Official Halo: Reach Thread! Last Hurrah For the Beta!

Well generator defense is my favorite mode yet, plus Overlook is just an amazing map.rickatick

is it me or is this the best multiplayer experience going on right now albeit that its a beta? Really impressed and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Is there a chance there will be no controller lag for online co-op in Reach? It made me HATE playing firefight and halo 3 co-op online, you would press A and jump .5 second later lol so annoying!-RocBoys9489-

I think Network Test 1 is trying to squash a lot of bugs that would ultimately kill things like that.

Bungie is playing this beta a helluva lot differently than the Halo 3 beta.

How to NOT use armor lock: :P

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"][QUOTE="Sandvichman"] No idea, the netcode they are using is from the campaign, but i could be wrong.mitu123

How to NOT use armor lock: :P

Ninja-Hippo

Overlook looks wonderful!

To commemorate this I have made a new sig!

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How to NOT use armor lock: :P

SaltyMeatballs

It's saved me from countless grenades and swords.

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How to NOT use armor lock: :P

SaltyMeatballs

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How to NOT use armor lock: :P

lafiro93

I prefer sprinting though, being agile is a good advantage in Halo.

I gave Network test a try last night but I wasn't quite there if you know what I mean. I'll try it later,

teehee

Well generator defense is my favorite mode yet, plus Overlook is just an amazing map.rickatick

Very hard for me to decide whioch I like better. Generator Defense or Invasion. But then again along with SvE, Covy Slayer, Stockpile and all the rest, variety IS the spice of life :D

And oh yes, Overlook is *BLEEPING* GORGEOUS!!! Talk about art in video games :o :)

Why does Halo Reach look the same? I mean artistically, Bungie really need to give the game a fresh new look. Visually it isn't much better. the game needs to be redone by another team, that way they won't be afraid to take risks and try new things, unlike bungie who are way to attached to the series and scared to further it. soapandbubbles

Looks the same as what? Halo 3? If you can't see the graphical differences between H3 and Reach, there is simply no help for you.

If you mean by art direction, when has ANY series deviated from its signature look and design? Metal Gear Solid series? Devil May Cry games? Sonic Games? Mario Games? SoulCalubur series? Sure Anybody, anybody at all?

Sure you get some occasional departures, like Prince of Persia and Zelda WW. But for the most part, a game is defined by its art direction and making too radical a departure causes it to lose its identity. Oh and just look at what happened when Zelda did try something radically different. Nintendo learned from that and went back to the more traditional look which fans wanted. Even the latest PoP game, Forgotten Sands, isn't trying to replicate the cel shaded look.

Why does Halo Reach look the same? I mean artistically, Bungie really need to give the game a fresh new look. Visually it isn't much better. the game needs to be redone by another team, that way they won't be afraid to take risks and try new things, unlike bungie who are way to attached to the series and scared to further it. soapandbubbles

Talk about a Catch 22, huh?

We have people like the quoted post , who feel that Halo:Reach is too much of the same, and needs to look fresh, and different. The thing is, Halo:Reach is fresh, and different. Compare these:

To These:

See? Halo Has Colour, and its main competitors don't!

Why does Halo Reach look the same? I mean artistically, Bungie really need to give the game a fresh new look. Visually it isn't much better. the game needs to be redone by another team, that way they won't be afraid to take risks and try new things, unlike bungie who are way to attached to the series and scared to further it. soapandbubbles

Well, it looks like Halo. Because it's Halo Reach.

I'd be pretty angry if Bungie decided to change the art style now. It'd be like the next GoW being cartoony and cel-shaded with little to no blood. Fans would be enraged.

Powerhouse would have been a better picture to show. Or overlook Swordbase is the single worst thing in creation :Pjg4xchamp

Which doesn't affect my argument in any way.

Also, why don't you like swordbase?

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]Powerhouse would have been a better picture to show. Or overlook Swordbase is the single worst thing in creation :Psiddhu33

Which doesn't affect my argument in any way.

Also, why don't you like swordbase?

And oh yes, Overlook is *BLEEPING* GORGEOUS!!! Talk about art in video games :o :)

AdobeArtist

Yeah, Overlook is just beautiful. So much attention to detail for a level that's just plain huge; it's hard not to stop and admire the texture work at times. Here's some shots I took today...

The textures so are detailed, even down to something as small and inconsequential as a bolt...

^^^ Thanks for those screen shots. Simply stunning :)

yeah i was stunned when I took a look around overlook in theater. but even powerhouse was impressive. there were the mountains in the distance, the peak directly above you, the bushes and trees and hills outside the base, and the hyrdoelectic damn. but I loved the planets in the sky on overlook and the radio dish. the waterfall is also a great detail. it made the map feel alive.

they even render text on the bottom of ejected shells when you fire your gun. they're blurry as heck, but they're there

if the hypothetical Reach firefight mode had loadouts available, that would just be awesome (and perfectly okay from a a balance POV). maybe not for armor lock though, because it can mess with the heads of human enemies bad enough, imagine the havok that would create for an AI. :P to easy to exploit and boost a firefight score I think, and maybe cloak would be too powerful too. jetpack and sprint don't protect you from bullets or attention. it would be great to have those optional tactics available to a team trying to survive.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]Powerhouse would have been a better picture to show. Or overlook Swordbase is the single worst thing in creation :Psiddhu33

Which doesn't affect my argument in any way.

Also, why don't you like swordbase?

if the hypothetical Reach firefight mode had loadouts available, that would just be awesome (and perfectly okay from a a balance POV). maybe not for armor lock though, because it can mess with the heads of human enemies bad enough, imagine the havok that would create for an AI. :P to easy to exploit and boost a firefight score I think, and maybe cloak would be too powerful too. jetpack and sprint don't protect you from bullets or attention. it would be great to have those optional tactics available to a team trying to survive.

Mordred19

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[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]Powerhouse would have been a better picture to show. Or overlook Swordbase is the single worst thing in creation :Pjg4xchamp

Which doesn't affect my argument in any way.

Also, why don't you like swordbase?

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"] I really like Swordbase just because it encourages vertical gameplay and it's great for CTF. The visual appeal is a bit dull, but trying to get the flag from the bottom to top of the map is a lot of fun. Stockpile is great too. I'll say that slayer isn't that good on it though.Ninja-Hippo

Halo 3 has more outdoor maps then indoor.:? I like what they are doing though.

lafiro93

Is it as bad as say Isolation in Halo 3?jg4xchamp

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]Is it as bad as say Isolation in Halo 3?Cherokee_Jack

Fun beta. I really have enjoyed what I've played. The only major gripe I have is the input lag while playing Generator Defense, but I assume since they're using it to test the Co Op, the input lag will definitely be improved before the game ships. Other than that, it's fun.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]Is it as bad as say Isolation in Halo 3?jg4xchamp

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Halo 3 has more outdoor maps then indoor.:? I like what they are doing though.

Ninja-Hippo

Speaking of which, I really want to see Reach recreations of some cIassic Halo 2 maps for the final release. Including Ascension, Longshore, Collossus (it is indoor but also very spacious), Ivory Tower, another Blackout, and I can't remember the name of this one from Halo 2, basically it was a delapidated metropolitan section, had this partially constructed elevated highway ramp in the middle... maybe comeone can remember what I'm talking about.

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Halo 3 has more outdoor maps then indoor.:? I like what they are doing though.

AdobeArtist

Speaking of which, I really want to see Reach recreations of some cIassic Halo 2 maps for the final release. Including Ascension, Longshore, Collossus (it is indoor but also very spacious), Ivory Tower, another Blackout, and I can't remember the name of this one from Halo 2, basically it was a delapidated metropolitan section, had this partially constructed elevated highway ramp in the middle... maybe comeone can remember what I'm talking about.

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[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"] I didn't say it didn't have any outdoor maps... only that it had too many drab indoor corridors ones. Epitaph, Citadel, Construct, Foundry, The Pit. Aesthetically dull, indoor environments. Just the way i saw things. I thought Halo 3's maps were a notable step down from Halo 2 and CE. :)Anjunaddict

Speaking of which, I really want to see Reach recreations of some cIassic Halo 2 maps for the final release. Including Ascension, Longshore, Collossus (it is indoor but also very spacious), Ivory Tower, another Blackout, and I can't remember the name of this one from Halo 2, basically it was a delapidated metropolitan section, had this partially constructed elevated highway ramp in the middle... maybe comeone can remember what I'm talking about.

I was being serious. Super serious. See? This is my definitive serious face :|:|

Headlong adobe. jg4xchamp