" the art direction could've been so much better. I thought reach was an enormous industrial complex planet with fallen frigates and acid rain....  and now it's just some mountains and pine trees and... sigh. "

i like the pic with the halo 1 phantom

I think this looks pretty damn good. Bungie taking a shot at a more squad based or class based game could be fantastic.

looks mad halo dawg

" The Halo 3 engine is showing its age. "

Woah, that new assault rifle design is distracting.

The game looks pretty good

If I was a space colonist, I would be pretty annoyed to travel all the way to Reach just to end up in Sedona.
 
But at least they brought their bland concrete bunker technology with them.

DUDE NEW SCREENSHOTS
 

This is what is "bending" the limits of the 360?  Wow pathetic! 
 
I would suggest humbly that Bungie not make statements like 'Reach is bending the Xbox as far as it can bend.' 
 
Because it does them a disservice, makes them looks like they don't know how to make an engine.  
 
There are plenty of games that look leagues than Halo 3, ODST, and now the current state of Reach. 
 
Take your pick, gobs of better looking games.  However Bungie does make a hell of an AI model and tight gameplay with an ever stable frame rate to back it. 
 
I'll definitely be picking up Reach despite my harsh attitude towards Bungies hubris. 

Wow, they redesigned the gun. 
If they make changes to the shooting, then I'll probably be interested.

I wonder if I'll be able to crank up the difficulty to hard mode and then play with my eyes closed like the other Halo games. I thought the games were fun as long as you had another person to play with, but what is it about Halo that attracts this much attention?

I've read in the EDGE mag that the VISR can scan environments and give info on the hud. They probably had to BLUR the text cuz it was the name of an unannounced location.

MURDER MODE

Yup, looks like Halo

Give me more Halo, please, with a dash of Halo. 
 
Very excited. I couldn't care any less about the "graphics-aren't-groundbreaking" argument or the "Halo-is-stale-and-a-milked-franchise" discussion. Halo is a high quality product. And more of a high quality product is more of a good thing, for me.

Oh look, space marines fighting in drab industrial/mountainy/grassy areas. 
 
I am ready for more than this, Bungie. 

These pictures are pretty bad, I'll be honest. And that's coming from a big Halo fan. I just hope the beta doesn't disappoint

The landscape looks sooooooo interesting... le sigh. 

This looks very Halo, godammit.

" Hmm, looks like a Halo game. "

" Fill me in here, what does Tom Morello have to do with Halo: Reach? "

"Halo:  Republic Commando. 
 

ALL SPARTANS.  Srsly, if it plays anything like Republic Commando then I am already infinitely more interested in this than I have been any previous Halo game. "

The game looks slightly better than ODST, which, in turn, looked slightly better than H3. I have the feeling that the 360 has already peaked in the graphics department. I'm eager to see how Gears 3 will look.

is that a Murloc in there?

Take Halo, add grime, stir.

Aw, I thought it was going to be a new engine :(

Played and finished Halo 3 and didn't really understand a thing. It'll be nice to get a Halo at launch though. What's with modern times and how we love a story we know isn't going to end well?.. These screens have a slightly tragic tone to them, I look forward to it!

Adding Tom Morello to the shots would absolutely not be a dick move. The man rocks.

I could think of about 20 games I'm more excited to play than this but that armor texturing is pretty snazy,

How can you people not be happy with the visuals? They look great to me. They Do look quite abit better than Halo 3 which in many ways looked very nice, so I am happy. 
 
Also this is 4 year old tech on the 360, they are pushing it pretty far and it is impressive, I just hope this game feels fresh. I hope it is more brutal and I hope that the story hits you hard. This is Reach we do not win, alot of people die and I want to see some sacrifice.

Cool, desaturated Halo with more bloom. Can we expect 20 hours of adolescent one-liners, explosions and breast physics? I think so.

" Halo:  Republic Commando. 
 

ALL SPARTANS.  Srsly, if it plays anything like Republic Commando then I am already infinitely more interested in this than I have been any previous Halo game. "

I havent played too much of Halo over the years. But I think the visual style of Reach looks a lot different than the previous Halo games.

Awesome.

Hey, It's Halo.

" How can you people not be happy with the visuals? They look great to me. "

Can anyone just be happy that it looks good AND doesn't use the Unreal 3 Engine?

Ooh, hello old-style Covenant carrier.

"The Halo 3 engine is showing its age. "

People still get excited about halo screenshots/trailers/game itself? I mean it's the exact same thing with 2% innovation, 97% brand name, 1% playability.

" @tak said:

"The Halo 3 engine is showing its age. "

It's a brand new engine. "

" @Agent47CSim2 said:

" @tak said:

"The Halo 3 engine is showing its age. "

It's a brand new engine. "

Then the brand new engine is showing its age.  Nothing visually spectacular or compelling here, IMO.  Looks just like the last couple Halo games. "