Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I wonder if Chapel will finish the Montage before E3. Either way though, he's a good man for doing it.
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Halo: Reach Beta Thread
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AwesomeSyrup
Banned
I'd prefer a 12ish hour campaign.
Genesis Knight
Member
So who's going to marathon the campaign on 4 (at least) player coop the day it comes out?
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
I know folks had complainst about ODST's Campaign length, but playing through it on Legendary I didn't find it too short.
I'm sure tackling Reach on Legendary will be a nice long ride.
I'm sure tackling Reach on Legendary will be a nice long ride.
Genesis Knight said:
Gotta go solo the first time just to soak it all in and crank the surround sound. I'm hoping all the skulls are available for us like they were for ODST without having to find them like in Halo 3. Heroic + Catch + Cowbell is how I will be rocking Reach my first time through.
The Librarian
Banned
ODST took me about nine hours first time through. Probably about 5-6 for a complete replay.Dani said:
Halo 3 takes me maybe 7-8 hours on replays.
Hydranockz
Member
We are not all as talented as you sirKapura said:
I will no doubt crawl through it. Every encounter on legendary will have me shitting the foundations of my 5 story villa and I will be crying more tears than the bullets my AR will be sprayin'.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Hope all you fellow Californians voted today.
Halo: Reach next week! w00t
Merguson said:
It really doesn't matter how long the campaign is if Bungie puts some serious time and effort into the daily and weekly challenges. I had some great times getting the Vidmaster achievements in both Halo 3 and ODST and with these new challenges mentioned for Reach Bungie has the ability to basically give us new crazy ass challenges every single day to extend the life of the campaign on forever basically. I want insane stuff like the equivalent of going through Tsavo Highway on foot.
electricpirate
Member
I didn't really like 4 player co-op that much in H3, it was either wayyyyyyy too easy or irritating/boring with too many skulls. 2 player Legendary was the sweetspot in Halo 3, maybe turn on tough luck to make the brutes do some dodging.
I found four player Legendary with Catch, Tough Luck, Thunderstorm and Mythic turned on was pretty spectacular, and a decent challenge. Though I like it when things go really bananas in co-op games.electricpirate said:
Speaking of skulls, I hope Grunt Birthday Party makes a return. That adds so much pure joy to the game. :lol
Slightly Live
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Completely forgot about the Daily/Weekly challenges. Such an awesome concept.
Genesis Knight
Member
I've never played any of the games on Legendary - except for CE, now that I think of it. Anyway, if I've got 4 skilled Halo MP players should we take Reach on at Legendary or stay with Heroic? I don't want to be frustrated, but I don't want it to be too easy.
Digital-Hero
Member
Dani said:
Doesn't WoW and Red Dead Redemption already have that concept?
Slightly Live
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Digital-Hero said:
Probably, I wouldn't know as I don't play them. I not saying the concept is original or whatever, but it's certainly nice.
Zeouterlimits
Member
It has to, would be a big loss to not have it.GhaleonEB said:
Legendary, definitely. It would be way too easy on Heroic for 4 people.Genesis Knight said:
I'll be doing it, as I always do, alone on Heroic for my first playthrough.
The way it's meant to be played indeed.
Wizman23 said:
I don't mind a short campaign as long as it can keep me entertained. Keeping me entertained should be the actual content of the campaign but daily and weekly challenges can help for sure.
The only thing I hope Bungie does is make their intentions to keep the player contained within the level a bit less obvious. Sierra 117 is probably the worst offender as you could hit the soft ceiling countless times. I think you can hit the soft ceiling on The Storm as well. Bungie wants the player to stay in the level, that's fine, but give the player some breathing room.
Slightly Live
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Looking forward to seeing some more cinematics, I'm sure they'll have one or two polished up for next week. Holding out of the one with all of the vehicles heading into battle, holding with textures and whatnot.
Digital-Hero
Member
Anyone else have a hard time going back to Halo 3 after the Reach Beta? I just cannot stomach the old anymore. I went back to playing Modern Warfare 2 for my online killing action.
electricpirate
Member
GhaleonEB said:
I'll have to try that makeup, I normally put on tilt to recreate some of that Halo CE, "I need a plasma weapon" feel, but after seeing how that skulls breaks shit in firefight I'm realizing that tilt might be the problem.
Captain Blood
Member
I think a couple people around here were fine with playing H3 during the beta :lolDigital-Hero said:
Yea I am really not a tilt fan for campaign. I forget who would always turn it on, but I thought it was a fun sucker (sucks out the fun).electricpirate said:
Looking at you nutter.
Dani said:Looking forward to seeing some more cinematics, I'm sure they'll have one or two polished up for next week. Holding out of the one with all of the vehicles heading into battle, holding with textures and whatnot.
One of the Bungie Weekly Updates or Nobleactual posts said the cinematics were all finished. I'm pretty sure they're pretty much done the game at this point and are just bug fixing.
The Polish stage is Finnish. Now they're Russian to fix bugs so they can get home to their wives and then you know.. bowchickawowow ... Himalayan.
Hydranockz
Member
*Zeouterlimits wants you to play Halo 3:ODST*Zeouterlimits said:
Oh cool, Legendary on Security Zone. Hey, is Grunt Birthday Skull turned on?
Countdown to start: 5...4...3...2...1 Beep!
No conffetti. Sadface.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Hydranockz said:
We need to get some games going with Reach's Firefight/Campaign, inter-island connections should be smooth. The slideshows for US connections are balls. =\
Digital-Hero
Member
Captain Blood said:
I meant Reach Beta. :lol
Thagomizer
Member
Falagard said:
French?
Hydranockz
Member
Well if Network Test 1 is anything to go by I can stomach an international game of campaign or FF if needed. Looking back, that Legendary 4-player Campaign achievement really showcases just how far Bungie's netcode has come with NT1.Dani said:
Plus, I've always had my bro, Zeouterlimits and our friend Gazzawa69 as players for FF. Hopefully, come Reach, we can branch out and have 6 in the group.
Quick question - The really hard Vidmaster achievements such as Endure and Deja Vú as well as that Halo 3 one I mentioned. Have any of ye ever felt as though you had bonded greatly with your teammates upon finishing them? Only Halo could do that to me. C'mon Reach ^^
Zeouterlimits
Member
That's only because Gazzawa neighs like an upset donkey whenever we try to play using itHydranockz said:
Agreed, although I had some perfectly smooth cross-Atlantic games as well (in the minority of course). Remember playing with Dax on Last Resort for a long-ass game.Dani said:
Edit: And now that I think of it, we had a few firefight (entirely-Limerick based connections) games that turned horrible connection-wise when they felt like it.
Doing coop on the first playthrough of a Halo is something I would never do. I know different people view the campaign in a different way, so I'm not judging at all, but I would never ruin a Halo campaign for myself like that.
Coop is incredibly fun and all, but it's way too distracting, everyone is always rushing through it, chatting over Marty's melodies and dialogue, being goofy, saying silly jokes during cutscenes, never stopping to appreciate the atmosphere and scenery, etc. There's plenty of time to play like that again and again afterwards.
Coop is incredibly fun and all, but it's way too distracting, everyone is always rushing through it, chatting over Marty's melodies and dialogue, being goofy, saying silly jokes during cutscenes, never stopping to appreciate the atmosphere and scenery, etc. There's plenty of time to play like that again and again afterwards.
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
I wouldn't mind a 6-8 hour campaign is that 6-8 hours is fucking non stop fuckawesome.
I'd rather not have levels like the Library, and other filler levels padding our the campaign.
For once, I want a first person shooter where I enjoy EVERY level I play. If that means a shorter campaign, then so be it.
I'd rather not have levels like the Library, and other filler levels padding our the campaign.
For once, I want a first person shooter where I enjoy EVERY level I play. If that means a shorter campaign, then so be it.
Digital-Hero
Member
2 Minutes Turkish said:
That has never happened. Flawed games made by flawed people. I can look past some poorly done levels if most of the game is fun.
Genesis Knight
Member
What the... Does someone actually buy Halo games 100% for the campaign? Not even Firefight? Didn't know that was possible.
Slightly Live
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Halo had the Library, Halo 2 had those Jackal Snipers and Halo 3 had the entire Anus level. What will be Reach's downfall? :lol
Seriously don't know someone at Bungie didn't point out that Cortana was just bad. It should have popped up at least once during a meeting or something.
Seriously don't know someone at Bungie didn't point out that Cortana was just bad. It should have popped up at least once during a meeting or something.
metareferential
Member
Dani said:
Nothing. Believe.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
So has it been officially confirmed that the Flood will not be in the game for sure? I know it obviously doesn't seem to fit with the fiction but they could always pull something out of their ass about a secret underground Forerunner facility that unleashes a Flood outbreak that nobody ever heard about because the glassing of the planet destroyed any evidence and blah blah blah here's another Library this one is even better it has 8 floors.
Slightly Live
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Wiggum2007 said:
No certainties. Forerunner stuff could pop up and where there is Forerunner stuff there is always a chance....
Hope they don't put the Flood in. I prefer smarter enemies rather than mindless waves.
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
Digital-Hero said:
Hence why I said for once.
Modern Warfare 1, and Halo 1 come close.
I think both games only have ONE level each I can't stand. For Halo it's the library, and for Modern Wafare, I can't remember. I think it's the one where you end up defending at the playground/carnival thing.
Slightly Live
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Gui_PT said:
I say bad because it lacked any sort of fun for me. Repeating cramping, corridors and waves upon wave of rushing enemies. It's Halo at it's lowest amount of fun. It's devoid of the dynamic player-environment-enemy interplay from the levels that proceed it.
Cortana is pretty similar, cramped brown corridors and wave upon wave of enemies with additionally added sniping brown masses.
Compared either level of any of the open ended levels with enemies and vehicles and mountains of win and fun. It's hard to imagine they are from the same games, really.
I have high hopes for Reach, focusing on the Covenant invasion, fighting Elites like the great times in the earlier Halo CE levels. Massive open ended levels have been touted by Bungie and from what they and from what we seen it looks like a return to the best moments of the original Halo with healthy modern trappings and design.
If they can re-capture even a fraction of the feeling I get when playing a level like The Silent Cartographer, I'd be satisfied.
The bar (and my expectations) is only set so high because Bungie set the bar up there in the first place.