But...but, you played over 5,000 games of Reach. A Reach 2 game can't be that bad, can it?
I might be able to make it to your Smash Bros. 64 tournament. Not entirely sure though
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But...but, you played over 5,000 games of Reach. A Reach 2 game can't be that bad, can it?
ElRenoRaven
Member
Exactly. I always liked Reach even gameplay wise except the AAs. I have and always will hate those but mainly because they don't fit Halo's gameplay. Now in any new game they very could work. Also like you said they certainly didn't just churn out another Halo. They played around with the formula and tried something new be it good or bad. I do applaud them for that.
Also someone mentioned about it looking like it may be more cooperative. I'm ok with that too. Not every game has to have competitive multiplayer. If this next game doesn't then hey all good. If it does again all good. Either way I can't wait at all.
I hadn't noticed this before, but Halo 4 ate a bunch of my Crimson achievements (I purchased the pack). Waypoint shows 52/57 unlocked, as does the dashboard overview, but if I go into the achievement details in the dashboard, I've got all but Now They Fly? unlocked. I'm kind of over achievements (which is why I haven't tried to go after the H2V ones at all), but that's wonky.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Yep.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Sprint, DMR, Armour Abilities. All no thanks in -my- book.
Garrett 2U
Member
I thought I read that Bungie is able to use the Reach engine for their future projects, is that true?
If so it might make sense as to why the rebuilt the engine while under contract from Microsoft.
Two birds, one stone.
And that Activison deal was contingent upon high ratings for Reach, so they wanted to make it as impressive as possible.
I played Reach because GAF played it. and invasion boneyard was awesome fun.
Then why don't you play Halo 4, IDIOT?
GAF doesn't play it and its not awesome fun. and fire emblem.
how is spelunky? Worth $5 for the 360 version? Don't have a PC
Excellent work.
Internet high five, bro.
Perfect. Sums it up real nice.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I think it's as good a time as any to get over thinking of Reach as some colossal failure on Bungie's resume, the bolded doesn't mean anything to any company let alone Bungie or the lead designer working there at this point. This "remember Reach" doomsaying makes little sense going forward and you even admit as much: "because it's not Halo more than anything." I get bitter memories but I don't understand the point in bringing it up like this. Reach is irrelevant.
I want to discuss this further, does anyone think this looks like some kind of hybrid of Guardian and Narrows?
It is hard to really get the size, but it looks smaller.
User 73706
Banned
Spiritual successor to Solace would sell trillions.
Sr Kitsune
Member
For straight ports, none. If they improved some, Countdown, that would be alright. Haven is unremarkable to say the least and I really don't wish to see it again. The way people make it out as way better than it actually is probably means we will though.
Solace is a terrible map. Sight lines, no visual cues, and why can't it just have symmetrical bases. It's a failure even at symmetry
Countdown lol
StalkerUKCG
Banned
The Cage...
Countdown and Zealot (without space), I thought about. I have such a tough time with Reach memories to really give the maps much credit. Countdown was fun as a shotgun whore, but imagine Countdown with boltshot loadouts.. sheesh
Sr Kitsune
Member
He said Spiritual successor, not remake.
Look at Valhalla, the spiritual successor of Blood Gulch/Coagulation.
Done.
Reminds me kinda of Sanctuary in a weird way.
My original post was about remakes. Pointing out how forgettable or generally weak the map selection has been in the past two halos
xxjuicesxx
Member
I wouldnt mind seeing Zealot back, without the space section obviously. Any map with symmetry is better than what they are giving us these days.
Didnt mind Powerhouse either.
Didnt mind Powerhouse either.
I thought about Powerhouse, but High Ground > Powerhouse
Getting JIPed into the same 4-0 game against a team of 130s who are padding their stats twice in a row? Sigh. Where are my buttons labeled "Fuck JIP" and "Fuck Guests" again? Edit: Immediately JIPed an Infinity CTF Ragnarok game where half the enemy team had snipers. This game sometimes. Edit 2: After those wonderful games, we ended up in a game with a Puerto Rican host where grenades took three seconds to come out. Thanks, guys.
I'd bring over Zealot in a heartbeat. Arena and MLG Zealot were great. The Anchor 9 MLG variant was a really neat idea as well, and they did a good job of fixing up Countdown. More than anything, a lot of Reach maps just suffered from poor weapon and object placement.
For 1-Flag, I guess I can see that. But considering they shoved 19 different variants of Slayer onto High Ground and it was terrible for each and every one of them? Powerhouse handled their playlist management style better than High Ground did and ended up being a pretty decent 1-Flag map by the end. A shame they never did put KOTH on it in Objective.
I'd bring over Zealot in a heartbeat. Arena and MLG Zealot were great. The Anchor 9 MLG variant was a really neat idea as well, and they did a good job of fixing up Countdown. More than anything, a lot of Reach maps just suffered from poor weapon and object placement.
I'm the opposite. Thought Reach was great, but I have no interest in Destiny if it is indeed an MMO.
Sr Kitsune
Member
Fair enough.
To be honest I would like to see remakes of Turf, Relic, Terminal, Containment and/or Uplift, before a remake of any map in Reach or H4.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Serious answer.
Powerhouse
Boneyard (sections of that map are well done)
Countdown
Swordbase (spiritual successor not direct remake)
Zealot
Highlands (needs some changes)
Haven
Solace (has potential but needs some tweaks)
Exile
To be clear I like the basic principals of these maps but i think they all need changes. Haven in Doubles with the grav lifts is much better.
Powerhouse
Boneyard (sections of that map are well done)
Countdown
Swordbase (spiritual successor not direct remake)
Zealot
Highlands (needs some changes)
Haven
Solace (has potential but needs some tweaks)
Exile
To be clear I like the basic principals of these maps but i think they all need changes. Haven in Doubles with the grav lifts is much better.
Anything is better than High Ground.
HiredN00bs
Member
I hope you love Destiny.
I actually really enjoyed Reach, it might not have been a great Halo game but it was certainly a great standalone game and a decent entry to the series. While it definitely was a rather jarring departure from normal Halo it was still better than a lot of the garbage out during its time and some of the DLC maps were rather good
. Campaign was enjoyable, MP was still loads of fun with friends, all in all I'd rank it = Halo 4 at least.
Edit: Come to think of it, many of my problems with maps in Reach were people jet-packing and attacking from above or getting to different parts of the map easily. That shit's gay!
Anchor 9
Edit: Come to think of it, many of my problems with maps in Reach were people jet-packing and attacking from above or getting to different parts of the map easily. That shit's gay!
xxjuicesxx
Member
High Ground was too elongated for Halo 3. You killed people at Bridge and they spawned behind you in the base instead of at Beach or in Bunker (dont think the spawn system knew what to do with verticality)
Plus 1 sided everything stunk on that map originally it was like dead body run flag forever then when they put proper return times in it was like 0-0 ties all day.
Plus 1 sided everything stunk on that map originally it was like dead body run flag forever then when they put proper return times in it was like 0-0 ties all day.
Disagree. I think that mayyyyybe we just think it was good because it was the most polished turd among the group in Reach.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Spire for BTB. Screw you guys.
My love for asymmetrical maps knows no bounds
High Ground destroys Powerhouse at 1-flag, which is the gamemode both maps do best.
I'd say that Powerhouse is a better team slayer map in a heartbeat, but there are much better slayer maps out there when you are talking about taking 1-2 maps from a past halo and remaking them into the new game.
Fixed.