Halo: Reach

[Candyman5]

Re: Halo: Reach

I want turf remade.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Halo: Reach and Bungie.net -- A Facebook for Spartans

Through Bungie.net, the makers of Halo have been continuously pushing the boundaries of what to expect out of a videogame community site. Stats and replays, tools for tracking success, and much more are just a click away. With the release of Halo: Reach, Bungie will be expanding its web presence once more, and we've got the first details on those upgrades.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Bungie Weekly Update

While we’re working the Show and Tell angle, Sketch figured we should deploy another look at Firefight out into the mix. Below, you’ll find a nicely rendered video of Outpost. Sketch asked that I use a very special gametype that he and Luke dreamed up together at Gamescom. They dubbed it…Sniper Timez.

• All Load Outs contain Sniper Rifles with unlimited ammo
• Weapon Damage is set to 200%
• All Waves drop Heretic Elite Snipers

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So yeah, not what I’d call a display of sniping prowess, but not a bad look at the visuals and the tweaks you can make to the Firefight experience to keep it fun and fresh. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with having some fun at a few Elites expense, either.

The asterisk in the title is owed to a few minor snippets we made to truncate the length a bit. The match was set to five minutes, but the video is slightly shorter. For good reason, of course. (I suck at sniping.)

And since Sketch was feeling extra benevolent this week (or extra tired on account of his transatlantic adventures), he agreed to let me run a quick look at The Cage in motion. If you’re unfamiliar, The Cage is actually the predecessor to Lockout. Carney went back to the well, pulled out some tattered old blueprints, and whipped it up in Forge. Here’s a minute and change of a recent Assault match I played, embedded for your viewing pleasure:

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[Steel5]

Re: Halo: Reach

EDIT: Um the bnet preview is STAGGERING!

I only post IGN's pathetic video of the day because it shows once again that the hologram AA is super Awesome!

Great BWU today. Cage looks like a very good map. I'm glad they tell your team when the enemy is planting the bomb, this didn't happen in H3, didn't really give the defenders a chance.

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[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Theatre mode now allows you to rewind Campaign and Firefight saved films.

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Network evaluation tools within the game:

[SinisterAlex]

Re: Halo: Reach

About time we have the rewind feature in theatre mode...

I also like all the customization options that are in the armory as well

[Steel5]

Re: Halo: Reach

The Armory is very very very awesome!

Look out guys if you care about spoilers because the game is out there for JTAG xbox's.

[bkfount]

Re: Halo: Reach

The Armory is very very very awesome!

Look out guys if you care about spoilers because the game is out there for JTAG xbox's.

someone is actually streaming the game too...

[Steel5]

Re: Halo: Reach

someone is actually streaming the game too...

Several people are streaming the game lol. I've stayed away from anything campaign but I did watch some multiplayer and forging.

[SinisterAlex]

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I wouldn't be surprised of those guys got banned... Bungie should be able to tell who's playing the game online.

[Steel5]

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I wouldn't be surprised of those guys got banned... Bungie should be able to tell who's playing the game online.

There not playing over Xbox Live though. They are playing on Xlink, which is a way to directly connect xbox's to each other over the internet. They are using modded xbox's, if they signed in to xbox live with those and played a pirated game (like they are), they would instantly have there xbox and ip addresses banned by Microsoft.

[SinisterAlex]

Re: Halo: Reach

There not playing over Xbox Live though. They are playing on Xlink, which is a way to directly connect xbox's to each other over the internet. They are using modded xbox's, if they signed in to xbox live with those and played a pirated game (like they are), they would instantly have there xbox and ip addresses banned by Microsoft.

Ah. Well I'll just make sure I don't watch anything then :P

[Candyman5]

Re: Halo: Reach

Lol, looking for early Reach is going to be tough. Im on Ebay atm but there so many of them to sort through....XD.

[frostbyte06]

Re: Halo: Reach

Well the Noble Team Monument is up for North America

http://www.rememberreach.com

[Candyman5]

Re: Halo: Reach

Well I may have the Downloadable Reach code next week if everything works out ok. If someone I know gets one, I will be buying it from him.

If I do will I have to take a pic of my screen with my gamertag beside it to post impressions and answer questions?