Halo: Reach

[drew]

i wish there was a filter thatd let me only get matched up with other bungie.net users who have one of those nifty logos in their name bar, the idiots and children never have one, i think its a badge of intelligence, at least on xbox live

[Stoney Mason]

Took off to go home early and play Reach since I knew it was going to be there. It's dope. And I say that only referencing the part that matters to me. The controls and how they will relate to the mp side because that's all that matters for me.

I'll try the campaign and hopefully I like it but it doesn't really matter. I didn't play the Halo 3 campaign until like a year and a half down the road after I bought the game. I generally prefer a gears of war type campaign and find the halo ones a bit static but whatever. That's just a personal opinion.


But the controls in reach are great. Much better than Halo 3. And OMG that sprint was so needed and so makes the game feel much better. I don't have that stuck in mud feeling I use to have in prior editions. All the weapons feel nice and tight. I just jumped into firefight and played around and tried everything and it all just feels so good. And that's what matters to me. That's why I've always liked COD and Halo compared to other shooters. Because the controls feel more right than any other console shooter. It sound simple but so many games feel "off". But the controls just feel great. They feel improved over Halo 3 and just really nice. I can't rave about that part enough. They feel really good and improved yet true to what Halo has always been and that's why I like Halo.

[drew]

im a beast with sprint, especially in ivory tower, the best is seeing a couple guys trying to kill eachother halfway across the map and you just teleport to them and before they know youre there you throw two grenades and kill them both

it even gives you an advantage in face to face fights because it lets you either get out of their melee range if you lose track of them close up or get the jump on them between throwin bows, i'll win the vast majority of melee contests in reach even though i always sucked at them in halo 2/3

spawning w/ sprint + grenades + BR2 = godmode

[MyNameIsMethodis]

i am bad at multiplayer i always come in last fml 

[drew]

i can only place 1st -3rd consistently in swat and rumble pit, it takes a lot out of you, though, cant do it more than a few times

speaking of, im watching that elspresso or whatver's review right now, i dont think i ever sucked that bad, wow

[ManaByte]

Another unbiased Reach review.

[ManaByte]

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ecca5ce448/snoop-dogg-vs-ll-cool-j-the-ultimate-halo-smack-down

[ManaByte]

i wish there was a filter thatd let me only get matched up with other bungie.net users who have one of those nifty logos in their name bar, the idiots and children never have one, i think its a badge of intelligence, at least on xbox live

I have all of those unlocked except the Marathon one (never bought it) and the Halo 1 PC one since I can't find my disc.

[demi]

Reposting this cause its HILARIOUS

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[Stoney Mason]

MP is badass.

So much more fun than Halo 3 for me.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Reposting this cause its HILARIOUS

[youtube=560,345]UDVlcqVfS8w[/youtube]

what did he do?

[OptimoPeach]

I love the noise he makes right before the cop tosses him

[Stoney Mason]

So does that psych profile stuff actually factor into matchmaking somehow or is that just bullshit?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I had mine set to quiet and I always got matches that had only like 1 or 2 talkers so it works.


How do you search for a specific game mode? this is confusing all I want to do is play CTF

[drew]

I had mine set to quiet and I always got matches that had only like 1 or 2 talkers so it works.

and i had mine set to chatty and got the same result

How do you search for a specific game mode? this is confusing all I want to do is play CTF

you cant, right now at least, ive noticed that they like to launch it like that, they'll expand it eventually, its probably because they don't want to overwhelm all the stupid shits

[Stoney Mason]

The game is shockingly good. I mean that seriously. Like I thought it would be okay in a Halo kind of way but its really really good.

I got home at like 4 or 4:30 and played until right now. And I'm stopping just because I don't want to drag tomorrow. I could easily play all night. I played about 4 campaign missions on legendary co-op and the rest multiplayer.  The campaign Iis fun enough. Once again I've barely payed attention to the plot. I don't really have any idea of what we are doing or why we are doing it, but I've never felt that was necessary in Halo. The campaign doesn't really motivate me in any sort of story way but the actual gameplay is challenging enough to be enjoyable. Once again Halo campaigns aren't my favorite style of fps campaigns but it is enjoyable.

But my lord. The MP is just terrific. It just feels really good and it combines a great sense of nostalgia with actual very good fun gameplay. This is what I didn't feel about Halo 3. Like I respected it because it had all these modes and stuff but I actually didn't enjoy playing it that much. This I really enjoy playing. Fun stuff. I'm really surprised at how much I like it.

[demi]

The third level was the worst so far. Holy god did it pissm e the fuck off

[Stoney Mason]

The third level was the worst so far. Holy god did it pissm e the fuck off

Is that the sniping level?

That was the first one we started to find a bit challenging even in co-op although its easy enough with two people to just back up and respawn on each other.

[demi]

Yeah, where you have to "Defend Jun" even though we left him to die and he did the whole objective while we sat there

[TEEEPO]

legendary is kicking my ass so far. this hasn't happened since the first halo.

bungie

[Stoney Mason]

Can somebody explain invasion to me?

I played something called invasion team slayer but I didn't really understand what was going on. Like sometimes a territory would appear you had to capture but I didn't understand really what was going on.

[Stoney Mason]

Can somebody explain invasion to me?

I played something called invasion team slayer but I didn't really understand what was going on. Like sometimes a territory would appear you had to capture but I didn't understand really what was going on.

You go and capture objectives or defend them. Ive only played one match of Invasion but I guess for all of them if you're an elite you attack but if you're a spartan you defend.

But what does capturing the objective do? Is that what levels up our loadouts? Or is it just more important to kill the other team?

[AdmiralViscen]

No, he is asking about Invasion Slayer.

When you capture a point you get drops. Early on its sniper rifles and stuff but later it can be tanks etc.

[Beezy]

Yeah, where you have to "Defend Jun" even though we left him to die and he did the whole objective while we sat there

That's the fourth. I just finished the first 4 chapters on legendary co-op and that was by far the worst one. I don't know how I'm gonna get past it on solo legendary.

[demi]

It mightbe easier solo, since they actually lower the # of enemies I think.

[ManaByte]

Only distinguished mentally-challenged kids who scream into the mic use the hologram.

[Vizzys]

hologram is both hilarious and super useful

[bork]

The holgram is awesome, but is easily noticeable since there's no tag listed above it.  Still very useful in situations where there's so much going on that people won't notice it.

[Stoney Mason]

Anybody try the arena?

I did the three placement matches for yesterday. When does it start the division thing?

[cool breeze]

This game

Best Halo game.  The campaign was so good.  No stupid horrible story shit about religious plants either; it was just space marines doin' thangs.

[AdmiralViscen]

Anybody try the arena?

I did the three placement matches for yesterday. When does it start the division thing?

Play 3 matches in a day on 7 days of the month.

[Kestastrophe]

Hello all, I got this game and should be online playing 

[AdmiralViscen]

Are we gonna Boresquad it? I could bring a lot of IRL people too most likely

[cool breeze]

the book that comes with the special editions is actually pretty cool.  If I read the Reach book or really paid attention to the story, I'd get pumped to read the journal or some due and look at maps of some place.

btw, is Emile voiced by Marlo?

[iconoclast]

Just finished the campaign. It was probably the most fun campaign since the original Halo, but it was also the least interesting (ODST excluded of course). The story felt more like ODST 2 than anything, and I really didn't care about most of the characters. But still, for the most part, the missions were a ton of fun to play. Although some of it really dragged toward the end with certain battles lasting way too long.

The multiplayer is godlike though.

[AdmiralViscen]

Inaugural Boresquad match
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=25462370&player=Viscen


unf unf

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=25637493&player=Viscen

[Phoenix Dark]

when does the pc port come out?

[Stoney Mason]

when does the pc port come out?

When it's ready for a 99 cent steam sale.

[AdmiralViscen]

lmao, linkzg, Stoney and I just played against Beezy as a result of random matchmaking. And he fucked us up.

[Beezy]

I love this game.

[Robo]

Finally finished the campaign.  Really hated that helicopter level (zzzzzz) --everything else was peachy.

[cool breeze]

sorry I don't have my headset on but I wanted to say that Invasion Slayer is so much fun

was that mode in the beta? i don't remember it

[cool breeze]

fun games guys

I left because I just remembered the second airing of the new always sunny in philadelphia was on

[Stoney Mason]

Fun game guys. We had like 4 or 5 of the bore on. I suck ass at objective gametypes right now but its still a lot of fun. Reach is so awesome. It's up there as a GOTY contender for me.

[cool breeze]

yeah, I agree that this game is goty quality.


Another thing that surprise me is how great Reach looks.  Outside of the occasional points when Reach gets choppy and that weird motion blur/ghosting effect in cutscenes, Reach is a really nice looking game.  First time since Halo 1 that a game in the series was very impressive visually.

[Stoney Mason]

Any word on when they'll let you pick specific game modes. Ive yet to play a single game of headhunter. All the games I get into are typically Swat or Snipers. Try to vote for something new and you get called a giant cigarillo.

We got headhunter twice last night. It's in the objective playlist. I think its simply a case of what the group you are playing with happens to like. In the slayer playlist I know swat and slayer pro generally get voted up more than vanilla slayer.

That seems to be the halo way. They've always had these grab bag style playlists instead of pure dedicated playlists ala Call of Duty.

[AdmiralViscen]

Halo 3 separated SWAT and Snipers into their own playlist. I bet that happens soon for Reach.

If you want stuff like Headhunters you have to play in Big Team or Team Objective.

[Stoney Mason]

I get that but it seems that all anyone wants to play is Vanilla Halo. Which is still fun, but I'd kinda like to try all this new stuff.

Also, I think Halo should get auto-balance. I'm tired of losers quitting because the team is down 5 points or because they can't aim or because someone stole their kill (why is this still an issue these days?).

I don't know. People seem to be trying some of the new stuff when I play. But like I said there does seem to be a preference for things like Team Swat or Team Snipers and a dislike for certain gametypes. 

I would never want something like auto-balance which switches people on teams to other teams during a game. But I've always wanted people to be able to join a game in progress in halo but its something bungie and a lot of the community doesn't want. And I agree about the you "stole my kill" stuff. Which is why on xbox live I either have party chat going on or I simply turn off communication from the other people in a game. That's just xbox live. No matter what the game you will have asshats.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Finished last night on Heroic.  I swear to god I was about to throw my controller through my TV during the last 1/4 of the final mission.  I couldn't imagine having to do that on Legendary. I was just scraping by the skin of my teeth from checkpoint to checkpoint.

Other than that bit, I enjoyed it.  Nothing mindblowing but a damn good Halo game all the same.  The soundtrack/audio design is godlike though.  Easily one of the best soundtracks I've heard in years.

[The Sceneman]

after having no interest in this game at all, I watched quietID playing his copy and I was like: wow thats awesome, so I went and got a copy.

Game is great! Seems like theres just so much stuff to do online. Never really got into Halo 3, but this is awesome.

I will solo the game on Legendary. Oh yes.

[drew]

having swat hidden in big team battle was the worst idea ever, i just played one on vallhalla, nobody could get a kill, and when you did sprint all the way to the other side within range and inevitably die you have to do it all over again

[iconoclast]

SWAT is bad no matter what map it's on, so I'm okay with that.

And is it just me or does this game have like 5 maps. Forge World is fucking awesome though, no doubt. I've already downloaded remakes of Hang 'em High and Battle Creek.

[AdmiralViscen]

I thought Halo 3 had the better campaign.

[demi]

Enemies are such bullet sponges on legendary. lol. Jesus.

But at least it teaches you to use the Plasma Pistol more often.

Also every enemy in this game leaps and whoops at the slightest fart.

[Stoney Mason]

And is it just me or does this game have like 5 maps. Forge World is fucking awesome though, no doubt. I've already downloaded remakes of Hang 'em High and Battle Creek.

There definitely aren't a lot of maps at launch which is a bit of a disappointment. I hope Forge World actually lives up to its promise this time and bungie or 343 actually folds some of the maps into playlists. Otherwise the Forge is a bit of a waste to me unless good maps created there get rolled into public matchmaking.

[drew]

this was me after staying up for over 48 hours (thanks adderall!) to play reach:

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the best part is i probably spent half a day overall just fucking with the screen settings and in the armory

edit: fucking youtube

[Stoney Mason]

Minor gripe but I wish you could set your loadout on your current life to another one so that when you die you come back with that loadout. Call of Duty has that. In Reach I constantly find myself forgetting to switch the loadout upon death even when I want to. So I end up stuck with the same loadout even when I want to switch it. That's human error on my part but the spawn time is pretty short so adding that would be very helpful.

[Stoney Mason]

Up to mission 8 about 80% of the way through it now on legendary co-op. Game starts to get a bit bullshitty at this point...

[cool breeze]

I played it on heroic and I couldn't imagine doing it on Legendary.  Enemies take so much damage and you take so little.  The worst is that at points it seems like there are two types of enemies: assholes with shields and assholes with explosives.  You stick your head out and you get killed in one shot.  Half the time I was just chilling from far away and taking the enemies out with the DMR or something.

That said, I still thought Halo 3 on normal was hardest than ODST or Reach of Heroic.  It's weird because I'm pretty sure I've gotten worse at games, especially when it comes to using a pad for fps games.

[Stoney Mason]

I played it on heroic and I couldn't imagine doing it on Legendary.  Enemies take so much damage and you take so little.  The worst is that at points it seems like there are two types of enemies: assholes with shields and assholes with explosives.  You stick your head out and you get killed in one shot.  Half the time I was just chilling from far away and taking the enemies out with the DMR or something.

That said, I still thought Halo 3 on normal was hardest than ODST or Reach of Heroic.  It's weird because I'm pretty sure I've gotten worse at games, especially when it comes to using a pad for fps games.

Yeah my guess is that heroic is probably the sweet spot where its at its best. Legendary crosses the line for me into just hard for hard sake which I'm not really a fan of. I highly doubt I will play the game on legendary solo.