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A Battlefield-Level View of Halo: Reach's Combat Zone

This is one of the better things to come out of a massive marketing budget lately.

Sep. 6 2010

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Halo: Reach

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@Wasara88: Not in this trailer. This is the Noble six that you replace. Notice that this is where Kat loses her arm and Six bites the big one.
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@Odinez:  Isn't that Noble 6 i mean the noble six you play as in Reach? Sure looks like him to me.
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I absolutely love this Trailer

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Love or a really good trailer? 

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@Irishjohn said:
" @Vendetta said:
" @JBrighty said:
" so this last guy took the bomb and blew this big aircraft in less than... 2mins? cmon flyin to the ship alone would take more than a minute, then he infiltrates and stil has the time time to throw it and then fly away ?.. ridiculous "
You realize Halo is a series about a group of planet-sized rings that, when activated, exterminate all sentient life in the galaxy, right? "
This made me laugh. Indeed. Maybe you just don't get it. All that stuff with the planet-sized rings MAKES SENSE, man. "
He doesn't get away. He dies in that ship.
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i was obessed with this vid for a week. that kind of sacrifice just gives me the chills
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@Vendetta said:
" @JBrighty said:
" so this last guy took the bomb and blew this big aircraft in less than... 2mins? cmon flyin to the ship alone would take more than a minute, then he infiltrates and stil has the time time to throw it and then fly away ?.. ridiculous "
You realize Halo is a series about a group of planet-sized rings that, when activated, exterminate all sentient life in the galaxy, right? "
This made me laugh. Indeed. Maybe you just don't get it. All that stuff with the planet-sized rings MAKES SENSE, man.
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@BionicMonster said:

" @JBrighty said:

" so this last guy took the bomb and blew this big aircraft in less than... 2mins? cmon flyin to the ship alone would take more than a minute, then he infiltrates and stil has the time time to throw it and then fly away ?.. ridiculous "
You do realize this is going to air on TV right. theres certain time constraints for TV ads. "
He's referring to the countdown timer on the bomb, not the length of the video.  
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@Branthog said:
" Kind of hard to take any of this shit even remotely seriously, when their bad guys are basically carton characters that make goofy noises to entertain children. "
That's what I never liked about past games. I heard that the Covenent in Reach won't speak English, so I guess if that's true they won't be as friggin' annoying. Or maybe such a thing would make them more obnoxious. I don't know.
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Run that football!

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How pretentious.

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@JBrighty said:
" so this last guy took the bomb and blew this big aircraft in less than... 2mins? cmon flyin to the ship alone would take more than a minute, then he infiltrates and stil has the time time to throw it and then fly away ?.. ridiculous "
You do realize this is going to air on TV right. theres certain time constraints for TV ads.
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Bungie is always consistent with the quality of their Halo promotion, this is just another great trailer lovingly produced for their product.

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Bungie still makes the best trailers

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@JBrighty said:
" so this last guy took the bomb and blew this big aircraft in less than... 2mins? cmon flyin to the ship alone would take more than a minute, then he infiltrates and stil has the time time to throw it and then fly away ?.. ridiculous "
You realize Halo is a series about a group of planet-sized rings that, when activated, exterminate all sentient life in the galaxy, right?
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@nekoNari said:
" @GoodKn1ght:  I like them more than the games themselves that I want to see the thing in feature-length film... But I'm still good with District 9. "
Amen to that *fist bump*
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I've got to get me some of that "Spartan" armor.

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That was very moody for a halo trailer.

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Darn got excited because I saw "Battlefield", until I realized it was Halo Reach.  
 
Halo 1 on LAN or XBConnect still hasn't been topped. Despite the outrageous lag.  <--- words of a lunatic

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looks awsome

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Will this game actually be emotionally moving, like the tone the st in the trailer? I don't know, but I'm pretty pumped to get my hands on it, it's been worse because I missed the beta. 

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sigh, i cant wait until games actually look and play like this

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Nuclear football indeed.

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@Gizmo said:
" This late, what is the point in even posting this video? "
stfu..... god damn people....
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Another awesome trailer from Bungie. Still can't get me interested in their games though.

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I was like meh during the first part, but then the music kicked in and I got chills. That dramatic music coupled with a act of heroism, it get's me ever time!!!

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Say what you like about the games but they certainly make damn good trailers. 
 
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This late, what is the point in even posting this video?

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I just clicked on this link... And then realised it would be the Hope trailer I saw on bungie.net like 4 days ago.

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@GoodKn1ght:  I like them more than the games themselves that I want to see the thing in feature-length film... But I'm still good with District 9.
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so this last guy took the bomb and blew this big aircraft in less than... 2mins? cmon flyin to the ship alone would take more than a minute, then he infiltrates and stil has the time time to throw it and then fly away ?.. ridiculous

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Bungie your trailers are one of the best. I love halo too but regardless of my biased, i think people can agree they are pretty good.

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I wish the gameplay was ever as epic as the promotional material.

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I always thought the best thing about Halo was...the HALO.  once they stopped using it it went down hill.

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@VoodooTerror said:
" @Hashbrowns said:
" @MAST said:
"Love how the best thing about Halo games has been these real life marketing videos they do. The actual look of Halo in-game, and the gameplay has always been pretty antiquated, but these trailers are awesome. Maybe if they actually gave the game this much TLC, it would actually be... You know... Good."
Yeah, I mean vibrant colors?  Who needs that?  Didn't Bungie get the memo that all games are to be desaturated or sepia tone?    A robust physics engine?  Bah,all you need are a few scripted explosions to give the appearance of chaos.  Dynamic AI?  Everyone knows all you need are endlessly spawning enemies. Drivable vehicles and sandbox combat?  Let's just stick with on-rails vehicle set-pieces and linear corridors, thanks.  Halo is just so generic.  You don't see Call of Duty, Battlefield, or Medal of Honor doing this tired sci-fi shooter thing any more.  They're all about being UNIQUE. Yeah, and why would the guys want to talk about Halo on the bombcast when there are such ground-breaking games like Starcraft and Mortal Kombat to get excited about?  I mean that's the future, right THERE!  How could Jeff get excited about the changes in Forge or matchmaking or Bungie.net functionality? I mean it's not like you can SHOOT DOWN UAVs or anything, you know.... exciting like that. I just hit my snotty-retort quota for the week in one post.  I'm sorry, but I had to let off some steam.  Don't take any of this too personally.  In fact, I really like CoD and Battlefield.  People who seem to despise Halo always come across as someone who has never actually played it.  "
you win 5 internets "
For Hasbrowns: 
 
while(true) 
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@VoodooTerror said:
" @Hashbrowns said:
" @MAST said:
"Love how the best thing about Halo games has been these real life marketing videos they do. The actual look of Halo in-game, and the gameplay has always been pretty antiquated, but these trailers are awesome. Maybe if they actually gave the game this much TLC, it would actually be... You know... Good."
Yeah, I mean vibrant colors?  Who needs that?  Didn't Bungie get the memo that all games are to be desaturated or sepia tone?    A robust physics engine?  Bah,all you need are a few scripted explosions to give the appearance of chaos.  Dynamic AI?  Everyone knows all you need are endlessly spawning enemies. Drivable vehicles and sandbox combat?  Let's just stick with on-rails vehicle set-pieces and linear corridors, thanks.  Halo is just so generic.  You don't see Call of Duty, Battlefield, or Medal of Honor doing this tired sci-fi shooter thing any more.  They're all about being UNIQUE. Yeah, and why would the guys want to talk about Halo on the bombcast when there are such ground-breaking games like Starcraft and Mortal Kombat to get excited about?  I mean that's the future, right THERE!  How could Jeff get excited about the changes in Forge or matchmaking or Bungie.net functionality? I mean it's not like you can SHOOT DOWN UAVs or anything, you know.... exciting like that. I just hit my snotty-retort quota for the week in one post.  I'm sorry, but I had to let off some steam.  Don't take any of this too personally.  In fact, I really like CoD and Battlefield.  People who seem to despise Halo always come across as someone who has never actually played it.  "
you win 5 internets "
Exactly, idiots spouting bullshit need to be put in their place.
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Good god this has been out about a week already.

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Halo reach is the first halo game i have been excited for since halo 1, probably because it's the first game since halo 1 to make actual gameplay changes that effect the game play and not just add new weapons, im loving the jet pack and stalker and all that jazz, this game actually might get me back into console shooters.

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@Pop: She loses her arm, and this is not mentioned in the books.  People just speculated about what happened and Bungie said they were right.
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*not actual gameplay

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I like Halo, and I'll buy Reach.

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I don't think they've made a bad Halo commercial. They routinely kill. I'm far more interested in checking Reach out than I was for 3.

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Thats actually a pretty dam good trailer, looking forward to the inevitable ending in reach.

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Fuckin' cool.

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@selbie said:
"Spoilers: The humans win! "


Actually they lose control of reach and the entire colony is destroyed so it's more like they lose.
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Nicely done trailer, but at this point I don't care to see prerendered stuff for the game.  In game footage only is what I'm interested in.

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Spoilers: The humans win!

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Edited By jeanluc  Staff

Cool trailer. I could honestly watch a whole movie in this style. It would definitely be different then most video game movies (or movies in general).

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I downloaded this onto my 360 a week or so ago and proceeded to watch it around five times. It's great.