Keeping it real short but overall I like it. I’m intrigued but nervous about some parts of the demo.
What I liked:
- Amazing opening CGI sequence.
- Size of the world.Halo CE feeling mixed with H3
- Elites are more of a classic design.
- The look of chief, very crisp and fine detail on armour.
- Halo 3 style pickups. Yay for no armour abilities so far.
- Warthog engine sound.
What I didn’t like or I’m in the middle about:
- My main gripe is the elite shields. Too blue and distracting. Looks very Halo 4/5. Simplifying that would be good. It’s distracting and takes the eye off the detail of the elite. A less bright effect could be used.
- Pop in obviously isn’t good but it wasn’t so bad for a demo. Not to the level people are making it out to be bad.
- Grapple hook hasn’t convinced me yet. This could be good or could just not work. I’m not sure it was worth the risk. It could be fun however. Needs to not be in MP.
- Sound, this was a mixed bag. Some weapon sounds were not doing anything for me.
- The general look of brute at the end. Looked like an unfinished model and made wasn’t a great way to end the demo on that note.
Reaction so far by most seems like a mixed bag. I think 343 need to release screenshots to show what benefits Series X has over Xbox One and One X. There’s a narrative that Xbox One is holding it back. 343 have to now get some deep dive tech stuff out about the demo. Show the world and show the world quickly what benefits Series X brings. In detail with examples.
What do you all think?