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Halo: Reach beta footage analysis

The game's visual make-up is similar to that of its predecessor: a mixture of indoor and outdoor environments, with the latter looking considerably more impressive than the former. The resolution boost over Halo 3 is immediately obvious though, as are the truly impressive lighting and particle effects.

The results? Similar to Halo 3, Reach performs admirably in maintaining 30FPS. Similar to our last analysis of the alpha footage, we do see the occasional, pretty severe drop down to 20FPS. However, the vast majority of these drops appear to be occurring outside of the first-person perspective, so maybe not a part of the gameplay experience. Perhaps it's a spectator camera? We'll find out for sure shortly when we get hands-on.

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GenghisKhan5128d ago

this must be the alpha version because the graphics look worse than failo odlc.

jack who5128d ago

and sum how this guy has 6 bubbles lmao

DelbertGrady5128d ago

Most PS3 trolls have lots of bubbles. It's the hidden rule of N4G. Be PS3 biased and you get more bubbles.

mrv3215128d ago

I really can't answer you... it probably has something about getting the good ending.

( I wonder how many people get that reference )

spinbot_lv15127d ago

@holyorangecows
ahhhhaahhhahhh!nice!

didnt Bungie say Reach will have better graphics than Halo 3?

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IQUITN4G5128d ago (Edited 5128d ago )

Looks great but most importantly it will play better than anything else.Can't wait

edgeofblade5128d ago

Interestingly, they are doing framerate analysis on an internet video. The video compession alone count account for any slow down. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in this analysis, either way.

kneon5128d ago

Web sites are always jumping the gun analyzing poor quality stills and video, it's all meaningless until you have the real game to analyze. They just want hits

sukru5128d ago

Digital Foundry is not a one-off analysis site. They do research everything they can get their hands on, from betas to full releases.

And even they admit the analysis would be inclusive at this point, but done out of curiosity:

"We couldn't resist running the three minutes of in-game Reach video through our analysis tools, and this is what we discovered."

"We'll find out for sure shortly when we get hands-on. "

HolyOrangeCows5128d ago

Yeah, the compression is just-so-happening to cause the slowdowns whenever there is an explosion.
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It's a good analysis. framerate slowdowns during explosions aren't really anything new. Try WATCHING the video before turning on defense-force mode.

tplarkin75128d ago

There were plenty of explosions at a distance, and the rate stayed at 30fps. Only when the explosion filled the screen, did the rate drop.

So, this could mean that the frames dropped during compression since there is more change to the whole scene.

bpac1234567895128d ago

Halo Reach looks fun as hell. I never liked any halo games before (not even the first 1) but somethin about this one makes me want to play it.

Cyan83135127d ago

The slowdown only happened in 3'rd person spectator (theater ?) mode where it was zoomed out and it viewed a large zone.

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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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thorstein260d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED259d 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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shinoff2183495d 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.

robtion494d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad495d ago

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

Crows90495d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183494d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90494d ago (Edited 494d 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.

DarXyde494d 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

Crows90494d 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.

DarXyde494d 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.

TheColbertinator494d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13494d 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

shinoff2183494d 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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SullysCigar580d ago

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

just_looken579d 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.

SullysCigar579d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos579d 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_ESP579d ago

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

just_looken579d 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.

badz149579d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE579d 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.

zidane1341579d 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.

Crows90579d 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.

Profchaos579d 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

Crows90579d 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.

CobraKai579d 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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