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May 10, 2001 Link to this post
MSNBC looks at RS2 (and Halo)
Thanks to Lurker, who noticed (over on R.net's forum) a Halo mention in the mainstream press: MSNBC has an article that looks at Rogue Squadron 2 for the GameCube - and it looks at Halo, in comparison:
In fact, many of Microsoft's games are shaping up nicely as the company prepares for its fall launch. Halo, a game that I once wrote off as a mistake in Microsoft's marketing, may just be good enough to break the curse that has vexed first-person shooters on video game consoles. (With the notable exception of Goldeneye 007 on Nintendo 64, no first-person shooter has ever made it into the top 10 games for annual sales.)
With horizons that look more like Roger Dean posters than video game art, Halo looks spectacular. It has oceans with rolling ripples, amazing lighting effects that include real light physics when you use flashlights, and all kinds of intelligent monsters to battle.
Halo may not look quite as realistic as RS2, but organic environments with plants, rocks, and humans are harder to recreate than synthetic scenes like Death Stars. And people are much harder to make than fighter craft. In other words, Halo is an ambitious project that was more suited for computers than video game consoles - and Microsoft may yet pull it off.
Hmm... a game showing people, and outdoor scenes, doesn't look as realistic as one showing fighter spacecraft? I'm not sure that's exactly what he meant to say... (Louis Wu 22:29:08 UTC)
