Bungie Reveals Halo: Reach Beta Details

[Logan Westbrook]

Bungie Reveals Halo: Reach Beta Details

With the beta only a few months away, Bungie has revealed what beta testers can look forward to.

The Halo 3: ODST [http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Reach-Xbox-360/dp/B002BSA20M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278968624&sr=1-1] before the May 3rd start date, will be have a little bit of nearly everything the game has to offer, what Bungie community lead Brian Jarrard called: "representative sampling".

"It basically will represent a sub-section of almost every main portion of the game. For example, we'll have a couple of the new armor abilities that we've been talking about which are sort of the new version of equipment which have pretty immense implications for gameplay." he said, referring to the new armor abilities that are similar to the perks in Modern Warfare 2's [http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Xbox-360/dp/B00269QLI8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278694263&sr=1-1] multiplayer portion.

"So some of those will be in there, some of the weapons will be in there, we'll have a subset of maps, we'll have a subset of game-types, some of which are returning favorites, some are brand new that people don't even know about yet," he continued, before adding, "Of course we're going to hold back some stuff as we've got a long way to go until the fall and we want people to have some stuff to look forward to."

Reach will be the last Halo game that Bungie makes, and it seems like it really wants to go out with a bang. Halo: Reach is scheduled for release this Fall.


Source: 1up [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178052]


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[The Rogue Wolf]

Plus does this mean we will NEVER find out what happened to the Chief at the end of Halo 3?

There'll probably be a book. That wouldn't surprise me.

 

[The DSM]

Never really was intrested in it to be honest.

Also I dont want to have to buy a not very good game (ODST) to play it.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

I really dont like the idea of a perks system in a Halo game.

Plus does this mean we will NEVER find out what happened to the Chief at the end of Halo 3?

The chief got launched into space he's presumed dead. But everyone knows he's not

 

[happysock]

I really dont like the idea of a perks system in a Halo game.

Plus does this mean we will NEVER find out what happened to the Chief at the end of Halo 3?

No it's just the last Bungie Halo game, I think someone else is taking the reins after Bungie is gone, I think it was gearbox, but I'm not 100% on that.

 

[Sir Kemper]

I really dont like the idea of a perks system in a Halo game.

Plus does this mean we will NEVER find out what happened to the Chief at the end of Halo 3?

Actually, there's probably going to be some FanFic explaining it.


T3h Muster cef lnded on due plantt that was like Halo buts not, den he t00k a nap.

Anyway, considereing i got that Beta Key with ODST hopefully i'll be able to get it running and try the beta out for myself.

 

[happysock]

Never really was intrested in it to be honest.

Also I dont want to have to buy a not very good game (ODST) to play it.

Wait till the whole game comes out then

 

[Jared]

Looking forward to seeing what they will offer us this time ^^

 

[Souplex]

I really dont like the idea of a perks system in a Halo game.

Plus does this mean we will NEVER find out what happened to the Chief at the end of Halo 3?

We know what happened.

Spoiler: What happened

He is drifting in an unknown section of space with no way of finding him. Lightyears away with the Forerunner arc portal thingamajig destroyed. He is going to die from either the ship running out of air, running out of food, running out of water, or blowing his own brains out.

 

[LiftYourSkinnyFists]

Bungie have gone down hill after halo 1.

 

[Rusty Bucket]

I really dont like the idea of a perks system in a Halo game.

Plus does this mean we will NEVER find out what happened to the Chief at the end of Halo 3?

We know what happened.

Spoiler: What happened

He is drifting in an unknown section of space with no way of finding him. Lightyears away with the Forerunner arc portal thingamajig destroyed. He is going to die from either the ship running out of air, running out of food, running out of water, or blowing his own brains out.

Well, he's gone into stasis, so none of those things are likely to happen.

 

[Big Max]

"It basically will represent a sub-section of almost every main portion of the game. For example, we'll have a couple of the new armor abilities that we've been talking about which are sort of the new version of equipment which have pretty immense implications for gameplay." he said, referring to the new armor abilities that are similar to the perks in Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer portion.

To be honest, I don't think you can compare the armor ability system to MW2's perk system. The abilities are more like reusable equipment. For example, there was a form of invisibility confirmed, which will basically just be reusable active camo.

By the way, the beta starts on May 3rd.

The box art was also revealed a little bit back.

Spoiler

Well, he's gone into stasis, so none of those things are likely to happen.

We can also see the planet in the distance, which shares remarkable similarities to the forerunner planet featured in the Origins episode of Halo: Legends.

 

[Pimppeter2]

*Looks around the room to see if anyone is watching*

*Jumps in Glee*

Man I'm very excited. I love Bungie, more than I love their games.

 

[Shy_Guy]

*Looks around the room to see if anyone is watching*

*Jumps in Glee*

Man I'm very excited. I love Bungie, more than I love their games.

I kinda feel the similarly. I mean, they are just so NICE. That's a pretty rare thing to say about a developer.

I love how excited they get over their games and how they want to make them as good as possible because they know they will be enjoying them as much as the fans.

 

[Curtmiester]

I was pretty disappointed by Halo 3 and ODST but since this is their last Halo game, I think we can trust them on making this one really fucking good.

 

[Curtmiester]

I'm not big on multiplayer, I only play with friends on rare occasions, but I'll be checking out the beta to see how the armor abilities are implemented. Hopefully it's similar to the way they work (or reportedly work) in single player: only one armor ability can be equipped at a time and they have a limited use before they need to recharge. Otherwise it doesn't make much sense for already good players getting even more of an advantage.

Never really was intrested in it to be honest.

Also I dont want to have to buy a not very good game (ODST) to play it.

And yet you were interested enough to click on the thread to make that comment. Wow, someone who doesn't like Halo. Never seen that before; and commenting in a Halo thread at that! Aren't you just a special and unique snowflake? This is noteworthy, seriously; I can think of few things more worthy of note.

Hey everybody! The DSM doesn't like Halo!

Tell you what, I'll post that in every Halo thread from now on just to save you some typing while still getting your very important message out there.

That was probably the most uncalled for hate I've ever seen. I don't even see how he deserved that. His opinion is valid and it was hardly calling for any hate.

 

[DarkSaber]

Guess they have to try and get people to buy ODST SOMEHOW.