Halo Reach Thread

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Ayepecks

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lol, do people really play on easy? I mean, I don't always start on the hardest difficulty, but easy just seems like tossing $$ out the window. But thanks for the answers.

I play almost every game I own on easy at some point. Generally I beat it on the hardest setting first.

Playing on easy is just way more fun, IMO. Never any frustration or worrying if you hit a checkpoint, you can progress smoothly -- it's just a no-hassle playthrough.

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Smashing Pumpkin

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I never played Halo 3 and went straight to ODST. Am I missing out?

IMO ODST was crud compared to Halo 3, for campaign that is, ODSTs firefight mode was pretty sick.

May as well pickup Halo 3 if you've not played the trilogy they're all good n cheap?

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BajiRav

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I've found the Halo 3 campaign rather disappointing. ODST was more compact and diverse IMO. Reach beats both though. A lot!

Halo 3 was disappointing compared to ODST? Except for the level Cortana, I think all of them are real fun! In ODST you basically played each level twice - once in daytime and then at night!

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Pajter

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Halo 3 was disappointing compared to ODST? Except for the level Cortana, I think all of them are real fun! In ODST you basically played each level twice - once in daytime and then at night!

I liked the atmosphere of the ODST campaign. A bit darker, and good story telling. The music added a lot too.

Of course Halo 3 was way more epic. But that's because it was the last part of the trilogy. But some parts just went on too long. That's what I liked about ODST. Just felt shorter and more diverse.

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MrArifPatel

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GOOD NEWS I just paid off

My Reach system + legendary edition

Just realized that the system still comes with a copy. Anyone wanna buy reach brand new sealed $45/free shipping?

If not its fine I'll find someone.

Ship to the UK? If you do I'll take it :D

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Spookie

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Initial thoughts: Eh- it's still Halo. Not much has changed, it looks nice but is not 720p by the looks of it and the FoV is so small I'm getting motion sickness. Can't see my self completing this. I still don't understand the hype for this franchise.

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Sethos

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I played this for an hour or two and it has already been said; it's just Halo.

I had expected them to do some underlying changes to the core gameplay mechanics, spruce the game up a bit and perhaps make the game a bit more 'sharp' so to speak. It feels exactly like Halo in every single way, features, the narrow Field of View, feels a bit like your waddling around in a permanent suit made of gum, the weapons feels weak and boring to shoot like they've done since Halo 1. They did however manage to screw up the Warthog driving physics. Back in Halo 1 / 2 / 3, I'd boot up the game just to race around that thing because the steering was so odd yet so fun. Now it seems like the direction of the car and the wheels have little to no correlation. Now it'll turn on a penny no matter what you're doing and it's now a massively generic experience.

Also as mentioned, this game can't possibly be running native 720p - Never seen so much texture blur and mush in my life.

Then again, I won't blame Bungie for not taking this in a new direction. Call of Duty does exactly the same and I have a secret passion for that, so of course bungie will stick to their recipe. All I'm saying is, there's nothing new to be had in this game, people who never really enjoyed the Halo series be it gameplay or story won't have to bother and die hard Halo fans will just get more of what they love. Just surprised it seems like Halo 3 + Halo 3: ODST mashed together and that's it.

I was considering pre-ordering the game as I know it'll be hype-fest of the year next to SC2 / Black Ops and most of my online friends would be buying it but I am thankful I got to try it, because it's certainly a big Skip 2.0.

A shame, I really want to like Halo as it's a quality developer that adds some great features I tend to love, I constantly have this faint hope that they will change the recipe a lil' :(

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Emn1ty

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I played this for an hour or two and it has already been said; it's just Halo.

Not sure what you mean about the word "just" seeing as there really is no game that plays like Halo plays.

I had expected them to do some underlying changes to the core gameplay mechanics, spruce the game up a bit and perhaps make the game a bit more 'sharp' so to speak. It feels exactly like Halo in every single way, features, the narrow Field of View, feels a bit like your waddling around in a permanent suit made of gum, the weapons feels weak and boring to shoot like they've done since Halo 1. They did however manage to screw up the Warthog driving physics. Back in Halo 1 / 2 / 3, I'd boot up the game just to race around that thing because the steering was so odd yet so fun. Now it seems like the direction of the car and the wheels have little to no correlation. Now it'll turn on a penny no matter what you're doing and it's now a massively generic experience.

First off, I again am not really understanding why people refer to Halo is generic. As I said above, there really is no shooter that plays like Halo and Halo itself was vastly different than most FPS's at the time of its creation. You first sentance also confuses me. Why would they change a winning formula? Halo's formula is what makes it so great. The weapons in CE were also very strong in their feel. I agree the weapons felt weak in 2 and 3 but in Halo CE and even Reach the weapons have some more kick and the CE pistol felt like a sledgehammer. I can't say anything aboutt he vehicles. I have always been a foot-man myself but from what I saw in the Beta the vehicles were gimped a bit too much.

Also as mentioned, this game can't possibly be running native 720p - Never seen so much texture blur and mush in my life.

It is. I don't know what you mean by texture blurring unless you mean blurry textures, of which I saw very little of even in the Beta.

Then again, I won't blame Bungie for not taking this in a new direction. Call of Duty does exactly the same and I have a secret passion for that, so of course bungie will stick to their recipe. All I'm saying is, there's nothing new to be had in this game, people who never really enjoyed the Halo series be it gameplay or story won't have to bother and die hard Halo fans will just get more of what they love. Just surprised it seems like Halo 3 + Halo 3: ODST mashed together and that's it.

MW2 is extremely different than CoD4. In fact, the game's entire feeling and mood is different in terms of MP. The game is blatantly spontaneous and goofy in MW2 while in CoD4 it felt refined, direct and hardcore. I personally can't take MW2 seriously, not that I ever took Halo very seriously (although Reach seems to have made that much easier despite the armor abilities and loadouts).

I was considering pre-ordering the game as I know it'll be hype-fest of the year next to SC2 / Black Ops and most of my online friends would be buying it but I am thankful I got to try it, because it's certainly a big Skip 2.0.

While I haven't looked into Black Ops much, I instantly shut the game out of my mind upon seeing its announcement trailer and its complete mocking of the time period.

A shame, I really want to like Halo as it's a quality developer that adds some great features I tend to love, I constantly have this faint hope that they will change the recipe a lil' :(

No offense, but it looks like you're trying pretty hard not to like it seeing as you think it "being Halo" is a negative but then at the same time you respect the CoD games for retaining their gameplay (when they didn't).

BTW - I'm fairly bored so I'm taking this a bit more seriously than I should... But that's what I get for replying to a topic which is discussing something I am admittedly a fanboy of and doing so on only three hours of sleep...

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Sethos

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No offense, but it looks like you're trying pretty hard not to like it seeing as you think it "being Halo" is a negative but then at the same time you respect the CoD games for retaining their gameplay (when they didn't).

Because I give every new game the chance they deserve, the rest of the Halo games were pretty poor and I had expected Bungie to just tweak the recipe a bit, they didn't. ( Except they destroyed the Warthog )

It is. I don't know what you mean by texture blurring unless you mean blurry textures, of which I saw very little of even in the Beta.

And I see them everywhere in the retail product.

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Emn1ty

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Because I give every new game the chance they deserve, the rest of the Halo games were pretty poor and I had expected Bungie to just tweak the recipe a bit, they didn't. ( Except they destroyed the Warthog )

So you think the destruction of the single, go-to weapon, removal of Dual Wielding, addition of an entirely new mechanics such as loadouts and armor abilities (even the mere addition of sprint) doesn't mix up the recipe? What about the revamped Covenant arsenal, enemies and the return of the homing rocket in at least single player? I'm not sure how long or deep you went into the game but there is plenty there that has changed.

And I see them everywhere in the retail product.

I can't really comment on what I haven't seen. But I'll request an example. All the MP video, Beta gameplay and campaign video I have seen has yet to reveal anything significantly low in quality. In fact, I'm more than impressed with some of the texture/normal mapping Bungie has done on their models.

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