Sigh. It's horrible that they are handing out flaming helmets to anyone who has the money to buy them and can't earn them. Seems like they make it too easy, I mean...come on, even I have Recon. :grin: As for the game play of Halo Reach, I really, really, really, really enjoyed Beta. I'm super excited about Reach.
You get special armor for when you are an elite if you buy the Limited Edition. I bought us the regular.
Yeah; the trailers definitely aren't epic in the sense of Halo3. It's a much better looking game though. I think the primary issue is they don't want to give away too much of the story. At the end of Halo2 you kind of knew the covenant would be attacking Earth so it wasn't a big shock. Plus the covenant spoke English so a voice over of one of the prophets talking was perfect. The covenant can no longer be understood and this is an entirely different game. Everyone knows what happens at the end of this game so I think they want to surprise people with the story. I'm much more excited for this than Halo3. As for the kids running around with flaming helmets -- I don't like it either. What can you do though? They're going to be much easier targets to pick out, that's for sure.
I can't wait for the old maps. Blood gultch, ascension, and ivory tower. there are so many fun custom games you can make on those maps (Take the tower, Troy, tremors, etc) Anyways less than a month until it comes out and I wouldn't mind playing with some fellow CF members on it. But you better be good enough to level up with me so i can get my 50
I regulate on live; but I think you should know that there are no more ranks. The only rankings are by division in the slayer arena (onyx, gold, etc). Even MLG is a social playlist now (no visible ranking).
Really? well if anyone wants to play some halo let me know. My gamertag is A D D Crackh3ad (O is a zero) I guess the non ranking is kind of cool. MLG as social now? how will they do MLG on reach? No perks? MLG is about all i play now. that and snipers
Not sure what the rule set will be; I hope it will be sprint only. I usually play MLG/snipers/swat. I'll add you next time I'm on.
For those of you who have been under a rock the past month, this is Forge World. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XCcmrL29WII?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XCcmrL29WII?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> This map creates infinite possibilities for map designs, game types, and over 9000 hours of fun. If you are still not sold on this game, something is wrong with you.
So...apparently the game leaked out: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368100,00.asp Some guy is actually playing it at Justin.tv: http://www.justin.tv/tyndis#/w/335318176/2
Looks amazing. Gameplay is better than Halo 3 and I'm glad Firefight is back and it looks better than in ODST. Also matchmaking in the beta was a lot of fun and I ended up getting pretty good at it. Though what really has me excited is Forge World. Playing custom games with friends was what made Halo 3 for me. people made some really creative and fun maps with that. I can't wait to see what comes up in Reach. Can't wait to see the infection maps (Infection games in halo 3 with a lot of people, good gametype, and good map, was so much fun) I think this'll be my online game for a while. Buying it off Amazon for the 20 dollars credit, which im gonna take with the 20 dollars credit for Metroid Other M and get Dead Rising 2 for only 20. Which is pretty awesome
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=261474 I seriously doubt they will release the game early -- especially with the amount of money in their marketing campaign (based on 9/14). How cool would that be though? I'm tired of waiting myself. This has been the longest month in recent memory.
<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IMTK7yuoq0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IMTK7yuoq0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Live action trailer for Halo: Reach. I'm sure there will be an extended version soon enough. MS consistently has the best marketing campaigns for it's major Halo games. This one is just ramping up right now. Oh, and they need to make a Halo movie... NOW!
That was awesome. I still can't believe they let the Peter Jackson / Neill Blomkamp deal fall through. Anyone who saw the live trailers Wingnut created or saw District 9 knows how incredible that would have been.
Apparently that trailer does not take place on Reach it shows Kat running the bomb and then presumably losing her arm. Then shows the spartan that Noble 6 (character you play in Reach) replaces sacrificing himself. Pretty nifty the way they're tying that in. Kind of a prequel to the prequel.
