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'''0:59 - ''' '''[[Marcus R. Lehto]]''': Something that was core to the game at the beginning was that sense of wonder and exploration. We started with a series of events, we'd basically set out like, okay, from this date on Reach to this date, we build a military campaign. | '''0:59 - ''' '''[[Marcus R. Lehto]]''': Something that was core to the game at the beginning was that sense of wonder and exploration. We started with a series of events, we'd basically set out like, okay, from this date on Reach to this date, we build a military campaign. | ||
'''1:22 - ''' '''[[Martin O'Donnell]]''': We all had a desire to really flesh out the backstory of what happened prior to Master Chief and | '''1:22 - ''' '''[[Martin O'Donnell]]''': We all had a desire to really flesh out the backstory of what happened prior to Master Chief and Cortana even entering the picture. We knew there were other Spartans and it just seemed like such a rich area to tell a character driven story with new characters. | ||
'''1:37 - ''' '''[[Lee Wilson]]''': We wanted this team to feel like Delta Force-type team, that are usually a smaller number. | '''1:37 - ''' '''[[Lee Wilson]]''': We wanted this team to feel like Delta Force-type team, that are usually a smaller number. | ||
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'''2:05 - ''' '''[[Scott Shepherd]]''': We looked at the story of Reach, and it was obviously a more intimate character-driven story. We really needed the attention to real world detail, trying to make these character's faces really feel like believable. | '''2:05 - ''' '''[[Scott Shepherd]]''': We looked at the story of Reach, and it was obviously a more intimate character-driven story. We really needed the attention to real world detail, trying to make these character's faces really feel like believable. | ||
'''2:18 - ''' | '''2:18 - '''We started everything over from scratch, came up with a whole new rig for how we animate faces and also how we approach like texturing them, modeling them, everything, and just uh, put a lot more time, difference of about a couple million polygons. | ||
'''2:34 - ''' '''Joe Tung''': We absolutely want Reach to tell a human story and that's gonna require us to invest significantly into higher fidelity models, much more open environments, larger numbers of AI than ever before in a Halo game. | '''2:34 - ''' '''Joe Tung''': We absolutely want Reach to tell a human story and that's gonna require us to invest significantly into higher fidelity models, much more open environments, larger numbers of AI than ever before in a Halo game. | ||
'''2:47 - ''' '''Marcus R. Lehto''': To pull | '''2:47 - ''' '''Marcus R. Lehto''': To pull off the vision for what we had for this game, we ended up gutting almost every part of the engine, retooling things to make it run faster, to make it run better, look better. | ||
'''2:57 - ''' '''[[Rick Lico]]''': We had to throw out all of our technical systems, we had to then throw out the content that went with it, cause that content did not represent the new bar we were going for. | '''2:57 - ''' '''[[Rick Lico]]''': We had to throw out all of our technical systems, we had to then throw out the content that went with it, cause that content did not represent the new bar we were going for. | ||
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'''3:14 - ''' '''Rick Lico''': We've got a great team of guys, and they can take motion capture and they could make the poses way more dynamic, way more expressive. Those changes bring out the life, bring out the style of our characters. | '''3:14 - ''' '''Rick Lico''': We've got a great team of guys, and they can take motion capture and they could make the poses way more dynamic, way more expressive. Those changes bring out the life, bring out the style of our characters. | ||
'''3:23 - ''' '''Scott Shepherd''': We had probably, | '''3:23 - ''' '''Scott Shepherd''': We had probably, four times the amount of polygons to play with, this time around. Which gave us a lot more freedom and creativity in what we wanted to achieve. | ||
'''3:31 - ''' '''[[Luke Timmins]]''': When you look at total engineers that are actually putting code, that are actually affecting this game, I mean, God, it's massive, 30 plus guys, it's, it's crazy. | '''3:31 - ''' '''[[Luke Timmins]]''': When you look at total engineers that are actually putting code, that are actually affecting this game, I mean, God, it's massive, 30 plus guys, it's, it's crazy. | ||
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'''3:56 - ''' '''[[Mike Zak]]''': The number of polygons we can draw at one time has sky rocketed. It's changed the way we build things up close as well as out far. | '''3:56 - ''' '''[[Mike Zak]]''': The number of polygons we can draw at one time has sky rocketed. It's changed the way we build things up close as well as out far. | ||
'''4:04 - ''': This is where Noble Team arrives, and you're gonna work your way down, all the way down these, these terraces. | '''4:04 - ''': This is where Noble Team arrives, and you're gonna work your way down, all the way down these, these terraces. | ||
'''4:13 - ''' '''[[Chris Opdahl]]''': Big open environments, epic sky boxes, these are things that are quintessential to | '''4:13 - ''' '''[[Chris Opdahl]]''': Big open environments, epic sky boxes, these are things that are quintessential to Halo. | ||
'''4:20 - ''' '''Mike Zak''': Like we're building a planet that exists 500 years from now. We want to build spaces that, you want to explore. | '''4:20 - ''' '''Mike Zak''': Like we're building a planet that exists 500 years from now. We want to build spaces that, you want to explore. | ||
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'''5:34 -''' '''Luke Timmins''': That's the whole thing, about the crazy sausage, that is Bungie's Halo: Reach, ODST universe, that we've sort of developed this gameplay that every person has different things about it that they like, and I still think that we still struggle to figure out exactly what, you know, what can we add or remove without pissing off certain people in the population. | '''5:34 -''' '''Luke Timmins''': That's the whole thing, about the crazy sausage, that is Bungie's Halo: Reach, ODST universe, that we've sort of developed this gameplay that every person has different things about it that they like, and I still think that we still struggle to figure out exactly what, you know, what can we add or remove without pissing off certain people in the population. | ||
'''5:50 - ''' '''Scott Shepherd''': We looked at the Halo 3 Assault Rifle, and we feel it's kind of dated and fit the tech | '''5:50 - ''' '''Scott Shepherd''': We looked at the Halo 3 Assault Rifle, and we feel it's kind of dated and fit the tech then, but now, we have all of these new polygons to play with. | ||
'''5:58 -''' '''Sage Merrill''': We went through a lot of trouble to just sort of, ground the weapons and the vehicles more in this sort of more real, more gritty world. We refined a lot of the weapons to push them into their particular role, and that role is defined a lot by range, and the range of combat that you're gonna play. For instance, the [[DMR]], which is the sort of medium to long range, suppression marksmen rifle | '''5:58 -''' '''Sage Merrill''': We went through a lot of trouble to just sort of, ground the weapons and the vehicles more in this sort of more real, more gritty world. We refined a lot of the weapons to push them into their particular role, and that role is defined a lot by range, and the range of combat that you're gonna play. For instance, the [[DMR]], which is the sort of medium to long range, suppression marksmen rifle. | ||
'''6:22 -''' '''Chris Opdahl''': It's going to be a sandbox game, it's not going to be a carefully scripted game, where every movement of the AI is controlled by a mission designer it's much broader than that, it allows the player to deal with encounters in their own specific way. There's definitely going to be some off-hand grenade throwing, there's definitely going to be vehicles, there's definitely going to be a large number of weapons that are incredibly powerful and incredibly accurate, that allow the player to feel like a | '''6:22 -''' '''Chris Opdahl''': It's going to be a sandbox game, it's not going to be a carefully scripted game, where every movement of the AI is controlled by a mission designer it's much broader than that, it allows the player to deal with encounters in their own specific way. There's definitely going to be some off-hand grenade throwing, there's definitely going to be vehicles, there's definitely going to be a large number of weapons that are incredibly powerful and incredibly accurate, that allow the player to feel like a badass. | ||
'''6:47 -''' '''Sage Merrill''': Now if you melee them in the back of the head, you really mean it, you're really holding down on the button. You'll launch into this more elaborate animation sequence. | '''6:47 -''' '''Sage Merrill''': Now if you melee them in the back of the head, you really mean it, you're really holding down on the button. You'll launch into this more elaborate animation sequence. | ||
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'''7:23 - ''' '''Martin O'Donnell''': This is the definitive Halo made by the people who created Halo. | '''7:23 - ''' '''Martin O'Donnell''': This is the definitive Halo made by the people who created Halo. | ||
''Screen fades to the words "Halo: Reach", then fades to "Falls 2010", fading once more to the words "Multiplayer Beta Coming May 2010" "Invitation Included With Halo 3: ODST". | ''Screen fades to the words "Halo: Reach", then fades to "Falls 2010", fading once more to the words "Multiplayer Beta Coming May 2010" "Invitation Included With Halo 3: ODST".'' | ||
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