**Official: Halo Reach thread**

[eds13]

Who's ready for some epic Halo goodness!!! Who all has their's preordered? what edition are you getting?

i personally am just gonna be getting the normal edition. and i still really need to get mine pre-ordered...

[Kompresshun]

I pre-ordered mine last week from Newegg.com, they were running a special where if you pre-ordered that day it was only $44.99 for the game. I just got the standard edition though. My father in law blew some ridiculous amount of money to pre-order some kind of ultimate pack from Gamestop that came with a special case and all of the maps. I'm good with the normal one, i'll get the maps as I need them.

On a side note, Halo 3 decided to be really gay last week and make me buy all of the maps if I wanted to play anything besides Social Slayer. I was slightly pissed that I had to spend $15 just so I could play Rumble Pit again.

[eds13]

shoulda just bought odst haha

[S13_love]

I was wondering when someone was gonna make this thread lol...

Just a few more weeks! I was so happy to hear that there is going to be matchmaking for campaign finally.

Also, I pre-ordered the legendary edition.

[Kompresshun]

shoulda just bought odst haha

Yeah well my father in law did, so he gave me halo 3 since I had never played it, we only play multiplayer anyway now. So I shouldn't complain about so spending money on a game that was given to me anyways...

The funny thing is, i had never played halo at all up until about 6-7 months ago and now i'm addicted to it.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Halo is a festering sore on the a** of the gaming industry. Yes Halo is a decent game( I was my dorm's champion in Halo1)...but it spawned a niche of redundant, money-milking, soul-less, dumbed-down, asinine games. People call it the most defining FPS of this generation...I call it a kidney shot with steel knuckles.
SOrry...kinda drunk.

[Kompresshun]

Halo is a festering sore on the a** of the gaming industry. Yes Halo is a decent game( I was my dorm's champion in Halo1)...but it spawned a niche of redundant, money-milking, soul-less, dumbed-down, asinine games. People call it the most defining FPS of this generation...I call it a kidney shot with steel knuckles.
SOrry...kinda drunk.

I like the multi-player but I didn't care for the campaign at all, I never even finished it. Gears of War 1 and 2 had much better story modes IMHO. I have to say it's the first FPS multi-player game i've enjoyed at all though since Goldeneye 007 on Nintendo64. I don't usually care for online multi-player games like that anyways but a lot of the family plays it so it's something we can all do together besides board games or crap like that.

[snwbrdr435]

The original halo was awesome, Halo 2 sucked and Halo 3 was done for me after a month. I hope they could make reach more like the first halo

[BusyBadger]

The original halo was awesome, Halo 2 sucked and Halo 3 was done for me after a month. I hope they could make reach more like the first halo

Halo is by far the strongest in terms of story of the core trilogy and had there been online multiplayer (Xbox live, I'm not considering XBConnect) it would be the strongest overall of all three. Halo 2 is by far the weakest and certainly felt like an EA money-milking job (ala' Madden, Tiger Woods or Need For Speed) but I think I had the most fun with ODST. Planning the location of an ambush and timing it properly made a HUGE difference in the outcome, unlike the other Halo's where you could run and gun your way out of most situations.

Anyway, Reach is a little more than 24 hours away and I was curious who was ready to start the NICO Battlegroup (sounds much better than Clan)?

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Haha...I remember trying to get Halo to play online through Gamespy's Tunneling service. Pain in the a** and laggy as all hell.

[IBCoupe]

This is going to ruin my future career in law by detracting from my studies but... I'll do it.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Haha...I remember trying to get Halo to play online through Gamespy's Tunneling service. Pain in the a** and laggy as all hell.

...and had there been online multiplayer (Xbox live, I'm not considering XBConnect) it would be the strongest overall of all three.

Xbox fails.

[BusyBadger]

Xbox fails.

Yeah, I heard that MSFT was going to discontinue the console and focus on their burgeoning presence in the mobile phone market.

You're far too skinny to be a troll, more like a kobold. Actually, I'll show my geek colours and say you're more githyanki.

Besides, I've still got my original copy of Marathon stowed away in some box somewhere...I've been with Bungie since the beginning.

[IBCoupe]

<-- digging for his monster manual.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Xbox fails.

You're far too skinny to be a troll, more like a kobold. Actually, I'll show my geek colours and say you're more githyanki.

No trolling intended. Just pointing out that fans of the original Halo could indeed find online games without xbconnect.
And attempting to highlight the irony of a Microsoft-funded software project that had more features when running on MacOS than Microsponge's own console.

[IBCoupe]

Aaanyways... I've been playing before and after class, like the good slacker I am.

XBox Live gamertag: Misfire85

[MinisterofDOOM]

I've never played much Halo multiplayer, but I jumped on for a few games of headhunter and infection on tuesday and had a lot of fun. I wish the weapon options for loadouts were more varied, though. Everyone running around with the same rifle is not particularly interesting. And the Assault rifle sucks.

[IBCoupe]

I agree. I think I'm a little spoiled after Modern Warfare. I do like the character customization in the campaign, though.

[krimsonviper]

I didn't get to play the campaign, but I played multiplayer. After the first match I put the remote down. DMR? Do. Not. Like. I didn't get used to the targeting system and they changed the button layout. Why would you change the button layout after the THIRD game of the same thing?! Anyway, when I buy the system again, I'll give the game a second chance by borrowing it from a friend.

[marlin29311]

I didn't get to play the campaign, but I played multiplayer. After the first match I put the remote down. DMR? Do. Not. Like. I didn't get used to the targeting system and they changed the button layout. Why would you change the button layout after the THIRD game of the same thing?! Anyway, when I buy the system again, I'll give the game a second chance by borrowing it from a friend.

Control scheme changed because every other game in the world is using the most modern layout (Which still sucks...WHY CAN'T WE MAP OUR OWN BUTTONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!). I don't mind the change.

[C-Kwik]

I didn't get to play the campaign, but I played multiplayer. After the first match I put the remote down. DMR? Do. Not. Like. I didn't get used to the targeting system and they changed the button layout. Why would you change the button layout after the THIRD game of the same thing?! Anyway, when I buy the system again, I'll give the game a second chance by borrowing it from a friend.

There is a controller setting that allows the mapping to be similar to Halo 3.

[krimsonviper]

I didn't get to play the campaign, but I played multiplayer. After the first match I put the remote down. DMR? Do. Not. Like. I didn't get used to the targeting system and they changed the button layout. Why would you change the button layout after the THIRD game of the same thing?! Anyway, when I buy the system again, I'll give the game a second chance by borrowing it from a friend.

Control scheme changed because every other game in the world is using the most modern layout (Which still sucks...WHY CAN'T WE MAP OUR OWN BUTTONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!). I don't mind the change.

This. I want to be able to change what I normally don't use, and what I need do need move those to a more comfortable position to out BR someone.

I still haven't bought a new xbox, but my fingers are itching for a match. I miss the "WTF?" snipe moments!!!! I want to do a montage!
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