Halo: Reach Beta Thread
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Damn, Ghaleon wasn't kidding. Sword Base is horrendous. They took the worst parts of Halo 3 map design and crammed it into one turd. If the other team has your flag you can only use the jetpack perk. Awful.
Why is there no immediate visual indicator to show who is in a party?
You're better off using the AR than any of the weapons that take skill. DMR, Pistol, etc feel incredibly weak compared to the AR.
Why is there no immediate visual indicator to show who is in a party?
You're better off using the AR than any of the weapons that take skill. DMR, Pistol, etc feel incredibly weak compared to the AR.
Download was extremely fast, got it under 10 minutes more than an hour ago.
Played one game, then I went to go eat after all of the Beta code hunting I did on all those sites!
First impressions:
The feel is really different, but something I can get used to - first AA I used was Armor Lock, and it's great to get you out of a jam, but don't use it when you run into a battle outnumbered and alone - if you have at least one other teammate with you however, it works wonders!
Sprint feels good too - clean, fast, and none of that fatigue stuff from COD, you keep the pace up till you stop.
DMR - so good. Really feels like a skill weapon, and taking out people from far feels rewarding! Pistol feels good as well, but it's not the overpowered handcannon from CE, which is much fairer.
The match was on Stockpile and we won 12 - 7 - definitely not as easy as you'd think to grab flags, so it's a good challenge. Connection was excellent as well too, didn't experience any delays at all.
Gonna jump back in a bit!
Played one game, then I went to go eat after all of the Beta code hunting I did on all those sites!
First impressions:
The feel is really different, but something I can get used to - first AA I used was Armor Lock, and it's great to get you out of a jam, but don't use it when you run into a battle outnumbered and alone - if you have at least one other teammate with you however, it works wonders!
Sprint feels good too - clean, fast, and none of that fatigue stuff from COD, you keep the pace up till you stop.
DMR - so good. Really feels like a skill weapon, and taking out people from far feels rewarding! Pistol feels good as well, but it's not the overpowered handcannon from CE, which is much fairer.
The match was on Stockpile and we won 12 - 7 - definitely not as easy as you'd think to grab flags, so it's a good challenge. Connection was excellent as well too, didn't experience any delays at all.
Gonna jump back in a bit!
Genesis Knight
Member
When people cheated on ExpertZone promo codes in the past their Expert Zone accounts got closed.
Pandoracell said:
Yes! It looks terrible imo.
Just had a CTF on Sword Base (quite like the map, although shotgun reigns supreme on it). I'm not a big Halo player but suffice to say my team got spanked. First game in... probably since Halo 3 launched so finished with -3 K/D
However both teams found it very, very difficult to cap the flag - where the frig do you take it?! Everywhere looks the same 
which resulted in a bit of boredom tbh. And the announcer spam when they flag juggle... I thought that was gone I love how the DMR plays but like someone says above it feels incredibly weak but oh so awesome when you nail someone in the head.
SimpleDesign
Member
Sword Base doesn't look too pretty either, aliasing is bad.kylej said:
And the AR is a beast.
Washed_Out
Member
Spartan jump is not floaty enough.
Rapping Granny
Banned
So guys, is the combat better than H3 and good as H2 or neither?
I went to my saved films to check because I was going "WTF" way too often, guys coming out of AL are invincible for a whole second (two shots with the Needle Rifle for me), which would have made the difference between life and death.
If you're on Blue Team, your objective if at the Blue arrow and it is Blue. Red Team's objective is at the Red arrow and it is Red.
If you're on Red Team, your objective is at the Blue arrow and it is Red. Blue Team's objective is at the Red arrow and it is Blue.
Stuff is ill thought out IMO.
If you're on Blue Team, your objective if at the Blue arrow and it is Blue. Red Team's objective is at the Red arrow and it is Red.
If you're on Red Team, your objective is at the Blue arrow and it is Red. Blue Team's objective is at the Red arrow and it is Blue.
Stuff is ill thought out IMO.
Wu-Gambino
Banned
No ones getting banned for this Expertzone thing right?
I just got a code
I just got a code
Sanic
Member
-AR is a beast.
-It's hard getting used to not being able to immediatly start moving after a long fall.
And I must reiterate, the motion blur is horendous
Beyond that, stockpile is a lot of fun. And after one match on sword base, I really like it, if only for the large amount of jetpack usage.
-It's hard getting used to not being able to immediatly start moving after a long fall.
And I must reiterate, the motion blur is horendous
Beyond that, stockpile is a lot of fun. And after one match on sword base, I really like it, if only for the large amount of jetpack usage.
Gareth Bale
Member
My impressions:
I really like so far:
Don't like:
I really like so far:
- Pistol
- Jetpacks
- Aiming (goes without saying)
- DMR & NR
Don't like:
- Control layouts (I feel the need to use a different layout if I swap from Jetpack to Sprint/Armour Lock)
- Shield and health bar!! WAY too small!! I have no idea when I'm about to die, or especially if my shields are gone. Not enough indication!
Rapping Granny
Banned
Phatcorns said:
go to gamestop.ca and go to store locator, use a random one in your area.
Rapping Granny
Banned
Killthee said:
AHHHHHHHHHH I will sell you my sister.
going to use this on my buddy's xbox but with my gamertag, hopefully they don't ban his console. hehe.
I think I may have just played against some halogaffers lol!Wu-Gambino said:
I've got shitty download speeds so I was reading through the terms of use on Expertzone while my beta downloads. Basically like another user had previously mentioned it looks like all they'll do if they catch people doing this is ban your ExpertZone account.
We aren't cheating them out of money/MS points so I seriously doubt they'll care enough to actually ban Live accounts.
Genesis Knight
Member
Rapping Granny said:
Wow somebody throw Granny a key he's been waiting for like four hours. :lol
AHappyPanda
Member
Wu-Gambino said:
If they're going to lay the banhammer on, if it all, it wouldn't be this soon after.
It's a wait and see, but I'm going to guess no. This is their fault, not the users and to punish the users would be unfair.
But then again, we're dealing with MS and Halo, their baby, so who knows.
Darkflight
Member
Evading into a guy for a hammer kill - so awesome.
Next match sprinting to a guy for another hammer kill to be blocked by armour lock - also awesome.
Next match sprinting to a guy for another hammer kill to be blocked by armour lock - also awesome.
Genesis Knight
Member
Time to go home and get some beta goodness.
SEGAvangelist
Member
derFeef said:
Graphics are better than 3 but there is a total lack of shine in this game. Something about it is so dull looking. Aliasing is much better now, I still don't understand why Halo isn't looking as good as Gears of War yet. That said, the gameplay is really fun now. I can see myself playing a lot of Halo for the first time since Halo: CE.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
AR is way, way too strong and makes other weapons look like crap.
Also each and every armor ability feels totally fucking boss. I can't decide if Sprint or Evade or Armor Lock or Camo are my favorite. Fuck Jetpack.
Also each and every armor ability feels totally fucking boss. I can't decide if Sprint or Evade or Armor Lock or Camo are my favorite. Fuck Jetpack.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Son of Godzilla said:
Jetpack is pretty badass though. BTW, the new matchmaking is awesome. I selected "Chatty" and every player had a headset. Totally awesome. Hopefully Party Chat doesn't kill this game too.
LQX
Member
Sword Base is possibly the blandest map ever made. The architecture and everything about it is just boring. They have to had made that in a day on a lunch break.
Good to see this is not as jaggy(it has like a fuzz filter thing going which covers it I think) as Halo 3 though the graphics don't seem like it has that much improved.
Overall I like but I see some saying it it doesn't feel like Halo....yeah stop lying. I thought they would take more liberties but they hardly strayed from the formula. Running and the everybody gets some sort of shield just seem like common sense and works. And I predict jet packs will be the next big thing in MP games, awesome addition.
Good to see this is not as jaggy(it has like a fuzz filter thing going which covers it I think) as Halo 3 though the graphics don't seem like it has that much improved.
Overall I like but I see some saying it it doesn't feel like Halo....yeah stop lying. I thought they would take more liberties but they hardly strayed from the formula. Running and the everybody gets some sort of shield just seem like common sense and works. And I predict jet packs will be the next big thing in MP games, awesome addition.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Got home from work and retried the ExpertZone link and I got the email this time. Yessss!
Gareth Bale
Member
Pandoracell said:
Major problem. I hardly ever know how much shield or health I have left. Halo 3 seemed more instinctive, and as if I could feel the bullets chipping away at my shields.