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Ask Me Anything: Halo: Reach

Brad and Drew enlighten Vinny on the new maps, weapons, game types, and more in the upcoming beta.

Apr. 26 2010

Cast: Brad, Vinny, Drew

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Halo: Reach

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As somebody who doesn't care for Halo, hasn't played one since the first game, & dislikes big multiplayer focused first person shooters I can confidently say that this looks amazing & I'm actually excited to see more of it.

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Nice coverage guys.

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Halo finally catches up to where PC games were at ~10 years ago. Thank God. Can't wait to see the tards who can't play anything other than generic deathmatch RAGE.

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Edited By MachoFantastico

Some neat additions, but it's still Halo and Halo's multiplayer as gotten somewhat old quickly for me.  
 
Great video chat though, provided a lot of cool information. 

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@Geiermaniac said:
" Im not a HALO guy, but this Feature is awesome. Great concept, Ask me anything "
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The scoped pistol is the best weapon in Halo history.  Just look at every single high level free for all deathmatch tournament video from the first game.  It's all anyone uses.

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Looks like I'll have to buy me a copy of ODST. Can't be too expensive these days.

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Great coverage guys! 
 
Halo haters are so annoying. "Same old crap with dirtier helmets," "Finally caught up to PC games from 10 years ago, eh?" Halo is a CONSOLE shooter! Designed and paced to be played on a console controller. Some people don't like the more methodical pace of the series compared to Bad Company or Modern Warfare, that's fine, but there's people like me who actually prefer it. No other FPS series, console or otherwise, has come close to providing the variety of gameplay that Halo's multiplayer does.  

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Can't wait for this to drop next week! I love how Drew just knows to drop down that crevice for the power weapon, a true Halo player.

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@Lydian_Sel said:
" As somebody who doesn't care for Halo, hasn't played one since the first game, & dislikes big multiplayer focused first person shooters I can confidently say that this looks amazing & I'm actually excited to see more of it. "
I'm with you 100%.  I have had no interest in Halo in the past, but this looks really slick.  Maybe Reach can be my first Halo game.
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@Kajaah117 said:
Halo haters are so annoying. "Same old crap with dirtier helmets,"
That hater was just plain lazy.  It's obvious he just looked at the play screen and saw the helmet.  Fail.   
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Wow, this is looking extremely sharp. Convinced to get another copy of ODST to play the beta.

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The halo design is so completely boring, this looks like a f2p title imho :/

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ya can say anything about halo... but halo is a very unique and good first person shooter on consoles

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@End_Boss said:
" I wonder, could you survive a stuck plasma grenade if you hit armor lock before it explodes? "
Yes, you can. Also, you can survive a Needler "supercombine" explosion with Armor Lock.
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Halo: Reach, Around

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Soooo, is GB gonna be releasing codes? I think they are, but they didn't mention it in the video.

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@SuperSambo said:
" Was it just my crappy internet/laptop or was there a substantial amount of lag with loads of things happening on screen? "
Might have been them pausing the replay. I though I was lagging too at first.
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@MAN_FLANNEL said:
" @Kajaah117 said:
Halo haters are so annoying. "Same old crap with dirtier helmets,"
That hater was just plain lazy.  It's obvious he just looked at the play screen and saw the helmet.  Fail.    "
Ha ha.. I watched the video and as expected it's just the same old Halo.I'm no Hater,i enjoyed the Halo 3 multiplayer for a while,but it got stale pretty fast for me... it's just like playing quake with up dated graphics,which is great if you like that kind of thing.
 
On a side note.. i applaud Bungie for their restraint with sticking to a tried and tested formula and not changing too much of the core gameplay,keeping it the way the hardcore Halo fans like it.. IW had/has the hottest property in gaming at the moment in the form Modern Warfare,the Cod4 multiplayer was more or less perfect,all it needed was a little refinment here and there and a few added weapons etc,but IW got soo excited with all the success that they went overboard with Mw2 and added soo much un needed crap... callsigns,buzzkills,killstreaks, deathstreaks,harriers etc...even bloody nukes ffs.... creating a game that is a bloated shadow of it's namesake. 
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Not super crazy about Halo but this looks awesome.

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@Finstern said:
" @Potter9156:You'll need to keep the disc for the duration of the beta "
@billygoat117 said:
" @Potter9156:  I imagine that you have to have the disc in, if it's anything like how Halo 3's beta worked. I that case, you had to launch the beta from Crackdown's menu, so you'll probably have to launch the beta from ODST's menu. "
@Brad said:
"Correct, you'll launch the beta from a menu option on ODST's title screen. Unless you win one of the codes we'll be giving out on Thursday -- then you just launch it from your game library like any downloaded game. Stay tuned for details on the contest later today. "
 
 In that case, I might have to buy ODST just for the beta.
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yo unreal tournament did the skull game first

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@JazzMaverick: Modern Warfare 2 is a game of luck... to an extent at least. When all it takes to kill someone is a single squeeze of the trigger, it becomes a simple game of 'hope you spot him before he spots you.' Halo's structure allows for more intense one-on-one encounters that also add depth to the larger battlefield. Do you chase after the guy who's shields you just depleted, or do you refocus your attention on somebody who's after your flag? It's things like that, that to me makes Halo a more active experience.
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@Azteck: $30 on Amazon
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This game might be enough for me to care about halo again. In any case, I will probably play the beta at a friend's house and see for myself.

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Thanks for this guys. I wish I had a beta key :(

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i see they still havent fixed the buggy physics engine

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LOOKS AMAZING. CAN'T WAIT. :D

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I can't fucking wait for this.

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May 3rd needs to get here! 

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Lookin good.

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@immike said:
" Soooo, is GB gonna be releasing codes? I think they are, but they didn't mention it in the video. "
Only way to get into the beta is via ODST.
Or if you were a big Halo 2 player they sent some out for those who were still playing at the start of this year.
Also I believe Bungie have been given out codes to their family/friends for early access starting Friday.
 
But other than that, there's no way in. sites won't be given out codes.  Only sure fire way is to buy ODST.
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  @Brad said:

" @billygoat117 said:

" @Potter9156:  I imagine that you have to have the disc in, if it's anything like how Halo 3's beta worked. I that case, you had to launch the beta from Crackdown's menu, so you'll probably have to launch the beta from ODST's menu. "
 Correct, you'll launch the beta from a menu option on ODST's title screen. Unless you win one of the codes we'll be giving out on Thursday -- then you just launch it from your game library like any downloaded game. Stay tuned for details on the contest later today. "

  HERE
 
@WinterSnowblind said:
" @immike said:
" Soooo, is GB gonna be releasing codes? I think they are, but they didn't mention it in the video. "
Only way to get into the beta is via ODST. Or if you were a big Halo 2 player they sent some out for those who were still playing at the start of this year. Also I believe Bungie have been given out codes to their family/friends for early access starting Friday.  But other than that, there's no way in. sites won't be given out codes.  Only sure fire way is to buy ODST. "

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I'd like to point out that Brad is doing really well in this video, for all the haters out there

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Great video but Halo's gameplay still look and feels like a last gen game.

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Wow, a quest for watching this after I already watched it...

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woooo, just watched this..... and now watching it again.

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oh, drew is playing.  how embarassing.

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Speech! I mean Reach!
 
P.S Brad is a N00b

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Love Vinny's descriptions of stuff, so child like ^^.

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Excitement

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@tdk08 said:
" Wow, a quest for watching this after I already watched it... "
Just open the video in another tab or window and let it run.
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This kind of bums me out. I liked Halo because it was the old school straight-up FPS.

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Halo Tournament.

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I love Mondays

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Headhunter there, with the skull collecting/delivering and numbers over the head is straight out of Unreal Tournament 3.

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Looks like Halo.

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maybe I haven't played Halo games in a long while - but this game, graphically, looks really great. 

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Ugh, only reason I'm watching this is for the quest. 

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Great feature.