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The first time I watched this, tears came to my eyes.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Reach_MPTrailer

As I understand it, this trailer was originally meant to be released about now-ish, but was pushed back in order to coincide with the release of a podcast. Oh well.

The trailer is now available in an official capacity.

Yeah. Douchenozzles and leaking things. Great.

Have you seen the new UNSC Marine design? Holy fething awesome.

Holy gak that was amazing, so much cool stuff. Hello midnight release party for this game.

BRB, fapping.

I recommend watching this analysis of the trailer; this guy makes a lot of sense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJKvdYB1t1w&hd=1

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The gameplay looks exactly like Halo 3, but with a new skin laid on it and the addition of jetpacks and assassinations.

Just like Modern Warfare 2 was Modern Warfare but with a different perk and kill streak structure.

Just like Bad Company 2 is Bad Company 1 but with a perk system.

I would like to see some true innovation in our shooters. Maybe the genre has been developed to death and we're running around in circles at this point, with no one wanting to take any true risks anymore. Such is the problem with "AAA title" development hogging up resources, and perhaps why indie games are beginning to get some serious attention from the industry.

MAG on the PS3 held some promise, but from the reports I've read one has to rank up fairly high before the strategic nature of the game comes into play and even then the number of players and size of the battle area doesn't really hit players because their own tactical engagements take place in compartmentalized areas of the map.

I'm not saying that Reach is going to be bad...but it just looks like more of the same. A few additions and a graphics overhaul doesn't make for an innovative, new experience. It just makes for an improved version of an old experience...but it's still an old experience.

That said - it's going to be an experience which looks great. Watching that analysis of the trailer really lets you see the huge amount of work that Bungie has done overhauling the graphics, and I really appreciate it. They could have probably gotten away with much less work because Halo is such a juggernaut and its fanbase isn't the most discerning in the industry - but they challenged themselves to catch up with the times and it looks like they've succeeded.

I'm still looking forward to the single-player campaign more than the multiplayer, however. I want to see the "reintroduction" of the Covenant as properly alien and scary.

I agree that the gameplay looks like Halo 3 alot, I have watched the analysis yet, I will in a minute. The weapons look cool and so do the graphics... bit dissapointed, still gonna be awesome though.

I will have to watch these when I get back home.

I am also hoping that the Covenant are put back into the "alien and scary" group. Mowing down millions of them in Halo 3 while they are shouting stupid things, though entertaining, does not seem to fit how they were seen in Halo, where they were most fun :(

Well they don't speak english anymore, for a start - I think even the grunts are moving to alien-speak.

I think they are moving back to the "Their aliens, we cant understand you, we just kill you" Kind of theme.

Lord-Loss wrote:I think they are moving back to the "Their aliens, we cant understand you, we just kill you" Kind of theme.

You've never read the novels, have you?

Cheese Elemental wrote:You've never read the novels, have you?

Does one have to? I'm in all honesty not trying to be mean, to each his own, but does MC need to pwn noobz in printed form too? I'm still patiently waiting for the chance to lead a few dozen grunts and a couple hunters into battle with jackal sniper support and drones ready to fly in at my order (short version, FPS/RTS hybrid). Seriously, the covenant is so cool! sigh... i can dream

leoaeris6789 wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:You've never read the novels, have you?

Does one have to? I'm in all honesty not trying to be mean, to each his own, but does MC need to pwn noobz in printed form too? I'm still patiently waiting for the chance to lead a few dozen grunts and a couple hunters into battle with jackal sniper support and drones ready to fly in at my order (short version, FPS/RTS hybrid). Seriously, the covenant is so cool! sigh... i can dream

There's only one novel based off the games, and it's piss-poor; not because the writer is unskilled, but because it was just a narrative of the game and he apparently didn't know how to improve on that.

The other novels reveal a massive amount of detail about the backstory, particularly Contact Harvest, which is about first contact with the Covenant.

And if you want to play as the Covenant, there's always Halo Wars.