The Art of Halo: Creating a Virtual World: Difference between revisions

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''The Art of Halo'' begins with a foreword by Jason Jones and preface by Marcus Lehto. It then introduces "Halo's architects" (Bungie Studios), before chapters on character design, environments, weapons and gear and vehicles. The final chapter, "The Art of Game Design", is a selection of promotional artwork and posters, game engine screenshots, multiplayer map sketches, cinematic storyboards, musical scores, animations and dialogue scripts from ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo 2''.

The majority of the book focuses on the development of the major aspects of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'', from the [[:Category:Weapons|Weapons]], the games environments and the [[Character]] designs. There are many early sketches and concept art for these things, much of it by [[Shi Kai Wang]] and the [[Bungie]] art team. Certain sections show the influence of earlier Bungie games on ''Halo''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> design. One section shows a timeline of Bungie's history. The ideas are shown as they evolved, from a series of sketches to storyboards and their amazing animation. Finally, some screen shots are included to show how the ideas were eventually incorporated into the ''Halo'' games.<br>

*There are many errors in this book, such as a caption pointing at a [[Type-1 Antipersonnel grenade|Plasma Grenade]], but pointing it out as an [[Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine|Assault Bomb]]. However, the Assault Bomb is also present on the page. Another mistake consisted of calling the [[Prophet of Mercy]] the [[Prophet of Truth]].

*While the book shows ranks of certain species within the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] the Elites' section is missing the ranks of [[Sangheili Ultra|Ultra]] and [[Councilor]].