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Halo: Reach

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Wed, 10/06/2010 - 03:42

Hans

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For a game that raked in $200 million on day 1, not considering the online multi-player, it's pretty average. With no new enemies the single player campaign is way too easy on Legendary. Aside from a couple of air and space combat portions it's all so been there, done that. Bungie seems like they got stuck in the past. I'm sure the real problem is that they had the majority of the team work on the multi-player aspect and then put whoever was left over and not busy getting coffee on the single player. It was all downhill after Combat Evolved.

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Wed, 10/06/2010 - 11:57

Tristan Sinns

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How are the graphics compared to Halo 3?

I'm a Halo newb. I bought a used copy of Halo 3 maybe six months ago and am just now getting around to playing it. It's not bad. For FPS games, I do strongly prefer the keyboard/mouse setup, but overall it's a fun game.

Though - strangely enough, as this is rare for me - it does give me an odd touch of vertigo. I tend to get a headache after playing it for about 20 minutes and might feel the occasional hot flash.

I'm curious on the quality of Halo: Reach, though. I humored buying it, but sometimes I hate buying games when they're brand new, preferring to wait until they go on sale (unless it's something I want nownownow).

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Wed, 10/06/2010 - 14:14

Hans

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If you're new to Halo you'd probably really enjoy it actually. It has more in common with the first game, of which it is a prequel, gameplay-wise. It's pretty solid and the graphics do look good but not quite as mind-blowing as other new games coming out. Halo has never been about the graphics. There's nothing to complain about on that front. If you do play multi-player on Xbox Live you'll get a lot more out of it than I did. I only go online with the PS3 because it's free and the people playing seem to be much more mature than on Live.

What I loved about the first game was that it was the first console FPS I played where I felt it could hold its own against PC FPS's, which is what I played, and it was challenging. Halo and XBox were what turned me into the mostly console gamer I am today.

It does introduce a few new gameplay mechanics such as jet packs and the ability to sprint and send out decoy holograms of yourself. Overall though for me it wasn't enough. I wanted a challenge since this is the final Bungie developed Halo game. I expected them to go out with a bang but to me it wasn't much more than a whimper.

I'm sure you'd like it. It's a better game than 2 & 3.

It has gotten a lot of perfect scores but I tend to agree more with the reviews that wound up in the 80% range.

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