Halo Reach

Since 6902 Days

Imagine someone with a Spartan Laser sprinting after you :D

Actually, I don't believe it's possible to fire while sprinting, but I do believe it's possible to throw a grenade. I guess we'll have to wait and see. I can't wait to see Reach SP in action at E3.

MP, while I definitely plan on playing Halo MP once this game is out, I'm still far more excited about SP :)

MP will be awesome little bonus, or big bonus :D

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TheFuriousOne

Since 7009 Days

Posted by Ronsauce

That's what he's saying. He'd prefer to be able to hold the left trigger to zoom like in CoD instead of clicking the thumb stick like in the other Halos.

Oh right, we'll loads of people have been asking Bungie for custom gamepad configuration, lets hope they have been listening!

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dcdelgado

Since 6870 Days

Wow Bungie are going all out with MP yet again.

More Halo: Evolutions.

The Return Trailer - just for you
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GriftGFX

Since 7010 Days

It's pretty obviously not possible to fire while sprinting... that would be silly.

MP is not a bonus. It's the meat and potatoes of the Halo world. Don't kid yourself.

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TheFuriousOne

Since 7009 Days

Posted by GriftGFX

It's pretty obviously not possible to fire while sprinting... that would be silly.

MP is not a bonus. It's the meat and potatoes of the Halo world. Don't kid yourself.

I thought someone mentioned you could sprint and shoot, c'mon this isn't MW you're a freaking Spartan! :p

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GriftGFX

Since 7010 Days

Posted by TheFuriousOne

I thought someone mentioned you could sprint and shoot, c'mon this isn't MW you're a freaking Spartan! :p

I thought the animation made it pretty obvious you couldn't, but I could be wrong. I certainly hope I'm not. My expectations: reload, but not fire. Firing while sprinting is goofy.

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Viginti_Tres

Since 6512 Days

Only the Chief himself can sprint and fire a gun at the same time, he can also triple wield Swords.

I'm also sure you can't shoot while running. Armour abilities seem to be a risk vs reward affair. Want to leap over that building and shoot someone? Be prepared to die as soon as someone sees you hovering into the air. Want to avoid that death at all cost? Lock up your armour and die seconds later unless a buddy bails you out. It works the same with sprinting (not able to shoot). The latter seems to be the most useful in most cases, the other abilities don't pay off unless you're in a very specific situation or the map geometry is conveniently made for jet packs.

And this is great. One thing I hated about equipment in Halo 3 was that it was basically a "get out of jail FREE" and "advance to Go" card all in one. It's so cheap and literally broke the game with all the abusive tactics with it.

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TheFuriousOne

Since 7009 Days

Posted by GriftGFX

I thought the animation made it pretty obvious you couldn't, but I could be wrong. I certainly hope I'm not. My expectations: reload, but not fire. Firing while sprinting is goofy.

Why is it goofy? =/

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dcdelgado

Since 6870 Days

and - here’s an example of what I’m getting to see more of on a daily basis. This is a small clip of screenshot sent from one of our environment architects. Enjoy!

-Marcus
31 Mar 2010
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Today was a good day to see a bunch of amazing things coming together in the campaign.

The AI took some fantastic strides forward and are now fully utilizing some of their brand new capabilities. They are now looking more believable than ever.

We’ve also been building a bunch of what we’re calling “mega ambient moments” throughout the campaign. Sounds grandiose, I know, but some of them really do live up to the title. In the past games, we’ve been able to cram a few of these kind of moments in, but we went all out for Reach and have far more than before. They will really help make the campaign a richer experience.

Just saw some new assassination animations as well. Unbelievable. We may have to tone some of them back a bit, since I don’t really promote gratuitous violence, and we don’t want to get banned in some countries, hah! But, the variety we so far exhibit some that are strong and powerful and some that are hilarious – which is always fun.

-Marcus

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[quote]and - here’s an example of what I’m getting to see more of on a daily basis. This is a small clip of screenshot sent from one of our environment architects. Enjoy!

-Marcus
31 Mar 2010
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Today was a good day to see a bunch of amazing things coming together in the campaign.

The AI took some fantastic strides forward and are now fully utilizing some of their brand new capabilities. They are now looking more believable than ever.

We’ve also been building a bunch of what we’re calling “mega ambient moments” throughout the campaign. Sounds grandiose, I know, but some of them really do live up to the title. In the past games, we’ve been able to cram a few of these kind of moments in, but we went all out for Reach and have far more than before. They will really help make the campaign a richer experience.

Just saw some new assassination animations as well. Unbelievable. We may have to tone some of them back a bit, since I don’t really promote gratuitous violence, and we don’t want to get banned in some countries, hah! But, the variety we so far exhibit some that are strong and powerful and some that are hilarious – which is always fun.

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Optimusv2

Since 6902 Days

Posted by GriftGFX

It's pretty obviously not possible to fire while sprinting... that would be silly.

MP is not a bonus. It's the meat and potatoes of the Halo world. Don't kid yourself.

Meat and Potatoes for many, but not all. Were it not for Halo's SP, the universe wouldn't be nearly as interesting as it is. It would be a great MP title, yes, but I'd argue that Halo wouldn't have grown to become the juggernaut that it has without the SP.

On the off chance that Halo would still be extremely big, I'd put Halo SP's sales up against Halo MP's any day by saying that if Halo SP and Halo MP were two separate franchises, Halo SP would be the more successful of the two.

Look at Call of Duty 4. Were it not for that SP campaign, I'd argue that COD4 wouldn't have ended up as big as it became. I'm not saying it's impossible to be a huge success as a purely MP title, there's no way I should believe that, I love CS afterall. However, it's become pretty apparent these days that unless you offer up a really rock solid SP campaign or seemingly rock solid SP experience to pull many people into the MP, the MP will end up not being as appreciated as it could've been.

I'd say the Gears franchise would be a sitting duck without it's SP as well.

The AI took some fantastic strides forward and are now fully utilizing some of their brand new capabilities. They are now looking more believable than ever.

We’ve also been building a bunch of what we’re calling “mega ambient moments” throughout the campaign. Sounds grandiose, I know, but some of them really do live up to the title. In the past games, we’ve been able to cram a few of these kind of moments in, but we went all out for Reach and have far more than before. They will really help make the campaign a richer experience.

Good find Delgado :D

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[quote=GriftGFX]It's pretty obviously not possible to fire while sprinting... that would be silly.

MP is not a bonus. It's the meat and potatoes of the Halo world. Don't kid yourself.[/quote]

Meat and Potatoes for many, but not all. Were it not for Halo's SP, the universe wouldn't be nearly as interesting as it is. It would be a great MP title, yes, but I'd argue that Halo wouldn't have grown to become the juggernaut that it has without the SP.

On the off chance that Halo would still be extremely big, I'd put Halo SP's sales up against Halo MP's any day by saying that if Halo SP and Halo MP were two separate franchises, Halo SP would be the more successful of the two.

Look at Call of Duty 4. Were it not for that SP campaign, I'd argue that COD4 wouldn't have ended up as big as it became. I'm not saying it's impossible to be a huge success as a purely MP title, there's no way I should believe that, I love CS afterall. However, it's become pretty apparent these days that unless you offer up a really rock solid SP campaign or seemingly rock solid SP experience to pull many people into the MP, the MP will end up not being as appreciated as it could've been.

I'd say the Gears franchise would be a sitting duck without it's SP as well.

[quote]The AI took some fantastic strides forward and are now fully utilizing some of their brand new capabilities. They are now looking more believable than ever.

We’ve also been building a bunch of what we’re calling “mega ambient moments” throughout the campaign. Sounds grandiose, I know, but some of them really do live up to the title. In the past games, we’ve been able to cram a few of these kind of moments in, but we went all out for Reach and have far more than before. They will really help make the campaign a richer experience.[/quote]

Good find Delgado :D

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

Optimusv2

Since 6902 Days

New Vidoc with awesome footage!

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topne...

lmao, Halo Chess. Bungie pushing the limits of what's possible :P

Shield looks awesome!

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

blmbox

Since 6341 Days

Good to hear that there will be a wide variety of animations. That was my biggest worry with the assassination kills.

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GriftGFX

Since 7010 Days

Posted by Optimusv2

Meat and Potatoes for many, but not all. Were it not for Halo's SP, the universe wouldn't be nearly as interesting as it is. It would be a great MP title, yes, but I'd argue that Halo wouldn't have grown to become the juggernaut that it has without the SP.

I agree, but there's absolutely no denying that multiplayer is what keeps many people coming back to Halo. It's also the reason that Xbox Live was so successful. But, of course the single player is a big part of the game. I've said it time and again myself: Bungie has balanced a rich single player campaign with deep multiplayer features better than anyone in the business. Were not really disagreeing, it seems, but you've still missed out on a huge part of the Halo experience, and my best guess is that you'll continue to ignore the multiplayer even after all of this regurgitated hype. Why would I think that? Well, because Halo 3 has just as rich of a multiplayer component as Reach appears to, and you ignored that!

This game was made to play with your friends. Even the campaign begs to be played co-op.

Posted by Optimusv2

Look at Call of Duty 4. Were it not for that SP campaign, I'd argue that COD4 wouldn't have ended up as big as it became. I'm not saying it's impossible to be a huge success as a purely MP title, there's no way I should believe that, I love CS afterall. However, it's become pretty apparent these days that unless you offer up a really rock solid SP campaign or seemingly rock solid SP experience to pull many people into the MP, the MP will end up not being as appreciated as it could've been.

I'd say the Gears franchise would be a sitting duck without it's SP as well.

Yeah, no one said anything about it being a multiplayer only title, or how it would perform against the campaign. Halo is a package.. and I certainly didn't say that it shouldn't be. Really, we're not in disagreement here. You said it yourself: Meat and potatoes for many, but not all. Some people are crazy enough to think that they've experienced Halo without experiencing Halo co-op, or on Xbox Live.

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[quote=Optimusv2]Meat and Potatoes for many, but not all. Were it not for Halo's SP, the universe wouldn't be nearly as interesting as it is. It would be a great MP title, yes, but I'd argue that Halo wouldn't have grown to become the juggernaut that it has without the SP.[/quote]

I agree, but there's absolutely no denying that multiplayer is what keeps many people coming back to Halo. It's also [i]the[/i] reason that Xbox Live was so successful. [i]But, of course the single player is a big part of the game.[/i] I've said it time and again myself: Bungie has balanced a rich single player campaign with deep multiplayer features better than anyone in the business. Were not really disagreeing, it seems, but you've still missed out on a huge part of the Halo experience, and my best guess is that you'll continue to ignore the multiplayer even after all of this regurgitated hype. Why would I think that? Well, because Halo 3 has just as rich of a multiplayer component as Reach appears to, and you ignored that!

This game was made to play with your friends. Even the campaign begs to be played co-op.

[quote=Optimusv2]Look at Call of Duty 4. Were it not for that SP campaign, I'd argue that COD4 wouldn't have ended up as big as it became. I'm not saying it's impossible to be a huge success as a purely MP title, there's no way I should believe that, I love CS afterall. However, it's become pretty apparent these days that unless you offer up a really rock solid SP campaign or seemingly rock solid SP experience to pull many people into the MP, the MP will end up not being as appreciated as it could've been.

I'd say the Gears franchise would be a sitting duck without it's SP as well.[/quote]

Yeah, no one said anything about it being a multiplayer only title, or how it would perform against the campaign. Halo [i]is[/i] a package.. and I certainly didn't say that it shouldn't be. Really, we're not in disagreement here. You said it yourself: Meat and potatoes for many, but not all. Some people are crazy enough to think that they've experienced Halo without experiencing Halo co-op, or on Xbox Live.

Optimusv2

Since 6902 Days

Haha, you make a fantastic point and you are correct, we are definitely in agreement.

I really do feel that I've missed out on an amazing aspect of the Halo experience all these years by not getting into the fun of multi. Hell, I loved the Halo 3 Multi Beta and had fun every single time I played - every single time. I even once seriously considered making it my primary multi game over CS 1.6. What prevented that from happening is that I didn't really know where to start with regards to amassing a network of buddies that play Halo as well. However, that now feels like a weak excuse, even though it's what I believed at the time. It made no sense trying to start out from scratch and having as many good friends as is the case with CS.

It was fairly simple enough to just start out by playing with the people who also play Halo MP on here and then let things develop from there.

I won't make the same mistake with Reach that I've made with the previous Halo titles, no way :D

With Halo Reach I'm taking the same approach I take with ESEA when i play cs 1.6 on there. I generally meet a lot of really cool people that I've never met before and then it just develops from there and we setup games together and such. I see no reason why it can't be the same way in Halo. And, most important, Bungie keeps adding on more and more community features to this thing that keep making it harder and harder for me to justify not jumping into the multi, so they've sold me at this point. The biggest reason they've sold me is perhaps because Reach's stats system or Arena sounds similar to what I enjoy so often from this site.

http://esportsea.com/index.php?s=stats&d=match&id=...

Good or bad, I love that I and others can see and look at stats for specific games, specific players etc. It's apparently been in place with Halo 3, but if what I've read about Arena is true, then it hasn't been done quite like what they're describing yet. I especially love that I can keep proper track of what all friends are doing in Reach from within Reach, without using the Xbox Guide or something like that.

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Haha, you make a fantastic point and you are correct, we are definitely in agreement.

I really do feel that I've missed out on an amazing aspect of the Halo experience all these years by not getting into the fun of multi. Hell, I loved the Halo 3 Multi Beta and had fun every single time I played - every single time. I even once seriously considered making it my primary multi game over CS 1.6. What prevented that from happening is that I didn't really know where to start with regards to amassing a network of buddies that play Halo as well. However, that now feels like a weak excuse, even though it's what I believed at the time. It made no sense trying to start out from scratch and having as many good friends as is the case with CS.

It was fairly simple enough to just start out by playing with the people who also play Halo MP on here and then let things develop from there.

I won't make the same mistake with Reach that I've made with the previous Halo titles, no way :D

With Halo Reach I'm taking the same approach I take with ESEA when i play cs 1.6 on there. I generally meet a lot of really cool people that I've never met before and then it just develops from there and we setup games together and such. I see no reason why it can't be the same way in Halo. And, most important, Bungie keeps adding on more and more community features to this thing that keep making it harder and harder for me to justify not jumping into the multi, so they've sold me at this point. The biggest reason they've sold me is perhaps because Reach's stats system or Arena sounds similar to what I enjoy so often from this site.

http://esportsea.com/index.php?s=stats&d=match&id=1633570

Good or bad, I love that I and others can see and look at stats for specific games, specific players etc. It's apparently been in place with Halo 3, but if what I've read about Arena is true, then it hasn't been done quite like what they're describing yet. I especially love that I can keep proper track of what all friends are doing in Reach from within Reach, without using the Xbox Guide or something like that.

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

Viginti_Tres

Since 6512 Days

I quite like this shot:

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Optimusv2

Since 6902 Days

I really love how they seem to really be trying to show off how high tech a lot of these various items are.

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

GriftGFX

Since 7010 Days

Posted by Optimusv2

Good or bad, I love that I and others can see and look at stats for specific games, specific players etc. It's apparently been in place with Halo 3, but if what I've read about Arena is true, then it hasn't been done quite like what they're describing yet. I especially love that I can keep proper track of what all friends are doing in Reach from within Reach, without using the Xbox Guide or something like that.

Halo has had the best stats website in the world since Halo 2. It rules.

I love that plasma pistol!

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Optimusv2

Since 6902 Days

Yea, the plasma looks amazing.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

deftangel

Since 6878 Days

They've certainly amped up the testosterone in that!

I played some Halo 3 last night and although this is readily apparent, it did strike me how much the BR was the goto weapon for everyone. I wonder how hard it'll be to use the DMR at short range.

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Ronsauce

Since 6995 Days

Looking at my service record, the BR is 3rd for the number of kills it got me. The AR tops the list, and melee is second.

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deftangel

Since 6878 Days

BR is almost 30% for me, then Melee 20% and AR around 10%

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Jin187

Since 6754 Days

AR is actually 5th for me at 3%!! Almost 53% BR and 13% Melee. The BR is definately the goto weapon for me, I think the DMR will play like the carbine but with better range.

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Ronsauce

Since 6995 Days

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case for a lot of people. I'm not very good with the BR though, and I can't help but bust out the AR/melee combo. Oh man, looking at one of my buddies' SR, over 38% AR and only 4% BR(at sixth place). The majority of both of our number of deaths comes from BRs though.

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GriftGFX

Since 7010 Days

The BR should be everyone's go to weapon. It also depends on what game types and play lists your playing I guess.

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Ronsauce

Since 6995 Days

I'm not sure why it should be. If I have an easier time killin' folks with a different weapon, it'd be silly to primarily use the BR. Although, I didn't know until recently that you had to lead your targets with the BR.

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