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Halo: Reach Teaser Trailer

Here's the first in-game look at Bungie's next (and final?) Halo game.

Dec. 13 2009

Posted by: Brad

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Halo: Reach

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Somebody got Halo in my Gears of War!

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@Ubiquitous: I think the last few years have proven the exact opposite, but it's nice to dream.
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I hope there's fall damage. Also why am I attracted to that very manly female spartan?

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So...It's Halo.
 
I'm down with that.

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I guess I'm confused why there's always this snide "same old Halo" mentality; as though a game that plays like Halo is something to be avoided.  Halo CE was an enormous success BECAUSE of how it played.  The "golden triangle" of weapons, grenades and melee attacks are core to the reason why Halo is so popular. 
 
The Call of Duty franchise plays much the same way as it always has, and that's also a GOOD thing.  Indeed, many changes Call of Duty has seen over the years are mostly derived FROM Halo such as the popularization of a dedicated grenade button and regenerating health. 
 
But there's a strange lack of people decrying MW2 for being "same old CoD".  I love both franchises, and I'm really at a loss as to why a fan of one would truly HATE the other.  That really goes for any of the major shooter franchises.  Can you prefer one over the other?  Of course.  But to HATE one and LOVE the other?  That's just a little weird.
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@Foggen:
its not the cheif, he's on another planet
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LOL at the music, so much cheese.

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@slaneesh said:
" God. Halo is starting to feel like Guitar Hero.  I know you Fanboyz prob Jizzed your pants. "
Giantbomb grows and grows everyday and right now 99% of its users are pretty much awesome. i won't lie, i'd sleep with them all. i'd even play the catcher for some of them. but at some point Giantbomb is gonna grow so many members that comments like 
"you retards. you fanboys suck Halo dick, faggots."
are gonna start showin up.
 "i know you fanboys jizzed" is the start of that transition. i'll give you $5 if you never say "fanboy" again.
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uh, it looks ok?..I don't see anything that stands out.

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Edited By halfameatball

Can't wait for this, looks great!

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If the game is more immersive/movie like as in the trailer I'd very much be interested in it.
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Edited By Foggen

Who'd like to lay odds as to whether the "Lieutenant" is Sierra 117?

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Loved the cinematics,
Nice nod to gears of war with the Bulky, LED laced, Helmet less suits.
 
 lets just hope the actual gameplay and ingame graphics measure up, because Im really, really tired of Halo2 geometry in 60 dollar games.

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The trailer wasn't wowing me in particular, but I have faith in Bungie.

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@Hoshnasi said:
" So help me out here, does Reach happen before, during or after Halo 1-3? 
 
From what I understood of the lore/canon MC was the last spartan, so this would mean it would be BEFORE Halo 1?
 

Dude "Spartan's never die they're just missing in action", and this does take place before the other Halo games
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I like halo but the trailer isn't anything special
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So help me out here, does Reach happen before, during or after Halo 1-3? 
 
From what I understood of the lore/canon MC was the last spartan, so this would mean it would be BEFORE Halo 1?
 
Something about releasing a prequel game after a long running series can only go one of two ways.  
 

  1. Awesome new game mechanics makes fans say "WTF! This is in the past, why didn't MC get this gun?"  and resent the new stuff.
  2. Shitty nothing changed and boring story makes fans say: "Wow, the passed sucked why did I buy this?"
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I am a big halo and Xbox fan, but even I thought that this trailer was meh.

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@KIDA26 said:
" @BiplaneMan:  Becase Bungie hasn't proved they can do it any other way.  I am assuming this will be "just another Halo", so therefore I have ZERO interest in this garbage. "
I know right. Just like God of War 3 and Metal Gear Solid 4....just more of the same old garbage. Good job, man! Tell it like it is!
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Those outfits give me a Tokkei Winspector vibe.
 http://www.collectiondx.com/system/files/10068637a.jpg

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For some reason, the impression I got was its a sequel to ODST.  I know that's not what it is, but I couldn't shake the feeling I was looking at ODST 2.  /shrug
 
Visually it looks fine, looks to have some squad elements.  Ill probably check it out, but its nothing to get bent out of shape over, IMO.

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well, i actually love this teaser, but until i can see some new stuff in the halo series, i won't hold my breath for this one.

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@BiplaneMan:
 Becase Bungie hasn't proved they can do it any other way.  I am assuming this will be "just another Halo", so therefore I have ZERO interest in this garbage.
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@Zereta said:
" lol @ the Halo is becoming Guitar Hero comment. Look at Mario, Call of Duty. Thanks. "
Don't forget this one.
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Kind of like the direction they're going with the inclusion of more SPARTANs; makes it seem like a more mature version of Power Rangers. And I loved Power Rangers.

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@MaddProdigy said:
"Wtf, are they still using the same lame ass 2008 engine? And is that another silent protagonist? And WTF EVER HAPPENED TO MASTER CHIEF?? despite my complaints i will give you my moneyz for this bungie "

Even though that looks significantly better than the Halo 3 engine, also who said that that particular planet was Reach there is more than one in fall of reach, and if it is Reach, Chief was in space destroying a ships nav grid so the covenant don't find earth, by the time he does that the Battle for Reach is over and then Halo 1 starts.
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 Yup.
 Yup.
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Here come all the COD fanboys saying i's a rip off of MW2

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They should've gone with the nudity with marilyn manson cranking in the background aproach, i hear that's popular nowadays.
 
Now i like halo and I like how the graphics are shaping up for this but seriously, that was a bit of a snoozer trailer.

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Trailer sucked. Hopefully it will be better than: Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo: ODST, Halo Wars, Halo Cart racing, Halo Cart racing 2, Halo party, Halo RPG, Halo bros, Super Halo Bros, Halopoly, Halo the Movie the book the game, Master Chief cooking adventures, Halo Cooking, Master Chief and Marcus Fenix at the Olympic games, New Halo bros, Old Halo bros, etc....
 
I think I missed about 40 more games. Too many to list.

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@cheeriokilla said:
" How corny was that? "Spartans never die, they're only MIA" ahhahahahahahaha what a FAIL dialogue. "
Actually it was a really nice continuity nod. SPARTANs are always listed as MIA so as not to bring down troop moral.
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@EthanML said:

"Looks totally Halo.   The Ghost rip-off is just painful though, I mean seriously? "


What you talking about? nothing looks like a ghost in that. 
 
On another note that was epic and apparently is was done using the in-game engine. 
 
EDIT: sorry just noticed the spartan with the skull on his helmet.
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@cheeriokilla said:
" How corny was that? "Spartans never die, they're only MIA" ahhahahahahahaha what a FAIL dialogue. "
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Does anyone actually know that this is a prequel? I mean, it's a direct prequel to Halo 1. If anything, I would expect the awesome gun play that game had. But, let's not say anything yet, so I don't get proven wrong and the last bit of faith I had in Halo gets demolished.

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 Damn looks like i actually have a reason to own an xbox again.

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Yeah, it's Halo...

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Painting a skull on a visor is pretty stupid.

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Looks pretty sweet

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I just can't get excited about Halo games.  They always seem to pale in comparison to every other FPS on the market.  Also, this trailer is snoozeball.

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@Reverseface said:
"

Nice way of ripping off the character of Ghost in your trailer bungie.

"
@Afroman269 said:
" Nice Ghost rip off. Other than that, there isn't much to go on from this so I'll just wait for so some gameplay footage. "
Again, ODST had a character with a skull painted on his helmet, and the general idea of a skull helmet/mask goes way back.
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@yorro said:
"
  

Gameplay preview

 


"
That would be awesome!
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Bungie PR say's: "Hey guys! Guess what! We're going for 'new' more edgy angle of Halo. 
 
I reply: "That's 'never' been done before."

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Why is everyone assuming that this will be the same old Halo? We haven't even seen gameplay yet!

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Meh.

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Nice way of ripping off the character of Ghost in your trailer bungie.

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if its heavy single player/story based then i will be looking forward to it, if its main thing is mulitplayer then i'll pass.

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Did I miss something?  I saw no in game footage.  Only cut scene stuff.  Sure, it was nice, but I wanna see the in game!

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Edited By yorro
  

Gameplay preview

 


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Not much new is being shown here.  I thought the Elite at the end was a bit silly.  We've killed millions of him by now; why is that exciting?

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@G0rd0nFr33m4n said:
" Y was that age gated ?!?!?!?!??! "
The skull helmet and the woman's face, that was scary stuff.