whole graphics revolution thing because it’s going to hurt a heck of a lot more in the long run when games like Brink, Spec Ops: The Line and Medal of Honor roll around and make Halo: Reach look like a visual after thought."

??? wtf

The only people its gonna hurt are haters. Everyone else who will be playing it will be seeing a lot more depth to this 'visual after thought'.

[MetalGearRising]

Yes we understand u hate Halo Reach....... what's this the Fifth Article about Halo Reach from this Pathetic Butt Hurt Fan Retard.

[Anorexorcist]

The only pathetic butt hurt fan retard I see in here (and in EVERY DAMN PS3-related article) is you!

Yeah it hurts, but you know you like it!

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Yes, we get it you don't like Reach and you seem to not like the 360 or MS much either.

Wow, so your silly little poll on your unpopular website is now official evidence that Halo gamers can't distinguish between alpha, beta or gold. You should start running election polls since you seem to capture the majority on your gaming site.. LMAO

What a desperate attempt at disparaging gamers.. Because that is who took your poll, not necessarily HALO gamers and you can't prove one way or another.

(not meant to be a reply sorry)

[Shaka2K6]

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[TengkuAmir10]

Shut up Bungie!

[Bungie]

more damage control

wow Reach is really scaring teh droids

i still think ps3 is great to watch movies

[MAG_SVER]

I THINK THE xboxpleasefixme is a good Heater for my Condo..it gets really hot & then RROD.. or maybe in the summer I can use it as a Fan, considering the damn this is louder than my vacuum..there FIX !!!

Xbox-gamertag: maytr1x ..the truth hurts sorry but that piece of crap is a GIMMICK.

Ps3-Id: maytryx... " It Only Does Everything" except multiple disk for 1 game..SONY 4 DA WIN.. BY DA GODS.....dun dun dunnnnn KRATOS

OOOOHHH yeah Madison is Hot in Heavy Rain, maybe she can be your girlfriend & u can finally get a life from this site & laid .. VIRTUALLY !!!

[Nitrowolf2]

lol come on reach is doing damage to us droids?
no, i will be honest its a great looking game and i am actually excited for it(havn't been since halo 2), but come on compare it other ps3 exclusive it isn't that pretty. Like i said i am actually a looking forward to this halo game because it is a jump from the previouse one.

[ssipmraw]

atleast we can watch hd movies on bluray on our system along side dvds without having to worry about our system exploding

cant say the same for your system

as for damage control why is it that 2 360 fanboys were the first to post here?

[cereal_killa]

Because they are the same person.

Bungie = PP/MetalgearMuppet/Greenringof life/PS3hasonlyflopgames.And I'm sure he has more pathetic little Muppet.

Hahaha Disagree all you want bungie you know it's true.

[mcnablejr]

AGAIN.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

I played Heavy Rain the other day on my 360 :) seriously I started a movie and used the controller buttons to stop, pause, rewind, and fast forward the movie... just like Heavy Rain.

[Ilikegames76]

can't distinguish. Right from wrong, reliable from unreliable, great games from stupid games to name a few.

[TengkuAmir10]

Using two account to comment on one article isn't funny anymore.

[Software_Lover]

The point in bringing up a nearly 3 year old game? And people wonder why Halo is so popular. People just cant stop talking about it whether it is good or bad. I dont really play Halo but I find it funny none-the-less.

And then the demeaning way in which they are implying that "Halo Players" are dumb somehow. I know it doesn't just come out and say that. But thats what the title implies without reading the article.

[Tricksy]

No offence.. but Halo players:

Play an FPS.
Own an Xbox 360.
Pay to play online.
Believe a halo game will have graphics worth talking about in comparison to other games in 2010.

So yah, I think d**B is apt... but thats just me.

From personal experience-

There is a Halo player at my work.There are in fact many, however I will talk about the one I know personally. Why do I call him a Halo player you ask? Why not a person,co-worker or human being? Good question.

Like many Halo players he talks incessantly about his hobbies; Halo, the 360 and guns. In his training class( I was lucky enough to be in an earlier class) he was sad enough to have been designated "Halo" by the class. To make matters worse Halo has continued to be an incessant FPS/Halo/306 and of course gun fanboy to the embarresment, I would think, of any rational 360 user(if they exist). The worst is his constant tie-in and transitioning statements from his Halo/360 talk to his time in the reserves and his arms training. Which I see as telling of his thought process and mind set.

Judging from the others in my workplace who are fans of the game/genre/360/guns this Halo personality and corelating intelligence level is very telling of the majority of Halo players I would think, and many 360 players as well.

Halo is currently playing MW2... no surprise there.

[BX81]

This is pretty lame! I love how they got the reach pic next to the title. To be honest Halo was never a really wowing game graphically. I will say this Reach has improved leaps and bounds beyond Halo 3 in the graphic dept. It doesn't have to be the best looking game in the world as long as its fun. I would actually be happy if Reach looked the same as it does now upon it's release.

[Daz]

Its looks great for a sanbox shooter and it has very good detail on characters etc and plue bigger battles but hey each of there own.

Happy gaming.

[Tony-A]

Only fanboys can find a way to make something completely unrelated to the PS3... relate to the PS3.

(Bungie, MetalGearRising... or MetalGearBungie... or same person)

[MajesticBeast]

Atleast the ps3 does true 1080P and games run on 720P not 576P. The 360 isnt even a HD console its just 1 step up from the wii.

[GR8 1]

LOL!!! thats why GOW3 runs at 720p and there's lots of 360 games that run at 720p like Gears 1 and 2, Forza 3, Alan Wake, SP:Conviction and more......plus Halo Reach is scaring all ps3 fanboys, it makes me laugh because ps3 fanboys say 360 has no games even tho they do, xbox 360 only needs one game this year that will kill ps3 for the next 3 years HALO REACH!!!!

Halo Reach has just killed killzone 3 and resistance 3 just like THAT all it needs is a PAT on the back. MERRRRKKEEDDD!!!!

[TengkuAmir10]

An FPS fan, why am i not surprised that he chooses the crapbox 360? Hey, i bet you also hate Heavy Rain. Am i right or am i ridiculously right?

[awesomeperson]

Are we meant to believe you when you have MW2 as your avatar? Seriously. The most overated, overhyped game of all time (well between MW2 and Halo, but I think MW2 beats it).

[DJ]

In fact, not a single 360 title is. That's just how things are since the PS3 has us spoiled. Don't blame the developers; it's simply a hardware limitation, like the Wii. Reach will however end up being one of the most impressive 360 titles around.

[-EvoAnubis-]

Dude, that is 100% not fair. Splinter Cell looks AMAZING, ME2 was also a damned fine looking game. To say that the 360 had NO titles that are graphically impressive is short-sighted to say the least.

[SPACEBALL 1]

of course its short sided. he is a sony drone apparently. that is the way of the fanboy.

[bjornbear]

lolz

still smart move =) however i think a beta / alpha / gold stage is more evident in motion

still, heard GOWIII has gone gold =D ZOMG CANTWAIIIIT

[jesuisankit]

It will be even hard for the devs to say whats alpha and whats beta... jus look at the size of the image.. to give a proper comparison ppl should be given a full screen.. not a close up on character.. during the Alpha stage the characters are mostly complete.. its the particle effects, foliage, world tex etc that needs polishing and fine tuning also overall game optimization so that they can steady the frame rate... have more no of objs, environmental stuff etc. Small screen of chars from halo and Killzone would be very difficult to judge. even so The best comparision can be done with a proper video.. just look at BF:BC 2.. I know a lot of us hav played the beta here and we could see some anti aliazing issues, shadow clipping and stuff etc.. which by now would be fixed. and that makes a lot of difference.

[MetalGearRising]

Mention Halo and RETARDS on this site get upset and scared they begin to pee in their pants. Is there a game on ps3 which can stand up to Halo Reach......Simple answer NO.

Don't forget to get a clean pair of Diapers ps3 fans before bed time.

[electricshadow]

MGR, with your past comments which include fanboyish statements, horrible grammar and spelling, everyone knows you're 15. If you love your 360 so much, go play it. I seriously don't think you do anything else from trolling on N4G and whacking it to Master Chief. Seeing that you're at your two posts per article limit, no doubt you'll respond to me on one of your other four accounts. Keep looking forward to Halo Reach, it's the only thing you have this year.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Poor droids

[Xi]

yet asks for alpha differences.

The entire article was biased to begin with.

[Xi]

the images were small to begin with, you couldn't even see what was happening, and the images themselves weren't comparable.

[DelbertGrady]

Someone sounds butthurt about the attention Halo: Reach is getting. It will probably be amazing, get over it.

[Heartbroken-Menace]

gameplay-wise I'm sure, because Bungie knows how to make a solid gameplay experience.

[jack who]

thats nice heres a cookie for your poll every1 on the interweb can take

[iceice123]

cinemablend.com, officially a joke.

Anyway, to those who don't think there will be a difference from now until Halo: Reach goes gold; you're wrong.

Here we have a screenshot of a Halo 3 level called The Pit.

Alpha The Pit: http://img683.imageshack.us...

Gold The Pit: http://images3.wikia.nocook...

Still not convinced? You probably have horrendous eyesight then. But I'll give another example, just to drive the point home for the more ignorant crowed that's so prevalent here on N4G.

Halo 3 Alpha Brute: http://xbox360media.ign.com...

Gold Halo 3 Brute: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/...

As you can see (from either example) there are major leaps made from the Alpha to the final build. Now you have to take into consideration Bungie are more serious about the visuals this time around.

Halo: Reach is set to put previously released console games to shame. Not just visually either. But also in terms of scale, AI, features and story. This is the definitive Halo game, the definitive console game of this generation.

[iceice123]

Halo 3: http://www.gamespot.com/xbo...

Resistance 2(lol): http://www.gamespot.com/ps3...

Uncharted 2: http://www.gamespot.com/ps3...

[callahan09]

You're using a high-resolution high level of detail bullshot for marketing purposes to show Halo 3, and you're using an actual in-game, online 8-player co-op screenshot for Resistance 2. Skews the perspective a bit.

Here's some other actual in-game screen-shot from Resistance 2. Can you find a better looking shot in-game from Halo 3?

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3...

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3...

But what differences does this make, anyway? Halo Reach is not Halo 3, it's a totally new engine and looks way, way better.

[XDF]

or 99 percent of the articles on N4G is about graphics?

Unless it is about MAG, of course. PS3 fan said "MAG is not about graphics, it is about 256 people on screen"

Guess what, Halo is not about graphics even though Halo Reach will be a great looking game, it is about co op, 20 vehicles, 40 AI on screen, oepned sandbox world and lighting and weather effect.

Go figure, a Halo article and the PS3 loyalists are attacking it left and right. This place should be change to GH4G (graphics Whore for Gaming).

[ThanatosDMC]

Actually, you could say MAG is also about graphics. There's just so much stuff happening at once: smoke, explosions, fire, bullets, people, etc.

Also, there's nothing wrong with being a "graphics whore" since anybody would want their games to look their best and still perform at its greatest.

[xoxideu]

That's why they have a 360, a sub-hd rrod timebomb of a turd, with no games

[mcnablejr]

my ps3 has broken-
my xbox hasnt-

FACT

[Narutone66]

you don't have a PS3 and you're on your 5th or 6th xbox 360.

[borgome]

Ya, I was watching Transformers 2 on Blu-Ray the other day, and my PS3 got the Blu-rings of death.

I talked to Sony support and they said I wasn't the only person to get this. Apparently the primary cause for the "Blu-rings of death" is watching far too many Blu-ray movies and not playing acutal games.

Not as bad as RROD but quite the problem non the less.

[ilovecake]

You fanboys are TRULY pathetic.

[horris36]

Maybe there not talking about graphics.

[Ashriel]

yes they were, read the article

[Ashriel]

I don't know but I think the post X10 and Vidoc screenshots and footage looked way better than those first screenshots we got last month.

Besides, it's well-known that cinemablend always posts anti-Halo articles.

AND the only people saying Reach's graphics are going to be the best are extreme 360 fanboys.

Real gamers know what to expect, and that's an improvement over Halo 3 (and ODST) wich is already done IMO (judging by the footage shown).

[djtek184]

Can't even tell the diference between halo 1,2,3 ect....

[Major Kanimo]

all hate on the king, this game will destory all shooters

[RedVsBlue]

What makes this no name site the authority on all things XBOX 360 & Halo ? Well I am sure PS3 fans agree with this article but any sane gamers can just move along nothing to see here

[happy_gilmore]

3fixme can't even do HD resolution

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Nether can MGS4

[Another One]

Hey look, it's Cinemablend trying to get hits again. Go figure. I refuse to read it.

And any poll they had is ridiculous too. How would they know it was people who play Halo? Considering it's such an anti Halo site, I wouldn't think there would be many Halo fans visiting.

[GR8 1]

Seriously why are all ps3 fanboys that scared i mean CMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAA!!!!!!! it's only the biggest and best shooter ever made!

[ginsunuva]

Xbox 360

[AuToFiRE]

wanna hear another?

gr8 1

[cyguration]

non Halo gamers took the poll, what would be the difference?

[gamingisnotacrime]

just go into LIVE and play Halo 3, all those gamers will not mind the alpha=beta=gold issue

[RockmanII7]

I would like to see what pictures they used and who voted. I'm calling this fake.

[Another One]

As you should. This site just hates Halo and posts terrible articles about it non-stop.

[vortis]

http://www.cinemablend.com/...

[Renewman]

Seriously if you 360 Zealots could care less about what CinemaBlend says about Halo: Reach, why are you acting so upset over it? Enjoy your game for what it is. Also, I seriously hope someone didn't try to compare U2 to Halo: Reach. I'm just going to leave that one alone. lol

[IHateYouFanboys]

i like how the screenshots used to show the graphics changes between alpha, beta and gold were just shots of master chief. the master chief model would be one of the very first things that is updated in a new Halo game - he's the main character!

if you were to show a video of some actual gameplay between the alpha, beta and gold versions - and actually limit the poll to non-ps3 fanboys - you would have gotten a vastly different result. but that wouldnt get the fanboy traffic that 3/4 of the N4G linked sites want/need, so of course they didnt do that.

[spektical]

wow, the point of the article wasnt about who took the damn poll. The point is, you can barely notice the difference between alpha and gold stage... jeez some fanboys are too sensitive.

[IQUITN4G]

Sad site and article

And you know what, 60 fully independent AI all milling around in a sandbox world featuring grand draw distance while still looking mighty fine

Reach will be just fine and likely the best thing yet from Bungie- no amount of slagging is going to change this

[Fakes]

Is just being milked

[mittwaffen]

LOL

Polls are accurate since when?

Fanboys need to feed late at night I guess.

[peeps]

they're accurate in the sense of they took a group of people and they couldn't tell the difference between alpha, gold and beta however would have been nice to have seen the original pictures etc.

[Dorwrath]

actually it's very inaccurate considering he used beta images and claimed they were alpha.

[RedVsBlue]

People really need to stop saying Halo is getting milked. Especially when Sony are now doing nothing but sequels & spin offs to their games & pretty soon most of them will be in the being milked category. With MGS being the first milked one. Microsoft is not the only one milking franchises if Sony continues to make sequels & spin offs just like Microsoft does. The reasoning is the same for all 3 companies to milk popular franchises. Sony gets no free pass

[Shaman]

Again Cinemablend???I mean all the bashing articles came from them...site for movies will tell me what is alpha what is beta??They are fuk** crazy.Every developer is not the same.You can set your priorities different,if Bungie wants 100% playable and bug free game in alpha thats it,they will polish visuals more after fixing bugs.Some people clearly cant understand that,especially Cinemablend,stupid movie site telling me what is alpha.

[PLAYstar]

Simply because THEY ARE STUPID!!!

[djmindz]

halo the redneck shooter

[Kurt Russell]

Post production anyone?

Nerd article :/

[peeps]

there probably won't be a massive graphical jump between alpha and the final product, but then it does happen. i mean look at early killzone 2 shots compared to the final build... maybe it was the long development time but that game changed a lot

this was the changes kz2 went through in a year http://www.ps3blog.co.za/20...

and yes, i know reach is released later this year, but it's likely there will be some minor improvements. Tbh the game is looking nice. It's not gonna win graphics of the year imo but it's far from being an ugly game.

[dragonelite]

Fail poll is fail.

character models are the first thing that get optimized so most likely those are already the models that are going into the final game because those models are a constant thing that gets displayed. Then you have the levels which will change the most from alpha to the gold status.
Why decorate a level in the alpha when not everything is determent if the level is in the game.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

there fkn blind and can't tell the difference between compressed and uncompressed shlt . Bots are way more stupid than a wii owner . at least a wii owner know what they have .

[rawd]

Its pretty tough to see anything at 576p

[avengers1978]

This article says halo 3, not Halo Reach. And quite frankly I don't care about a 3 year old game.

[Numark]

Sad to see so many people that don't know what they are talking about. The poll is screwed up because he used images of beta vs gold. There should be essentially NO graphic changes between beta and gold. However, to say there are no graphic changes between alpha and beta is silly and not true.

[Mattey]

when ever I was playing halo 3 online my friends would walk by and ask you playing halo 2 or 3?

[Dorwrath]

The guy is another PS3 Fanboy writing another dumbass article.

He says some of those pics are alpha halo 3. All he's done is go grab beta pictures and called them alpha.

In other words he has used Beta vs Gold pictures. Any credibility this fool had went out the window when the original article was posted here on N4F.

So begs the question why was this article approved. Another fool I expect.

Who's the more foolish - the fool, or the fool who follows him?

[CrizzleC24]

but that doesnt mean they speak for a whole population.

Same goes for these people interviewed, we dont have the info needed to make an EDUCATED decision.

Here's another statement you could make....

We interviewed people who are racist and play ps3; therefore PS3 makes you racist?

Doesnt make much sense does it. Its called sampling data.

[arny]

didnt halo reach already release??

[pixelsword]

I would say.

(you're talking to one of the Biggest Halo fanboys) :P

[karan8624]

I cant tell the difference between halo 3 and halo 1