Halo 5 is growing on me (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Saturday, October 31, 2015, 21:05 (3406 days ago) @ Funkmon

Sorry, I don't think I was clear about exactly what I was talking about.

By immediately impressive, I wasn't talking about gameplay or anything like that. I meant graphically. Halo games have always looked good, great even, but they accomplish that through great designs and a visual cohesiveness, rather than most games trying to just jam as much high-res detail as possible on screen. With Halo, the impressiveness of the graphics aren't necessarily immediately apparent. The first Halo is the only exception to that I think, as it had the best graphics on the Xbox when it was released, and that was immediately apparent.

All of the other Halo games had more competition; you could always point to another game and say it had better graphics, but it was something like Gears which only had to render gray corridors rather than the huge battles of Halo. So they weren't as immediately impressive graphically; you had to play them and encounter those big battles and overall design language before you could really appreciate how good they looked.

Halo 5 is the biggest example of this with its large enemy count and constant 60fps. Sure, you can point to other games that have technically better graphics, but not many are running at 60fps with zero stuttering with so much going on.

I hope that makes sense; I'm struggling to articulate my thoughts right now.