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Halo: Reach footage and dev diary

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Published 12 February, 2010 Duration 7:45

Quite special, this - the team talk about the new decisions behind Reach, and what makes it so special and different.

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mychuma #1 2 years ago

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Seven Samurai meets Halo? Count me in .
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irrelevanthuman #2 2 years ago

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looks fucking ace
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RedSparrows #3 2 years ago

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4.30 - 6.50 = utter joygasms.
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kangarootoo #4 2 years ago

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I haven't cared about Halo for quite a while now, but that actually poked the right buttons for me. Am genuinely rather interested.
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Lunatic4ever #5 2 years ago

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LOOKS F'ING AWESOME!
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Yossarian #6 2 years ago

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Personally I found the Halo series overrated. Never saw what all the fuss was about, tbh, just another generic shooter for the console kids. Even Call of Duty is much better, more realistic with ironsights and proper guns and customization.
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Farfarer #7 2 years ago

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Certainly looks better than the previous Halo games. Whether it's better enough remains to be seen...
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Yossarian #8 2 years ago

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Yeah they talked a lot about the graphics but I don't hear very much about gameplay advancements for a series that has pretty much been a rehash since day one
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des #9 2 years ago

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beautiful
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dllord #10 2 years ago

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Looks shit hot!
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Quixz #11 2 years ago

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ME WANT!!
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irrelevanthuman #12 2 years ago

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Yossarian doth quote pejorative halo posts of old methinks(paraphrasing or cut and paste I cannot say)...
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BillyBrush #13 2 years ago

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Game still has 'levels'

i beleive they use the term sandbox for the type of emergent gameplay/amount of simulation the games have....rather than GTA:Spartan edition.

It looks great.
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karstux #14 2 years ago

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Way back, when they first announced Halo, I always thought it was going to be an openworld kind of game. If they realize that with Reach, well... I might finally get a 360, then.
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markypants #15 2 years ago

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themorganator #16 2 years ago

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EPIC WIN
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miiiguel #17 2 years ago

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ooooh! Sexy Halo!
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Rodchenko #18 2 years ago

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LOL @ the clueless noobs who still fall for Yossarian's little irony trick
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MaxHughes #19 2 years ago

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Love the whole "sandbox" idea rather than scripted AI. Sooooo looking forward to the beta in May!!!
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IneptPercy #20 2 years ago

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This will looks like it will be enough to drag me form my PC and back onto my 360.

My Mrs still gives me dirty looks when I mention Halo after Halo 3 and the online sessions which followed.
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harzo #21 2 years ago

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That must be the nicest looking sky I have ever seen in a game!
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Monkey_Puncher #22 2 years ago

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I'm no Halo fan, I lost interest in the series about half way into Halo 2, but that video actually looks rather good. Open world, more human storyline and back to concentrating on the single player campaign, could well get me back on board!

Consider me mildly excited for this game (which considering how little I've been interested in Halo for a while, is really quite a large achievement)
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RedSparrows #23 2 years ago

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The game will have an enormous focus on multiplayer, you realise. But Bungie never lost focus on SP in favour of MP.

It's also not open world, as far as we know. it's a sandbox shooter in the sense that, like all previous Halo games (to varying degrees), it has sandbox combat.

Edited by RedSparrows at 12/02/10 @ 18:55
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Pastici #24 2 years ago

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Rather excited about this. Playing the frst Halo for the first time a couple of weeks ago its odd to see how how the gameplay hasn't changed much but still holds up well.
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coolbritannia #25 2 years ago

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OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD! So there's now a sprint button, pistola is back, just looks perfect!
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RedSparrows #26 2 years ago

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/HDF INFORMATION POST

It's a 'use equip' button, like Halo 3. But the equipment is integrated, not throwaway. When the spartan sprints, you see the symbol above the radar have a receding circle around it. It's a power - others might be cloak, power drain, bubble shield etc.
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jambo74 #27 2 years ago

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Hope that is not the Codemasters version of 'open world'
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gameboyjustin #28 2 years ago

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Outrageously Sexy!

Thank God the covenant can't speak english this time around
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Dizzy #29 2 years ago

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Woot woot woot!
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speed182 #30 2 years ago

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Wood.
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coolbritannia #31 2 years ago

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wort wort wort(hog)
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UberChew #32 2 years ago

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Last year was zombies. seems that the new big thing is gonna be having at least one support character with a skull painted on his face.
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BobbyDeNiro #33 2 years ago

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Oh wow, this looks brilliant even if it is a promo video. The graphics look more detailed than Halo 3 and ODST and love the whole concept of Seven Samurai and fighting with other Spartans and marines against overwhelming odds. Love the references to exploration, sandbox and sence of wonder which Halo had. Give me this over Call of Duty any day.
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BadDevotions #34 2 years ago

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can't. fucking. wait.
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PapaSmurf630 #35 2 years ago

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There be some freaky lookin' people at Bungie.
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stuarty_2003 #36 2 years ago

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About 4 - 5 mins in there is a bit of the vid where you see the devs building a new Brute model. I didn't think Brutes were around at this point?
http://yfrog.com/3lb1hzp

Edited by stuarty_2003 at 12/02/10 @ 20:43
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Apostle #37 2 years ago

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Wow. I am no big Halo fan, but that video nearly gave me goosebumps! Nearly

I am actually quite excited for this now, I'd not of had it on my "most wanted" list before, but now, yes, yes indeed.
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AphoticCosmos #38 2 years ago

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Looks fucking brilliant!

Also, did I hear Peter Mensah doing a voice clip at approx 3.10?

If so . . . awesome. I love that guy.
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BartonFink #39 2 years ago

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Sounds and looks brilliant, bring it on!!!
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Gearskin #40 2 years ago

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Awe-sane!
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tnt_2008smum #41 2 years ago

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i can't think of a game that i want more than this and there are a lot of games i want this year.
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bumgut #42 2 years ago

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How the hell did they get 4x the geometry in the new engine?
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MiY4MOTO #43 2 years ago

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Stunned... simple as.
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smalltoto #44 2 years ago

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thanxc

Edited by smalltoto at 12/02/10 @ 22:10
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coolbritannia #45 2 years ago

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Stuarty, the Brutes have always been around, and as the Covenants largest fleet before the battle of Reach where it was partially destroyed (and later almost completely wiped out by Master Chief at installation 4), The Fleet of Particular Justice would certainly contain a few Brute ships at least. The Cole Protocol takes place some time before Reach, and the Brutes feature in that. /halonerd
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waggy79 #46 2 years ago

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I didnt dislike ODST but I didnt enjoy it as much as 3. This vid has re-awakened my interest in Halo.

Edited by waggy79 at 12/02/10 @ 23:20
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sarcasmoidosis #47 2 years ago

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Saw the screenshots that have been thrown around the net and thought they looked awful. This video footage really does the game more justice and, although I'm not a fan, it does look like the best looking game to come out on 360.
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Darren #48 2 years ago

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At last... Bungie are releasing a Halo game that looks like the engine was written for the Xbox 360 and not the Xbox. Looks great... makes me wonder why Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST couldn't have looked that good.
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Segnit #49 2 years ago

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I hope this one has more variety then 3.
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up_the_ante #50 2 years ago

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I hope this is as good as they say. Halo ODST was pretty crap (IMO) but they still managed to get development guys like these saying it was going to be amazing with the cresendo music in the back ground.
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X3Entente #51 2 years ago

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my god, i want an xbox360 so badly now. This vid has rekindled the same feelings i had way back in 2001 with the excitment around halo 1
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Keivz #52 2 years ago

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Color me impressed. It's shocking how good the lighting on games have been lately. Almost like a generational leap, really.
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Cadence #53 2 years ago

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That guy's beard is awesome!
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Demiath #54 2 years ago

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A convincing nextgeny graphical update (although the environments look like a bad weather day in Scotland or something), but are they going to produce anything remotely resembling a compelling narrative and three-dimensional characters? Because let's be honest; storytelling in the pseudo-epic Halo series is, like, SO 1988...
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coolbritannia #55 2 years ago

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I don't agree Demiath. While Halo 2's narrative was slightly confusing in places (The Arbiter campaign didn't help) Halo 3 was very straightforward, and tied in nicely back to Halo:CE. Likewise, ODST managed to weave it's seperate chapters together very nicely, culminating in the final mission whith all the squad members. Compare Halo to say, MW2, a game that truly has no real narrative going through it, and Halo's space opera satisfies.
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RedPanda #56 2 years ago

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coolbritannia #57 2 years ago

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You gotta have Marty's Grunt nipple in there somewhere dude!
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sherpa1984 #58 2 years ago

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Look absolutely identical to all the Halo games in terms of gameplay.

Adding more NPCs and higher poly models won't mask the same one-dimensional game we've been playing for the last 10 years.

Pass.
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AphoticCosmos #59 2 years ago

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"Look absolutely identical to all the Halo games in terms of gameplay.

Adding more NPCs and higher poly models won't mask the same one-dimensional game we've been playing for the last 10 years.

Pass."

If you don't "get" Halo after 9 years, then I suppose you'll never "get" it.

Your loss.
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anomagnus #60 2 years ago

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Halo Reach and Mass effect 2 were my two big hopes for 2010, and considering that ME2, for me personally, is the best game i have ever played, i hope this video makes me think Reach can be jsut as good!
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Collymilad #61 2 years ago

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"Look absolutely identical to all the Halo games in terms of gameplay.

Adding more NPCs and higher poly models won't mask the same one-dimensional game we've been playing for the last 10 years.

Pass."

Care to elaborate on how it's one dimensional?

Anyway, looks great.
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Kanjin #62 2 years ago

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Going by the first vid I was pretty 'meh' about this game, but this looks good!
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septimus #63 2 years ago

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Looks great. May even make up for Halo 3.
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mkreku #64 2 years ago

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This looks absolutely spectacular! I just love sand box games.
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Vergis69 #65 2 years ago

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Ive never been keen on Halo games...but this one....oh yeah
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Emmit_Assassin #66 2 years ago

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Another Halo....yawn...
But this does seem to look alright.....hmmmm.....will keep a semi interested eye on this....might be the one that hooks me, as none of the others have kept me interested past 10 mins. There must be a reason you lot are so obsessive over Halo...it must be in there somewhere...just never found it.
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Badassbab #67 2 years ago

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Looks amazing and sounds amazing.
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coolbritannia #68 2 years ago

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Emmit, not sure you can blame Halo for your short attention span...
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Scimarad #69 2 years ago

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Oooh! Halo looks interesting again!
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BillMurray #70 2 years ago

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Crazy sausage?
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Demiath #71 2 years ago

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@coolbritannia: Haven't played ODST but I admit that it looks like a step in the right direction from a narrative standpoint. As far as the "straightforward" plot of Halo 3 goes, that doesn't do any good if there are no memorable characters, interesting story developments or good dialogue (which there isn't). The whole space opera nonsense has been done to death (even in more narratively ambitious titles like the original Mass Effect 1) and it really doesn't do anything for me regardless of how well-structured the nonsense happens to be. Yes, it's better than Modern Warfare 2, but that's setting a really low standard for FPS gaming...

Edited by Demiath at 14/02/10 @ 10:17
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Triggerhappytel #72 2 years ago

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I lost interest with the series with Halo 2, but was very impressed by that footage. If they can recapture the scale and level design that made Combat Evolved so extraordinary, I will definitely consider buying a 360 just for this.
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Batfink #73 2 years ago

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Wide-open levels, sense of wonder, massed battles 40+ combatants, elites, rolling thunder of hogs and raptors, stirring music, oh yes

Halo 3 was really the 2nd half of Halo 2 that they didn't manage to finish and it showed in terms of design and mission style. This looks like a genuinely new Halo and I'm very excited.
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Hexagon #74 2 years ago

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I want this for the PlayStation 3.
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EmiliasHorse #75 2 years ago

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Well that was 7 min 45 seconds very well spent. Looks uttely splendid.
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kongzi #76 2 years ago

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Seven Samurai?? euhmm yeah.. right sure.. this seems like a poor attempt of making me like Halo buy mentioning my favorite movie.... it fails.
Still, these Bungie-guys always seem really genuine and it's hard to argue with the number of players they get.
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Quixz #77 2 years ago

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Want!
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Deckard1 #78 2 years ago

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haven't really enjoyed any of the halo's since the first one, but thats actually looking really good
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muscleblade #79 2 years ago

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Anthony Daniels where are you? We need a stupid little comment from a ghastly little Halo hating boy like you.

This looks incredible. GOTY 2010.
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seanthejackal #80 2 years ago

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this will sell big...still be shit though
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HoriZon #81 2 years ago

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Still looks old gfx wise to most other new games.
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SaberEdge #82 2 years ago

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It really does look exceptional. The graphics are amazing and all of the improvements sound excellent.
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Deckard1 #83 2 years ago

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so why am I getting minus's? Is it because I think this one looks good, or because I didn't like the last 2?
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ReKaY13 #84 2 years ago

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hopefully this game has a good campain and longer than halo 3
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Prodi-G #85 2 years ago

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This game certainly looks well thought through it's always nice to see and hear how it came together. Halo is and always will be what made the xbox worth having fps wise, and Yossarian it cannot be compared with COD..... this is based around aliens and humans so excuse them for not making it more 'realistic'. Thumbs up for Halo Reach, certainly looks like an improvement!
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