Halo: Reach

The advertising bomb begins, literally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IMTK7yuoq0&feature=player_embedded

Not normally a fan of Halo but this one looks bad ass and will be bought for sure!

It's a trailer. They can make it look as good as they want. All irrelevant without in-game footage. Not sure why anyone even bothers to look at a trailer until we see actual footage of the game itself.

Yeah Hypo, that was an advert, not a trailer, none of that is actually in game footage, if it was it would be pretty amazing!

There was a beta that had like 3 million people or something in it so lots of gameplay footage about. Here is a cool video a gamer made of his time in the beta

And here is a proper trailer, all in game footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8uJRYUOdME&feature=player_embedded

I just read the CVG preview, if you got time is a good read http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=261713

They say

"The Halo marathon that ensued purged any doubt from our minds that not only is the forthcoming Reach every inch the sterling sign off from Bungie, but it's also set to blow its shooter rivals off the face of the planet this September.

Straight away you'll clock the gigantic leap in visual quality from Halos 3 and ODST. Bungie hasn't confirmed 60 frames a second - but it certainly looks that way. It's a lot more fluid than Gears Of War - and in-game action runs as smoothly as Modern Warfare 2. This one would have Marcus Fenix and Captain Price going green around the gills.

The AI on show is simply staggering, a decade of experience and familiarity with the universe right there on screen to test your gaming mettle"

Can't wait.

The first one was brilliant. Defined how to do FPS' on consoles since Goldeneye.

I don't know how it's got away with simply re-packaging the same game with a different number next to it for about 6/7 years, however.

yeah your right, cos that video has possibly been tweaked and enhanced ...to hell with the game, i'm not gonna buy it now, I only buy games that literally look as they do in the adverts...

To say im looking forward to September 14th is a ****ing understatement. Ive logged an unhealthy amount of hours playing halo over the years, and this next one just looks brilliant. I have not been able to play Halo 3 since the Reach beta finished because Reach makes 3 look antiquated. Cant.....Wait....!

It's a trailer. They can make it look as good as they want. All irrelevant without in-game footage. Not sure why anyone even bothers to look at a trailer until we see actual footage of the game itself.

Doesnt take anything away from the fact that its a ****ing brilliant advert though. The live action add' for ODST was absolutely terrific. Should make a movie in the same style, would be epic!

There was something similar for Mass Effect 2, and actually, while it was very much CGId, it did a pretty decent job of looking cool whilst not beung unlike the game actually could play out.

This one:

Very dramatic, but even that massive thing got killed in the game. Or at least, if you were half decent. And as I say, it wasn't miles away from the real deal.

Doesnt take anything away from the fact that its a ****ing brilliant advert though. The live action add' for ODST was absolutely terrific. Should make a movie in the same style, would be epic!

Don't really care about adverts. When I buy a game, all I care about is the game.

Don't really care about adverts. When I buy a game, all I care about is the game.

They probably shouldnt bother trying to build the hype up if it doesnt please you hypo, silly bungie.

They probably shouldnt bother trying to build the hype up if it doesnt please you hypo, silly bungie.

Up to them. I'm just saying a game could have fantastic advertising and be sh*t. Advertising for a game which doesn't show any of the game is pointless IMO.

Just thought i'd point this deal out

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=4467;6;-1;-1;-1&sku=298441&_tag.WT.ac=HC_HALO_REACH-PBODY-HC_HALO_REACH_PROD-298441

If you pre-order from HMV you get it for £37.99 and get 800 microsoft points. Think that is a pretty good deal!

Just thought i'd point this deal out

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=4467;6;-1;-1;-1&sku=298441&_tag.WT.ac=HC_HALO_REACH-PBODY-HC_HALO_REACH_PROD-298441

 

If you pre-order from HMV you get it for £37.99 and get 800 microsoft points. Think that is a pretty good deal!

That is a good deal, but im sad and will want it in my hands on launch day and hmv cant guarantee that! Might go for it anyway though...

That is a good deal, but im sad and will want it in my hands on launch day and hmv cant guarantee that! Might go for it anyway though...

In that case you want to order it from game. They always get the games to you a day early.

Have got it, not played it yet, might give it a whirl after the saints game

Have got it, not played it yet, might give it a whirl after the saints game

Well?!

In america Gamestop (one of the biggest stores in the world) have just said this

"Due to massive demand and excessive sales the following are all sold out WORLDWIDE. We are not allowed to take anymore pre-orders.

Legendary Edition

Limited Edition

Halo Reach console bundle.

We still can take pre-orders on the standard but have been notified that maybe only for a week more".

Game better honour my pre-order or i will be ****ed!

well the reviews are coming in, doing very well http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/111/1119630p1.html

Amazon got it too me a day early, its FANTASTIC! Half way through the campaign...the level design, enemy AI and quality of play is the BEST IN A HALO GAME YET!!! Ahhh its brilliant!!

Amazon got it too me a day early, its FANTASTIC! Half way through the campaign...the level design, enemy AI and quality of play is the BEST IN A HALO GAME YET!!! Ahhh its brilliant!!

Mine just arrived, do I wait for my son to come home and have a go, or open it up now :-)

My son's legendary edition was delivered this morning!

Got mine earlier, was a massive queue to get it. Haven't been able to play long but so far is awesome. Like the fact we can now customize what we looklike with various types of armor/add-ons etc..

Also i just saw Gamespot gave it a 9.5/10

Superb game. Really dark compared to the last one.

Picked up a rental copy last night - hacked through 3-4 hours worth of covenant playing on heroic. Not sure if I've played too many other FPS games in the past few years, but it doesn't feel as though Halo has evolved, which is a good and bad thing. Needless to say I doubt I'll be consumed by the desire to rank up like I was in CoD MW2, and the campaign still has a poignancy that other FPS games don't. The audio is superb, colours are darker and many of the easy kills have been reduced. The Elites seemer harder to take down, weapons have been altered and I dare say the storyline and future elements of it will draw me in, the way my first encounter with The Flood did but so far (four levels in) its still the same game I was playing earlier this decade. So I've matured a little and am growing out of video games finally. Or perhaps that will change as the game evolves. I'm now itching to play again but am working from home and will resist until this evening. Probably.