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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed

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BakedPigeon

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Forgive me if this has been discussed before but why do you think it is that Microsoft has chosen a "softer" announcement for Halo: Reach compared to previous Halo games? Usually the announcement was never talked about and it would happen at the end of a MS presser. This time it seemed like they down played that they were making a new Halo game. I still think there is the same level of excitement surrounding the trailer though.
 
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Falagard

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Cerrius said:
This "in-game" trailer better look prettier than Killzone 2 and Crysis with the way Keighley's been pumping it up lately.
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Not going to happen. He's pumping it up because it's one of the biggest draws of the show. In fact, the description of the show on my Cable channel is something like "Spike Video Game Awards 2009 including new footage of Halo: Reach".

Reach will look good, but not compared to Killzone 2 or Crysis. It will look good compared to Halo 3, and that's all.
 
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Chorazin

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BakedPigeon said:
Forgive me if this has been discussed before but why do you think it is that Microsoft has chosen a "softer" announcement for Halo: Reach compared to previous Halo games? Usually the announcement was never talked about and it would happen at the end of a MS presser. This time it seemed like they down played that they were making a new Halo game. I still think there is the same level of excitement surrounding the trailer though.
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Wait, what? A spot on a nationally broadcast prime-time program catering to gamers is "softer" than a press-release streamed on the internet around 2 or 3 pm (PST) on a weekday at E3?
 
Kibbles

Kibbles

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Falagard said:
Not going to happen. He's pumping it up because it's one of the biggest draws of the show. In fact, the description of the show on my Cable channel is something like "Spike Video Game Awards 2009 including new footage of Halo: Reach".

Reach will look good, but not compared to Killzone 2 or Crysis. It will look good compared to Halo 3, and that's all.
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Greenburg from Microsoft is the one touting it as their graphical showcase title, so if it's all Microsoft has got for 2010, I would hope so. :p I'm not expecting Crysis quality visuals at all whatsoever though. :lol Obviously Halo: Reach is a different type of game than the stuff Sony is pumping out right now too.
Chorazin said:
Wait, what? A spot on a nationally broadcast prime-time program catering to gamers is "softer" than a press-release streamed on the internet around 2 or 3 pm (PST) on a weekday at E3?
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He's referring to the Announcement Trailer at E3, that was just shown after the ODST walkthrough in the middle of the conference.
 
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Falagard

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Kibbles said:
Greenburg from Microsoft is the one touting it as their graphical showcase title, so if it's all Microsoft has got for 2010, I would hope so.
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As far as I know, Greenberg said Reach will be the biggest game of 2010, not a graphical showcase.
 
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BakedPigeon

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Chorazin said:
Wait, what? A spot on a nationally broadcast prime-time program catering to gamers is "softer" than a press-release streamed on the internet around 2 or 3 pm (PST) on a weekday at E3?
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I meant softer in as letting us know what going to happen instead of the surprise factor.
 
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clashfan

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Falagard said:
Not going to happen. He's pumping it up because it's one of the biggest draws of the show. In fact, the description of the show on my Cable channel is something like "Spike Video Game Awards 2009 including new footage of Halo: Reach".

Reach will look good, but not compared to Killzone 2 or Crysis. It will look good compared to Halo 3, and that's all.
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Reach will be the best looking game to date!
 
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Falagard

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Reach will be the best looking game to date!
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Lower your expectations. Halo has never been the best looking game, for any version. What makes anyone think this will happen for Reach? Unless you were being facetious, in which case... I retract my comment.

pringles said:
:lol :lol :lol
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What are you laughing at? You think Reach will look better than Killzone 2? I'm a huge fan of Halo, best game there is, but I really don't think so.
 
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clashfan

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Falagard said:
Lower your expectations. Halo has never been the best looking game, for any version. What makes anyone think this will happen for Reach?
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What are you talking about? Halo 1 and 2 was the best looking xbox game.
 
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PSGames

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Falagard said:
Lower your expectations. Halo has never been the best looking game, for any version. What makes anyone think this will happen for Reach? Unless you were being facetious, in which case... I retract my comment.



What are you laughing at? You think Reach will look better than Killzone 2? I'm a huge fan of Halo, best game there is, but I really don't think so.
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Sorry but that's incorrect. Halo 1 and 2 were graphical showcases for their time.
 
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Deleted member 22576

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PSGames said:
Sorry but that's incorrect. Halo 1 and 2 were graphical showcases for their time.
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Halo 1 was, Halo2 looked like crap.
 
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Chorazin

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Kibbles said:
He's referring to the Announcement Trailer at E3, that was just shown after the ODST walkthrough in the middle of the conference.
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Ah, my bad. I thought he was refering to the way the trailer was being presented to the public.

I totally see what he meant now.
 
Kibbles

Kibbles

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Falagard said:
As far as I know, Greenberg said Reach will be the biggest game of 2010, not a graphical showcase.
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No he said something like that around E3. He compared it to Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 iirc. I'm not saying that, but I'm expecting them to be pretty damn sweet nonetheless.

Jtwo said:
Halo 1 was, Halo2 looked like crap.
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Yes. No.
 
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pringles

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Falagard said:
What are you laughing at? You think Reach will look better than Killzone 2? I'm a huge fan of Halo, best game there is, but I really don't think so.
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Doesn't have to look better to look GOOD, even when compared to KZ2 or Crysis (the only truly good looking games out there in your opinion or what?). There are a 100 games that look good even when put right next to those games.

Oh, and there's also the fact that you HAVE NO IDEA. It's not likely that it will have graphics that blow everything out of the water, Bungie usually prioritizes other things, but we don't know.
 
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NullPointer

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pringles said:
Doesn't have to look better to look GOOD, even when compared to KZ2 or Crysis (the only truly good looking games out there in your opinion or what?). There are a 100 games that look good even when put right next to those games.

Oh, and there's also the fact that you HAVE NO IDEA. It's not likely that it will have graphics that blow everything out of the water, Bungie usually prioritizes other things, but we don't know.
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Well then I'd agree with you. Its going to look good. Hell, maybe even great.
 
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Deleted member 22576

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I don't think Halo2 looked anywhere near as good as the first one.
Halo1 still looks pretty good, even nowadays.
 
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LCfiner

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clashfan said:
What are you talking about? Halo 1 and 2 was the best looking xbox game.
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By the time Halo 2 came out, there were already several games that looked better.

And Halo 3 wasn’t the be-all and end-all graphical showcase.

Halo impresses with scale, not shiny graphics. If Bungie can make a new game that fixes the IQ issues with 3 and can also improve facial animation and modeling, I’d be happy.
 
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lockload

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halo is about he AI and re playability, games like MW2 are about the graphics and single playthrough with scripted AI, totally different games

To have intelligent AI you need to give it processor cycles sometimes at the expense of graphics but i will not complain about that
 
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Arhal_Katarn

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One thing i ould like borrowed from MW is the levelling, perks and unlocks. Killstreaks can stay the fuck out of Halo though thank you very much.
 
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Vast Inspiration

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BakedPigeon said:
Forgive me if this has been discussed before but why do you think it is that Microsoft has chosen a "softer" announcement for Halo: Reach compared to previous Halo games? Usually the announcement was never talked about and it would happen at the end of a MS presser. This time it seemed like they down played that they were making a new Halo game. I still think there is the same level of excitement surrounding the trailer though.
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Microsoft DID surprise people when it first announced Reach at E3.
Its just that they also had ODST coming out and had to promote that too.
The release schedule of the Halo games has been a little fudged up due to ODST and Reach coming out one year apart.

Thats why it didn't make sense to do a full blown Reach announcement trailer at the last E3 when ODST was releasing 3 months later. So now that ODST is out of the way, Reach is getting a full blown hype trailer.
 
Kibbles

Kibbles

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Just noticed they changed the position of the characters. :p

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Slightly Live

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Bungie.net

Logic: I think Urk is cool because he is basically the reason Bnet is even here. He is good at what he does, very good. That makes him cool, IMO. I don't see how that it so hard to get.
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GAF

Shishka seems to have no problem popping into the Reach thread to post inane comments. Would've been nice if he answered community questions about his job performance for the past 2 years.
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:lol

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LCfiner

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Captain Blood said:
Try out the 1600x1200, its pretty hawt.
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I seriously can’t find higher res images on the site. I only see 3 images, two for cell phones. I clicked all the arrows in the image pop up.. what am I doin’ wrong? :lol
 
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Trasher

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LCfiner said:
I seriously can’t find higher res images on the site. I only see 3 images, two for cell phones. I clicked all the arrows in the image pop up.. what am I doin’ wrong? :lol
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Click on the image, then in the lower left of the pop-up window there is a "Download" clickable link.


Oooo when it's larger you can make some stuff out kinda. Dude on the left looks like he has a CQB helmet. Second from the right looks like EVA. The sniper has a bipod mount. Intrussting...
 
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TheOddOne

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LCfiner said:
I seriously can’t find higher res images on the site. I only see 3 images, two for cell phones. I clicked all the arrows in the image pop up.. what am I doin’ wrong? :lol
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Click on the picture, then click Download (4 available versions).
 
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Vast Inspiration

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What do you guys think about the metallic/simple Reach logo?

Also, I'd wager that the first Reach pic was art, whereas the new one actually uses the character models.
 
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The Librarian

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WickedLaharl said:
they changed the changed the characters positions on a teaser image?! wow that's amazing!!
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It confirms the pictures "Tom Morello" leaked as legitimate. So, yes, it's amazing.

So I'm assuming that no HaloGAF customs will be going on this Saturday? I dunno about you guys, but I'll be too busy watching Spike.
 
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Thagomizer

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Ugh @ the clearly identifiable female models in that poster. The books made it pretty clear that the Spartans' sexes are supposed to be indistinguishable in their armor, because all the genetic tinkering and modifications makes the females pretty abnormally muscular and the suits cancel out any remaining differences.
 
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