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Quick Look: Halo: Reach Noble Map Pack

Jeff and Brad unearth three new places to shoot dudes in the first Reach map pack.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Dec. 1 2010

Cast: Jeff, Brad

Posted by: Drew

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Halo: Reach

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Halo.
Woo-fucking-pee!
[/sarcasm]

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@Poki3 said:
" XBOX! RED RING! "
You are so original dude you should make your own website, and stay there.
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Man, this site really seems to hat e Halo...

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I love their incessant panting. 

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*fast breathing* 
*faster breathing* 
*fastest breathing* 
... 
*slow breathing*

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I forgot how good Halo: Reach looked

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Quitter!

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@EgoCheck616 said:
"Another milk for Halo. Really? After all the content games like MAG, Team Fortress 2, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 have been adding.  THIS is what you direct your attention to.  This site's bias is quickly becoming evident. "

Troll harder dude.
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@Krenor said:
" You are so original dude "
I know, right?
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@Cypher said:
" @528seven: No, no it doesn't. Halo CE is only good for the first half. After that, it blows. "
Correction: The Library blows. But at least it was more memorable than anything in Halo 2 or Halo 3 (not involving scarabs). 
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HAHA, i can't help but laugh at all the annoying chatter from those players in matchmaking.

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What a wretched community that plays Halo. Game seems fine though.

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Had a good time today thanks to the sticky challange today. @Tweeker said:

" I haven't touched Halo Reach since I finished the campaign and that was weeks ago. This looks alright but eh I'll pass "
I used to be the same way. Played Halo since the first one, but never got into MP just campaign. Reach however, really did it for me. It's the first game since Counter Strike where I've really gotten into the MP. The tweaks compared to Halo 3 seem small, but it makes a lot of difference.
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looks very pretty ,but so slow and cumbersome, I cant understand why you would play this over something like tf2 on the PC, just sayin.

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Jeff. Use your radar...

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Guys, MP7 for BC2 is the only pack with new maps (apart from the first I guess).
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I really don't like Brad's assertion that people are looking at Halo 1 with rose tinted glasses. The gameplay remained comparable throughout the series, but Halo 1 had far and away the best narrative out of all the games, and probably the best sense of immersion I thought anyway.

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GO IN THAT PIPE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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I can't help but relate Halo to Toy Story, little plastic toy figures running around

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@Daftasabat said:
" I can't help but relate Halo to Toy Story, little plastic toy figures running around "
... what?
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These maps look so great but $10 and odd achievements...?
 
I'm just not into MP-only content.

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Nice to see the Halo online community at it's finest. So glad there were options to rule out these dumbasses.

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I actually haven't encountered many idiots on Halo, thankfully.
I've found a lot more in my time with Black Ops and the brief period I played TF2.

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maps should be free unless the packs have like 10  maps, but three really come on

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@WEGGLES said:
" @LordXavierBritish:   You're not missing out by not having a Slime hat.  "
The Polycount pack had a shit load of weapons that have actual gameplay effects. 
 
Where have you been.
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@LordXavierBritish: Yeah, and you can get those just by playing. 
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@WEGGLES said:
" @LordXavierBritish: Yeah, and you can get those just by playing.  "
And I got this map pack by just playing. 
 
Other arcade games. 
 
In the month of October. 
 
Yeah.
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@zef40: Right on bro :D
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@LordXavierBritish: That's not the same :\ 
 
There's a difference between unlockable items you can buy if you're lazy and a mappack you have to buy to use... 
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@Dimsey: Yeah me too.You get the occasional annoying kid playing Halo, but nothing like BO where there is always some asshole cursing the shit out of everything and shouting racial obscenities.
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@ryanwho: You think that's bad go play Black Ops.Just play a few matches and hear the "community".You will loose all fate in the future of mankind's intelligence.
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@Agent47 said:
" @ryanwho: You think that's bad go play Black Ops.Just play a few matches and hear the "community".You will loose all fate in the future of mankind's intelligence. "
Actually, Black Ops has been pretty much silent these past few weeks. And the few conversations I've picked up on have been absolutely harmless.
 
But hey. Gotta complain about Call of Duty somehow...
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CE probably isn't my favorite Halo either but even I will admit that game beats the heck out of Reach in story, gameplay, and even soundtrack.
 
I don't find this quick look offensive or anything like some users, but yeah, it basically feels like this ship has sailed.

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Jeff clearly does not understand the multilayer. Very frustrating to watch. All game play here aside, its nice to have quick-looks regardless. 

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Edited By beard_of_zeus

Maps seem pretty good, but I don't know if I'm into Reach MP enough to pony up the cash for the map pack. I have a feeling I'm gonna end up spending the $10 on ilomilo instead :D

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K4rn4ge was in one of those matches. I only know him because we went back and forth in the original geometry wars for high score on the leaderboards =P
 
Steve

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Halo Combat Evolved supported multiplayer for the PC, and Mac! How I miss it....

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Shame on you Bungie, or microsoft or whoever. I was forced into purchasing this add on. The only way I could play any xbox live matches with a friend was if we both purchased the maps. Otherwise the only thing me and a friend could do was coop or firefight. And once I bought it, me and my friend played big team battle, team slayer and zombies, and after 3 hours of playing, not once did I play a new map. I dont care how sweet these maps are, they totally ruin the online experience for anyone who doesn't want to waste 10 bucks. 

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@TruthOasis said:
" Shame on you Bungie, or microsoft or whoever. I was forced into purchasing this add on. The only way I could play any xbox live matches with a friend was if we both purchased the maps. Otherwise the only thing me and a friend could do was coop or firefight. And once I bought it, me and my friend played big team battle, team slayer and zombies, and after 3 hours of playing, not once did I play a new map. I dont care how sweet these maps are, they totally ruin the online experience for anyone who doesn't want to waste 10 bucks.  "
welcome to bungie's idea of DLC, halo 3 had horrible semi mandatory add-ons too 
but people love halo too much to complain 
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Xbox Ed Fries usually works for me too. I don't know what's wrong with your Xbox at all.

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@TruthOasis: So hey, I think that's not entirely correct. 
 
 For launch, there is a dedicated DLC Grab Bag playlist available for Gold Xbox LIVE subscribers that will contain nothing but DLC maps. If players wish to play DLC in matchmaking, this is the sure-fire way to do it.

Many other playlists will contain DLC maps as well, but since you are not gated from entry to these playlists by having DLC, you could match with people who don’t have the maps. If that happens, you will not get them as voting options for that session. 

Also notable is that if players enter the matchmaking lobby and select a playlist that uses DLC, but where DLC is NOT required (just optional), they will see a pulsing warning message on the left side of the screen letting them know that they are missing 
recommended downloadable content. This does not block them from entering matchmaking in that playlist, it just warns them that the playlist uses some maps that they do not have. This should have no negative effect on that user.     
 
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=NMPFAQ
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There is only one quick look as far as i'm concerned.

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Yep, still not interested in Reach. Fun Quick Look though.

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The worst part about Halo online is not the douche bag chatter (you can mute that) but it's people alway picking the same goddamn match types over and over again.  
 
People suck sometimes.

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This makes me want to play Halo again. I haven't really played since before the 360 came out (since I don't have an XBox), and I kind of just want to play again.

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red ring for the win

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the reason i stopped playing is because everyone just likes playing slayer all the time.  
 
its fucking boring dude.  
 
i dont get it. team deathmatch every damn time?! and then you actually chose to do it with a boring weapon?!

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I don't play Reach multiplayer much to be fair, but last night i logged in and attempted to have a blast, the only playlists i could into without the DLC was the firefight ones and campaign. 
 
None of the matchmaking ones would let me in until i bought the DLC. 
 
I found this a bit shitty, buy a new game and then have to pay a month or so later just to play decent multiplayer? 
 
Ended up playing a few games of campaign and one session of whatever mode has you as 2vs2 firefight (is it grab bag?) 
 
I wouldnt mind just getting dropped from a lobby if a dlc map was chosen, but to not even let me in at all seamed a bit rough :(

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@TruthOasis said:
" Shame on you Bungie, or microsoft or whoever. I was forced into purchasing this add on. The only way I could play any xbox live matches with a friend was if we both purchased the maps. Otherwise the only thing me and a friend could do was coop or firefight. And once I bought it, me and my friend played big team battle, team slayer and zombies, and after 3 hours of playing, not once did I play a new map. I dont care how sweet these maps are, they totally ruin the online experience for anyone who doesn't want to waste 10 bucks.  "
Yes, this is what happened to me last night :( 
 
Although i never bought them, to be honest i feel i will sell/trade the copy on.
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Gotta get halo.