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Digital Foundry: Halo Infinite Trailer Analysis: A True Generational Leap?
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Is their anyway to tell if they're just speeding up the video to simulate 60fps? I remember Bungie using a similar technique for Reach's announcement trailer. Last Guardian being another example. I guess it's too far away for anyone to know though, unless microsoft has confirmed 60fps?
How would they know? Unless they somehow could view inside a parallel universe where games released only on the Xbox, which I'm pretty sure they don't.
What? The trailer alone has almost as many views as the Last of us 2 trailer, and PS4 has over double the owners of XB1 lol..
Halo always has a large amount of hype for pre-release stuff, but the population numbers of the last two games don't lie, and franchise fatigue is a real thing when you're six mainline games in.
At the end of Halo 5, I believe Cortana took control of a Halo ring. Based on some clues however, the ring in this trailer is another Halo ring. Has me very curious.
The motion on the warthog looked a bit dodgy to me, but I wouldn't have criticized that wider shot on the rhinos. That looked like actual animation rigging, and not the equivalent of a pre-render.
Loved the look of it. Game me instant memories of Halo CE. I'm curious how it will look on base X1
I haven't been hyped for a Halo game this generation until now. I'm sure i'm not the only one. I skipped Halo 5, but I'm there day one for Infinity.
The motion on the warthog looked a bit dodgy to me, but I wouldn't have criticized that wider shot on the rhinos. That looked like actual animation rigging, and not the equivalent of a pre-render.
They are likely doing some optimizations across all the models such that they can have more on screen at once. I would definitely sacrifice a bit of fidelity in animation and model detail for the scales they are going for. Been wanting this sort of thing in Halo for a while now. Looks like we are finally going to get it.
That many overlapping alpha layers taking on light properties got my attention. *If* the engine can push that out without it compromising performance, I'm impressed.
Same, I'm sold on that engine for epic scale but for a FPS ? I have yet to be convinced.
I would love first-hand accounts from people who actively thought, "Well, I was going to buy an Xbox, but its games are also on PC? Nevermind."
Yeah they showed some great PC footage of these so far.
And we dont know if its locked 60fps for Horizon 4... i doubt it.
Wait what are these clues?
Also, have people identified the thing underwater yet?
The Legendary ending
after Corrupted Cortana is pulled away with that slipspace jump (without Blue Team's cryptum) cuts to a new halo ring after the credits, which then lights up as though it were being accessed.
FH4 demos kiosks are on the X. As with all first party titles X versions are ultra settings if you haven't noticed so what you see here is what you get on the X
Glad to see your concern post though
Halo 5 sold a ridiculous amount of copies. Just because GAF and Era hate everything Halo that doesn't mean the rest of the population does. It has been my most beloved franchise since 2001 and that will probably never change.
Now that Sea of Thieves has launched is this going to be your new game to start a hate campaign against? Your pestering of 343 employees during the Halo 5 days was an embarrassment
The motion on the warthog looked a bit dodgy to me, but I wouldn't have criticized that wider shot on the rhinos. That looked like actual animation rigging, and not the equivalent of a pre-render.
Just noticed how their bodies and muscles move and change according to the terrain they're running over. Notice the dips in the shoulders and head when the ones in the foreground run into the dips in the ground. Super impressive.
A couple things indicating that the ring in this trailer is Installation 07. One small thing is the deer which apparently was specifically described as being one of the species contained on this installation in a book. Another larger clue is morse code in the trailer which translates to "SOS ZETA HALO GRD". Zeta Halo being Installation 07.
Lots of stuff happened on this ring, which is why I'm so interested.
The motion on the warthog looked a bit dodgy to me, but I wouldn't have criticized that wider shot on the rhinos. That looked like actual animation rigging, and not the equivalent of a pre-render.
It's really just a minor thing that I noticed, so nothing to worry about really.
Halo lore is crazy. Even more crazy are the people who know the ins and out of it haha.
That's a bit puzzling considering we know nothing (literally) about the actual game. ;P
My guess is 343i needed a better engine that can scale from low to high end hardware for PC and cross gen. Halo 5 engine was 60fps across all modes and needed a split screen mode patched in and PC compatibility for the next major title.
I really like the direction Halo is headed, I love the campaigns probably a little more than the large scale multiplayer modes.
I really like the direction Halo is headed, I love the campaigns probably a little more than the large scale multiplayer modes.
Horizon 4 was on Xbox One X Live.
And no dropped frames.
You can use whatever software you want on the footage captured by BlimBlim.
Its locked 60 on X when set to 60fps mode.
No 60fps mode for S.
Delicious! DF even recorded some stuff and be posting soon :)
One thing to note, since I got several messages about it:
Everything you see in the video is work in progress.
Halo's SlipSpace engine runs on vanilla Xbox One. Obviously most of our footage was captured from in-development code and art, and from a dev machine. It's a new engine with new and significant improvements and optimizations.
Expect traditional improvements for X and high spec PCs.
Everything is in there for a specific reason (even the way the Hog moves)
Everything is work in progress
Everything you see in the video is work in progress.
Halo's SlipSpace engine runs on vanilla Xbox One. Obviously most of our footage was captured from in-development code and art, and from a dev machine. It's a new engine with new and significant improvements and optimizations.
Expect traditional improvements for X and high spec PCs.
Everything is in there for a specific reason (even the way the Hog moves)
Everything is work in progress
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On Vanilla Xbox One? Thats new. Good to see your focus on the primary machine.
I'm going to edit my post because I think you're reacting to something I didn't intend.
If they could deliver a closed shooter graphical fidelity in an open-world, then yes, that's a generational leap.