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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed

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dilatedmuscle

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I litterally said outloud "HOLY SHIT!" at 00:53 and i promise you that wasnt the only time i said it..

Son of a BITCH this game looks good.... the only PS3 game that looks better is Uncharted 2 (reach's art style is still 10 times better), and i HIGHLY DOUBT Uncharted 2 can pull off 4:40 ... What they are doing is absolutely amazing. Even if the story sucks, nobody can deny that its really impressive all around.

6:51.... ELITES ARE HUGE!






.... HOLY SHIT 4:32.... hmm , this will bring up a lot of questions
 
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derFeef

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Allright, watched it enough for now, more later ;) I really want to know though whats going on in that marines vs. spartan scene! hyped.
 
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Princess Carl

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Reposting for the new page

xDangerboy said:
Does it seem like there are two ammo clips in this shot and as the assault rifle is fired, its draining both of them at the same time? It says four shots left, but there is still 8-9 bullets.

Intended? or Bug?
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squidhands

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heavenly gods, that looks amazing. And the sounds, the glorious sounds of the weapons...

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And Brutes, eh? I'm intrigued, but hopeful that their appearance will be limited.

Finally, kudos to Wu for nailing the beta release date. You're as awesome as they say.:D
 
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Chinner

Banned
i gotta admit, after the nasty taste that halo 3 left in my mouth i really wanted to hate reach.... but that vidoc made me exicted : (

i just hope it isn't a utter dissapointment like halo 3 was, more importantly, i hope it has a soul to it which halo 3 lacked.
 
ToyMachine228

ToyMachine228

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God damn, that ViDoc was impressive. Both in the fact that the game itself is looking awesome, and we see a lot of new stuff. Damn it if you haven't got me excited again Bungie.
 
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EazyB

Banned
Holy shit, I was not expecting that much awesome given how little journalists said about it. Jesus Christ, gunna watch it a few more times now.

Halo Reach: Return of the Chopper?
 
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Darklord

Banned
After watching it, man, it looks pretty awesome. I LOVED Halo: CE. Played it so many times I can't even remember how much. Halo 2 was trash. Halo 3 was better but boring because it was a very been there, done that, feel to it. Multiplayer was a snore after playing nearly the exact same thing in 1 and 2. Won't even bother with ODST.

Reach though looks a lot better. It's bring back the alien feel to the covenant which I missed and it should definitely be more interesting with a squad.
 
Cuban Legend

Cuban Legend

Member
EazyB said:
Holy shit, I was not expecting that much awesome given how little journalists said about it. Jesus Christ, gunna watch it a few more times now.
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It was either so awesome it was under NDA, otherwise according to my standards, those journalists were blind.

Got a couple friends blacking themselves out from any Reach media after the VGA Trailer to give maximum effect when they start up the MP Beta when it hits. I can now say I fear they may be so surprised as to suffer heart failure.
 
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electricpirate

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Grainy effect, is that some kind of nightvision, or is it the effect of your shield dropping?
Not sure, did I notice some major Bullet magnatism on the DMR? Not sure if it was just a delay in the sound effects/video encoding.

Okay, now I'm starting to get into the stuff that is way too granular and subject to major change before the game releases.

COME ON BETA.
 
skyfinch

skyfinch

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Was never a big fan of Halo in the past, but just recently, I read the first 3 books in the series (Fall of Reach, The Flood, and First Strike), and am shocked at how good the Halo story is. Even bought Halo CE off XBL the other day and am playing through it again.

Anyways, Reach looks incredible. Haven't been following its progress until now. Is the story based off of the events between Halo Fall of Reach and Halo 1 (The Flood)?
 
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electricpirate

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skyfinch said:
Anyways, Reach looks incredible. Haven't been following its progress until now. Is the story based off of the events between Halo Fall of Reach and Halo 1 (The Flood)?
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No, it's not based off fall of reach, it's about a seperate group of spartan III's on the planet. If you don't know what Spartan III's are, go read "Ghost's of Onyx." Which is also pretty solid, despite some atrocious "Dying with honor" speeches.
 
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DiabolicalBagel

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Devin Olsen said:
The reload on the brute shot (i think?) looks a little weird... Almost like it's to fast or something.
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With a break-action, single round capacity, grenade launcher I'm glad it reloads quickly. Also, it looks like a human weapon.

Unless there was a bruteshot hidden somewhere that I didn't notice. I guess I'll just have to go watch it again, and again... and maybe another time too. :)
 
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EazyB

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That skybox clip is outstanding. The beauty of a Halo sandbox with the technical feats of Killzone's.
Seems like they've retained the grenade tosses from 3 and dropped ODST's like a bad habit.
The new nightvision mode seems like a big improvement over the VISR. Still would prefer a flashlight though.
Lower your gun while sprinting. Which seems to last about 5 seconds.
 
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Justinian

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skyfinch said:
Was never a big fan of Halo in the past, but just recently, I read the first 3 books in the series (Fall of Reach, The Flood, and First Strike), and am shocked at how good the Halo story is. Even bought Halo CE off XBL the other day and am playing through it again.

Anyways, Reach looks incredible. Haven't been following its progress until now. Is the story based off of the events between Halo Fall of Reach and Halo 1 (The Flood)?
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Events running parallel to the the events in Fall of Reach.

Man, I'm watching this over and over again. There are so many details that are just awesome. All the stuff I didn't like in the sequels like the animations and feel of weapons are now much more impressive.

And the particle effects! Watch that SUV tear through the dirt. Amazing. One of the most impressive footage I've seen this gen, and I have a feeling it's the tip of the iceberg.
 
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dilatedmuscle

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DAMN IT!

I been looking at other new video game stuff and they had a huge Splinter Cell feature in GT TV. I used to think that game looked amazing but after seeing reach, it looks like shit... Reach has spoiled my like Halo 1 and 2's graphics on that generation spoiled me.
 
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Sill4

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:lol @ the gifs.

My God, does Reach look fucking amazing. My dream Halo game from 2004...now realized.

Brutes! Skirmishers looked awesome in motion! And I'm so happy to see the proportions on the Elites.

The sprinting Spartan near the end was also hype inducing. Everything in the vidoc (which by the way, is one of the BEST I've seen from Bungie) was a clear improvement over Halo 3.
 
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Crucio

Member
Rofl! That's the Perfect expression!

And yes this game is going to be so freaking amazing.. Bungie's enemies might as well step into the Giant Slingshot now, and get it over with.
 
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Chinner

Banned
Proelite said:
The shadow of the player is being casted on the gun itself. Shadowing is a huge step up from Halo 3.

Can anyone do a step count to determine if it's 720p?
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beyond3d will find out. whether or not its 720p will show us if bungie is lying to us about it being a 'new' engine.
 
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GhaleonEB

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*wakes back up*

HOly fuck.

Brutes! FUCK YES
Epic spark showers!
Grenade launchers!
Oh my.

That video packed a lot - and a lot more than I was expecting. Reach looks phenomenal. The ending shot of the wide open, chunky and detailed environment was breathtaking.

Are the HD links at b.net working for anyone? All they give me are 5.7mb broken files.

Anyone want to do an animated gif of the vehicle parade at 5:26?

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randomlyrossy

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Chinner said:
beyond3d will find out. whether or not its 720p will show us if bungie is lying to us about it being a 'new' engine.
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Where have you been man? Even in this video they say it's a "gutted" Halo 3 engine. Who gives a fuck if it's 720p, last I heard CoD4/MW2 weren't 720p on console and they still look outstanding.


Anyway, loving all the comparisons to Halo 1, if that's the feel they are going for then I can't wait. Even with these early builds it looked to be running silky smooth, that really was something that makes Halo 3 so hard to go back to. You play something like Modern Warfare 2 for a while then go back to Halo and the framerate is night and day.

From the cinematics to the big scale battles they showed it really looks like it's going to be epic as hell, cannot wait.
 
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