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Halo Reach

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MNS
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Someone whos played all the halos, and play cod 4/mw2..

Tell me, how is the online gameplay in reach. Is the campaign as good as the one in halo 3?
Sep 29 2010 4:28PM
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mistaT
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I haven't touched the campaign and I don't intend to (heard its short though) but I've been pleasantly surprised by the online multiplayer.

Really quick, balanced gameplay with some new awesome perks (jet packs, sprinting, shields, clones, etc).

Not as good as COD2 right when it came out, but very good none the less.
Sep 29 2010 4:43PM
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yuck
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2 of my brothers roommates beat the campaign in one sitting.

on co-op, but still, i bet its pretty short
Sep 29 2010 4:44PM
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Anathema
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isn't saying much, considering all the nerds that are around these days, playing vids for like 16 hours a day. pretty AwEsOmE d0oD
Sep 29 2010 4:46PM
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gmack24
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Yea I'm not sure if I should get this or not. I still rock MW2 on the reg, and it's alotta fun. I'd switch it up but have a feeling I'm too adapted to cod and would prob get easily annoyed.
Sep 29 2010 4:47PM
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RCookish
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to answer the campaign question, its kind of like a movie this time around

theres actully a story too it, and its not just like "go there and do that" type thing
Sep 29 2010 4:57PM
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Balto
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if you can't beat a consol fps campaign in 1 sitting you probably suck at video games, i beat reach/3/2/1 all in 1 sitting each, its not hard

multiplayer is like halo 1, so really fucking good, campaign is like 2, and the graphics/sound is like 3/odst, aka best halo ever
Sep 29 2010 5:28PM
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*simba*
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Me, Thomas, and Big_Spence play multiplayer all the time together.


Except I blow.
Sep 29 2010 5:31PM
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MNS
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cause yeah, halo 3 was pretty cool but halo odst fucking sucked
Sep 29 2010 10:57PM
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SeanTom
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I miss the battle rifle. The DMR/whatever the covenant equivilant is get pretty annoying. the voting is cool at first but you'll realize that swat becomes over played. ust got done playing, it can get pretty frustrating but the advancement is much better than halo 3.
Sep 29 2010 11:00PM
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gus555
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and me ........once
Sep 29 2010 11:01PM
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Phormat
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1 Flag CTF blows now unless you are in with a good party. Fastest way to rank up is not through multi-player but either firefight (score attack), or with score on in the campaign with legendary and a butt load of skulls. It's crazy I've already seen kids at Lt. Col Grade 3. They have no life.
Sep 29 2010 11:03PM
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Scott0_robot0
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its sick man and once people start finding things they dont like bungie will be right on it, its super fun game one of the only games iv played in awhile that has lived up to mine and alot of people expectations, if you havnt bought it then get it man.
Sep 29 2010 11:06PM
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eljusto.
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There really isn't much different in multiplayer except for loadouts
Sep 29 2010 11:18PM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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all of this, weirdly enough
Sep 29 2010 11:23PM
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Phormat
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My roommate and I beat it in under 8 hours, not all in one sitting though, but close enough. Granted it was only on normal, but it was pretty simple.
Sep 29 2010 11:27PM
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Gnarcoma
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Me and two of my friends beat 6 levels of legendary in about 6 hours.
Sep 29 2010 11:37PM
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Mr.Panda
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Pretty much what this guy just said.... but this shit is just starting:

Sep 30 2010 12:00AM
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[tk]
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theres only been one reach. bro

also, the campaign took me about a week, playing like 2 hours each day.

i played heroic on solo, though, which i highly recommend to anyone who wants to have fun on the campaign, unless your really good
Sep 30 2010 12:05AM
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Uncle.Badness
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It's a really fun game, I love it.
Sep 30 2010 12:05AM
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TheHuggyBear
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one of my best friends is in the top 50 in the world. /claim

hes failing college after 1 month /not claim
Sep 30 2010 12:09AM
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molsongolden
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you can beat campaign on heroic, 2 people co-op in under 6 hours. i done did it to get the "complete 9 missions" weekly challenge the other day.

i like the daily and weekly challenges and the armory.
Sep 30 2010 12:17AM
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treebeard
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there've been 4 halos, bro.
Sep 30 2010 12:17AM
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MNS
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are you fat:?
Sep 30 2010 1:09AM
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RubberSoul
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i have reach but i havent been able to play much yet, how long will it take me to earn enough credits to buy the helmet with sparks?
Sep 30 2010 1:13AM
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molsongolden
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lol I'm still wondering if it's even possible, I might just drop for the birthday celebration
Sep 30 2010 1:36AM
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gwhitey
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i joined there party once, never played though. don't know why i did that
Sep 30 2010 12:51PM
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spruitm
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The birthday one is really funny, but its going to get annoying fast.  More people are starting to get it now and every time they die, you hear a cork pop and then a bunch of little kids cheering.

One thing I hope they fix is the decoy guy you can send out.  It worked at first, but now theyre too easy to spot.  It should show a name above their head, because thats what gives them away
Sep 30 2010 12:56PM
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Billiards.
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Halo 3 is way better than Reach. That is my opinion.
Sep 30 2010 1:22PM
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molsongolden
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the name thing would be cool because then the FAKE DECOY that we have been throwing down would work more often.

instead of sending a hologram out you just run straight into a wall and keep running so the other team thinks you are a hologram then when they get close to you, turn and cap their asses. or if they walk past you then you ninja spin and animation assassinate them.
Sep 30 2010 1:45PM
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beermuscles
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idk man, legendary is pretty tough to do in one sitting.
Sep 30 2010 1:47PM
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jibbinc.
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this game is reaal dope
Sep 30 2010 4:12PM
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Mr.Panda
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One word:
Aimbot
Sep 30 2010 4:56PM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564





And I just realized I haven't played a single game in Forge World.
Sep 30 2010 7:37PM
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Mike-O
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Hi, I just wanted to ask a quick question:

How do you play offline with friends and THEN add bots? I fiddled around with the menus for a while with my friends but we couldn't find the settings for bots (we were quite inebriated). The closest thing was the Fighter/Elite texture stuff.

If anyone can help it's much appreciated.
Nov 8 2010 11:38AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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me and my friend were screwing around in forge and it got really funny after like 5 min. I'm gonna try and build a railgun that shoots tanks or other large objects.
Nov 8 2010 11:44AM
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Furrer92
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No bots, halo never has them, the only way to get them is by playing Halo Custom Edition for the computer then downloading the maps people have created AI for. As for everyone saying you can beat it in a sitting it depends on the difficulty, if you can run through legendary solo in a sitting you're a champion.

One downside of this game Elite Slayer, Fuck elites, I play halo to be a giant biologically enhanced super soldier not a stupid fucking alien that a I spent most of my time killing in OG Halo.
Nov 8 2010 11:45AM
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Mike-O
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Oh man, that sucks. We kind of got tired of being killed over and over by experts (might be because the account we played with had the highest ranks available, if that levers into the matchmaking).

I did get a quintuple kill though! Flew a human heli straight into a group of team campers by accident.
Nov 8 2010 12:08PM
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