The first screenshots of Halo 3 are floating around, showing it to be a next-generation game ready to squeeze every drop of performance and visual effects out of the graphics horsepower found in the X-Box. One in particular (shown below), reveals an impressively cinematic quality, with good material detail, reflections and very natural depth-of-field effects. Notice how the focus is on the right knee, with everything else appropriately softened. It's not clear how well this level of detail translates to playability (it usually doesn't add much, to be honest). The surroundings---other than the master chief, his rifle, his busted truck and a clump of grass---are sparse to non-existent, which is also not very encouraging. <img src="{att_link}halo3.jpeg" href="{att_link}halo3.jpeg" align="center" class="frame" caption="Closeup of Master Chief" scale="25%"> Still, it looks pretty sharp; for more screenshots, check out <a href="http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/xbox360/Halo+3/2/halo3/061231_halo3_01.jpg" source="ShackNews">Halo 3 Screenshots</a>.