Halo: Reach

I think it looks pretty cool overall.
the differences in guns and stuff can't really be explained by "PoA was on specialized mission" like the lack of Hornets can.

But personally, I think that small issues like guns aren't really as important as the plot issues that are going to come up (believe me, there will be something)

Ziggy wrote:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU-

You lot are whingier than the fucking Half-Life 2 bunch. Who gives a fuck about canon? Just play the god damn game and have fun, instead of having a hissy fit about the differences in assault rifles.

Of course! I mean, why should we be concerned about the plot making sense in a digital media used to tell interactive stories? I mean, what do plot and stories have to do with each other? Nothing!

tldr: Fuck you, Ziggy.

And then a publisher realizes that the game is so popular that anyone will buy it, and ruins it. Thank God Valve is still independent...

Ziggy wrote:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU-

You lot are whingier than the fucking Half-Life 2 bunch. Who gives a fuck about canon? Just play the god damn game and have fun, instead of having a hissy fit about the differences in assault rifles.

Agreed.
Gameplay is a lot more important than silly Canon.

I would much prefer to pay full retail price for a game with great gameplay, then a Game with a great storyline.

The point that I forgot to make was that such trivial canon, like the difference in assault rifles, is really really really fucking pointless and you shouldn't be complaining about it. Of course if there was a massive void in the plot that made no sense, then you've got every right to cause a stir, but honestly, a fucking assualt rifle? Who gives a shit? In the end you're having a blast killing aliens, and the main story is intact, so who cares?

And cheers Rot, that made me laugh.

Small details are what fuels the canon, they should be of the utmost concern to the writer. These small details make the setting believable and interesting. When the new material contradicts and disregards the established canon, the setting loses it's integrity and the atmosphere collapses. The universe becomes less believable and, at least to me, the game therefore loses a large portion of it's appeal.

@ OP
While not bad, the art is...strange. I can easily put myself in the mindset that Bungie should have stuck with the material provided in Halo CE, but I have nothing against them trying something new. Hell, if anything, that is what this article showed Reach lacked.

While reading I couldn't help but strongly oppose almost everything Bungie said relating to the characters.(Except, of course, that I was right and they are in fact Spartan Threes) They gave the characters in ODST extreme personalities, which annoyed the fuck out of me because it made the game cheesy, cliche, and ended up making them far less believable or "real" than they could have been. I see now that Reach is following this formula, a direction that I disapprove of.

I can't say I'm not disappointed. I was expecting something new, something fresh for Halo that went beyond plot and setting. However, Halo 3 was an old, working idea that was refined and solidified. I have been playing the game for over 2 years straight now, without losing interest in it. If they repeat this in Reach, while nailing the campaign MUCH better than they did in Halo 3, then I will stick with the series at least until the next release.

Hmm, sweet.

As it turns out, I guess those leaked screenshots were real.

Oh, nice, spirit drop ships AND Phantoms.




I wish they would just, make additions, instead of COMPLETELY replacing the Assault Rifle, like the other model dissipated from existence, like they should have all the content from the previous games in the next addition.

Ziggy wrote:The point that I forgot to make was that such trivial canon, like the difference in assault rifles, is really really really fucking pointless and you shouldn't be complaining about it. Of course if there was a massive void in the plot that made no sense, then you've got every right to cause a stir, but honestly, a fucking assualt rifle? Who gives a shit? In the end you're having a blast killing aliens, and the main story is intact, so who cares?

And cheers Rot, that made me laugh.

Because it clashes with other stuff.

I would compare it to finding out santa's not real for the first time.

The plasma rhino, MAC strike, Hellbringers, Grizzyly, gremlin, wolverine, cobra, CYCLOPS, Hawks, Vulture, pod, locust, vampire, thrasher forms, swarm forms, bomber forms, disruption and cryo bombs were not used in any other games. Which is why I don't consider it canon at all. Like dud said, its the small differences that count, and there are many differences in these images alone.

The weapons had sex and made children apparently and the spartans got bored and colored on their armour for personality fun and they introduced a new dropship we've never seen or heard about before. Unless it has a stealth system and many of these were flying around unbeknownst to us, it bothers me.

Gauz wrote:
I would compare it to finding out santa's not real for the first time.

Closer to having Indy go after alien artifacts, or having the Force made powerful by little germs, or having massive Robot armies that came and disappeared.

Gauz wrote:The plasma rhino, MAC strike, Hellbringers, Grizzyly, gremlin, wolverine, cobra, CYCLOPS, Hawks, Vulture, pod, locust, vampire, thrasher forms, swarm forms, bomber forms, disruption and cryo bombs were not used in any other games.

If that's the criteria you used, the Spartan Laser and Brute weapons aren't canon at all.

It's how well they FIT into established canon. The Wolverine, Sparrowhawk, Locust, and the Disruption Bomb all fit rather well into the current arsenal. They looked like the UNSC/Covenant would use them. But that's where the plasma Rhino, MAC Strike, Hellbringers, Grizzly (Oh, it came so close) Gremlin, Cobra, Vulture, Pod, Vampire, Aerial Flood Forms, Cyro Bomb, and Cyclops all failed.

Gauz wrote:The weapons had sex and made children apparently and the spartans got bored and colored on their armour for personality fun and they introduced a new dropship we've never seen or heard about before. Unless it has a stealth system and many of these were flying around unbeknownst to us, it bothers me.

I can accept the armor perms as Mjolnir Mk IV, although I wish that chick wasn't blue and the guy didn't have the skull.

And all of the (Canon) times we've played Halo, there's been Pelicans. But we've also been in situations where we were deployed from space (No turboprops for you!) or have just received a massive pounding.
So, I can see a troop carrier that's intended for intra-atmospheric use only, or for use in areas where combat isn't expected to take place. Free up more Pelicans for front-line duties.