I allready own an Xbox 360, I'll just buy the larger HDD later on this year.
But the reason why you have less than three bubbles is becuase your posts are usualy nothing but fanboy rants and doesn't even move the discussion forward, your comments just start flame wars.
The ligting in those pics are awesome, I can't really put it into words, However, the seawall doesn't look like the seawall from Last Stand, it looks like Halo 2 Zanzibar.
Chances are this is just a photoshop pic of Halo 2.
If you don't believe me watch the attached video.
And then take alook at the final version in the image attachment.
If you think they are charging you for transfering the data, you are kidding yourself.
Your here complaining that we are defending an unfinished games graphics when we know for a fact (and Bungie has been saying this for a year now) that the final graphical touches have yet to be added.
Also to say the best graphics are only Possible on the Unreal 3 Engine is just Ignorant, the only reason why the graphics look better on those games (Gears, Unreal Tournament, etc)is due to the fact that the environments are very small compared to Halo's large environments.
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1. Bungie cannot release to much content otherwise it may spoil the game and leave us with not that many surprises when the final game ships.
2. The final graphical touches are not being included in the Beta so we are not underwhelmed when the games finally released this fall.
History has prove again and again that history tends to repeat itself, Napoleon made the mistake by invading Russia, Hitler made that same mistake over 200 years later (I think it was around 200 years later anyway).
Killzone was totally ripped to shreds by Halo 2 in 2004, Killzone 2 will be ripped to shreds by Halo 3.
Because everyone who isn't ignorant knows that Halo will be more succesfull than Killzone.
I hope its a new trailer, and of course the release date.
From the back of a cereal box?
Bungie stated it a year ago, Halo 3 is gonna blow Halo 2 out of the water with awesome water effects.
I can't wait untill we compare the final build to Halo 2.
Because I have been waiting for this game for over 4 years now ( yes I always had a feeling a third one would be made).
Most other gamers who hate on this franchise will never understand the impact this game has had on the game industry as a whole.
I finally passed it.
So why not change it up again to make Halo 3 play like a new game?
Halo 2 didn't become the fastest selling game for nothing, it will beat Gears and R:FOM, no questions asked.
Halo's console gameplay to this day is unmatched, and it became a success not for graphics, but for:
1. Gameplay
2. Story.
3. Multiplayer
Halo 3 will have all of that and much more.
It runs smother, the environments look larger, the game overall looks alot smoother than the Alpha, I cannot wait to see this game on my TV.
Seriously This vid jsut gave me hope graphics wise, that video rocked.
I especially love the new version of Zanzibar... Last Resort.
[quote]people interst in halo went down.[/quote]
And where did you read that?
There a diffirence between Halo 2 being played online less (because it's over two years old) and peoples interest in the franchise lowering... the fact is Halo is still very popular.