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[kingfey]

Check out the "Zeta Halo Experience," a Halo location re-created in Unreal Engine 5 by developer Infinite Forges.

Infinite Forges used Nanite, Lumen, and other UE5 features to make their own spin on Halo's classic level design. This was captured in 1080p on ultra settings with an RTX 2080 Ti and an Intel i7-9700K processor. This gameplay contains no combat and is fan-made content. It's just a walkthrough of a level design made in Unreal 5.

You can download the level yourself here! https://infiniteforges.itch.io/zetade...

This was created by Infinite Forges (@Infiniteforges). Music (which we had to replace, unfortunately, but you can hear his arrangement if you download the experience yourself): Mitchell Broom (@MitchellRBroom) Tech Art: Kaleb Nekumanesh (@gearshift_media) Forerunner Models created by @Pep0398.

 

[BlackProdigy]

Infinite looks better

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Wow

 

[Craig of War]

Something is off about that Assault Rifle

 

[kirby007]

I never get why people only walk in stuff like this, its not like you would play the game like that.

 

[Markio128]

Looks like it could have been made in Dreams.

 

[lh032]

doesnt look like ue5 quality to me.

 

[elliot5]

I never get why people only walk in stuff like this, its not like you would play the game like that.

because it's a quickly thrown together environment in an engine, not a game with a fully playable character controller with sprint animations and weapon firing etc.

 

[Codes 208]

-that walk animation seems pretty jittery
-the assault rifle and pov looks a bit off

But honestly everything looks spot on. The vegetation looks a little too basic but aside from that the lighting and depth of field looks like an improvement over infinite.

Overall comparable. Which one again asks wtf was 343 doing for so long during the 6 year dev time on infinite

 

[Batiman]

Infinite looks a lot better IMO. Infinite is actually a really good looking game despite all the hate it gets. I’ve played a lot of next gen games and still think it’s near the top. I just really like the way it looks and performs overall

 

[kingfey]

Overall comparable. Which one again asks wtf was 343 doing for so long during the 6 year dev time on infinite

smoking mushrooms, and making a 10 year plan without a backup plan.

 

[rapid32.5]

doesnt look like ue5 quality to me.

More like Gears of War 360 version brown fog/smear.

 

[abacab driver]

Overall comparable. Which one again asks wtf was 343 doing for so long during the 6 year dev time on infinite

343 made an actual game, for starters.

 

[El Pistolero]

Still not impressed...

 

[Barakov]

Something is off about that Assault Rifle

Yeah. That fucker doesn't have 60 bullets in the clip.

 

[Topher]

Only thing that looks better to me is the lighting and overall atmosphere, but it is such a soft image.

Something is off about that Assault Rifle

I noticed that too. It looks small.

 

[Plantoid]

I don't think infinite has outstanding graphics, but still better than this, not impressed

 

[intbal]

Need to see Unreal (1998) recreated in the Slipspace engine.

 

[Guy_who_thinks_hes_cool]

Take all my money!!!

 

[Codes 208]

343 made an actual game, for starters.

I mean yeah. With considerably less content than even halo 3, but sure. Infinite is technically a game

And all it took was twice the time of the usual halo release. Weird.

 

[Panajev2001a]

No offence OP, but a lot of these UE5 thread titles, not just yours, are clickbait to say the least .

“X Game recreated in UE5” is the ad

“A single area of a single level is kind of put together in UE5 with a mix of Store bought assets, no real gameplay and running kind of decently on a very expensive PC rig” is the content .

 

[anthony2690]

This is pretty weak.
Like others have said, Halo Infinite isn't the best looking game visually, but looks infinitely better than this.

 

[Dr.D00p]

I've decided I'm not going to look at another Halo game until the in game, real time graphics are as good as or superior to the rendered cut scenes of Halo 2 Remastered.

So, I've probably played my last Halo game..

 

[Ozriel]

Overall comparable. Which one again asks wtf was 343 doing for so long during the 6 year dev time on infinite

Lmfao. You’re actually serious?

 

[Silent Viper]

Infinite looks a lot better IMO. Infinite is actually a really good looking game despite all the hate it gets. I’ve played a lot of next gen games and still think it’s near the top. I just really like the way it looks and performs overall

Ofcourse. Mod looks garbage. Anyone saying infinite looks bad is a fool

 

[ByWatterson]

Yes that is certainly bloom lighting

 

[jezhumphrey75]

infinite looks graphically better, playstation boys drop your laughing emojis in 3....2.....1......

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Looks like shit and yes Halo Infinite looks better. People need to stop spamming shit on UE5 and start making games instead.

 

[ZehDon]

So, mostly stock assets, stock UE5 lightening, and a bad AR model? Why do people waste their time with this stuff.

 

[Wohc]

Not impressed at all.

 

[Negotiator101]

Infinite looks a lot better IMO. Infinite is actually a really good looking game despite all the hate it gets. I’ve played a lot of next gen games and still think it’s near the top. I just really like the way it looks and performs overall

I'd say its a mixed bag, it's certainly not a showcase like it should have been.

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[Mr.ODST]

I never get why people only walk in stuff like this, its not like you would play the game like that.

Because the Dev is just an environment designer you pleb

 

[Snake29]

Looks like it could have been made in Dreams.

 

[winjer]

I tried the demo and it's a mixed bag.
There are several things it does really bad, for example the camera axis is all wrong. It also makes terrible use of film grain, chromatic aberration, lens flares and a disgustingly bad motion blur.
Disabling all this crap, makes the demo sharper and much better to appreciate the detail.

I see some people are saying the demo looks bad. Probably because they are watching a youtube video, at 1080p, with the issues of video compression.
Most didn't even try the demo for themselves. And much less, with settings to disable film grain, chromatic aberration, lens flares and motion blur.
So here are some screenshots with all that crap disabled, so people can take a better look at what the demo really has to offer.

 

[yamaci17]

biggest problem of halo infinite that it only looks good or rather looks how it is supposed to look like at brute force, native 4k (yes, not even 1440p saves this one). and only series x runs the game at 4k/60 fps. playing @120 fps mode brings the resolution to 1080p-levels and game quickly becomes a blur show, to a point where the game looks ... really hideous.

only people who played infinite @4k on sx or pc (if they have capable hardware, which is rare, because for 4k/60 fps, it needs a 3060ti) can actually appreciate halo infinite's graphics for what it is. even then, as others said, its not particularly a "showcase", but it really looks gorgeous in that setting. especially their GI.

as a person who saw the difference between 1440p and 4K on that game first hand, its really saddening how much the resolution can impact the overall image quality of this game. Simply put: Their temporal anti aliasing implementation is horrible and needs a high, brute force pixel count.

here is an example,

https://imgsli.com/MTA4NjI2

foliage looks muddy and ugly. @4k they actually look decent.
even the accessory on weapon looks more realistic and detailed @4k and looks like a lastgen asset @1440p
majority of valuable texture detail is erased @1440p pixel input. you can observe the effect on the assets that are on the background

another comparison,

https://imgsli.com/MTA4NjMx

specifically note that foliage looks particularly bad at anything below 4k. and since the game has a lot of foliage, most will people think that the game just looks bad. also notice how bad rocks look @1440p.

wish it wasn't this way. their TAA is pretty bad. nothing can be done about it aside from them improving it themselves. or maybe fsr 2.0. or dlss. or something.

 

[Bartski]

thumb clipping through the gun instant turnoff

 

[MidGenRefresh]

"Gameplay" = slowly walking for over 3 minutes on a dead map.

 

[deriks]

So it has a Instagram filter

Ok

 

[DrumNBassDanTTV]

I never get why people only walk in stuff like this, its not like you would play the game like that.

Its a showcase, its showing the graphics/lighting etc.

 

[nikolino840]

Its a showcase, its showing the graphics/lighting etc.

What's wrong with the PC graphic of halo infinte?

 

[KXVXII9X]

The Dreams version actually looks better than the UE5 one. I am always impressed with the stuff people make on Dreams.

 

[Robb]

Not super impressive or anything, but looks pretty good imo. Though I do prefer the look of Infinite.

 

[EverydayBeast]

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[SantaC]

Not impressed at all.

One man vs 1000 developers?

 

[SantaC]

Not super impressive or anything, but looks pretty good imo. Though I do prefer the look of Infinite.

I mean 6 years and 1000 developers should be able to top a fanmade demo

 

[Leyasu]

Infinite looks a lot better IMO. Infinite is actually a really good looking game despite all the hate it gets. I’ve played a lot of next gen games and still think it’s near the top. I just really like the way it looks and performs overall

The forerunner interior sections look ok. I do think that the multi looks pretty good though.

Saying that, infinite is not going to age well.

 

[CatLady]

How come so many of these demos and projects that are made in UE5 are monochromatic brown? This doesn't look impressive at all to me.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

Looks like shit and yes Halo Infinite looks better. People need to stop spamming shit on UE5 and start making games instead.

Yeah, no shit. If your spending this much time trying to recreate someone else’s work, just spend the time creating your own thing. At least with that they can pitch it to a publisher.

 

[DerivedDataCache]

One man vs 1000 developers?

Its more like 1 environment artist vs another environment artist.
Who can make the best piece for artstation.