Halo Reach

[JohnMcL7]

Yes, I've similarly been getting a bit sick of doing Anchor 9 over and over again. Also getting a bit sick of the banshee on Breakpoint which seems far, far too easy to just obliterate the team with. There's so many objects in the map getting a clean shot with the rocket launcher is next to impossible and by the time you've taken it down with DMR's it's usually been able to get plenty of kills. The spawnpoints also seem broken to me, in the last game it spawned me five times right in front of an approaching enemy banshee which immediately killed me and I could do nothing about it.

Edit; Was just spawned in front of a ghost, a banshee and three other team-mates...needless to say I didn't last long. No problem with this on other maps.

I also still think the Banshee needs to be seriously toned down as it has loads of advantages and virtually no downsides. Its weapon is a one hit kill and not only that it's heat-seeking unlike the Scorpion or the more tricky wraith. As long as the pilot isn't an idiot it's virtually impossible to board and similarly difficult to hit with the plasma pistol. It's extremely fast yet has more armour than the Scorpion or wraith with no weak spots.

John

[MJ]

I also still think the Banshee needs to be seriously toned down as it has loads of advantages and virtually no downsides. Its weapon is a one hit kill and not only that it's heat-seeking unlike the Scorpion or the more tricky wraith. As long as the pilot isn't an idiot it's virtually impossible to board and similarly difficult to hit with the plasma pistol. It's extremely fast yet has more armour than the Scorpion or wraith with no weak spots.

I've always thought the Banshee was too powerful online in Reach. Sniper bullets on the nose work quite well though, or this:

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=10593339&player=ROBOSLIDER

[EvilBoris]

Sniping......I tend to pick up the sniper rifle simply to deny others to use it against me if I'm honest. I suck with it otherwise.

New Maps, loving them, want them integrated into normal MP ASAP though as you do get tired playing slayer on Anchor 9 after the 5th time on the trot.........

They are integrated into normal Multiplayer, they have been since they came out.

[JohnMcL7]

They only come up though if everyone has the DLC? I've not had it happen once yet.

John

[TommyG]

I've always thought the Banshee was too powerful online in Reach. Sniper bullets on the nose work quite well though, or this:

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/Fi...yer=ROBOSLIDER

Rendered it for you. Great stick ^ ^

I like the sniper rifle. Here's a few of my efforts using it.

I heard the reverent before I saw it, but I tracked it really well I think on this shot.

Snipe the moving target

I wish I'd made this second video a little longer, it's straight into the snipe, blink and you'll miss it. I didn't know he was there until i went over the man-cannon so it's pure reaction this snipe.

Man-cannon snipe

Same with this one...

Boom!

And a cheeky snipe where I could only see the guys name through the trees

Turn over a new leaf

I lub Halo

[JohnMcL7]

Thanks for the render, the timing on that's brilliant. Anyone here watch Fails of Weak from Roosterteeth? I find it entertaining to watch and certainly that clip would fit straight in.

John

[nakamura]

Well picked this up last night and sunk a few hours into the campaign with a friend. Got to mission 5 in one play.
Bit boring though so far. Missions are disjointed, areas change rather rapidly. There are moments of excitement for sure but there was a suprising lack of atmosphere.
The visuals were pretty average, it just felt like a HD Halo, all angular and not very smooth. The music was also pretty lacking but the surround sound made up for that.

I will finish it, but it isn't that good so far.

Sorry to quote myself but didn't want to repeat it all. Staggers me how boring this game is. There is so little in the way of excitement, you just walk from one all out firefight to another. Weapons often feel useless too.

Pity as I wanted to love it but may well sell it on.

[JohnMcL7]

Like the previous Halo's, I wouldn't buy the game for the campaign so probably not a good purchase if you're not planning any multiplayer.

Finally out of the blue managed to get Invasion on Breakpoint, the first and only time I've seen it since the DLC was released. Had a superb game as we managed to stop the enemy team getting the core to the evac point and managed it ourselves with just one second left when the enemy banshee that had been hosing down the core took a plasma pistol hit and went down. Quite a chaotic map for invasion but hope it will start coming up more often.

John

[nakamura]

No I am not much of a multiplayer person when it comes to FPS games. I wanted this for co-op campaign modes but it's pretty much a dud. Will give the other modes a try before I ship it on.

[rmoxon]

Personaly i thought the single player in this was the best in any Halo game that has been made, I mainly play single player as well and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I'll never finish it on legendary though, its bloody hard.

[EvilBoris]

It's not too bad, there are just a couple of swine sections with a few elites, just make sure you have a plasma pistol and needle rifle/DMR and you will get them

[TBL2260]

Personaly i thought the single player in this was the best in any Halo game that has been made, I mainly play single player as well and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I'll never finish it on legendary though, its bloody hard.

Actually, Legend surprised me by being pretty easy. Or at least easier than I expected. Take your time, don't rush in and use the weapons properly. Last section with the MAC cannon, don't be a pussy and hide in a bubble, be a man and shoot everything out of the sky. Mind that you can catch several things in one blast.

As for the game itself. Up there with the first one, cracking stuff and still has the best combat of any FPS I've played.

/Is still waiting on the ever so lovely Noble Maps to appear in normal Team Slayer playlists......

[MJ]

Is still waiting on the ever so lovely Noble Maps to appear in normal Team Slayer playlists.

There are in normal playlists, as well as their own, but the new system Bungie devised for Reach is clever enough to match players regardless of who has what map pack, unlike previous Halos where you couldn't even begin a search if you didn't have the relevant map pack(s), so if even just one person in the lobby doesn't have it, then they will not appear as a map to vote on.

[JohnMcL7]

Apparently Invasion Breakpoint has been added to the DLC playlist though:

http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid30043

John

[TBL2260]

Sweetness, now all I need is for all the tight gets that don't have the maps to stump up 800 points.

Oh and for people on team slayer to not be lone wolf arseholes who cost the team victory because they are desperate to run headlong into 2 or 3 enemy opponents time after time because they think they have l337 haloz skillz.

/Actually you can level that one at pretty much every online shooter that has a team mode......