Probably. It isn't "Halo 3: Reach" after all.

I'm going to really stick my neck out and say that it will.
 
Don;t worry though, because the gameplay will be the same well-worn derivative bog-standard FPS rubbish it always was :)

"  and for the time Halo 3 did look really good "

I hope so, and I also hope they don't continue to blind me with bloom.

If I recall, the Halo 3 Engine was just an upgraded Halo 2 engine which ran at 540p. Halo Reach will use a whole new engine optimised for higher resolutions.

It probably will, but the tired old Halo 3 engine?  It may not be the best but isn't there 2 games out there that have used this tired engine?  I'd classify it as exclusive more than tired..

It uses a new engine. This has been stated by Bungie. 

No [edit - for clarity I'm saying 'No' to the people who were saying Halo 3 looked bad], Halo 3 could look fantastic in some places.  The HDR lighting is literally unrivaled by any other game on any platform, and the HDR is the reason the game was rendered in a lower resolution than 720p.
 
Not saying the engine is great at everything, some of the outdoor areas of ODST looked like some of the worst graphics I've seen on the 360.  The engine could do indoor alien graphics fantastically well though.

" It uses a new engine. This has been stated by Bungie.  "

" some of the outdoor areas of ODST looked like some of the worst graphics I've seen on the 360. "

I lol'd. Do you only play games with insane graphics then? Because... what...

" @Hitchenson said:

I lol'd. Do you only play games with insane graphics then? Because... what...

What's the chapter where you play as the guy that starts with the rocket launcher, on a beachfront and there's lots of sand?  The one that's easiest to play through without shooting anything?  That level was absolutely fucking ugly, for the most part.  There were literally Xbox 1 games that looked better. "

Yes

Thankfully yes, although ODST didnt look so bad, especially at night

Yes it was already confirmed by bungie.

I hope so, and I do think it will

maybe, idk. i just think that halo is blah now. i didn't like 3 all that much. i thought 2 was a lot better then 3.

Yes, most likely.

Yea I hope it's a bit more realistic and dark.

It will use a new engine, but Im betting like when Halo 3 came out, it definitely wont look like anything special visually.

I really hope so, and I also hope for some new mechanics or something to make Halo feel fresh again. Halo 3 and ODST did nothing for me, mainly due to there being a ton of other FPS's out there that have pushed the envelope.

I think Microsoft has seen what has been done on the PS3 now and will pump a bazillion dollars into a new engine so that it looks awesome and I hope that is what happens I want what Halo 3 should have been graphics wise.

Maybe because I am somewhat of a fanboy, but hey.
Sure, that engine might be outdated, but I still find it above "ok"-looking.
Then again, I am more of an "style & gameplay"-sort of guy.

Didn't you see the trailer? That was the new engine...

"@Raven_Sword said:

"  and for the time Halo 3 did look really good "

Did it? I thought it looked terrible, especially in the early levels. Some of the lightning on the armor was good, but that was about it.   Edit: I should clarify that the first time I played it was in late 2007. "

Wow, I didn't know so many people cared about the graphics. I thought it looked good (still think it does), but I was pretty much paying attention to the story and gameplay.
 
More my style, I guess.