alot better, but you need to define the blade a little bit more. Play around with the spec. Cause at the moment, it seems more like plastic then, well Metall =)
Good call on the suggestion to learn about spec/gloss/metalness maps. Didn't expect them to have that much of an effect on a model. Calling this done (7.2k tris)
I think it looks good but holy shit somebody needs to turn down the spec levels! If it has the lighting and atmosphere of the first, its gonna be an instant hit.
there is a lot of noise in your metal giving it the look of concrete. that with the for-mentioned spec map also is that a keypad on the top? it seems like a very odd place to have one.
Not everything needs to be made to next gen console spec.....there are still alot of platforms (Wii, DS, PSP, iPhone) where low poly should be taken literally.