Gears of War 2

[El Leone]

It's meant to not be long after Gears 1, most of their resources will be on staying alive, not marcus being up on the latest fashions + he's memorable with that armour, just like master chief is with his. (Unless they changed his- i couldn't tell anyway).

I agree with the client side hit detection though

they did change MC's armour very much so from H1 to H2, there are some minor differences in H3 though.

[Synthesthesia]

they did change MC's armour very much so from H1 to H2, there are some minor differences in H3 though.

I never noticed it- so it can't have been that extensive.

[El Leone]

Halo 1:

Halo 2:


Same kind of style, but the actual armour has changed. Can't blame you for not noticing, first person and all, but there are differences

[Synthesthesia]

Halo 1:

Halo 2:


Same kind of style, but the actual armour has changed. Can't blame you for not noticing, first person and all, but there are differences

Sure- but it's still not THAT much of a difference, a few different lines here and there. They couldn't really do the same with Gears considering it's the same engine so there's no gains in fidelity from the last game.

[Malc]

Am I the only one who wasn't really impressed with the video? I mean technically what it was doing was good, but everything else looked the same; guns, hud, graphics. character models. And using the locust as a shield is a bad idea in my opinion.

I'm not trying to anger anyone here, I just wasn't so impressed.

[PhilG]

Get Out!

[crocky-chocky]

Fair enough, the graphics and character models are very similar. But it's not like they were in need of a boost....and the scenario and setting looks utterly brilliant.

Can't wait myself.

[JP]

Looking good!

It reminded me a bit of Panzer Dragoon Orta due to it being on-rails all through the video.

It's nice to see that they've introduced enemies of a similar size to the additional enemies in the PC version of the first game. I wonder if they'll do the same again and add even better enemies to the PC version of this?

EDIT:

Am I the only one who wasn't really impressed with the video? I mean technically what it was doing was good, but everything else looked the same; guns, hud, graphics. character models. And using the locust as a shield is a bad idea in my opinion.

I'm not trying to anger anyone here, I just wasn't so impressed.

I'd agree but it was a fine looking game the first time so they didn't really need to do much with them I thought.

[Matt]

I liked that. Different scenery than the previous game, which is welcome. Also very scripted so it's hard to get a feeling for the game from it, but the increase in scale is very impressive, it's amazing what they've done to the engine in only 1 year. It's IS the full 720p Gears was as well!

Now I only hope MS fix the bloody 360 so I can buy a nice quiet reliable one for this game

[EvilBoris]

Am I the only one who wasn't really impressed with the video? I mean technically what it was doing was good, but everything else looked the same; guns, hud, graphics. character models. And using the locust as a shield is a bad idea in my opinion.

I'm not trying to anger anyone here, I just wasn't so impressed.

I know what you mean, it looked like Gears of Wars.
The graphics were very good anyway, so all they needed to do was to smooth out the framerate and the jaggies a little.

[Synthesthesia]

Am I the only one who wasn't really impressed with the video? I mean technically what it was doing was good, but everything else looked the same; guns, hud, graphics. character models. And using the locust as a shield is a bad idea in my opinion.

I'm not trying to anger anyone here, I just wasn't so impressed.

Sounds just like Halo 3. Bigger and (supposedly) better. Didn't stop people from loving on that though .

[Synthesthesia]

I know what you mean, it looked like Gears of Wars.
The graphics were very good anyway, so all they needed to do was to smooth out the framerate and the jaggies a little.

Can't say i noticed much jagginess on Gears to be honest- the frame rate though definitely, it was most apparent in ANNEX matches, they can CRAWL when there's 4v4 battles in one place.

[spagmasterswift]

Looking good!

It reminded me a bit of Panzer Dragoon Orta due to it being on-rails all through the video..

Thats what I thought too, I'm sure it wont all be like that. Rollercoaster rides are fun, but I like to have a bit of down time in these games to catch my breath. Dueling chainsaws looked good and I like the human shield stuff. Count me in.

[Matt]

Gears had no AA. The unreal engine can do AA but only in DX10 due to the pipeline, and at this time it's not even turned on in UT3. Gears 2 will be the same - no AA. However, they use some good post-processing filters that help hide the jaggies.

[EvilBoris]

It's funny that, because I remember being bowled over by how jag free Bioshock appeared to be at 1280*720 with no AA. Perhaps it is just the benefit of games running the proper damn resolution they should do!