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Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...
By:TDSpiral
Date: 3/15/13 8:12 pm
In Response To: Re: My bet is H2 anniversary... (Leviathan)

: I talked a lot about it before and during its release. Here's the highlights
: I can recall (Sorry, I've tried to wipe it from my brain. I even went back
: and tried the game again with a beer and still got angry. I know, it's
: stupid.)

: -The cinematics were the worst part for me. The motion-capture they employed
: captured none of the actual characters. Master Chief didn't feel like a
: stoic soldier in heavy armor, etc. (some would say, 'at least it's better
: than what was there,' but I would disagree - what was there meshed with
: the overall style of the game.

: -The random use of Reach and Halo 3 assets shoved onto the old animation
: skeletons to replace the character and vehicles without actually looking
: at the original's designs and recreating those. Weird randomly-colored
: Elite Majors, Bumblebee pilots wearing Halo 3 armor while the marines wore
: Reach armor... There was no consistency. Master Chief's armor turned out
: alright. I don't know who they were looking at when they recreated Sgt.
: Johnson.

: -A number of the environments, especially the Forerunner structures veered
: way too far from the original designs and just felt random. Instead of
: uprez-ing and preserving what was there, they replaced the smooth designs
: with as many details as possible and flashy textures. Metal looked like
: human-made plastic instead of the minimalistic, seamless stone-metal of
: the original. The Halo ring is course, the biggest monument to this.

: Overall - they changed instead of preserved . I know I'm in the minority
: and I know others haven't stared as closely at the originals' details for
: a decade like me, so I know I won't be convincing anyone. Most people
: probably don't even notice the little things that drive me crazy. It's
: just when it comes to preserving art, I get stupidly stubborn. I would
: rather have had a complete reboot, so the originals would remain a space
: apart.

I guess the reason why I wasn't bothered by it as much is just because it didn't replace the original. You can go out and buy a copy (I bought another copy of Halo: CE at Best Buy two years ago), and it's still in Anniversary as well. It's not like Star Wars, where it's nearly impossible to find a version that hasn't been toyed with.

The game should've been handled with more attention to detail, but my perspective of the game is if it was made to create a sort of continuity between CE and Reach. There are some people that prefer that, and there are those that do not. Personally, I think it's kinda neat to go from one game to the next with the visuals looking very similar.

Although, I agree with you on the cutscenes. Those were horrid. If they were going to re-do the cutscenes, they should've re-done them well. instead of trying to make it like the first game's scenes with mo-cap, try some different compositions or lighting techniques. Give the game some new depth and life.

Mo-cap just didn't fit the rest of the game because the animations in the game were created using older techniques. Really, they should've re-constructed a lot of the older animations, update them slightly, just to make them fit with the cutscenes. It also creates a pretty strong disconnect when you're playing in order from Reach to CEA. The animations are obviously from a different era of video gaming, and that makes it a bit jarring.

I might get a lot of flak for saying this, but I actually strongly dislike the interior structures in CE, and I was glad to see them changed up a bit in CEA. I know it's an older game, and you have to use your imagination and all that, but I still don't like them. Too basic.


Messages In This Thread

What's Next for Halo This Year?MacGyver103/13/13 12:09 pm
     Re: What's Next for Halo This Year?tb25719893/13/13 12:18 pm
     My hopes (semi-unlikely)iForge3/13/13 12:26 pm
           Re: My hopes (semi-unlikely)ZaneZavin3/13/13 1:25 pm
           Re: My hopes (semi-unlikely)TDSpiral3/13/13 9:25 pm
     My bet is H2 anniversary...bryan newman3/13/13 2:54 pm
           Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Grizzlei3/13/13 3:32 pm
                 Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Revenant19883/13/13 3:41 pm
                       Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Grizzlei3/13/13 4:02 pm
                       Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...bryan newman3/13/13 4:17 pm
                       Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...uberfoop3/13/13 4:37 pm
                             Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Revenant19883/13/13 4:42 pm
                                   Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...uberfoop3/13/13 6:57 pm
                                         Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Revenant19883/13/13 7:18 pm
                                   Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...thebruce03/14/13 1:08 pm
                                         Like I saidRevenant19883/14/13 2:19 pm
                                               Re: Like I saidthebruce03/14/13 5:51 pm
                       Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Pkmnrulz2403/13/13 4:43 pm
                             I'll just barge in and say it's not worth buyingAvateur3/13/13 4:47 pm
                                   Re: I'll just barge in and say it's not worth buyiRagashingo3/13/13 4:53 pm
                                         Ditto *NM*thebruce03/14/13 1:12 pm
           The only way I would buy Halo 2:HD is if...RC Master3/13/13 6:21 pm
                 Actually, forget that...RC Master3/13/13 6:30 pm
                       Re: Actually, forget that...Revenant19883/13/13 6:50 pm
                 Re: The only way I would buy Halo 2:HD is if...Captain Spark3/13/13 6:54 pm
           Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Leviathan3/13/13 6:50 pm
                 Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Avateur3/13/13 7:11 pm
                       Don't make levi angry...Revenant19883/13/13 7:22 pm
                             Oh man! It's in Destiny too!!Revenant19883/13/13 7:27 pm
                                   Martian zombies=Covenant=Forerunner=Traveler??? *NM*Leviathan3/13/13 10:13 pm
                       Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Leviathan3/13/13 10:15 pm
                             It'll be fine.uberfoop3/13/13 10:27 pm
                                   Doesn't look that bad actually :p *NM*Ragashingo3/13/13 10:44 pm
                 Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Stephen L. (SoundEffect)3/13/13 8:42 pm
                 Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...TDSpiral3/14/13 12:36 am
                       Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...bryan newman3/14/13 2:49 am
                       Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Leviathan3/14/13 8:12 pm
                             Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Stephen L. (SoundEffect)3/14/13 8:17 pm
                             Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...TDSpiral3/15/13 8:12 pm
                                   Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Flynn J Taggart3/16/13 2:06 am
                                   Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Leviathan3/17/13 1:46 am
                                         Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...General Vagueness3/17/13 11:53 am
                                               Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...uberfoop3/17/13 1:04 pm
                                                     Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Leviathan3/17/13 1:37 pm
                                                           Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...General Vagueness3/20/13 8:44 am
                                                     Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...General Vagueness3/20/13 8:35 am
                             Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...CHa0s3/15/13 11:59 pm
                             Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...stabbim3/18/13 6:24 pm
                                   Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...thebruce03/18/13 6:38 pm
                                   Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...Stephen L. (SoundEffect)3/18/13 9:02 pm
                                   Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...RC Master3/18/13 10:35 pm
                                         Re: My bet is H2 anniversary...stabbim3/25/13 6:14 pm
           i bet it's not. *NM*GrimBrother One3/13/13 9:12 pm
                 11-9-14Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)3/13/13 9:24 pm
                       Re: 11-9-14GrimBrother One3/13/13 9:31 pm
                             Re: 11-9-14Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)3/14/13 2:27 am
     Related question, re: Next-gen launch titles.Gravemind3/13/13 8:14 pm
           Re: Related question, re: Next-gen launch titles.TDSpiral3/13/13 9:49 pm
     Spartan Ops Season 2TDSpiral3/13/13 9:20 pm
           Re: Spartan Ops Season 2GrimBrother One3/13/13 9:23 pm
                 Re: Spartan Ops Season 2TDSpiral3/13/13 9:39 pm

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