Bungie says Halo 3 not in true high-def, but for a reason
- October 1st, 2007
- 10 Comments
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What’s more shocking to hear than “the Mets won’t be in the playoffs this year”? Oh, I don’t know, how about “Halo 3 doesn’t natively run in high definition.”
Um, wtf? Halo’s not in HD? ‘fraid not…
It seems the game moves along with two frame buffers, whatever those are, both of which run at 1152×640, several pixels short of 720p. This was done to ensure the dynamic lighting chugged along as smoothly as possible. So technically, the game doesn’t run at native HD.
Bungie has a far more technical explanation on its Web site of what it did and why. Bottom line is that Bungie has your best interests at heart.
Bungie Weekly Update: 09/28/07 [Bungie.net via Xbox-Scene]
Keira Peney (Who am I?)
1 year ago
HD is much over-rated. I’ll take smooth graphics and no lag anyday.
Chuck (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Yeah, I have heard that its not the most impressive graphics, but beautiful in its own right. I’ll take the no lag and good game play over a few more pixels. Substance over style. Something some people don’t understand.
Vinnie (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Gotta agree with chuck, High def does not mean a whole lot when your game lags.
Johnal (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Not that I disagree with the previous comments, but it seems like we’re making excuses either for the programmers of the game, or the inadequacy of the 360 itself for not being able to render HD gaming with lag free and smooth graphic gameplay.
I agree, I’d choose a smoother running game over a crystal clear picture, but I say “bah” to the fact that we can’t have both!
guru (Who am I?)
1 month ago
its not the xbox 360 thats the lag problem. It’s the HDTV’s themselves that cause the lag. Any HD console lags in HD. Some people will argue there hdtv doesnt lag at all. BUT so far 6ms is the minimal resposnse time.
JP (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Minaya sucks.
softwiz (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Believing that you can either have smooth gameplay or HD graphics is such a cop out! Everyone deserves and should get BOTH. Unfortunately, the sheep will likely not notice or care.
easynow (Who am I?)
1 year ago
realy, who cares !
what ever some might say halo 3 is without a doubt THEE most impressive game on any format on any generation,
the dynamic lighting is without a doubt breathtaking, the fact that its not 720 is irrelivant,
@softwiz, “the sheep will likely not notice or care.”…what is your point ?
i dont consider my self a “sheep” yet i dont care….but what i do care for is tight gameplay mechanics, engaging storyline, believable AI , then graphics.
show me a game that looks as good as halo 3, as the amount of onscreen combatants and has a lighting model as beautiful as halo3’s and an epic story as that said game and i will eat my 360
(and dont give me resistance f,o,m , heavenly sword or lair)
stop being a hater, just because you think its cool
DubSix (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Who cares, HALO is boring anyways….
Imagine if it was on the PS3, it would be HD all the way baby… :)
guru (Who am I?)
1 month ago
you have got to be the most ignorant person in the world. Very few games are true 1080p on any console. Most are just upscaled, oh wait im sorry the 360 upscales most games the ps3 doesnt. upscaling fixes Jaggies and polishes up a little. The ps3 just mainly runs 720. Anyway that why i only use my ps3 for Blu-Ray, cause most games SUK a NUT