Is it just me or do explosions look to cartoony?
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> Is it just me or do explosions look to cartoony?
No you are not.
The SFX looks a bit too bland and “2Dish”
The particles and physics are really a downgrade.
But i still have hope they do get the feedback and tries to fix them best of their ability!
I actually think they look nice in their own way, but most of the effects are a bit disconnected from the rest of the artstyle. I have hope 343 will change them if we talk about it enough, but I really doubt we’ll see any of them changed before launch. That’s a big chunk of work for the art team.
I think it looks good, in my opinion. Just need some more polish.
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> Is it just me or do explosions look to cartoony?
Using the same effects as Halo wars 2.
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> I think it looks good, in my opinion. Just need some more polish.
Yeah the effects are nice.
They’re not as bad as Halo 4 explosions. Actually I mostly don’t mind them. But I did prefer when Plasma explosions were a bright energy blast, instead of what looks more like a bubble of glowy blue ooze popping.
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> I think it looks good, in my opinion. Just need some more polish.
I minimize the effects anyways so I don’t have too many effects on my screen anyways. I think looked good however when I had them on.
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> They’re not as bad as Halo 4 explosions. Actually I mostly don’t mind them. But I did prefer when Plasma explosions were a bright energy blast, instead of what looks more like a bubble of glowy blue ooze popping.
It’s plasma dude that’s more logically correct for them to appear that way lmao
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> > They’re not as bad as Halo 4 explosions. Actually I mostly don’t mind them. But I did prefer when Plasma explosions were a bright energy blast, instead of what looks more like a bubble of glowy blue ooze popping.
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> It’s plasma dude that’s more logically correct for them to appear that way lmao
Not really, a Plasma explosion would look more like the sun, not a darkened image of a star where you can see the “liquidesque flames” flowing across the surface, like going outside and looking at the sun with your naked eye. It would be an extremely bright flash.
Bungie’s Halo games came much closer to that than 343’s have.
I didn’t pay attention to most of the explosion effects, but I don’t like how plasma grenades have slurp juice in them.
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> > Is it just me or do explosions look to cartoony?
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> No you are not.
> The SFX looks a bit too bland and “2Dish”
> The particles and physics are really a downgrade.
> But i still have hope they do get the feedback and tries to fix them best of their ability!
This is a great description. While plasma explosions look great and vibrant, UNSC vehicle explosions look subdued, lack proper color saturation, and like you said, have a 2D feel to them, like seeing an explosion on a 2D platform game. It’s odd they nailed the new plasma explosions but somehow went two steps back with UNSC vehicle explosions.
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> Is it just me or do explosions look to cartoony?
No, not just you. I kept thinking over the past weekend that the grenade explosions look like water balloons bursting with colored water. And is there a new incendiary grenade or something? The fire effect from whatever that is, is very hard to even see.
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> > Is it just me or do explosions look to cartoony?
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> No you are not.
> The SFX looks a bit too bland and “2Dish”
> The particles and physics are really a downgrade.
> But i still have hope they do get the feedback and tries to fix them best of their ability!
I agree. The explosions don’t seem to have any effect to them, it looks like a 2Dish cartoon effect that they got from like a game with anime shaders.
I think they’re fine personally,
They are definitely a different style than we are used to seeing in Halo. Honestly I don’t think I can give much of an opinion since I was playing on the lowest settings just to have a workable framerate. They definitely look better than the first flight, so maybe they are still being adjusted.
The melee has a more explosive effect than the actual explosions, the explosions definitely need a rework