Halo 3 doesn't need to be anything but Halo 2, so it won't be. Halo fans are numerous and rabid. Really, it's very comparable to Twilight Princess. Zelda fans wanted Ocarina of Time again. That's what they got, and they were happy. Hype can't and won't hurt this game. Halo is the success it is today mainly because of hype.…
Gamers do notice grafics but only up to a point, that point being rite about where halo3 and GoW are at, they see they look different but couldn't tell you why. Good example of this is GoW as it looks very different from what they were shown, but no one other than us noticed. What they do notice and bitch about is gameplay…
its easy to say that but just because average joe doesn't have a clue what normal maps are and isnt an artist, doesn't mean they don't recognise what looks good. its mostly about the gameplay for average joe though, and as long as something goes flash and looks like its had some effort put in they're happy, which is…
[ QUOTE ] I disagree that the average gamer isn't gonna be able to tell that Gears of War looks much better.. Halo fanatics on the other hand.. well yeah, quite. [/ QUOTE ] Perhaps you still think the average gamer is a Quake fan from polycount who makes PPM's and closely follows gaming news. He isn't. The average gamer…
[ QUOTE ] As for the graphics, I don't think that's ever what Halo has been about. Though some props on the maps might get rid of that awful, awful, awful 'haven't I been here before?'-feel that ruined the entire first game for me. [/ QUOTE ] Do you remember the macworld video 99 of the first halo game? Tell me anything…