Halo: Reach Discussion

They showed two-rounded games in the gamesradar preview for spire:

Halo: Reach Videos, Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Videos | GamesRadar

 

I think it was just one round in the beta so understanding the balance would be easier.

 

I know that two rounds were in the Spire video. My question is whether invasion will be like that in matchmaking, or like it was in the beta.

 

@I Are Rambo It seems like you'll play both sides so it's fun for everyone

 

Best. Easter egg. Evar!

I can see millions of people uploading their own videos of that once the game is released.

 

Not long now!

 

It'll be like the one shown in the video, not the Beta.

 

So close to the release, ill be getting my copy tuesday arvo, btw best easter egg ever

 

Reach ratings so far, they're really good.
Worth Playing 8.5 out of 10
Giant Bomb --- 4 out of 5
IGN --- 9.5 out of 10
Planet Xbox 360 --- 10 out of 10
Gametrailers --- 9.3 out of 10
GameZone --- 8.5 out of 10
1UP --- A+
VideoGamer --- 9 out of 10
Eurogamer --- 9 out of 10
GamePro --- 5 out of 5
Game Informer --- 9.5 out of 10

IGN UK --- 10 out of 10

 

Yeh, I had a look at this. My thought is that you can turn "Neutral Invasion" off and on.

 

Hey guys, whats the bet you can edit the 'Race' gametype to be similar to a VIP or Asset gametype? The thought just occured to me...

 

I'd say that it will more than likely be possible.
Race is just getting to a checkpoint. VIP is getting someone to a check point. Practically no difference at all.

Has anyone watched the new Firefight preview released on Xbox Live a day or so ago? I've watched it around 4 times already. I never noticed until now how big the Hunters are in Reach. I also noticed that the Bungie guys played terribly.

Oh. Snipers on cliffs. Pimpin'.

 

You need to be on the mongoose to activate the checkpoint on Race, kinda limits gameplay possibilities. Though to be fair I don't know if that can be changed in gametype settings, hope so.

 

Hunters aren't bigger, the Spartans are just smaller.

 

no, i would say hunters have definitely increased in size.

YouTube - **NEW** Halo Reach: HIJACK A MONGOOSE ?
lol

 

I've always wondered of some of the Race gametypes Settings like

Are you forced to use mongooses all the time or can you choose your vehicle in gametype settings?(i hope so it will suck always mongooses, only reason races where made with them in halo 3 was because we didn't have the option to disable turrets)

Can you have more than one person in the one vehicle from the first spawn? like teams forced in same vehicles?

If Q.2 is true can we fight using turrets and guns to kill each other?

 

Yes you can; it's in the player options.
You can set it to driver only; I believe.

 

Haha, if reach doesn't get a full rating, then what the heck does? I guess the people who gave it 8.5's and stuff are very nearsighted and didn't take into account that reach will be just as good (if not better) 2 years from now

 

Anyone help but notice the bias in Gametrailer's review? They give MW2 and 9.5 out of 10 implying it's better than Reach despite all it's flaws.

Complaints about melee and assasinations was dumb. With the melee weakened that means shoot more, and assasinations are optional, nothing wrong with a little flair.

They said forge is uneeded... review was deemed invalid immediately.

When they said the animations were robotic, they just showed grunts and not the agile elites or skirmishers.

Another complaint about just shooting and going from point a to point b, what the hell did they expect from a FPS? A nice swim between every section?

And the worst part is, most of the negatives can be applied to MW2. Commando pro knifer anyone? Thought so. Does MW2 have any sort of tool that can be used to change up maps? No. Were the animations in MW2 enjoyable? Not in my opinion, most of it being scripted nothing looked spectacular at all. And finally the dumbest complain, in MW2 do you do anything different than shooting other people (which by the way none of the enemies are different from each other) ? No, it's the same thing over and over again, none of the enemies feel unique and thats all you do with the occasional on rail sections.

I understand it's their opinion, and 9.3 is indeed a good score. But the fact they went out of their way to throw up some biased negatives and give Modern Yodashit 2 more praise is baffling. Never taking any of their opinions seriously ever again.

 

While I understand that a lot of the review was just nitpicking, you are a bit overreacting. The review I thought was fairly accurate, there were sections where it was very opinionated, but hey it's a review. Everyone has their different opinions, you shouldn't get upset over it because someone thinks differently than you.

They didn't say forge is uneeded either, they said it may as well have been uneeded because of how much content there already is in Reach's multiplayer.