Halo: Combat Visuals Evolved

@noah364 Probably just to save on time.

@princegord2 Halo 4 looks absolutely stunning, not just in how far is pushes the Xbox but more importantly in visual style. There isn't much quite like it, the landscapes and the new enemies are all really unique unlike all the same old Dog Shit Brown and Gun Metal Grey colored games the genre is flooded with.

@foxrock66

It was the same engine as Halo 3 actually, just more refined

@jcr8 Unfortunately you don't understand how technology works then babble on about it like you do. It sucks when people do that, and it sucks even more that they do it all the time.

@jcr8

What a joke comment. There is an absolutely huge visual leap between Halo Reach and Halo 4. Furthermore, Halo 4 is easily one of the best looking games on any console.

@jcr8 That's not the developers faults, that's just how things go. Movies have the same thing.

@jcr8 Xbox 360 has a GPU from 2005..... Do you really expect them to produce cutting edge graphics on that? Idiot.

@jcr8 I have to agree games today don't look much better then games from 6 years ago. I mean how much difference do you see from AC1 to AC3? You can't really push graphics when your working with 7 year old hardware. They need to upgrade already.

@jcr8

I can see what you mean, but, the cutscenes in halo 4 compared to halo reach...EPIC... the first cutscene i honestly thought was a real scene with actual people! Then i realized it wasn't but still fooled me at first. And i think the graphics of alot of games are improving but until there is a new system i feel like we probably won't have HUGE leaps in the graphics department. But halo 4 looks way better than halo 3 did and its the same system.

@jcr8 So are you saying Halo 4's graphics suck? Because they don't. Quite the contrary actually.

@LightEffect yeah its pretty short, me and my friend beat it in around 4 hours.

@grey_fox1984 @magicalclick Legendary is kicking me in the balls right now. I walked through the game on heroic in a little under 5 hours and I think it's going to take me at least double that for legendary. Wardens and jackal snipers will make you rage to no end.

@grey_fox1984 @magicalclick oh god i forgot about the jackel snipers..... NOOOOOOO

Alright, I take it back. While I'm not so sure about some of the story aspects since I was somewhat disappointed in it after I beat it, I'm absolutely loving the game play, the visuals are great, and the sound overall is fantastic. The music is something that the gameplay doesn't really do, sets it apart from the rest of the Halo series. It really gives it a different tone, and I'm loving that, but that's not to say I dislike the past Halo's one bit, I still love those. I'm not sure about anyone else, but if you play somewhat tactical and are focused a bit, Legendary is easily manageable on your own. I think the Elites for sure are far easier than they were in Reach.

@uglypinkmoose I'm with ya on that one. The first 3 Halos had a nice overall art deisgn, but it was kind of... comic-ish or cartoony slightly? Something like that.

With Halo Reach they kept all the great iconic design, but made it feel and look more "real." I'm happy to see Halo 4 carry on the Reach style and I'm sure I'll enjoy it when I get it on down the line.