Halo Reach: The Good, the Badass, and the Ugly

[Vrex360]

Oh man that was so awesome. I seriously loved the brief time I got to play the Beta and look forward to the full game.

 

[CuddlyCombine]

I won't celebrate until I hear about a great, long campaign. I'm sick of Halo single player taking a backseat to multiplayer. I want an epic sci-fi story, and so far I feel pretty skeptical about Reach.

If you want story-telling, buy a Halo book (the series is actually decent) or play a Bioware game. I'm assuming that the campaign mode, if it can be called that, will mostly just be killing rebels and Covenant with only passable explanation as to what's going on.

Great video, though. Multiplayer looks fun.

 

[Soxafloppin]

That looked alot better than whatever Halo it was that i played.

 

[DTWolfwood]

so i hear the beta was a whole 2 days long?

 

[Danny Ocean]

I would love to get this. Shame my Xbox is bricked and out of warranty. Sigh.

Maybe if it comes out on PC?

I can dream...

 

[Legion]

I won't celebrate until I hear about a great, long campaign. I'm sick of Halo single player taking a backseat to multiplayer. I want an epic sci-fi story, and so far I feel pretty skeptical about Reach.

Agreed. Although seeing as there are no other games being released that close to Reach, I shall be picking up a copy anyway.

so i hear the beta was a whole 2 days long?

3 weeks, as mentioned in the OP.

I won't celebrate until I hear about a great, long campaign. I'm sick of Halo single player taking a backseat to multiplayer. I want an epic sci-fi story, and so far I feel pretty skeptical about Reach.

If you want story-telling, buy a Halo book (the series is actually decent) or play a Bioware game. I'm assuming that the campaign mode, if it can be called that, will mostly just be killing rebels and Covenant with only passable explanation as to what's going on.

What kind of logic is that? When a company goes out and says that a game has an epic story then I don't think the consumer is asking too much to want something beyond "Shoot aliens, save universe. Woo."

If a company doesn't try and sell a game based upon it's story then fine, but Bungie have always sold Halo as a series with a strong one.

 

[Buizel91]

so i hear the beta was a whole 2 days long?

The 3rd till the 19th =) to bad it's over *sniffle*

 

[sooperman]

Hehe -"Love, Bungie"

Good times indeed. I personally am more excited, though, that Bungie is going to be working with Sony than about Reach. That's just me.

 

[DTWolfwood]

hehe i guess not all betas can be 3-4 months long XD

 

[evilartist]

I won't celebrate until I hear about a great, long campaign. I'm sick of Halo single player taking a backseat to multiplayer. I want an epic sci-fi story, and so far I feel pretty skeptical about Reach.

If you want story-telling, buy a Halo book (the series is actually decent) or play a Bioware game. I'm assuming that the campaign mode, if it can be called that, will mostly just be killing rebels and Covenant with only passable explanation as to what's going on.

Great video, though. Multiplayer looks fun.

I do have the novels, the first four anyway. I enjoy them (except for The Flood; I can't stand William Dietz's writing style). If I recall correctly, Eric Nylund had actually consulted Bungie about the series' storyline, making it canon. With that said, I was bugged when I saw all the spartans in Reach having all these different armors, when in fact they should all look like to Master Chief. I guess it can't be helped, in this case.

The reason why I expected a great story was because Halo: CE set a new standard for me in first-person shooter story-telling. The plot was interesting and ominous, and kept me thinking about the stuff that Guilty Spark would say. I expected Bungie to built upon that with the sequels, especially since these are the guys who made the Marathon Trilogy, which had a cool, complex sci-fi story (although you had to read through a bunch of terminals). Boy, was I disappointed.

 

[Blimey]

*shrugs*

Halo 3 with some new weapons and perks.

Next.

 

[Cabisco]

Funny trailer.

My copy of ODST broke around a day after Invasion mode was released.

Shame really, you missed out. Invasion got really fun after a couple of days when everyone started figuring out how to actually play it. Plus the Invasion Slayer was pretty hilarious at times.

 

[Nemk4]

This Title could've been worked a great for RDR thread...

Just sayin...

 

[Cabisco]

Funny trailer.

My copy of ODST broke around a day after Invasion mode was released.

Shame really, you missed out. Invasion got really fun after a couple of days when everyone started figuring out how to actually play it. Plus the Invasion Slayer was pretty hilarious at times.

Well the Invasion Slayer mode I only got like 3 games because of the biased voting system.

That mode was brokeded.

Invasion mode itself however, I did enjoy - even if I played Elites 1/10 times.

Yeah, I didn't like how if someone doesn't watching they were voting for the top option, it really should be counted as nothing.

I personally only ever got to play as the elites, I only got to play as the spartans on a couple of occasions. We should have swapped xbox profiles for a day

 

[Cabisco]

We should have swapped xbox profiles for a day

On that note, feel free to add me.

I do wonder what they'll change for final release. Apart from a few clipping errors a visual bugs, I didn't see anything hugely wrong.

I'd hope the grenade damage goes slightly down, though thats not a game breaker considering we all get them at the start. Aside from that, if they have a huge amount of armour options (I mean skins, not abilities) i'll be a very happy bunny.

Yes, I shall add you and we then can bring a new reign of terror to the world:

Oh how I wish I could be bothered to make something more epic looking.

 

[Daipire]

Crap, choosing between this and RDR...

It's like choosing between a hot blonde girl and a hot brunette.... D: