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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed

Kibbles

Kibbles

Member
So what's the role of the Phantom? Seriously, we don't know a whole lot about Invasion, even after that "reveal". Footage was really nice though.
 
Lazslo

Lazslo

Member
This seems interesting, It read: Tier 2 Unlocked New Loadouts & Reinforcements Avai

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T

Thermite

Member
Oh. My. God. EVERYTHING looks absurdly good; the animations, the weapons, the environments...just everything.

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I've never wanted to play as an Elite more badly than I do after seeing them in action just now. Those are some large, quick, badass motherfuckers. Seeing a pack of them running at me in multiplayer is going to scare the shit out of me. :lol

Also, the sword assassination is about the coolest thing ever.
 
S

Slightly Live

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Ssparks said:
This seems interesting, It read: Tier 2 Unlocked New Loadouts & Reinforcements Avai

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Frame by frame FTW. Sounds interesting. I wonder if reinforcements refers to extra available weapons with the Loadouts or something else.
 
N

NOKYARD

Member
It looks like the Wraith might finally be a match for the Scorpion. The plasma shots appear to be more direct and with a higher rate of fire.
 
W

Wizman23

Banned
Just watched the gameplay parts again. For the normal Invasion mode when Tier 2 gets unlocked it says "Vault Open, steal the core". In tier 1 your objective is to open the vault. Once that is done the new part of the map opens up where you have to steal the core. For slayer I would imagine getting to a certain kill count unlocks a new tier which changes loadouts.
 
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Slightly Live

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Wizman23 said:
Just watched the gameplay parts again. For the normal Invasion mode when Tier 2 gets unlocked it says "Vault Open, steal the core". In tier 1 your objective is to open the vault. Once that is done the new part of the map opens up where you have to steal the core. For slayer I would imagine getting to a certain kill count unlocks a new tier which changes loadouts.
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What about the third tier, after you steal the Core or whatever? It was described as "chaos" so... I wonder.

DeadFalling said:
WHERE is a link to the video?
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http://www.gametrailers.com/ 2 Hours and 30 minutes left to wait.
 
W

Wizman23

Banned
Dani said:
What about the third tier, after you steal the Core or whatever? It was described as "chaos" so... I wonder.
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I would imagine chaos means that the last objective is the hardest and the tier 3 loadouts are the most powerful of the bunch. Maybe lasers and rockets start to be included in loadouts.
 
B

big ander

Member
NOKYARD said:
It looks like the Wraith might finally be a match for the Scorpion. The plasma shots appear to be more direct and with a higher rate of fire.
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Yeah, the ghost looked pretty beastly too. It seemed to pick up splatters easier and have better plasma fire.

@DeadFalling Maybe he has a dvr or something? Tashi said he was going to try to put it up, I think. The show only aired 30 minutes ago. Give him some time.
 
S

Striker

Member
The Ghosts do look larger, which is a good thing. In Halo 2/3 they seemed smaller from their Halo: CE counterpart.

As for melee, hoping they give the Pistol its classic flip animation. :p
 
S

Slightly Live

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- "Teammate waiting to respawn (enemy nearby)"

Have to clear your immediate area of enemies before you can allow your teammate to spawn near you (Invasion Slayer)

- Elites need to deliver package to area indicated by a skull icon visible in the HUD (Invasion Slayer)
 
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InvincibleAgent

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Dani said:
- "Teammate waiting to respawn (enemy nearby)"

Have to clear your immediate area of enemies before you can allow your teammate to spawn near you (Invasion Slayer)
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Better than getting spawn-killed. I wonder if it takes distant snipers into account.
 
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UltimaPooh

Member
Dani said:
- "Teammate waiting to respawn (enemy nearby)"

Have to clear your immediate area of enemies before you can allow your teammate to spawn near you (Invasion Slayer)

- Elites need to deliver package to area indicated by a skull icon visible in the HUD (Invasion Slayer)
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:lol

and I just wanted to post it to see the huge Evade the Elite does while the Spartan looks around confused.
 
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Demoncarnotaur

Member
^ Wow, you are right. its like a Plasma knife. Wow. So cool. I love how the spartan is trying to get up. That is so awesome.


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I love this part for some reason. That jump the elite does is awesome.
 
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UltimaPooh

Member
Sorry for the Derek head at the start but he's part of the second in which it begins.

Neat Sword Assassination thingy?

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BEATEN! AND BETTER QUALITY!
 
E

EazyB

Banned
Please tell me we don't have to wait until Friday to get a proper Invasion overview. Great footage but terrible details.
 
Schmitty

Schmitty

Member
EazyB said:
Please tell me we don't have to wait until Friday to get a proper Invasion overview. Great footage but terrible details.
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GTTV is terrible overall. There's no order to the show and it just jumps around like it has ADD.
 
F

feel

Member
EazyB said:
Please tell me we don't have to wait until Friday to get a proper Invasion overview. Great footage but terrible details.
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This. Next week there's probably other stuff to talk about in that update, so there should be an Invasion article on Bnet like, tomorrow (later today) in the morning when I wake up, please. :p


An elite being a badass
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And I'm done with the gifs until I get better quality footage.
 
Mizzou Gaming

Mizzou Gaming

Member
No HALO game has any business looking that good. I will be spending lots and lots of time in the theater mode. Speaking of which, unless I misunderstood, the gentleman from BUNGIE did say we will have access to the theater mode in the Beta right?

I forsee a sudden spike in ODST sales coming up.
 
R

Ramirez

Member
I was thinking maybe that special podcast they recorded to go along with one of the reveals was for Invasion. *fingers crossed*

The gameplay just looks absurdly good. :D
 
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InvincibleAgent

Member
Mizzou Gaming said:
No HALO game has any business looking that good. I will be spending lots and lots of time in the theater mode. Speaking of which, unless I misunderstood, the gentleman from BUNGIE did say we will have access to the theater mode in the Beta right?

I forsee a sudden spike in ODST sales coming up.
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Correct, the two things in the beta are matchmaking and theatre
 
E

EazyB

Banned
Anyone notice how the player driving the wraith wasn't taking damage when the warthog was firing on him and the ghost driving that got hit with the plasma pistol didn't have his shields drop either. I wonder if regular bullets won't hurt the players this time around and just have the vehicle take all the damage unless its an explosive. If so it'd be nice to have a vehicle health bar and not just go off of how much smoke is coming out of it. Could just be a god mode to capture footage but I was under the impression that most of this stuff wasn't staged.
 
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Thagomizer

Member
Letters said:
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oh yes

and btw, this is not the regular sword, it's a smaller "single blade" one just for stealth kills
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I love the little details in this animation. The Spartan struggling to get up, the way the Elite's body reacts to the impact of spearing the Spartan, and how the Elite kicks the body at the end. So good.
 
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