" Another Giant Bomb article based on wild speculation, rumor, and half-remembered "things." Remember when Giant Bomb used to post only the meaningful and important articles? Now they're just like everyone else, posting "news" stories that have barely any news at all.
 
When is the GB crew going to get its act together and drop punk stringers like Jeff that are ruining the site?! "

The implications of this article for me are fairly clear: The single player is still halo.

Reading this "preview" was both a  disappointment and waste of my time.  I guess the guys trying to snark up a stinging defense for this "preview" enjoyed it and want more just like it or else maybe they think they are doing Giant bomb a favor. Whatevs.

Funny, but I hope the review isn't just, "I forgot the specifics, but I had fun.  It's like Halo 3 but different."

"Funny, but I hope the review isn't just, "I forgot the specifics, but I had fun.  It's like Halo 3 but different." "

Good job Jeff, Thats why Your da Boss!

hmmm can anyone decode this for me I think there is more to it:  " Sometimes my inability to parse and store level names is just my inability to parse and store level names, OK?"

Just to put my 2 cents in, when I read the title for this I thought you were calling reach a poor excuse for a Halo game. So when I clicked on it I was thinking "woah, drama." I guess in hind-sight you were just calling it a poor excuse for a preview.

So here's the review everyone wants to see: It's a Halo game. It's got better graphics. The multiplayer has new features.

Jeff, it seems like the right method (most of the time) for previewing games to me. At this one you must have had all the time in the world to play through, but at something like E3 (where you limited time with each game) it would seem like a pain in the ass to be going between playing & jotting down notes at the same time.

 Just gonna say this now, since the initial "GB IS AWESOME" fog has faded on this article. 
 
This was embarrassing on all fronts for the website, I feel. Elaboration has been given throughout this thread but honestly, why go to a review event as a games journalist if you're not doing your job as a games journalist there?  
 
I hate to even say this but I feel like if we had removed the name Halo: Reach and replaced it with say, Modern Warfare 2, suddenly it would be have been crystal clear in the memory. 
 
Remembering names isn't rocket science. Remembering names shouldn't be difficult for someone so skilled and is a veteran in this business. Don't ruin rep with shit like this. Don't let your clear indifference towards the series be a barrier, as I feel it has now.    

" Sounds more like he forgot the names of the two levels he can cover, rather than what happened in them, so he just said some general things he likes about the game. "

" @capthavic said:

" If I had to write a preview/review for Reach it would simply be: "It's Halo. If you like Halo then you'll like this game. If you don't, then it won't change your mind"    I know that's pretty simple but I think it's an honest summation of the game. "

What if Reach will change the mind of haters? Even though I'm a guy who only plays the campaign and a few matches online(never played more then 10 matches in a single Halo game), I can see that they have done some changes that COULD change the way you play the game significantly.  What I'm saying is that even though its a game in a long running series you should never judge an upcoming game based on the previous one. If that would be the case then Final Fantasy XIII would actually be a good game instead of the horrible piece of... well you get my point. Franky, this is the first time I'm really excited about a Halo game. I played every Halo game but never been all psycho about it. The games are good but nothing I look forward to, except for this one. "

I already knew I'm going to buy Reach. 
This article is actually better than most other previews.

" I already knew I'm going to buy Reach. This article is actually better than most other previews. "

I've played every halo game to completion and with that said, I can remember maybe 5 level names all together. It's even harder to remember where one picked up and the other ended. Jeff isn't saying Reach is bad. He's saying it's similar to nearly every halo that came before it in that the campaign may have fun and interesting levels but many of them blur together.
Here is every halo 1-ODST level name I can remember offhand:
Halo
Truth and Reconciliation 
Betrayal (I can't even remember the name of the one before it where you could hijack those banshees and skip the level. That Part was incredibly memorable yet I don't remember the Name)
Keyes
343 Guilty Spark (That one had the invisible covenant flood guy)
The Library (Hardest level on legendary by far)
I realize that those are all Halo 1... I think Halo 2 had a level called New Mombasa? ... I remember it started with "Oh I know what the ladies like".

'Reaching' for headlines?  We're all semi-excited.  I clicked.

Yeah, man, even games I buy, I will not remember names of objects, characters and even maps for weeks after buying and playing the game.  I usually just say "descriptor"-thingy until I get to really learning it.  
 
I am all for Jeff's up front attitude about it.  It is not that he hates the Halo games or whatever, he just didn't remember enough to write what he thought was a quality enough of a preview, so he gave us this, which I enjoyed much more.  I dunno, I am already pretty sure I was going to buy Halo: Reach anyways, so don't really need any previews to tell me.  I really don't like reading previews anyways just because I hate games being ruined.  I like going into games without consuming every piece of pre-release content out there on the interwebs.

balls

hmhm

I'm... not sure what to make of this...   "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"   I like real opinions on games, but.... for the game I'm looking forward too more then anything this year.. kind of a bummer here. :(

"I'm... not sure what to make of this...   "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"   I like real opinions on games, but.... for the game I'm looking forward too more then anything this year.. kind of a bummer here. :( "

Well, I guess I was gonna get Reach anyway.
 
So there are stealthy missions and Warthogs in there, right? Are there, say, stealthy Warthogs to mix things up?

Sounds like the Halo games are just like the Madden games to Jeff.  Nothing innovative, nothing to keep his attention.  I'm kinda right there with him.

I love how some people are still trying to find some hidden meaning in this thing despite the purpose of this being to show that their was no hidden meaning in what Jeff said and that he liked what he played of it.  
 
I would have preferred if you just didn't say anything or just said you weren't going to bother with a preview given the games out in a 2 weeks anyway.

 "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"

Hey, Jeff, that's all right! I can't remember which Halo game is which anyway.

Only Masters can Nobly  march through foreign territory and come out on the other end with a higher kill count and no recollection of what exactly transpired. Kill, Jeff, just kill.  Notes are for grunts. 

kind of a bummer reading this. Reach is probably the biggest game coming out this fall and this preview is half assed.

Well at least Jeff seems to be playing more of Reach. Seeing him get stabbed in the face in IGN's videos in multiplayer was awesome :D 
 
Home come GB doesn't get video content like that? I'm assuming that you guys don't bring video capture equipment to review events. Which is respectable I have to say.

Don't worry, Jeff, you're awesome anyway.

" Sounds like the Halo games are just like the Madden games to Jeff.  Nothing innovative, nothing to keep his attention.  I'm kinda right there with him. "

" @allgrinzz said:

 "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"

I didn't get the impression he didn't remember anything, but that he couldn't remember what he was allowed to discuss or not (as per the NDA). "

" @ProfessorEss said:

" @allgrinzz said:

 "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"

I didn't get the impression he didn't remember anything, but that he couldn't remember what he was allowed to discuss or not (as per the NDA). "

People seem unable to get this. He's never saying that Reach is a bad game, and the comments saying that he does bug me. "

" @Azteck said:

" @ProfessorEss said:

" @allgrinzz said:

 "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"

I didn't get the impression he didn't remember anything, but that he couldn't remember what he was allowed to discuss or not (as per the NDA). "

People seem unable to get this. He's never saying that Reach is a bad game, and the comments saying that he does bug me. "

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but halo sux! teh half-life rulez!!! "

He probably can't remember any of it because Halo is a very far from memorable and much closer to being an unremarkable, mediocre game.

" @Azteck said:

" @ProfessorEss said:

" @allgrinzz said:

 "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"

I didn't get the impression he didn't remember anything, but that he couldn't remember what he was allowed to discuss or not (as per the NDA). "

People seem unable to get this. He's never saying that Reach is a bad game, and the comments saying that he does bug me. "

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but halo sux! teh half-life rulez!!! "

" Should have bought "My Notebook: Carbon". Would have solved your note problem. "

Hey Jeff, the word on the street ain't good. People are calling you unprofessional and it's not even Friday.

How did I miss reading this?
This and the comments made my day.

" @DoctorOptimist said:

" @Azteck said:

" @ProfessorEss said:

" @allgrinzz said:

 "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"

I didn't get the impression he didn't remember anything, but that he couldn't remember what he was allowed to discuss or not (as per the NDA). "

People seem unable to get this. He's never saying that Reach is a bad game, and the comments saying that he does bug me. "

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but halo sux! teh half-life rulez!!! "

lol, the funniest part of you're sentiment is that most of the Halo-haters probably aren't even backing a game as solid as HL2.  "

" @DoctorOptimist said:

" @Azteck said:

" @ProfessorEss said:

" @allgrinzz said:

 "hey.. reach was a pretty game, but i don't remember a damn thing about it.. there was shooting and stuff... so.. whatever"

I didn't get the impression he didn't remember anything, but that he couldn't remember what he was allowed to discuss or not (as per the NDA). "

People seem unable to get this. He's never saying that Reach is a bad game, and the comments saying that he does bug me. "

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but halo sux! teh half-life rulez!!! "

Whatta ya saying? Half-Life does rulez!!!   It really does though D: truly. "

" He probably can't remember any of it because Halo is a very far from memorable and much closer to being an unremarkable, mediocre game. "

Jeff! This is incredibly unprofessional! You would never make it in the world of, professionals? Professional professional. I'm a professional. I also don't think for myself, all I do is spout off other peoples opinions. Like a professional.