The graphics of CEA don’t keep up, I know. But they were never meant to keep up. They were meant to give the old CE a new graphical touch instead of making it the GOTY for best graphics. And seriously, the new graphics engine of CEA is better that a simple HD remake.
the graphics are artful, not realistic. It actually looks cooler that way. Just you, an awesome looking game that looks brighter than life, and your awesome-looking sniper rifle.
I played for the first time last night, initially i thought the graphics were ok. But then at the end of Level 1 i thought that these graphics were terrible, as level 2 began i hit pause and sure enough, somehow, during level one the classic mode had been activated.
The graphics for me are good, shame it misses out on certain things, like in the original if you kept hitting a dead alien purple blood would shoot out, couldnt get that to happen in CEA.
Gameplay is like i remember and the frustrating bits are still frustrating, legendary can be tough or easy, depending on weather you get lucky with your checkpoints.
omg wtf happened to the graphics 50% worse and 60% better for that campaign…i couldnt even see past rocks because 343 or bungie wotever!! couldnt be even bothered changing all your scenery to the actual forcefeild i was always coming acros spot were id shoot invisible barriers having to change back to old graphics!!
even then with the old graphics i could actualy see stuff instead of masterchief on mushrooms… y did masterchief look so pathetic when asian stuff looks epic like vanquish
The graphics look great, anyone who says otherwise must think every Halo game looks like crap because CE:A is on par with the latest Halo styled visuals. Looks fantastic to me, enjoying it in classic and remastered formats.
> the graphics are artful, not realistic. It actually looks cooler that way. Just you, an awesome looking game that looks brighter than life, and your awesome-looking sniper rifle.
Thus is the power of fiction, to create something more fantastic than life so you can justify putting time into it rather than into history, biology, or economics. A lot of games have forgotten this, and a lot of games suck goat nubblies thusly and I do hope that 343 is aware enough of themselvs and their work to realize the better direction they have struck with the art of CEA.
they may not be realistic, or match up to reach, but they are just beautiful for CE (though I wouldnt have minded if they used Reach’s graphical engine with some tweaks)
Hey, as far as graphics go, I’m quite pleased. I like what Duncan Idaho 11 said. I think that Halo is still a game that fits into that classic gameplay area, this game is meant to take you to a different world. People are really picky nowadays if it doesn’t look like CoD.
-I did miss being able to spatter the blood on a dead covenant though. =)