We have an amazing screenshot comparison for you from Halo 4, and these shots show the game's tech in all its glory. Microsoft has released a lot of info on the game after removing the embargo, and we have covered most of them over here. This feature shows graphical differences between Halo 3 and Halo 4, and we have to say – the leap is quite significant. The game runs on a new engine, the developers revealed, and the lighting has been completely overhauled. In case, you’re still confused as to how big a leap Halo 4 is visually, this screenshot comparison should put you at ease.
Original Destiny artist Darren Bacon recalls how Bungie reacted to the art style change of Halo 4 by 343 Industries.
Bungie at that time became the most wonderful bunch of hypocrites in the gaming industry. Knowing this now, gosh the entitlement they felt was out of this world.
Nothing like buying yourself from Microsoft because you don't want to be the Halo Studio anymore, and the FIRST THING you do is sign your next IP over to Activision, for a DECADE, while they are in the middle of ousting the heads of Infinity Ward so they can exert even more control over COD while screwing out the devs at IW...
Should've come as no surprise then that Activision gutted the content of Destiny 1 before launch and was a horrible partner through Destiny 2, until history repeated itself and Bungie had to split from Activision only to wind up in the arms of another major conglomerate that also doesn't know how to handle these unmanageable devs.
Tti their credit they praised the technical abilities of 343 and I remember at the time thinking halo 4 was a huge graphical leap above reach everything else was rubbish when I actually got to play it but there was no doubt it looked good for the 360 and is probably the best looking game on the system.
But ultimately I think bungie has always had a leadership problem and going independent ultimately proved this it's only getting worse with studio heads being outed by Sony for abuse allegations seems like all bungies past success has been in spite of management not because of it.
But really I think the bungie we have today is not the same one we had in that Xbox era of Bungie
I liked the artstyle change. For the most part. Something looked worse but most of everything else looked better. Weapons and vehicles for sure. The wraith come to my mind instantly.
And how can they get mad when the bungie changed it with Halo Reach?
I know a lot of people dislike Halo 4’s arts style, but there’s thing about it I like and dislike. Personally, the Halo 4 design of Master Chief’s armour is my favourite depiction of the character’s armour.
A new Halo 3 mod turns the iconic Master Chief into a Pokémon % Master as functional Pokeballs come to the game.
That is very impressive to skip the article here is the direct link to the video
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Full animiation then a code change to make the target that comes out of the ball to be in the same class unsc not a easy thing to do.
Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.
Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.
Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.
ive been hoping that they took the style in a different direction. it was so hard to take masterchief serious when everything looked so colorful. ive been waiting for a dark gritty halo that can scream out a devastating universal battle...
It looks better than Halo 3 in all the pictures, even the last picture comparasion. Yeah they will fool you with the lighting in Halo 3 for the last picture, but nothing is further from the truth. Halo 4 looks better in every way, even comparable to Crysis 1 and 2 on the console versions.
Halo 4 pics are probably CGI.
Should not the comparison be with Reach instead of Halo 3 which is a 6 years old game in a refurbished engine from the first Xbox?