Halo: Reach

[Adulese Games]


Alright, I believe the time has come to make this topic. As you all are aware, I am the resident Halolgist here at Eclipse and so you probably all know that I have already been in the unblocked trenches of Bungie's newest game, Halo: Reach.

From a devout Halo player, I'm actually glad to see the game coming out this year. With a completely new and reworked engine, we are going to be looking at one hell of an experience this fall. I mean, just look at the polygon count. It's about 4 times higher than Halo 3's and runs smoother. We're getting sprint function, highly customizable armor, new weapons (the Needler Rifle for one), new characters, and best of all … we're going to be fighting against Elites again. And I'm not talking about Halo 2 elites where they're talk is translated. I'm talking about something better and based on the grounds of Halo: CE's "WORT! WORT!" It's about damn time.

With the multiplayer beta launching in March of this year and then it dropping into stores sometime late fall, I have a feeling that the main Halo franchise will get a good and well deserved send off.

But what are words when we have pictures! So below are some links to image galleries, hand picked by the Bungie staff, to show off the game. And just above that is a beautifully put together VidDoc for you all to get a better view of the game currently. Now, let the discussion begin.

- Adulese

**VidDoc: Once More Unto The Breach**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_jiB2hqeQ
**[Reach Renders](http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/images.aspx?c=53)
[Reach Screenshots](http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/images.aspx?c=59)**

[kender the great]

So is this the last game to the series or are they going to just keep making em?

[death]

@SoiWilliamSoi:

> So is this the last game to the series or are they going to just keep making em?

I am hoping like I hoped for MW2 to be the end of the Call of Duty series. But alas, it will not be.

[Adulese Games]

Reach has been semi-confirmed to be the last in the "Halo" series. However, that doesn't mean we won't be seeing more of the Halo universe in Bungie's games. The producers over at Bungie have said on occassion that the other major title they are working on right now (still under wraps) will be set in the Halo Universe, but will have nothing to do with the current timeline. Which is all fine with me, as long as Reach gives the Covenant War a good send off.

~ Joe

[Homicidal Monkey]

I dont own an XBox. :(

[Godlord]

[insidejoke]Go build Open360 ;D[/insidejoke]

Regards,
  Godlord.

[Homicidal Monkey]

@Godlord:

> [insidejoke]Go build Open360 ;D[/insidejoke]
>
> Regards,
>   Godlord.

With the slogan: "It makes you turn 360 degrees and walk away"

[kender the great]

When it hits shelves, I'll play it for the achievements. :3.

[Adulese Games]

Your such an achievement whore. I mean, look at that gamerscore. ;D

Anyway, tomorrow is Friday meaning another Bungie Update. I'll post important Reach stuff here for you all when it comes out.

- Adulese

[Adulese Games]

So yeah. Go pick up your Halo: ODST copy before May of this year so you can get into the Beta. According to some people that attended X10, it's going to be fucking amazing.

- Adulese

[Adulese Games]

I'll just leave this here …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E95PeZ0qsLY

- Adulese

[Alster]

0:32 of the first video: Shavo from SoaD?

[Adulese Games]

@Zero3X:

> 0:32 of the first video: Shavo from SoaD?

No, but I see what you did thar. ;D

Also, follow the link bellow for an article detailing how Halo Reach is going to tail itself to the hardcore players. Pretty much, it's going to have a "seasonal" ranking system for how well YOU do is not based on if your team wins or not. At the end of the "season," your stat goes onto your account card and resets. Pretty epic structure if you ask me.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62873

- Adulese

[demon xxx x]

@Rodriguez:

> So yeah. Go pick up your Halo: ODST copy before May of this year so you can get into the Beta. According to some people that attended X10, it's going to be ducking amazing.
>
> - Adulese

Halo 3: ODST was pretty nice, I liked the campaign a lot, the story was pretty good.  Play through on legendary solo then co-op, it's so fun both ways :D

[ddunit]

@Rodriguez:

> @Zero3X:
>
> > 0:32 of the first video: Shavo from SoaD?
>
> No, but I see what you did thar. ;D
>
> Also, follow the link bellow for an article detailing how Halo Reach is going to tail itself to the hardcore players. Pretty much, it's going to have a "seasonal" ranking system for how well YOU do is not based on if your team wins or not. At the end of the "season," your stat goes onto your account card and resets. Pretty epic structure if you ask me.
>
> http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62873
>
> - Adulese

Also, it's just about a rip-off from blizzard.

[Adulese Games]

@Prince:

> @Rodriguez:
>
> > @Zero3X:
> >
> > > 0:32 of the first video: Shavo from SoaD?
> >
> > No, but I see what you did thar. ;D
> >
> > Also, follow the link bellow for an article detailing how Halo Reach is going to tail itself to the hardcore players. Pretty much, it's going to have a "seasonal" ranking system for how well YOU do is not based on if your team wins or not. At the end of the "season," your stat goes onto your account card and resets. Pretty epic structure if you ask me.
> >
> > http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62873
> >
> > - Adulese
>
> Also, it's just about a rip-off from blizzard.

Don't know how it is a rip-off from blizzard, but I am curious how you see that.

Anyways, update time! Bungie has been releasing stuff on the mutiplayer side for the upcoming Beta release. They have confermed four maps that will be in the Beta starting on May 3rd. For a semi-detailed account of those maps and some of the new weapons, click [here](http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_040910).

I must say that this is getting me quite excited about the upcoming weeks until the Beta release, which is only 22 days away.

- Adulese

[Adulese Games]

Alright, update time people! Bungie released their second ViDoc a few days ago in preparation of the Beta coming on Monday. It goes over all of the maps/gametypes that you'll see in the beta and explains certain areas like Arena in a bit more context than before. Here is the youtube version for you all to enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUv98eWVnL0

- Adulese

[munro]

Anyone play it yet? I was playing earlier today.

[ddunit]

@Munro:

> Anyone play it yet? I was playing earlier today.

RAGE. Can't play on Xbox Live during the week. Parents are cunts.

[Adulese Games]

DDunit, that is the lamest excuse ever. Munro, yeah I've been playing it nonstop since I got home today from campus. Tomorrow is gunna be a long day, but I think I'll put in around oh … 40 or so hours total before the weekend. Then it's 48 hours of just me and my Xbox. ;D

If you want to play, fire up your ODST disc (not the Halo 3 Multiplayer one) and hit the "Play Beta" option on the main menu. You have to keep that window up while it downloads, so don't do anything while it runs. That means get in your chat before you fire up the downloads. Also, credits don't carry over, so spend them all before the end date, **May 17th.**

- Adulese

PS: Download, even when servers are being hogged by the 200,000+ people playing/downloading, is pretty short for 1.2GB. Mine took about 40 minutes total.

[Adulese Games]

Beta is over. What a fucking rush the last two weeks were. The game itself needs some tweaking, but for those that didn't play it, let me tell you that everything has Bungie's signature balance put on it. Even the jet packs are limited in what they do. I made it to the 2nd highest ranking (Warrant Officer Grade 2), placed in the Steel ranking on Arena (which is about what everyone ranked as), played about 200 matches, and purchased almost everything in the Beta Armor Shop. I'll be posting up some epic screenshots from the beta soon, but head over to my service record and check out how stats will look for the fall.

 Spartan J-74

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/default.aspx?player=Adulese

- Adulese

[ddunit]

The seasonal rankings is pretty much a rip-off of Diablo II's ladder system.

[Robin]

This is just like Zelda. The same game released every few years.

[ddunit]

@Robin:

> This is just like Zelda. The same game released every few years.

In Zelda the puzzles change.

[Robin]

My hair style changes every couple of months.

Doesn't mean it's a new me.