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Halo: Reach |OT6| There Are Those Who Said This Day Would Never Come
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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Hypertrooper
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I have no friends so I can't try out the tribute room. =( That's your problem you didn't mention it. So it wasn't in every Halo game. (And it was only on the Halo CE OST)heckfu said:
Btw. go to bed!
Yea I was lazy, Heroic is a lot more fun. I haven't really tried to play Reach on Legendary often like I used to do in Halo CE. In CE I could still pull off crazy stuff on Legendary without having to turtle like pretty much every other Halo on Legendary. Halo CE on Legendary is so fun, most of the other Halo's on Legendary feel like a chore.GhaleonEB said:I only play Heroic, partly for the challenge (I find Normal too easy), and partly for the Flawless Cowboy commendation.
Heroic is the sweet spot for Reach; Legendary feels too cheap most of the time.
Yeah I played Halo 1 Legendary so many times. Probably a good 30 runs through the Campaign between when it hit and when Halo 2 landed. Like you said, very few turtling moments; I could be pretty aggressive and still survive, so long as I was smart. Really well balanced.Booshka said:
I'm debating how to handle CEA when it arrives. I would normally a Heroic run first, but since I've played the game so often I might just skip to Legendary from the get go.
Just do Legendary, it will play better. Part of the reason that I think you could pull off cool plays in CE on Legendary was the strength of the Plasma weapons and the stun. I would freeze a lot of Elites and double melee them like it was MP. A lot of the glitches made the SP more fast paced, back pack reloading a power weapon or Pistol while I drop shields with plasma weapons, stuff like that.GhaleonEB said:
There are also less enemies and the Covenant were only deadly up close. Mid range and long range in Halo CE is pretty easy to survive and dodge until you get your weapons reloaded and shields back. In subsequent Halo games, enemies were more lethal at range, lose the CE Pistol and the Plasma stun, and you get a lot more turtling and slow paced play on Legendary. Which I find fun maybe for one playthrough, just to experience, but too tedious to go back to for multiple playthroughs.
RebornYeti
Member
That just seems so far away.Tunavi said:
It looks better when you say 2 months, 7 days.
Deputy Moonman
Member
what is going on with bungie.net? is their site down for maintenance?
EDIT: nm it's working. weird...
EDIT: nm it's working. weird...
RebornYeti
Member
Oh yes, that works too.Booshka said:
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Cairo Station Suite and High Charity Suite, can't get enough of those (yes I know they're from Halo 2).
My first time playing CE's campaign was in '09 so every aspect of the campaign (including the music) is still 'new' to me.
My first time playing CE's campaign was in '09 so every aspect of the campaign (including the music) is still 'new' to me.
Deputy Moonman
Member
As much as i want to play the new maps with CEA, I'm just glad that the TU comes out this month. Needs to happen tomorrow...
It would be so cool if I could zap my brain and forget everything about CE, and then go back and play it again for the first time. Do want.Domino Theory said:
Deputy Moonman
Member
Thanks. It's really slow.Hey You said:
Steelyuhas
Member
Deputy Moonman said:
Seriously, every time I think about playing Reach, I think about the TU, and then I can't play Reach in its current state because all I'm thinking about is that juicy TU.
Barrow Roll
Member
I was... 14? Yeah, 14 when I first played Halo 2 so when that jam came on during the Elites vs Brutes battle it got me pretty pumped. It still does. I mean, no lyrics during the in-game version really helps.wwm0nkey said:
Deputy Moonman
Member
That Follow song starts to hurt my ears after a bit. It's too busy for my liking.Mojo said:
Deputy Moonman
Member
I enjoy most of the music in the halo series. It helps to set the mood for each level and can really get me pumped during critical portions of a level. I love when
The music, combined with the awesome gameplay and pacing in CE's campaign had me coming back for more every day for over a year.
**spoiler tags just to be safe
the guitar kicks in during Silent Cartographer with "Rock Anthem for Saving the World" and it's time to go into beast mode and fight my way out of the structure. The same thing happens when the "Covenant Dance" song begins during Two Betrayals and also at the end of Two Betrayals with "Under Cover of Night."
**spoiler tags just to be safe
HiredN00bs
Member
Oh man, that entire suite is just awesome. Definitely upped my respect for Incubus, and makes the Halo 2 Volume 1 soundtrack my favorite.Mojo said:
Basically how I feel pertaining to the CE levels. So dang good. At :53, I vividly remember a part in Two Betrayals where this kicks in.Deputy Moonman said:
Also for Halo 2 I loved Peril and the In Amber Clad. The emotion the story brought was fitting for the music.
The Librarian
Banned
ODST is the best soundtrack of the series, and Halo 3's was awesome.reggie said:
Can you guys release the soundtrack right now?OuterWorldVoice said:
I'll be doing Heroic first time through. That means I'll have to play through the campaign one more time.GhaleonEB said:
squidhands
Member
reggie said:
Your avatar does you no favors when reading these comments. :-breggie said:
I'd put H3 in last place on my soundtrack list, and judging by Frankie's comments, the Anniversary is going to rocket to the top ahead of it's decade-old counterpart.
- CE - being first has it's advantages.
- Halo 2 - sans all of the atrocious rock music (and I'm an Incubus fan), this is just brilliant work. Not much more can be said.
- ODST - Such a breath of fresh air that proves how great and diverse a composer Marty really is. The music added so much more to the feel of the game than the game itself could ever accomplish.
- Reach - I was hooked at the Lone Wolf piece. Again, the score adds a huge amount of depth and emotion that the characters themselves never could.
- Halo 3 - There are some gems here, but I find myself skipping past a lot when listening to my Halo Conglomerate Playlist.
...and yeah, I listen to said playlist when reading GAF in the mornings. /nerd
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Mojo said:
Incubus FTW.
I actually brought the soundtrack set a friend got me at HaloFest to work today.
EDIT: Also I agree on ODST being the best soundtrack, with Reach/2 a close second.
Let's be honest here though, anyone who watched the Halo 3 debut trailer and didn't get goosebumps isn't that big of a Halo fan. I still watch it to this day and get goosebumps.
The Librarian
Banned
One of the worst tracks. It's tolerable up until the point the group starts singing "Follow!" in an extremely annoying way.Mojo said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWaqCND6a3g#t=111s Better?Dax01 said:
The song seems to finish pretty quickly in the actual game though, which sucks since there's no music for half the time you're in the Banshee
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Dax01 said:
Boooooo this man. Love the guitar on Follow, and it really works well in the level where you (as Arby) are cutting down the supports to the space station. Builds some serious anxiety with that guitar riff building and building.
The Librarian
Banned
Of course it is. Marty went in and eliminated the most annoying parts of the song ("Follooow!").Mojo said:
Yeah I do prefer it without the "follow".Dax01 said:
They should totally use this for Halo 4 though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5EsiEDMWLc
squidhands
Member
Boo me as well, 'cause I can't stand any of the rock music on that soundtrack. I loved Incubus' first three albums, but what they did in H2 was god-awful butt rock. blehDeadly Cyclone said:
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
squidhands said:
Huh, I thought their tracks (Odyssey mainly, all 3 parts) were actually very fitting of the Halo sound. Sure, maybe the "follow" thrown in wasn't great, but hearing that first movement while playing actually fit in for me.
squidhands
Member
I guess it's unfair to hate on them too much; I had a much bigger issue with the other non-Marty music. That's what it boiled down to for me, I wanted to hear Marty's score and anything else was just distracting noise.Deadly Cyclone said:
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
squidhands said:
I could see that, I didn't care for the actual "song" songs, but the Odyssey was more akin to soundtrack music, which is why I liked it more and found it less obtrusive in the game.
By the way, apparently this Halo soundtrack set I got from HaloFest has a few tracks from Halo 4, going to listen soon.
My soundtrack ranking
1. Halo CE. We wouldn't have the rest of them without this.
2. ODST. Fresh, different, beatiful.
3. Halo 2. Overall good, liked the rock in it though versions with lyrics are horrible (with the exception of Blow Me Away).
4. Halo Wars/Halo 3. I really can't decide which one is better... Halo 3's issue is that it's not original, pretty much everything is remade from Halo CE and 2. But it is good. Halo Wars on the other hand is different but feels just like Halo, however it is not as memorable as others.
5. Reach and Legends. Reach has worst campaign, worst maps, worst story (err, what story? A bunch of of battles and the last two missions have overarching objective)... and the worst Halo soundtrack. Only tracks i like and remember are Lone Wolf (and that's due the original intro from VGAs (which is better than the retail version IMO)), the track that plays on Tip of the Spear and the piano music at the end of New Alexandria.
Halo Legends soundtrack shares the final place. I did not like Legends or its soudtrack at all and the soundtrack is merely remakes from the series anyway.
Can't wait to hear Under Cover of Night in CEA.
1. Halo CE. We wouldn't have the rest of them without this.
2. ODST. Fresh, different, beatiful.
3. Halo 2. Overall good, liked the rock in it though versions with lyrics are horrible (with the exception of Blow Me Away).
4. Halo Wars/Halo 3. I really can't decide which one is better... Halo 3's issue is that it's not original, pretty much everything is remade from Halo CE and 2. But it is good. Halo Wars on the other hand is different but feels just like Halo, however it is not as memorable as others.
5. Reach and Legends. Reach has worst campaign, worst maps, worst story (err, what story? A bunch of of battles and the last two missions have overarching objective)... and the worst Halo soundtrack. Only tracks i like and remember are Lone Wolf (and that's due the original intro from VGAs (which is better than the retail version IMO)), the track that plays on Tip of the Spear and the piano music at the end of New Alexandria.
Halo Legends soundtrack shares the final place. I did not like Legends or its soudtrack at all and the soundtrack is merely remakes from the series anyway.
Can't wait to hear Under Cover of Night in CEA.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Wow, lot of hate for Reach here. I actually think Reach is the second best Halo game after 1. The rest of the Halo trilogy (i.e. 2/3) just kind of fell of for me.
What I am seeing from Halo 4 excites me though. Halo 3 had a solid campaign, but there really wasn't that great of plot through it.
What I am seeing from Halo 4 excites me though. Halo 3 had a solid campaign, but there really wasn't that great of plot through it.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Deadly Cyclone said:
In terms of campaign I agree.
In terms of multiplayer... lolwut!?? For me Reach doesnt even register as a Halo multiplayer game its so far down the scale.
Devolution
Member
I'm a total soundtrack geek, and what impressed me about the Halo series was how cinematic it sounded to me rather than "video game-y." I've always been kind of an outsider when it comes to VGM because most of it is hit or miss with me, but I've always felt like the Halo series was one of the games that inspired a wave of different sounding scores. My disconnect with a lot of VGM I guess comes with the fact that I haven't played a lot of games, and the love affair for that music seems very nostalgia based. There's nothing wrong with that, but a lot of the music (in my opinion) doesn't stand alone very well. Halo to me is a bit different, since it can evoke mood without necessarily playing the games. This is all quite subjective but just how I feel about it.
Currently I've been listening to the Deus Ex soundtrack, that is quite wonderful as well.
Currently I've been listening to the Deus Ex soundtrack, that is quite wonderful as well.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Havok said:
Now let's be clear here, I am not talking multiplayer. Just story/feeling.
For MP my order is 1/2/Reach/3, I like Reach's multiplayer a good deal, but it does need work. I am a huge BTB fan, and it just is not even close in Reach to what the other games were, but the rest of it is fun.
The Real Napsta
Member
Reach netcode is so good, that's why i play it despite it's laundry list of flaws.
thezerofire
Banned
I play it because people here play it, and playing a broken game with friends is more fun than playing a less broken game alone
also, what's this tribute room?
also, what's this tribute room?