Halo 2: EGM Issue 185 Preview

[Chouzan]

Read Me, Bitches!

These scans are reserved for Neowin exclusively, but I understand that I have no control over those who wish to share these images with outside communities and friends alike. It is for this reason I would like to request that such people host the files on a mirror, this would save me a lot of grief. Much appreciation towards those who consider this request, as it will take a lot of stress from my server and save me a few bucks from exceeding my allocated transfer limit.

Enjoy!

[stanley porkchop]

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Very nice quality scans. Thanks.

[TruBD]

links dont work no more...

[Chouzan]

Probably the fault of the referral restrictions in my .htaccess file, removed it for the time being. :/

[Con]

Thanks Chouzan! :)

[TrickFinlay2]

thanks man,great stuff

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

[Read Me, Bitches!

LOL

Anyway, cool pic's, i cant wait until 2 comes out (wont be able to play it, but still)

[tomwarren Veteran]

Thanks a lot for the scans :yes:

[xxdesmus]

looks absolutely amazing ;)

[Chouzan]

At the request of another, I cleaned up the scans a lot and reuploaded. :happy:

[stanley porkchop]

The Hunters there look absolutely horrendous.

Maybe my eyes are broken...

[JohnO]

No, you're right.

Looks like pretty low rez to me

[stanley porkchop]

No, you're right.

Looks like pretty low rez to me

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It's odd. They look amazing at a distance, but crappy up close.

[Chouzan]

I took notice of that myself when I first read through the article, but you have to consider a few things before judging the quality at which the graphics appear. Developers had to scale the textures and use basic surfacing techniques since the resources of the Xbox are limited. Most of the details would be less-apparent in a television, even those that use a higher resolution such as 1024x768 or 1280x960. Also, magazines use imagesetters that use an output source resolution of 1200/2400 DPI, screen captures taken from games are rarely rich enough to show a true representation of how they would normally appear.

Edited October 18, 2004 by Chouzan

[stanley porkchop]

I took notice of that myself when I first read through the article, but you have to consider a few things before judging the quality at which the graphics appear. Developers had to scale the textures and use basic surfacing techniques since the resources of the Xbox are limited. Most of the details would be less-apparent in a television, even those that use a higher resolution such as 1024x768 or 1280x960. Most magazines scale use imagesetters that use an output source resolution of 1200/2400 DPI, screen captures taken from games are rarely rich enough to show a true representation of how they would normally appear.

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You're right :yes:

But even the bump maps on its armor look subpar up close. I know the X Box is limited in what it can push, but you'd think the big aliens would look better than the little ones.

Ah, well, like you said: it's not a very good representation.

[GNRambo]

i cant see the scans! :pinch:

[Aids]

mm, looks nice. but yeah, hunter ugliness is sucky. but it's okay i guess, i understand what you said about the graphics.

[MetaLRasaM]

great scans....workin fine for me..

[Chouzan]

I know the X Box is limited in what it can push, but you'd think the big aliens would look better than the little ones.

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You can notice how the same techniques were applied to the drones on pages 122 and 123. The Xbox certainly is limited, but such brilliant work at the hands of texturers can produce some significant results without a major hit on performance in the end. Trust me, once you get a glimpse of Halo 2 on a television come this November 9th, such trimmed corners will not even come to attention. :)

Side Note: I hereby declare myself a candidate for the "Most Frequent User of Edit Function" on Neowin. :laugh:

[Pajter]

Thanks for sharing this man! You're awesome! :D

[stanley porkchop]

So apparently OXM gave it a 9.9.

Not too shabby. But why not push for that .1 more? :pinch:

[Hexlord]

Looks good, wonder how it will play :)