the reach beta is so close
i’m kinda excited. is there an SRK halo group (like how there’s an SRK steam/TF2 group?)
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new vidoc.
I can’t wait for beta to happen.
Now this item however I can wait on. I’ll bet Bungie is going to over-produce this set like they did the Halo 3 MC helmet and they’ll be found for half the retail price within months.
…if I’m wrong then I’ll be mad that I missed it. That’s a sweet statue too.
That’s definitely way cooler than that gay ass helmet.
but I bet you’ll have no problem buying one after release. ebay, son.
You didn’t like the helmet? The replica helmet was sweet! I have one myself. NO GAY!
and fuck Ebay. I’ll get on off craigslist and save myself the hassle of dealing with asshole Ebay sellers with hyper-inflated shipping charges and shitty S/H.
I’m really hoping we’ll see Master Chief make a short appearance somewhere in the campaign mission. I know he probably won’t be playable but he should be leading the defense of Reach.
I wonder if they changed the grenade throwing. I liked Halo2’s and ODST’s but Halo3’s grenades were always weird and I just couldn’t get them down.
Never mind that bungie’s texture modeling in H3 sucked so they never fucking bounced where you wanted them to. It looks like it’s better than H3, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
the helmet was really cheesy. wasn’t feeling it.
actually, yea fuck eBay. I’ll just bitch out my buddy at Gstop to give me one lol.
MC wasn’t on Reach when the Covies first got there, he was nuking a ship in an orbital dock. But he came back later and found shit going down. I imagine this will be during the first attack since the planet isn’t toasted yet. but who knows.
True, but that was the mission right before Reach was destroyed. And according to the book, Chief never returned to Reach. He went w.Keyes and the Pillar of Autumn into slip space as the attack began.
This game could take place anytime before (or after I guess) that so it’s not unreasonable to think that Chief will appear somewhere - even in a cut scene, though it would be really fucking awesome to see him played as an game a.i. leading a battle with other Spartans.
I miss H:CE grenades. You could toss them the length of a football field, frags were powerful, and you could hold a total of 8. Eight-fucking grenades! I still love tossing a frag in the middle of a cluster of Grunts or Flood and watch them go flying everywhere.
Yea, I didn’t like the whole grenade quantity they did in H3. In ODST they upped to 3, I think, and it felt nice and balanced. I at least hope they’re similar to that as it’s the newest game. Just increase the distance but the accuracy was top notch.
lol first time I lobbed a grenade in ODST I thought I was throwing a 10kg dumbell, grenades in halo 3 were like throwing javlins (spartan strength no doubt).
but, every time I wanted them somewhere they were accurate. I know they need more power but at least they weren’t inconsistent.
You’re missing a book. Fall of Rach, then Halo 1, then First Strike, than Halo 2, then Ghosts of Onyx, then Halo 3. MC went back to reach in First Strike.
8 Spartans? Tch that’s more the enough.
Oh, that explains it then. I’ve only read Fall of Reach. I was under the impression Reach was destroyed right after Pillar of Autumn jumped into slip space.
Great, now I have to read the other books.
Grenades were really random in H3. If anyone checks my halo profile, I think I still have a video on there of my friend throwing a grenade at me, it hit a wall at an angle bounced in a triangle shape, then flew back and hit him in the face and exploded.
It’s almost like they wanted people to lean towards plasmas. They were better in just about every way and I only used frags when I didn’t have plasmas. I hope they actually let you use the fire grenades in multi if they have them. Never understood why they took them out in H3 multi.
Because the game engine couldn’t handle it if everyone decided to chuck them, the game would come to a crawl, Bungie do their best to lock the game at a constant 30fps.
:d: correct only frags and plasmas
I’m pretty sure it was stated that they were going back to frag and plasma grenades only. I can’t remember the source but I’m 90% sure it was in one of the Bungie videos
I was suspecting this but you can only use two and they’re on the map (you don’t start with them) so I thought it was a balance issue which would be dumb.
Oh well, would’ve been nice to see how they’d fare against a slayer team who holds each others hands. :lol:
I may actually have to try the elites when reach comes out. I finally saw that new vidoc and that dodge is gonna come in real handy.
I also noticed another similarity between shadowrun, the aiming thing where it goes inaccurate after a shot. They modified it though so it’s only after you shoot as opposed to when you’re moving as well. Can’t wait to try this out and since I don’t have ODST anymore, I may just buy it in a few days.
Yea I borrowed ODST from a friend but I might have to go cop it for the invite. I man I loved ODST but Reach is lookin dope to.