Halo 4

[Rangers]

IGN news: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1212411p1.html

343's Frank O'Connor has confirmed that Halo 4 will be an Xbox 360 release. Despite speculation that the game might be a launch title for the next generation Xbox, O'Connor says the game will launch on current hardware and use a version of the existing Halo engine.

Your Locksmiths have the scoop on Halo 4.

"Halo 4 will be on Xbox 360 and use a modified core of the Halo engine(s)," O'Connor wrote on the NeoGAF forums. "Not really a singular engine since it goes through fairly radical evolutions all the time."

IGN daily fix reported this post as Halo 4 will use a "variation of the Reach engine". Frankie's qoute doesn't quite read that way, but I suppose as a practical matter it means the same thing.

Hope it looks spiffy, anyway.

There's even been some GAF scuttlebutt that some sort of footage or a trailer may debut at the Spike VGA awards Dec 10. If I'm not mistaken Reach followed that timeline. While I dont want to get my hopes up too much.

 

[NRP]

Makes sense I guess. I imagine just about all of the "engine" variations have been tried and studied at this point, so a combo approach would probably yield the most benefits.

Bigger concern imo is 343 themselves. They've never released a game as far as I know. They could be a bunch of scrubs. And take whatever Frank O'Connor says with a generous amount of salt. He's mostly a PR guy, regardless of whatever title he currently has.

 

[AlNom]

Oh shit, modified Halo 1 engine. We're all in trouble.

 

[aselto]

It's been stated numerous times in past that 343 inherited all Bungie's tech and use it as a foundation for Halo 4 development. I think it's also reasonable to expect bigger differences (engine wise) between Halo Reach and Halo 4 than between, let's say, FIFA 12 and FIFA 11 or COD MW and COD BO.

 

[AlNom]

Yeah, I would be curious to see what more they can squeeze out of the console or what their art style is going to be.

 

[NRP]

I just hope they don't squeeze out a turd.

 

[dragonelite]

I just hope they don't squeeze out a turd.

Day one if it is tesselated.

 

[AzBat]

Inside The Development Of Halo 4 [VIDEO]
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/26/343-industries-talks-halo-4.aspx

Tommy McClain

 

[NRP]

The concept art looks interesting. They basically confirmed that the Chief is headed to a living Forerunner world, which is cool. I like Forerunner architecture.

 

[kagemaru]

surprised this hasn't been posted yet:

Hopefully this turns out true and we finally see something Monday.

 

[Acert93]

So what are people's expectations?

 

[AlNom]

bloom

 

[Acert93]

bloom

No sale!

Halo is going to be the one franchise this gen where bloom got WORSE over the gen

 

[BRiT]

It'll be cinematic.

 

[NRP]

Cinematic bloom.

 

[AlNom]

Reticle bloom

 

[RenegadeRocks]

Master chief will take his helmet off ! ..........the whole game will be a mini game of unlocking the helmet as it has been locked for years. Each copy of the game will come with a physical piece of the helmet, so that friends can get togwther and re-assemble the helmet ! REAL Social interaction !

Fans will go crazy and buy multiple copies each and will shout out of their windows !

Oh, yes.....and the helmet in game will have lotsa shiny bloom !

 

[AlNom]

I bet Cortana gives great helmet.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Cortana will be in charge of polishing the helmet so that it can forcefully Bloom in your face.

Regards,
SB

 

[ultragpu]

Something that can eat a Scarab for breakfast, of course coupled with that Filmic Bloom.