Halo Reach - Page 14

On October 13 2010 04:43 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:
It's certainly different, and slightly more complicated given the armor abilities. Still, it's DMR+X like it was pistol+X before. The concepts are still all the same, the way you play the game is the same. It's absolutely better than Halo 3, imo. I loved Halo 2 MP, but that's probably somewhat due to it being the only decent console option at the time. I think I probably look at it with pretty rosy nostalgia glasses on.

I'm a person that HATES spending money, especially on games, and more so on things that are not worth my money. While I didn't spend a dime of new money on it, I was absolutely ready to after playing it for a couple of hours at a friend's house. I think that, if you liked Halo: CE, this one is worth the money. So far, I think it's the best one since then, and I loved Halo 2.

The skill curve is definitely greater than it was in Halo 3 or even 2, because of the DMR shot timing (I think so, anyway). The maps are poor right now, but that'll get better as Bungie starts to incorporate community forge maps (like Damnation and Prisoner) into MP (which, btw, totally brings back CE feelings... Damnation is an almost perfect remake, there may be a few tricks that you can't do anymore that I was never aware of in the first place).

The best bet is still to rent it first, if you can get it somewhere for less than Blockbuster charges (~$10 per rental), and play for a few hours to make sure for yourself. But I was not going to buy the game at all, this thread and my friends talking about it piqued my interest... then I played it for myself, and it's a really good game. Campaign is solid so far as well.

On October 13 2010 06:04 DrN0 wrote:
I hate to say it, but reach was really unpolished when it came out, god awful map pool, ridiculously powerful armor abilities and useless weapons. Its a shame but oh well.

On October 13 2010 06:07 Ferrose wrote:


Is has less useless weapons than Halo 3 (all of the Brute weapons).

On October 13 2010 06:19 DrN0 wrote:


Thats just not true, dual spikers had uses, and brute shot was also useful.

On October 13 2010 06:54 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:


Dual spikers were good before they got nerfed. There was also the mauler, which was one of the best weapons in the game, imo. The hammer was terrible though, given the amount of time it took to swing.

On October 13 2010 07:04 Ferrose wrote:


I remember when the game came out every map had Maulers everywhere. That was fun.

On October 13 2010 07:12 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:


They were OP to start with, though. The nerf on them was really good, imo. It was two shots, but they decreased the range and accuracy. It was nice shooting someone with one, jumping back while switching to BR and then BOOM HEAD SHOT. That's probably what I dislike the most out of the progression in games, is the weapon switch time. I know it was done to combat comboing, because that's all anyone did in Halo 2, but I think there are other ways to do that (like decreasing the homing ability, and draining power on the weapon constantly).

On October 13 2010 07:15 Ferrose wrote:


Every time I respawn, I switch weapons. So that way I don't have to go through that animation of turning the safety off when in battle. I don't see why that was necessary.

On October 13 2010 07:39 AyeH wrote:
Ok. The grenade launcher is pretty sick. If you can shoot in the right places, such as walls and corners, you can down people's shields with it and one shot em with a pistol or DMR. Or the launcher itself can blow them up if you hit em close. The focus rifle is also pretty good if you use it with the plasma pistol combo, however I'd take a DMR over it any day. And the plasma sticky launcher gun is FUCKIN AWESOME. It's so fun to mess around with! You can target a person, like on Hemmorhage, and wait for the reticule to turn red and focused on that person, and when there is one full circle on the reticule, just let go of the trigger and watch the sticky literally track that person where ever that person goes! Only downside is people are getting better with armor-lock and realizing that using it while stuck makes sticky grenades "not sticky." But yeah. Oh, and you can lock onto a person/vehicle from a super long distance. It's really fun watching the sticky just track a person down across hemmorhage.

On a different note, I was playing rumble pit and got two kills for killing just one person. It said "Double Kill" with the medal but at the bottom left, it said You killed ***, twice. Weird... Hope they fix that glitch...

I think Halo Reach is maybe the best Halo they have made. It's more interesting to play than Halo 1 and has great matchmaking compared to Halo 2 and 3. I really enjoy the armor abilities because they add something an element to the game that is not completely new. I've definitely made it worth the forty bucks I spent on it! Hahaha.

P.S. I still don't understand how people get so many damn points from firefight... Makes no sense at all. I get like only 1500 points at the most from one firefight on matchmaking...

On October 13 2010 07:47 CONFIG wrote:
why isn't this on pc to??

On October 13 2010 07:34 Ferrose wrote:
I also think they should add soft kill zones in a few areas, like the area above the sniper spawns on Asylum. People grabbing the sniper and jetpacking up there is ruining that map for me.

On October 13 2010 07:57 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:


I know MLG redid the map. My guess is that they did exactly that. That gays up the matches so hard. If you have a teammate who is good with that sniper, then you can pick off the jetpackers before they get up there though.