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British Television Presenter Reveals New Halo: Reach Screenshots

With the embargo from this week's Halo: Reach multiplayer beta event having now lifted new screenshots have been released to the press. As with any developing story however, greater insight into the game is perhaps offered by those candid moments – those not official sanctioned by the game's published, but those taken on personal cameras, at moments not expected to be pictured by those holding the reins.

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GiantEnemyCrab5108d ago (Edited 5108d ago )

I guess I shouldn't comment on the graphic quality since they are camera pictures and it's MP and it's a beta but I swear that doesn't look any different than Halo 3. That last pick almost looks like the 3 year old game Shadowrun. Was really hoping Bungie would recruit some better art talent looks really dated as do the maps.

N4PS3G5108d ago (Edited 5108d ago )

The huge detail in the guns compared to the craptcaular looking guns in halo 3 just screams for you to buy some glasses man.

Just take a look at this sniper comparisons. *using a screencap*

http://i39.tinypic.com/9is3...

aviator1895108d ago

The reason you may think that it looks the same is that both the games share an extremely close art style and those are just screenshots. You really should take a look at the gun comparisons, soldier comparisons, and facial comparisons between Halo 3 and Reach. It really makes a difference when you compare in HD.

SeanRL5108d ago (Edited 5108d ago )

It honestly seems like it's just Halo 3 with mildly better graphics and some extra gameplay features. I was really hoping this would be the game to redefine the series.

EDIT: Ok, the game definitely looks a lot better than Halo 3, but the gameplay still seems boring.

Blaze9295108d ago

People, if you don't get it then just stop bothering to comment on Reach articles. Looks like just Halo 3 to you ok, move on. Let the Halo fans enjoy it because you all clearly never will.

May 3rd!

GiantEnemyCrab5108d ago (Edited 5108d ago )

"The reason you may think that it looks the same is that both the games share an extremely close art style and those are just screenshots."

Agreed and that is my problem with it. Also my comment is specifically to these screen shots. The shot of the gun models does look improved but seems to be going from poor(Halo 3) to what the industry standard is now but nothing eye popping.

But like 1.3 said I was hoping they would take this opportunity to redefine the series since we are dealing with Reach now.

I am not speaking of game play, which is always fun and well balanced my criticism is on the graphics/tech/art style.

SeanRL5108d ago

exactly, this could be the last Halo game for a long time and they should go out with a bang.

van-essa5108d ago (Edited 5108d ago )

If all you care about is graphics, go play Killzone 2. If you want something new, play Pikmin or something...

hamburgerhill5108d ago (Edited 5108d ago )

Thanks for the sniper comparison shot! That looks way more realistic then part 3.

Mattey5108d ago

Theres no way they would reinvent halo. All the people who buy halo buy it because there is no other fps that plays as well as halo. So to try and mess everything up just to appease the fraction of people who don't love halo would be a huge mistake.

kevco335108d ago

I kinda agree with you here, Halo is a series in which they can't mess about too much, because the mainstream audience - not necessairly the hardcore gaming audience, mbut those who don't often read gaming websites or magazines - have an expectation of what a Halo game will be. Having reached the level of awareness that is has is no accident, and Microsoft will want to keep it there.

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g0green5108d ago

Moan all you want but halo is a fun game, i always here people nagging about technical statistics, and other trivial bull crap no one cares about. It comes down to being a great, well polished game that is really fun to play with friends. Pretty sure thats what games are for, quit the fanboy ranting.

mjolliffe5108d ago

Can't wait to get my hands on the beta :)

darkgunner5108d ago

Whoever disagreed apparently thinks you can wait to get your hands on the beta.

kevco335108d ago

Or maybe the disagreers were trying to say that THEY could wait for the game? Hmm? Ok, maybe not...

OldParr5108d ago

the good thing about halo is that is always receiving love. always updating, giving out DLC, the amount of content that it has like theater, forge, playlist customization, matchmaking updates and now reach with daily objectives. i havent seen any other console game out there with this amount of content. reach graphics are way better than halo 3 but not there yet to compete with gears, uncharted, or kz2. however, when we talk about kz2, it is always about graphics. they never talk about content or a decent gameplay or the crappy controls!!!

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein236d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED236d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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10 Best Lore-Rich Video Games

Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.

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shinoff2183472d ago

How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.

robtion471d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad471d ago

And somehow Planescape Torment doesn't even make the list.

Crows90471d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183471d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90471d ago (Edited 471d ago )

Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.

DarXyde471d ago

I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy

Crows90470d ago

Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.

DarXyde470d ago

Crows90,

I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.

TheColbertinator471d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13471d ago

narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games

shinoff2183470d ago

The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.

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Halo’s best Bungie campaign has its worst feature fixed after 12 years

Halo’s best ever campaign mode developed by Bungie has had its most annoying feature fixed after more than a decade, making the sci-fi FPS game better than ever

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SullysCigar557d ago

Awesome news - so can we look forward to playing Halo: Infinite with no online issues circa 2033?

just_looken556d ago

"You can download the improved Reach AI mod at Mod DB" This was a mod 343 did nothing so the online will be fixed in our dreams.

SullysCigar556d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos555d ago

They did say they had a 10 year plan for infinite we just all assumed it would be DLC could of been a 10 year netcode rollout.

But seriously this is a mod the community won't be able to modify infinite in the same way

Cikatriz_ESP556d ago

Combat Evolved was the best campaign, and it's not even close.

just_looken556d ago

You should have tried this version of reach when it first came out remastered for a year there was no sound because 343 could not locate the sound files.

It was a special challenge.

badz149556d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE556d ago

Well I guess 12 years is faster than most fixes. I guess this is a cheap way to "remaster" something nowadays.....by just fixing something that used to always be broken.

zidane1341556d ago

Did you even read the article? This is a mod to improve AI from back almost 2 gens ago. Nobody is claiming this is remastering anything. Yeesh.

Crows90556d ago

Halo is dead. Microsoft has other shooter franchises it cares more about now. 343 are no longer Xbox golden studio. They are likely to shift things around or even close it all together and give the IP to someone else.

343i decided to pummel the IP into the ground...and when they see it didn't quite look like Glenn's face they decided to just keep on pummeling. Not sure if Glenn is the IP or the fanbase in this case though.

Profchaos555d ago

343 were never the golden studio they were a hastily thrown together b team when bungie said we want to do something else cya

Crows90555d ago

Well ...I didn't want to say it but I agree. Makes you wonder why Microsoft gave them the IP and didn't keep Bungie or any of the talent they acquired from any studio.

CobraKai555d ago

“ Halo Infinite, Halo 3, or Halo: Combat Evolved. It’s hard to say which of the sci-fi FPS games offers the best experience all round.”
He lost me with Halo Infinite.

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