New Halo 3 trailer finishes E3 press conference, fight.

Yeah I stayed up late for it.
It blew. I will never watch G4 ever again.

Ever heard of europe?

you know thats all fine and good, and im not one to complain either, im a total 360 halo fanboy and ill be there on day one, but look at other games like call of duty 4 and mass effect, those are games coming out months after halo and already look so much better. im in it for the gameplay myself, but mass effect has looked incredible in every trailer/demo/screenshot since the first one ive seen.

Hey bigd,
I'm in game development and YOU need to shut up. You couldn't be more wrong from the truth. One month till gold = serious bug fixing, not graphics upgrading. Graphics upgrading causes lots of bugs. They stopped making graphics for this game probably 5 months ago.
Of course, you can act like you know a thing or two about something you OBVIOUSLY aren't a part of.

Halo uses color. Therefore, it won't "look" as graphically stunning. There is a reason so many games just use shades of grey and brown. You can make it look more realistic, minus the fact that real life is full of colors. Get used to it. Mass Effect has stunning character models, but out in the open combat is no better looking than Halo3.

Halo3 looks to run silky smooth with smooth animations, has cool explosion and energy effects, lighting, and most importantly, style. I thought the game looked really great. I am much more excited for this game after seeing the trailer.

I mean, look at the damn thing. Almost every single 3 second clip showed some different unique gameplay aspect. I think I saw more gameplay elements in that trailer than are evident in all of Halo2. Seriously, this game does not look like it will get stale as you progress.

You Halo haters are going to have a sad day when reviews and sales figures start rolling in for this game.

im not complaining saying its not as "omg grafx" as gears of war, im just a little disappointed that they didnt get to the promise of the announcement trailer over a year ago, which they said at the time was what the in game engine would look like.

but look at the announcement trailer of halo 3 from last years e3, that had the same classic halo style and colors, but definitely looked better than this latest trailer. im not comparing halo to CoD, im comparing halo to halo, comparing what was promised to us last year vs what we've been given. should we just give bungie a pass just because theyre bungie and we love them?

I'm referring to the comments here and on Killzone 2 mainly where comments are comparing how poorly the graphics are to Gears of War, CoD4, Mass Effect, and even Crysis. What I'm trying to say basically is that players should not expect every game to look as good as those games. It's putting too high of a standard. It's unfair to the developers making these games. Not every game developer is going to use the same game engine or produce a game with the same killer graphics as the previous game blockbuster. If you want to play the same game with the same graphics as last year's blockbuster or game of the year, then where is the variety there? I'd rather prefer variety over sameness. Every game is going to be unique, and every game will have their flaws and strengths. Complaining and pre-judging a game's graphics when one has not touched the game itself and has not considered the hardware's limitations and strengths is wholly unfair and completely biased. Judge the game for what it is, how well it plays, and what it offers in terms of playability and enjoyability rather than compare it to previous game. Expecting and not buying a game for not being LIKE a previous game in terms of graphics or gameplay, or not following the same footsteps as a previous game is just having a "wannabe" attitude for the game. If don't like variety in your game, then don't buy it and don't criticize it. If you prefer graphics in a game to be the same as the last game you played, then don't buy it or buy the system. It's these comments comparing basically "apples-to-oranges" when I read them on Joystiq.com. These same comments I see everytime a game is reported for the Wii and the PS3 and how it doesn't look as good as the 360, or even insulting the system itself. Why not judge the game as it is in terms of what the system is capable of outputting? Judge the game for how the developers made the game in terms of maintaining smooth performance and still retain at least the same level of detail given the hardware's strengths and limitations. Comments made on Joystiq.com whereby the comments are insulting the system's limitations in terms of the Wii and the PS3 are just downright unfair to the developers making the game and the companies making the systems. You cannot expect every system to have the same market appeal and customers, and you cannot expect every game that comes out for these three systems to be alike.