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nightsurge on 07 May 2010

I can't wait to play this tonight!



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tuscaniman on 07 May 2010
SleepWaking said:
I love it, wasn't really impressed of the beta till now. Invasion slayer is also awesome.

Whats the difference between Invasion slayer and Invasion? Everytime I play everyone votes Invasion so I haven't had a chance to play it.



tuscaniman on 07 May 2010
selnor said:
tuscaniman said:
selnor said:
WTF? Is this a different game in graphics?

The graphics are like double what we have been playing the last few days. Maybe it's the scale? Maybe it's had more polish. But if singleplayer is like this with 60 odd units. Bungie really have a chance a best 360 graphics. It's awesome. So bungie. Why is powerhouse and swordbase not like this in graphics?

Swordbase is definately the weakest of the 3 in the graphical department. I guess thats to be expected, what really can you do graphically when you're inside a covenant base? I love powerhouse and I think it looks awesome. Especially the pool in the middle when you see the sunlight reflecting off the walls and the water. The motion blur definately adds a touch. But I agree with you on Boneyard. The graphics really are looking much much better than powerhouse. I actually found myself just walking around staring at the map at the beginning :) I have to say Reach is the best looking shooter on the 360 now.


Yeah I guess. But even textures look crisper. And it might be me, but lighting off of Plasma shots and grenades look to be awesome. Obviously on Launch Reach will have the same detail and effects throughout. But in sheer scale and HDR etc, Boneyard is awesome. Bungie weren't lying when they said they were punching the 360 technically. We all forget that Bungie have confirmed Great AI with loads of units in Singleplayer. I bet with Boneyard level of visuals that will look amazing.

Well you can bet that campaign will look Boneyard level or better. Campaign always looks at least a little better than Multi. Even Halo 3's campaign looked better than the multi. Yeah I agree textures do seem crisper on Boneyard. Can't explain why. I think just the sheer scale of the map makes it look better.



selnor on 07 May 2010
tuscaniman said:
selnor said:
tuscaniman said:
selnor said:
WTF? Is this a different game in graphics?

The graphics are like double what we have been playing the last few days. Maybe it's the scale? Maybe it's had more polish. But if singleplayer is like this with 60 odd units. Bungie really have a chance a best 360 graphics. It's awesome. So bungie. Why is powerhouse and swordbase not like this in graphics?

Swordbase is definately the weakest of the 3 in the graphical department. I guess thats to be expected, what really can you do graphically when you're inside a covenant base? I love powerhouse and I think it looks awesome. Especially the pool in the middle when you see the sunlight reflecting off the walls and the water. The motion blur definately adds a touch. But I agree with you on Boneyard. The graphics really are looking much much better than powerhouse. I actually found myself just walking around staring at the map at the beginning :) I have to say Reach is the best looking shooter on the 360 now.


Yeah I guess. But even textures look crisper. And it might be me, but lighting off of Plasma shots and grenades look to be awesome. Obviously on Launch Reach will have the same detail and effects throughout. But in sheer scale and HDR etc, Boneyard is awesome. Bungie weren't lying when they said they were punching the 360 technically. We all forget that Bungie have confirmed Great AI with loads of units in Singleplayer. I bet with Boneyard level of visuals that will look amazing.

Well you can bet that campaign will look Boneyard level or better. Campaign always looks at least a little better than Multi. Even Halo 3's campaign looked better than the multi. Yeah I agree textures do seem crisper on Boneyard. Can't explain why. I think just the sheer scale of the map makes it look better.


Out of curiosity has any site done a test of res yet? Is it native 720p? Just curious. Any AA? It looks pretty clean on my TV. At a guess I'd say 720p 2xAA?



homicidaIpanda on 07 May 2010

liken invasion so far, and dont judge the graphics yets its only beta it will be polished.



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themanwithnoname on 07 May 2010

Is it me or do the elites never have a chance in this mode? I've played about five times, and the elites never get the core near where it's supposed to go because shotguns beat swords every time.

EDIT: The spawnpoints are also heavily skewed towards the spartans for the last objective. The spartans get to spawn right beside the core, while the elites spawn all the way on the other side of the map. I can't tell you how many times I try running across the map to get taken out by a tank or something.

It is a fun mode, but I'd love to see the statistics. The way it's set up, spartans should be winning 90% of the matches at least.



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SleepWaking on 07 May 2010
tuscaniman said:
SleepWaking said:
I love it, wasn't really impressed of the beta till now. Invasion slayer is also awesome.

Whats the difference between Invasion slayer and Invasion? Everytime I play everyone votes Invasion so I haven't had a chance to play it.

Invasion slayer is just slayer but you fight for weapons spawns. Trust it me it's great.



heruamon on 07 May 2010
quarashi said:
I'm pretty much looking forward to playing as a Covy for anything not slayer. Don't get me wrong those are great but they are just a big stickiefest. I can't wait to try out Boneyard and Spartan vs Elite also.


my sentiments are the same...



"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."

- From By Schism Rent Asunder

hasonap on 07 May 2010

Eurogamer made a test and they figured out that the beta has 1152 x 720p not exactly full 720p but near and the beta have like 30 fps for the most time so it will look good.

Here is the links one is old 

Link 1: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-halo-reach-alpha-analysis-blog-entry

Link 2: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-haloreach-beta-analysis-blog-entry



brawl4life on 07 May 2010

Damn I want to try reach lucky bastards, anyone have a free extra beta code :) ?