***Official Halo Reach Thread***

Not sure if other people have noticed, but there is now a 7 day countdown to Reach on the dashboard with all kinds of different things in it.

One of which is a short film... I say short... it's very short!
It's basically about a couple (British) who live on Reach and the Mother has to leave her Husband and Son to go away for 'the company'. It then just says "Remember Reach" and ends.

It was strangely short and pointless... unless they intend to release a new part everyday? But nothing alluded to whether that was the case.
 
One thing i have to ask as i cant find answer on other halo forums, Is firefight like in ODST friends only again or can it be done in matchmaking like free for all etc? As that was the only thing that annoyed me as if people from OCUK werent on i couldnt enjoy it as none of my other friends ever do the whole map or jsut refuse to play it.
 
Mark1989 said:
One thing i have to ask as i cant find answer on other halo forums, Is firefight like in ODST friends only again or can it be done in matchmaking like free for all etc? As that was the only thing that annoyed me as if people from OCUK werent on i couldnt enjoy it as none of my other friends ever do the whole map or jsut refuse to play it.
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I'm pretty sure Bungie said quite sometime ago that when they revamped Firefight to make it even better they've included matchmaking.
 
I'm pretty sure Bungie said quite sometime ago that when they revamped Firefight to make it even better they've included matchmaking
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Ah well thats good to hear, On another note i was thinkign maybe we all could start posting our Gamertags in here and have some games on launch??
 
Mark1989 said:
One thing i have to ask as i cant find answer on other halo forums, Is firefight like in ODST friends only again or can it be done in matchmaking like free for all etc? As that was the only thing that annoyed me as if people from OCUK werent on i couldnt enjoy it as none of my other friends ever do the whole map or jsut refuse to play it.
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Yes you can matchmake - you can also customise it, the enemies, health, if they are "deaf" or reactive to sound, what skulls are on - how long the bonus round is, everything!
 
Seen a blazing hot deal to get this for just under £25 delivered, not personally going to grab it on release but still a great price for those who want it!
 
This game is sounding incredible so far. I don't own any Halo games but I play CoD quite a lot. What would the transition be like to Halo? Does the control and movement feel sluggish compared to CoD?
 
MrLOL said:
go and buy Halo ODST 2nd hand and see if you like it

its completely different from COD.
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I've played a bit of Halo 3 before and quite liked it, it seemed to take skill to kill people. I think I will just buy this instead of buying any others though, dependant on how many friends get it and on reviews etc.
 
Macky said:
This game is sounding incredible so far. I don't own any Halo games but I play CoD quite a lot. What would the transition be like to Halo? Does the control and movement feel sluggish compared to CoD?
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It's very very different to CoD. Instead of encounters where it's whoever is the first to aim and shoot wins, battles between players are often protracted. You rely more on movement and versatility during combat, plus an awareness of the environment while you're fighting. Much much different to CoD's brand of gameplay where encounters last literally a second or two - whoever presses aim then presses fire wins. Perhaps that sounds incredibly cynical of me, but that's how it really plays and to me that is totally devoid of any charm or gameplay compared to Halo. You get to evaluate whether you can take your chances or turn around and run away, and it's often like a cat and mouse game on most matches. CoD doesn't really have that, like I said, one of two players who encounter each other will die within 1 or 2 seconds, and it's not a dynamic or exciting idea of combat at all.

CoD is like quickly stabbing somebody in the face, instantly killing them (and if you're not fast enough, you're the one getting stabbed in the face and dying straight away). Halo like is a vicious brawler where you're going 12 rounds toe-to-toe, and you will likely get the time to look your opponent in the eyes before he dies.
 
I want the game now! Since there is nothing else to play and MW2 is pretty much a piece of crap.

I will be glad to have a decent lobby and matchmaking system once again, I mean even Halo 2's matchmaking system still beats most of the games released since 2004 :o
 
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