Changes can theoretically lead to some bizarre behavior, like Master Chief’s arm detaching from his shoulder as he throws a grenade.”
The console versions of Halo were all designed to run at a specific FOV, and animations were rendered with that in mind. “ is one of the more complicated hurdles 343i’s been struggling with for Halo’s PC version. Where’d they disappear?įield of view has been expanded since my last hands-on, at least. And yet I find it somehow strange Reach doesn’t even pretend-especially since I’d read that the Reach beta tests did have more granular settings earlier this year. Logically there’s no real reason to include graphics options when most people will just set everything as high as it will go. It’s aged well, but it’s definitely aged, and some slight improvements to textures and terrain aren’t enough to mask that fact. (Enhanced shown.)Īs I said, most modern PCs will run Halo: Reach maxed-out, even at higher resolutions. On “Original” and “Enhanced” settings, the shadows are more clearly defined and the game draws the green and orange lights from the power-ups inside the left bunker. Notice the flat lighting on the concrete buildings. Moving to “Original” greatly increases the distance at which this happens, enough so that I really had to hunt for examples to show a difference between it and the “Enhanced” mode.Īnother example of “Performance” mode. With “Performance” enabled, objects in the middle-distance (particularly trees) devolve into abstract polygonal blobs. I did toggle between the three in numerous environments, and mostly noticed differences in draw distance-and even then, mostly between the “Performance” and “Original” modes. Less of a difference between Enhanced and Original. …And on Enhanced settings, well-defined foliage. Reach on “Original” settings clears up some of the blockiness except at extreme distances. Notice the blocky trees in the background. You have your choice of three locked-down presets: “Performance,” “Original,” and “Enhanced.” I imagine these are the same options as the Xbox One X, though I haven’t checked. Still no graphics settings-or at least, not to the extent you’d expect. That said, when I got some hands-on time with Reach at E3 I wrote that “I didn’t see anything in the way of graphics settings, but I assume those will be in there at release.” Come release day…nope. It’s been given a new coat of paint, but not a very extensive one, and thus is bound to run on basically any machine at maximum settings.
First, let me say: I understand Halo: Reach is a remaster of a decade-old game.
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