Damn. I'll have to stop by a Walmart and pick it up that night. I'm almost tempted to take a day off much like I did with Halo 3. I remember getting so much crap about it at work the following day I came in, but heck, it's my day off right?
Damn. I'll have to stop by a Walmart and pick it up that night. I'm almost tempted to take a day off much like I did with Halo 3. I remember getting so much crap about it at work the following day I came in, but heck, it's my day off right?
I will be calling out sick on the 15th you can be sure of that.
Anyone interested in working up a Reach gamertag list?
wont it simply be the same as your XBL name or has something changed that im not aware of?
Yeah, but I don't know most of yours. Is your GT "Anubis?"
Yeah, but I don't know most of yours. Is your GT "Anubis?"
I'm not really very up to date on my Halo history, but I've heard that lady at the end is the woman who created Cortana by imprinting her knowledge into the AI...is that what's happening?
deveng said:Campaign/Firefight will have matchmaking over live: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=259695
There were rumors that the campaign would be like ODST/Halo3 and not have matchmaking, but this will make the game even better. Apparently every game mode will have matchmaking including Forge. OUTSTANDING.
deveng said:Here is my latest theory on the ViDoc and campaign that I posted on the Bungie forums:
They are from the future, Dr. Halsey and the AI:
Before saying anything, this conclusion is made assuming that Bungie does not make a collosal mistakes with the Canon of the story AND did not make any mistakes in the narration of the latest ViDoc.
With that being said, the narrator in the ViDoc, is talking as if the events of Reach have already happened. The best example is with Jorge, Noble-5. Starting at 1:49 she say "Its good to see him home again. THE FALL OF REACH WILL WEIGH HEAVILY ON HIM. THIS MISSION WILL TEST EVERY LAST OUNCE OF HIS STRENGHT"
The obvious inference here is that his inner strenght will be tested when he finds out that Red team gets killed (his fellow Spartan II brothers and sisters).
The obvious question is how does the narrator know that Reach is going to fall, and how does she know that Red team (most of them) die. She knows because the event have already happened. If they are slecting Noble team BEFORE the fall of Reach, then they do not know this. If they are selecting Noble team AFTER the fall of Reach, then the events have already occured, thus they are from the future. That way canon does not break, Dr. Halsey would know of Noble team, know about the Spartan III project, and all the spartans.
Most likely she is sending them on a mission to recover something of extreme importance before that item gets destroyed when the covenant glass the planet. What they save will help them in the future.
The other possibility is that Bungie thought it would be cool to have the voice actor of Cortana give a summary of the characters and made a mistake in stating that reach will fall. Maybe they wanted to do somthing like the Locust Queen narration in Gears of War. If that is the case I would be disappointed in Bungie.
The other major change to the way Firefight works in Reach has to do with customization--namely, that Bungie has added a ton of options that players can tweak and change to their heart's content. The list of options that could be optimized is substantial and includes determining wave properties (what types of enemies attack, which skulls are active, and the tough foes they'll face in "boss" rounds), match duration (all the way up to infinite), weapon drops, core player stats (such as health, speed, jump, and so on), and even the ability to create custom skulls. Up to three skulls can be made for a match, with the skulls able to affect player or enemy traits.
The new Firefight will also feature some new game types--two that we played at the Microsoft event were generator defense and rocketfight. Generator defense may be familiar to those who took part in the recent Reach multiplayer beta (where it was revealed as Network Test1) and sees teams having to protect a series of generators from the Covenant. Rocketfight is exactly what it sounds--unlimited rockets against your enemies, and it was a great mode to play (if more than a little chaotic).
Finally, our gameplay session tonight revealed a few new weapons and one new armor ability. The target locator allows you to select an enemy or location to "paint," which then sends a barrage of fire down upon it from orbiting ships, while the concussion rifle is a Covenant weapon that fires explosive bursts of plasma (that can easily chew through shields). The fuel rod gun was also quite beefy, shooting out projectiles with explosive results. As for armor, we saw the new drop shield, a prototype bubble shield found in the medic loadout. Once deployed, the drop shield creates a barrier around the Spartan soldier that can take a limited amount of damage, as well as heal any fellow Spartans within its radius.