So I was watching some footage earlier from the H5 beta last year and the differences are incredible. Apart from the layout of the maps, it almost seems like the art style was dumbed down. I really like the look of how it was in the beta, IMO it looked really clean. Even the sound engine (apart from the ping for every hitmarker) was better in the beta IMO. Just some thoughts. The only thing that I think looks better is the ranking icons. What do you guys think?
I miss the beta pistol. It was a little quicker. The lighting and shadows were also more crisp. Other than that, I am happy with everything.
The beta just felt very loose to play and now the game feels much tighter. The lighting engine was great though, but with weapon tuning, I think they did a great job.
Beta did not have stable 60FPS and 343 wanted stable 60FPS, so they might have lowered the quality of graphics to improve the frame rate.
The bete graphics were far superior than the final product. apart from that the final game was better though. although I’ll never know why 343 decided to remove the beta UI.