Games Halo: Reach

[Deebs]

Is anyone getting excited at this latest installment of Halo? I must say the videos I have seen have got me wanting this game...

 

[cHodAX]

I find it hard to get excited about Halo anymore, I don't like the direction they have taken the story over the last few installments. The animated DVD was pretty good though, a graphical tour-de-force if nothing else. I am sure I will still play Reach though, just so I can say I have experienced the whole thing.

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[MYstIC G]

Probably not as the good lad Davey normally picks up every Halo title under the sun.

 

[Deebs]

I don't know, I quite liked reading Halo: The Fall of Reach. Lots of history about how the Spartans, Cortana etc came to be.

 

[PLightstar]

Not that excited, but probably buy eventually, not a must have. Did enjoy the book though.

 

[cHodAX]

I don't know, I quite liked reading Halo: The Fall of Reach. Lots of history about how the Spartans, Cortana etc came to be.

That is what the game is missing imo, plenty of backstory. Will have a look into the books once I get a chance, have 11 other books to get through first though.

 

[leviathane]

i haven't really read much about this, but what is this one based about? Advert really doesn't tell you much

 

[Billargh]

Quite looking forward to it tbh, the beta was good fun.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Halo games are the epitome of bland, generic shooters. Sadly.

 

[Moriath]

never liked halo .. all rather boring to me really so the history isnt much of a sell

 

[nath]

I bought Halo 3 for £3.99 second hand a week or two ago. Holy smokes, how can such a popular game be so horrendously boring?

 

[Zenith.UK]

Halo as it should be...
Red vs. Blue · Chapter 10

"Protect me cone!"

 

[Aada]

Halo games are the epitome of bland, generic shooters. Sadly.

Oh god the Sony fanbois have arrived i'm sure ST will pop his ugly cock in at some point.

If it was on the PS3 you'd love it.

 

[old.user4556]

Halo: Reach-around

 

[nath]

Oh god the Sony fanbois have arrived i'm sure ST will pop his ugly cock in at some point.

If it was on the PS3 you'd love it.

What's my excuse for finding it shit? I've never owned any of the playstations. Is it possible that the game is actually just utterly shit? If it was on PC you'd hate it as you'd lose the blinkers and realise that the only thing going for Halo is the soundtrack.

 

[leviathane]

i like it, simple yet effective. If everyone liked the same thing then the world would be kinda boring.

 

[Aada]

What's my excuse for finding it shit? I've never owned any of the playstations. Is it possible that the game is actually just utterly shit? If it was on PC you'd hate it as you'd lose the blinkers and realise that the only thing going for Halo is the soundtrack.

Your an exception.

 

[nath]

To a rule of people who like very boring games?

 

[Billargh]

I do think people like to exaggerate their hatred towards popular things, especially ones with such a '15 year old boy' playerbase. Halo being a prime example, sure it's not the God send some people claim it to be, but it's pretty good fun to just chill down with it and play through with a few mates. Even the multiplayer, simple, but it works.

 

[nath]

I do think people like to exaggerate their hatred towards popular things, especially ones with such a '15 year old boy' playerbase. Halo being a prime example, sure it's not the God send some people claim it to be, but it's pretty good fun to just chill down with it and play through with a few mates. Even the multiplayer, simple, but it works.

I agree in principle but I bought the game expecting nothing but a quite fun fps with good music. After all, I paid about 4 quid for it so hard to be disappointed with that. Nevertheless, having played it for about an hour in total I'm amazed at just how dull it is. It doesn't even look that much better than 2.

 

[Deebs]

I agree in principle but I bought the game expecting nothing but a quite fun fps with good music. After all, I paid about 4 quid for it so hard to be disappointed with that. Nevertheless, having played it for about an hour in total I'm amazed at just how dull it is. It doesn't even look that much better than 2.

Halo 3 was nowhere near such an advance as 2 was over 1. Halo: Reach is using a new engine though so you never know.

I like the music and I love the sci-fi aspect of it and how the Human Race is getting it's arsed kick all the time.

 

[Edmond]

Halo : Reach (around)...?

 

[nath]

Halo 3 was nowhere near such an advance as 2 was over 1. Halo: Reach is using a new engine though so you never know.

I like the music and I love the sci-fi aspect of it and how the Human Race is getting it's arsed kick all the time.

Fair enough, I'll give the demo a bash if one is available and buy it at £10 when it comes down to that price (2nd hand ), assuming it's not turrrrrrrd.

Out of interest, what the hell is ODST?

 

[Deebs]

Fair enough, I'll give the demo a bash if one is available and buy it at £10 when it comes down to that price (2nd hand ), assuming it's not turrrrrrrd.

Out of interest, what the hell is ODST?

ODST is based around Orbital Drop Shop Troopers. In the game you play the role of 4 (I think) characters who were dropped onto a Covenant ship that jumped to hyperspace after infiltrating New Mombasa on Earth. It's very different from the Halo series and I firmly believe it was just a filler game.

 

[leviathane]

Halo : Reach (around)...?

too slow edmond, was done a couple posts above.

 

[Edmond]

too slow edmond, was done a couple posts above.

Haa Haa, oh yeah, i must try to read the threads first :lol:

Sorry G

 

[MYstIC G]

ODST is based around Orbital Drop Shop Troopers. In the game you play the role of 4 (I think) characters who were dropped onto a Covenant ship that jumped to hyperspace after infiltrating New Mombasa on Earth. It's very different from the Halo series and I firmly believe it was just a filler game.

100% filler. Clocked it with Dave in under 6 hours just pissing about not taking it properly. It's very much "oh look, they died" then what happens next goes back in time before bringing you up to the point you discovered they were dead... all for no real reason.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Oh god the Sony fanbois have arrived i'm sure ST will pop his ugly cock in at some point.

If it was on the PS3 you'd love it.

No, I don't play shooters on consoles. I played Halo 1 on PC and it was truly god awful. Fiddled with the others on Xbox, and as someone that pretty much only plays shooters and comes froma background of pretty much only shooters, I can safely say that up until now they have been bland, generic pap.

The format it appears on is totally irrelevant to the quality of the game, but seeing as you're so biased, you can't even realise that.

 

[Ch3tan]

the advert makes it look great, but it's jsut another Halo game, more average fps fluff.

 

[megadave]

it's not shit, it's just really average