Zero Punctuation: Halo: Reach

[Flame Rider]

Good to see it holds up at least a little bit, I'll be getting a 360 for christmas, now, this isn't my idea, my own Father is doing it off of his own motivation; I am a bit of a PS3 enthusiast, and I almost fear owning an Xbox 360 will make me some sort of over-acting, swinging hypocrite.
But I will undoubtly have this as one of the first games I will own, and I will never buy any of the other Halo games because, frankly, this seems like enough.

 

[Wargamer]

I have to admit, despite being someone who hates with a passion everything Halo is and stands for, Halo Reach is a game I want to play.

It just needs to be multiplatform for that to happen.

 

[Mr Companion]

Its a good thing anybody who likes the Halo story has already bought reach otherwise the massive spoilers in this would probably drive them murderfrenzy. On another note it's nice to see Yahzee not completely shitting all over a game for once, even though in Halo's case I couldn't care less.

 

[imnot]

Well it did better than most others before it.
Poor little reach

 

[Sparrowsabre7]

This was a great review, classic yahtzee, what's more surprising was the (damning) faint praise. It's nice to see he can be mildly entertained by a game and still make a funny review.

 

[Can't CatchMe Coyote]

"More like Gay-lo Reach-around" Ha!

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I'm shocked he didn't mention the lack of "the flood" as a plus in the game's favor.

 

[Sansha]

The only thing I can say about this review is I'm sad that I have to wait another seven days to see him rip up Dead Rising 2.

 

[Buizel91]

Wow, Yahtzee, you have completely blown my mind...You kinda liked it Im shocked!

Anyway great video as always i have to admit, everything you said was true, still fun though =D

 

[willy359]

I liked Oni. I'd play a sequel.

 

[CronoT]

I'm surprised. He didn't hate Halo Reach...

No, he hated it. But, it's nowhere near the level of hate that he has for games like Too Human and the Wolfenstein Reboot.

Also, I've never liked the Halo games precisely because there's no iron-sights aiming. In FPS games, I specialize in sniping and long distance single shot kills. So, a game that forces me to get up close with an underpowered weapon and stand there like a slack-jawed mental patient holds no appeal to me, whatsoever.

 

[PanicxBoss]

One last thing, Escapsit. Please, please, please, please, PLEASE stop with that stupid Slim Jim commercial. I know they're giving you money, but can you please just put a banner ad or soemthing? It's too long, it's stupid, it's geared to six year olds, and it definatly doesn't make me want to buy any. Frankly, I'm insulted everytime I see it, and I have to put up with it almost every time I watch a damn movie here. I go on this site everyday, but I'm concidering stopping if this keeps up and I'm probably not the only one.

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one. I frakking hate that commercial.

 

[ziggy161]

Gay-Lo Reach-around?! Holy crap I'm using that XDDDDD

 

[Macrobstar]

Wow. This is the first halo game he's actually liked...

cool, that was a nice surprise. Noblest death goes to Jorge for me however

: ) Love Jorge!

i dont think you can say he liked it

 

[ironlordthemad]

Ok that is fair, he destroy the game but he didn't hate it, so That must mean this is one of the best shooter games on the market, I mean come on if Yahtzee can enjoy it almost anyone can LOL

Nah im still not on board on Halo Reach, which is why im kind of disapointed he didn't rip the crap out of this game. Good point about the seat belts and what has been seen not being unseen. I wondered why no one ever strapped themselves into the vehicles in Reach.

He is right about the grinding combat though, seriously can't be bothered with walking through another corridor (occasionally killing a few grunts) only to walk into a large expansive area and square off with a few elites using grunts as bullet catchers.

 

[Prof. Monkeypox]

I think Bungie has some real talent just below the surface that being free of microsoft will let come to full bloom. There were some good bits in the Halo series (Yahtzee has admitted as much). While Halo was just an overall average game, I'm genuinely looking forward to Bungie's next venture. Though, I really hope it's not another FPS. I have enough FPSs thanks.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Yahtzee liked Halo?

I think the words he used were "not even within spunking distance of classics".

That's not detest, rather than like.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

they made a reference to Oni in the campaign (Oni Sword Base was a place you could fight)

I'm not sure that's a reference. In Halo, ONI simply stands for "Office of Naval Intelligence."

Also, inb4 inevitable Half-Life bashers :\

Well, it's STILL more than likely a reference, because out of EVERYTHING Bungie could have called the base... why ONI? Why Office of Naval Intelligence? Why not Naval Intelligence Office? or the Department of Naval Defense?

 

[Ze_Reaper_Of_Zeath]

I enjoyed this review more than the previous ones.

 

[Delock]

I'm surprised that people are surprised that Yahtzee was surprised that he didn't hate Reach, but that might just be that I've already gotten over my surprise at being surprised that I liked Reach rather than just having the usual amount of fun with a Halo game (ie. enough to allow me to finish it).

In other, Yathzee related news, I was surprised to find Mogworld at the bookstore near me (that has been surprising me with its lack of quality as of late) which I was surprised to find myself liking it (as usually I don't find good books written by people I like in a completely different medium), so great job with both that and the video, which I was surprised you did when I saw you also had spiderman in your bucket last time.

...I feel I'm no longer allowed to use the s-word for a few days now.