Halo: Reach

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Youtube version:

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[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

I don't know if I need to even buy another another shooter for a long time.

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Halo: Reach Adds Versus Firefight

Bungie used Courtyard to unveil a brand new Firefight variant. That other spawn point is where a second team will begin when playing the new Versus Firefight mode. This is a two-on-two affair, still pitting swarms of Covenant fighters against a pair of Spartans. The two human-controlled Covenant players join the battle as Elites with the sole objective of taking down the Spartans.

For those playing as Spartans, the game continues as usual. Points are awarded for killing the Covenant, and if they run out of lives or the timer runs out the game is over. Killing an Elite will actually give you a bonus life and a huge score boost, but that comes at the risk of dealing with a human controlled Covenant foe. Sometimes it's best just to run from the Elites and rack up points by killing Grunts.

The Elites don't actually score points, but they do get an unlimited number of lives to torment the Spartans with. When the timer runs out or the Spartans run out of points, the teams swap sides for a repeat match to see who ends up with the highest score.

Bungie also had two other new Firefight variants on display. One was called Gruntopacolypse. It's the same as standard Firefight, except all skulls are turned on and only Grunts appear to fight. The mode is a bit like the bonus round that came at the end of each set in Halo 3: ODST's Firefight. The other new gametype shown is called Score Attack. It allows for no game customization and makes every wave standardized instead of the normal random enemy spawns. That way, there will be a set game type that does not change, allowing for proper leaderboards.

The fun part about all of these variants is that -- aside from Score Attack -- you can mix and match features. Want to play a Rocket Fight with only Grunts in a Versus situation? We actually set that up by accident in about 15 seconds. Firefight has gone from an extremely limited but fun time to a totally open and customizable experience.

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Five fun facts about the customization options you get in Halo: Reach

• Master Chief is Ready for Action
  
  One customization option you get in the Armory is for Firefight voice. Here you can pick what voice does the squawking for you while you play with friends. The obvious ones are here, including members of Noble Team and Sergeant Johnson, but there are also a few fun inclusions. Master Chief's voice is in, but you'll have to purchase it with credits earned by playing. And it is expensive.
  
  Also up for purchase is Cortana's sultry voice.

• What You See Is Not All You Get
  
  When you get Halo: Reach, you'll find plenty of options for customizing your Spartan. You can be male or female, choose from a variety of helmets, pads, colors and much more. There isn't any reason to worry about having trouble making your Spartan look unique.
  
  What is available at launch, however, is only the beginning. Bungie has told IGN that new customization options will become available over time. Some will unlock as the community meets certain requirements. Others will simply appear in the weeks or months after launch as a way of reinvigorating the community.

• Flame On and Other Effects
  
  Buy the Legendary Edition of Halo: Reach and you can get the exclusive flaming helmet armor effect. It won't work during cut-scenes -- Bungie wanted to keep the integrity of the story intact -- but you can use it in any multiplayer game or even during the campaign gameplay portions.
  
  A flaming helmet isn't the only Armor Effect, as we recently learned. Others include the Birthday Party confetti death fountain, an electricity effect called Inclement Weather, and one called Pestilence that looks to spew out the same methane gas cloud you see when killing grunts. All of these cost quite a few credits, so be prepared to start saving.

• Elites Play Dress-up Too
  
  The Covenant equivalent to the Spartan doesn't get quite as many customization options as the humans do, but there are ways of showing of your look when playing as the Elite online. At least a half-dozen different Elite models can be opted for, with some of them looking quite awesome. The catch? You guessed it -- these models cost some serious credits.

• Challenge Ready
  
  One of the best ways to farm credits is by participating in the daily and weekly challenges Bungie is injecting into Halo: Reach. Each day a new challenge will appear, which you can learn simply by being signed into Xbox Live and scrolling down to the Challenge portion of the menu. Complete the challenge and you'll get "a significant number of credits."
  
  There may be some crazy conditions that need to be met, including playing on specific levels with specific skulls turned on. Just setting up a game could be a chore -- or at least it could be if Bungie wasn't doing all of the work for you. When you scroll to a specific challenge, all you have to do is hit the A Button to accept it. From there, the game will automatically set up a lobby with all of the specific conditions needed to meet the challenge already set up for you.

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[Flawless]

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Gamespot demo of Forge World:

http://comic-con.gamespot.com/video/6270655/?tag=top_stories%3Bplay_btn%3B6

Time to go change my pants after all this news.

[chadskee]

Re: Halo: Reach

Bungie can has my first born.

[sportsdude]

Re: Halo: Reach

The sheer awesomeness of all this has left me speechless (beyond this sentence, of course).

[Steel5]

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Once September 14th is upon us, Reach will probably never be removed from my 360's disc drive.

[TracerBullet]

Re: Halo: Reach

Yea.... Call of Duty is probably getting limited play time from me. The great thing about Halo's release date is that its the day before my birthday so I get it as a gift! I can't wait for this!!!

[SinisterAlex]

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Hmmmm I was not going to get this on launch day but..... maybe when I go to pre-order NHL 11, I'll pre-order Reach as well.

Sorry if this has been posted already but I thought it was cool.

http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/...ch-bundle.aspx

[Candyman5]

Re: Halo: Reach

Once September 14th is upon us, Reach will probably never be removed from my 360's disc drive.

Basically....lol.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Brand new vehicle introduced towards the end of this video...the forklift.

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[TracerBullet]

Re: Halo: Reach

That guy in the video looks like this one nerdy kid who I went to high school with.

Everyone is going to get owned by the forklift!

[Skyboxer]

Re: Halo: Reach

Still weird to me that I went from absolutely loving Halo1 not liking anything since.
Maybe REACH will turn the tide for me....

We'll see....

I am happy for the Halo lovers though. It's always cool when something you really look forward to is on it's way... Almost there.....


And Candyman.... You have NCAA and Madden Leagues you will be switching disks for... biatch...

[Steel5]

Re: Halo: Reach

Off-screen, 10 minutes of a game on "The Cage".
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Three new maps:
Spire




Reflection (Ivory Tower remake)




Zealot

[TracerBullet]

Re: Halo: Reach

No! I used to suck at Ivory Tower! I do like that level though.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Entire Reach Comic-Con Panel:

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