Halo 3 Remastered Cutscene: "Full Circle" (SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON)
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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So I've been asked by a few people to put up a side-by-side of the originals next to my version of it so thought it'd be interesting to show everyone how closely (or not) I matched to the originals.
Cameras should be very close but i couldn't find a way to get their metadata for my cameras, so it's judged by eye.
It's near impossible to do a 100% accurate 1:1 replication and just 'upres-ing' the game models, it's just not how this sort of thing works, so personal choices were taken in terms of model / look as i was going after a more 'hyper-real' context, akin to BLURs cinematics. The entire environment was built on top of the in-game scenery so it's a near 1:1 in terms of location and general 'shape' to again, stay as faithful as possible where i could :)
It's nothing new, purely just to show how closely i wanted to keep to the originals and stay faithful where I could. Hope everyone appreciates it!
Stay awesome, you guys are one hell of an amazing community.
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Us fans will do ANYTHING to help you make Halo 3 Anniversary
Hell yes, brother!
Amen to that
Hell yeah 100% true
Yes
Definitely for sure
I love Halo 3 so much; “send me out.... in 4K.....”
Foxy will you do a stream today!?
@Raheem Stephens waddup my boy. hope you're doing well!
Yeez
"We'll head for the portal, and we'll all go home"
Even after more than a decade, that lines still gives me chills.
Me: "The bathroom... it's so new, uncleaned... I'm not exactly sure what will happen when I shit."
My poop: "We'll head for the toilet, and we'll all go home..."
@@voli6570 my sides, god tier shitpost sent me on the great journey
High as fuck reading my own reply. I'm so fucking stupid
Each of us longs to go home, to be with family. It’s a universal, spiritual desire.
Its literally the line i use to get through life nowadays no matter what the situation
I actually like it when camera and character movements are slightly different, it helps to sell the fact it’s technically the same thing but NEW and . . . well, different.
Yes, I loved this with the Mortal Kombat 9 flashback in Mortal Kombat 11!
Agreed. They should really do more of these.
Exactly, like Halo 1 Anniversary. I didn't like that they made cinematic shit for Halo 2 Anniversary. I would've probably rather had remastered cutscene graphics and movements.
If they are serious about redoing all the cutscenes, they should really mix up the animations and make them more realistic,
Halo 3’s keyframed animation looked janky even back in 2007
@@voli6570 yup. Or at least an option. As much as I love the blur cutscenes… the original cutscenes are what built the franchise in the first place.
There would be no blur cutscene money if it weren’t for the original cutscenes in the original game… it’s heresy not to put in enough effort for remastered cutscenes.
Glitched out play throughs show halo 2 can play the old cutscenes with the remastered skins on it. They just didn’t bother and still launched a half baked MCC
meanwhile johnson's over here like "WHERES MY REMASTERED CUTSCENE?!?!?"
send me out... in High definition...
@@specterinspector7462 actually busted out laughing at that
"What's an aspect ratio" ITS THE SHAPE AND PROPORTION OF YOUR SCREEN, FOOL!
oh, I know what the resolutions like
johnson would approve of these messages
More than worthy of being the official remaster.
hello there i am your Alabama counter part
@@chastermief3501 smol chief
Hi again
good evening.
Yes
Their new movements are far more natural and the snow actually looks far more realistic here than what was depicted in the OG version. Here I remembered Halo 3 looked pretty realistic on it's own back in the day but this shows just how far we've gone in just fifteen years time. Bravo man, I hope to see more cutscenes for sure.
Yes! I thought the same! Arbiter's movement looked so alien, not clunky in any way. His armor didn't sway his whole body/torso, his figure animates so smooth but with such appropriate weight. In other words, he looked like what a skilled creature called an "elite" would look like. ALIVE!!
Also shoutout to that amazing model of Arby's, his face looks absolutely great 👏
the only thing that seems amiss to me is the arbiter getting out of the pelican feels a little floaty
"Just" 15 years, lmao. I will remind you that 15 years before Halo 3 was1992 and the best we could do was Wolfenstein 3D. The gap between that and Halo 3 is far and away greater than the gap between Halo 3 and this, not to detract from how fantastically this remastered scene has been executed. Also, difference between running a scene rendered in real-time versus rendered ahead of time.
Beautiful. Enough to make a grown man cry.
And that's okay ;)
When you first saw Halo 3 Remastered, were you blinded by it's majesty?
*It already has.*
@J. Blabla hemlo bomther
And enough to make a half grown man cry
Now that I see them paired up, I really like the way you did Arby. Beautiful, shiny armor, and the pose he does at the end is awesome. In the OG one, he just kinda looks at Chief with his mouth agape.
"You're breathtaking "
Please don't remind me of 2019 when everything was simple and beautiful, before everything wen tto shit
I might cry
@@neonsolace2748 If only someone didn’t eat a damn bat lmao.
Mighty good timing in the cuts, incredibly good attempts to preserve the original motion of the characters, damn fine quality, etc.
Thank you for doing what you do, as a lifelong Halo fan, I support & commend you immensely, keep contributing all of this your amazing work to the franchise we all love 🤝!
P.s.: Ignore the “this” at the end, I wasn't planning on using it 🤣, I won't edit the comment to keep my ♥️ though 😁.
How long will this be finished for the whole game
“Halo. It’s so new, unfinished...”
^^Me watching the halo Infinite gameplay last year
Only thing I would've done differently is add more snow.
like a metric ton of snow, right over there
@@16235 2 cubic tons of snow? Do you have any idea how much 2 cubic tons of snow is? Let me tell you something okay. 2 cubic tons of snow is-
Hey look what I found!!! * throws flare *
*WUHHHHHHH!!!!*
Snow to the armor
@@2BitSlow you. You're my homie
@@2BitSlow can I watch that anywhere or is it gone
Halo community: “still waiting for 343 to release Halo 3 remastered”
HaloVFX: “Fine... I’ll do it myself”
Funny, I just went to search for this and you put it up 7 minutes ago.
"Well head for the portal...and all go home" man who tf cutting onions in here.
My god. It’s so beautiful to contrast both graphics, to appreciate the value of detail and how the perspective can change with a few adjustments to a cutscene.
Thank you very much for doing this. It makes me feel so much nostalgia to see how things have evolved through the pass of the years, and how deep a cutscene like this can get justo by watching it side by side with a remastered version.
I love you man, keep like this, and by the time you finish your most valuable projects, the award will be tremendously satisfying.
The gift that keeps on giving! Keep up the great work man!
You could honestly pass the remastered cutscene as live action
When Chief says "We'll head for the portal, and we'll all go home.", the moment he looks down at his rifle feels like he's saying it to reassure them, and himself. As if he knows what's to come.
Gawd damn how much do you need to make the final cutscene after warthog run
Just time..... ;)
@@HaloVFX
Thats going to be a lot of work, i mean even more than THAT Cutscene, all the Effects happening, the length of the Cutscene.... see you in a few years ;D
@@lykan2 with any luck they can wipe their tears with Dono money
All we need is you to make this remastered legend of a game
Absolutely amazing!
Arbiter looks so clean, like DAMN! Amazing work!
Good grief, I respect everything you did with Arbiter in this cutscene. His model, his face (looks classic AND appealing), his movements being slick/sleek (or as one might say, elite😉) I love this. It's how I've always imagined elites in my imagination. I love Halo 2 anniversary, but heavens did they look clunky when turning and moving their arms. Yours looked fluid and natural for a specimen with lore and appeal such as the Arbiter.
This really looks AMAZING. Like, it really looks like how a H3A would look. I'm blown away! I really want this to become some sort of real fan project game one day.
This is absolutely beautiful
Keep on doing what you do man, youre great at it
Gave me chills
the snow, the music.. I just love it
Seeing it side by side just blows my freaking mind haha this is so awesome man. 🔥🔥🔥
The fact you set up the camera angles via line is sight is epic.
This was honestly so beautiful. I really hope you get to work for 343 because this is top notch work. You're the perfect candidate to do Halo 3 Anniversary if it should ever exist. And any other Halo game for that matter
Yo imagine if something like a “Halo 3 reanimated” was done with different people handling different scenes and moments. It would be like a fan made halo 3 remastered.
When chief said "home" the first time around, it hurt a bit. It felt like everything was about to end with my favorite game in 2007. Now when chief says "home" and I see him all remastered... it really feels like I'm at home lol
The snow it’s the snow that gets me when they’re walking! Amazing 🤩!
This remaind me of we need halo 3 anniversary
0:15 halo Infinite perfect description
Broooo plz make some more cutscenes to halo 3. This gave me those goose bump feelings
The 2007 graphics still hold up in 2024. HALO 3 is a timeless classic.
This is just BRUTAL! Love it!
Yes! I've been waiting for this! It looks so good, love the work.
This looks amazing. You truly are a master in your work
I love the consistency of chief always crashing everything he flies
The snow getting kicked is really the icing on the cake, nice work with the particles and snow
LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED! Beautiful work man just fuckin beautiful! ;-;
Man this is beautiful. So well made. It was fun watching you make it on Twitter!
The countless times I've played through Halo 3's campaign, I honestly don't think I've ever noticed the Forward Unto Dawn flying into view in this cutscene.
Bruh keep doing these PLEASE
This looks wonderful! Excellent work, very detailed!
Your remastered cutscene is how I remember halo 3 looking
Man I’d pay triple the cost of a new game for your version of this
just stumbled on this vid and was like "how good could it be?"... good enough to give me nostalgia chills down my spine.
10/10 would get spine chills again.
Really phenomenal work, well done!
Edit: So sorry for the essay.
As much as I respect the work that went into this there's little details in the remaster edition that are missing that were present in the original as well aesthetic and mood choices. I don't mind artistic changes, but I still feel that a cutscene is subservient to the mood and setting choices. Even little details like how much smoke and the hue of the light can really set the tone.
1. The lighting and ambience is warmer in color, a slight gold brown hue. I don't know if that's less realistic but it reads as more "warm" and the lighting is slightly brighter too with less bloom. You can see the reflection on the Forward Unto Dawn. I don't know if that's just because of really good bitmapping on the Dawn and the Pelican model. The remaster is more of a cold blue and kind of changes the the mood.
It's a familiar place, but there's now a sense of tension (and somberness too, but that's more from the music and the chapter title, you're coming back to where it all started one last time).
2. The little smoke effects trailing from the rear right nacelle on the Pelican further sells the point that it was kind of a busted up ride from the get go, that trail off when Arbiter tosses chief the AR. More dramatic.
3. The impact effects and debris of the Pelican when it hits in the original is more black and larger which would make more sense given the mass and momentum of the Pelican even at that low velocity. Really sells the impact.
4. The original Pelican has more scuff marks and blacks and grays of the vents and damage. It looks more scuffed and detailed you can even make out the wheels and there are more parts strewn about.
5. The snowflakes are falling much more quickly and at an angle like there's a very strong gust coming from behind Chief and the Arbiter also Bungie used a weird foggy snow effect on top of the snowflakes. These even blow in the same direction as the smoke I mentioned earlier coming from the Pelican. It's these little visual queues that point the player, as all the effects are blowing in the same direction, towards the Halo Control Room. In the remastered edit the snowflakes are just gently falling and there isn't that second foggy snow effect, it makes the scene feel almost calm and serene when there's a little bit of stress and moodiness. Also as others have pointed out, there is more snow in the original. Not to sound like that infamous game critic review "Needs more water" lmao.
6. This one is really minor but the effects for the thrusters on the Pelican's wings and rear nacelles are just a solid pale cold blue whereas in the original there's a pale blue and then a darker more neon colored angry blue like Chief is in a last ditch effort to slow the malfunctioning Pelican down by revving up the throttle as much as he can to slow the busted hunk of junk down to a slower velocity right before it inevitably crashes.
7. This one is an addendum and also I just had to have a 7th point because I mean...come on 7, and after reading a comment from Vicious Zero.
Really the only thing that dates the original Halo 3 is just the polygon count and texture resolution in addition to how the lighting is rendered. ( yeah yeah you could make an argument about the art style choice and the diaper looking cod piece on the spartan armor dating it too, but that thing is coming back for Infinite so I wouldn't hedge my bets on that one) The game has aged very gracefully largely in part due to fantastic bitmapping and art style of the textures. "A whole bunch of smoke and mirrors prerecorded bullshit" to quote Johnson from the now infamous Halo 2 E3 demo, that was in fact a whole bunch of smoke and mirrors prerecorded bullshit.
(Not so sure on this one as it's just conjecture) Also with regards to why the little detritus and broken Pelican pieces and higher detail model are important is that Bungie were likely trying to show off how many polygons and effects could be on screen for arbitrary Microsoft benchmarks to show off "the power of the Xbox 360". A lot of that is lost when the rear of the Pelican is all just in dark shadow and it hides the interior and little bits to the point that it becomes indistinguishable and the fuselage when Chief is looking forward in the remaster and it's all just a uniform matte green with a couple of silver scuff marks on the edge, making it look almost toy like. No warning lables or variation in textures or grayed or black parts from the soot and burns of the air intakes or warning "Don't Step" labels that lend to a more sense of realism.
This cutscene looks and behaves more akin to a Blur Studios cutscene and while I respect the work that they do, and that you've put in (that's a sincere complement), there is something charming about the Bungie jankiness in their in engine cutscenes that I think has been lost overtime with prerendered cinematics. Marty O'Donnel has even spoken about this strange phenomenon in an interview that he did with HiddenXPeria.
Sorry to be such a nitpicky jackass as I can tell a lot of work and effort went into this. But the little details and WHY those details were there in the first place can slowly whittle away at the overall quality, aesthetic and mood of the scene when they're removed or are absent.
Regardless I commend you for your efforts and appreciate immensely that the fanbase is still as large and passionate as it is that artistic endeavors like this can exist and be produced on the reg.
Thank you.
I was super impressed when I watched it the first time but seeing the comparison...wow. Spectacular work.
The only thing I like better about the old one is how he doesn't look at the gun. He is so experienced and so superior that there would be no need, he knows the weapons. But this is amazing, and I hope you make more. This was so fucking sick, man.
One thing I only now noticed when watching this again is that the vocals in the background are following the tune of “Under Cover of Night”
This is near perfect. I see you have grown considerably along the way. You should be very proud.
Nobody talks about my boy Arbiter's old school Halo 2 armor in the remastered love it man
This is criminally underrated. Love your work Nova
Absolutely amazing. Hope you make more
i was there when this guy had 10 k subscriber , keep growing my man
i really wouldnt mind a full graphical remaster of this game. like dont take away any of the charm but just enhance everything like youve done here.
Yooo looks like the halo2A good work!!!!
Makes me wish they did a true Halo 3 Anniversary back in 2017 even more. Would love to see the whole game remastered!
You've really out done yourself here Halo VFX!
I remember seeing the original and thinking it was awesome but now that you remastered it it blew my mind
It’s so beautiful, I can’t stop watching it
Absolutely fantastic my man
Great work man!!!! Looks incredible😭😭😭🤤🤤🤤
This is amazingly well done!
Beautiful. Your work is amazing
You’re literally making my year with these cutscenes!
Beautiful
Amazing work
Thank you
OMFG I never before noticed the Forward Unto Dawn in that cutscene!
There is so much potential here for you. Godspeed your channel brother, because you deserve the hard work you put in to make these complex animations. Subbed at 26.2k, I expect 100k by August. Take care and continue the amazing content.
You are talented. Keep it up. Us fans will eat this up
There’s something really toy/cartoon-ish about your cutscene but I really like that. It feels sorta like a stop motion
It’s so beautiful...
...I’ve been watching this for 5 hours now.
Absolutely stunning!
Halo 2 and 3 were my life. Miss those days
let’s help this man economically so he can do the halo 3 anniversary game!!
Almost made me cry ngl, love it.
There's just something so captivating about seeing this one scene in such fine detail, even if you had to take creative liberty of the models, it still looks phenomenal and I absolutely adore this! It just makes me want an anniversary version of halo 3 sooner, mate!
Cant wait to see the cutscenes between floodgate and the ark. Best sequence ever
PHENOMENAL WORK
I shared this to all my halo groups on FB to help ya out!!!
Like I said dude yours is beyond fucking beautiful
this is so beautiful
great work !!!! i hope you do the rest of the videos !
This is on par with the animations done by blur studio on halo 2 anniversary, very good work
Yup you should really redo all the halo 3 cut scenes
"We don't need a Halo 3: Anniversary..." But we sure could use it or new Blur cutscenes to keep moral up for Halo...
I love arbiter armor . You did a great job
the frigate really stands out and i can say thats amazing
Looks amazing!
Your gonna make it man
The orginal the snow looks thicker so made it more mysterious
One alteration I'd make is the detailing on the pelican, looking more Halo CE in this than an updated Halo 3; other than that its outstanding
A faithful shot for shot remake indeed
Bro this is so good looks exactly like it
Honestly, it's fucking amazing with how smooth both animations look, and if you were to travel back in time to show me this as a youngling I would believe that this was an actual remaster. Only complaint I have in my own preference is the Arbiter's armor being a bit "too shiny." But that's just me. Great work bucko.