Halo Reach
 

Who is looking forward to what could be the best game of 2010. Also if anyone hasn't heard yet the beta will start on May 3rd, 2010.

*raises hand*

Can't wait. Looking forward to beta too. :D

Judging by what Bungie has been releasing on the Halo: Reach project page the graphics could be better than MW2 and the with them making this a Sandbox game I can't wait!

Have you seen the ViDoc Trailer for Reach?? It is... awesome. Stupid beta comes out during finals, not good.

It does last 2 weeks so your only missing out on half, but it does stink that you have finals during the beta.

bleh.... Xbox... :P

Only 1 more day of waiting for the Beta.
So far I've seen a lot of great new features for Reach, like the DMR and the Grenade Launcher, but I like the redone version of the Assault Rifle and how they're adding Armor Abbilities like Jetpacks and Armor Lock.

Now that the beta is over, it's gonna be a long wait till Reach comes out.
Here's a few of my thoughts:

BR > DMR. Especially for swat. The BR fires in bursts but the DMR is just a single shot, which makes swat a lot harder (their headshot calculation error didn't help either). I also like the new needle rifle better than the DMR.

I played a lot of invasion and I really like the game type, but Spartans have an unfair advantage, even without the DMR loadout at the beginning. Spartans have better weapons, better spawns, better vehicles, etc. For those of us who care about our KD spread, being an Elite no good. Invasion slayer seems pretty balanced though.

The loadouts are awesome. I mostly use sprint but armor lock is growing on me. I'd argue it is the best loadout if you know how to use it. Jetpack screams "SHOOT ME" and invisible is just annoying.

At first I HATED how the grenades are way more powerful than in H3. But now I think they're alright. It's still annoying when you are at full health and shields and get killed by a grenade, but it's an easy kill when you do the same thing to someone else. I don't care if they keep them powerful or nerf 'em.

I've kept myself from judging the game too much because there will probably be some significant differences when the actual game is released, but the beta definitely gets 2 thumbs up from me. But for now... back to H3.

Affirmative...my halo withdrawals shall soon be over...my dropzone is ready. ....lock and load boyos...!

Now that the beta is over here are my thougths:
I think the grenades should be nerfed so that we can't get killed by them immediately after getting shot once with the DMR.

I think Armor Locks blast radius for when it ends should be larger and more powerful.

I really think the pistol should have more bullets in the clips so that a clip of pistol ammo can kill a person instead of it taking a clip and a half.

The Assault Rifle should be made more powerful as it is extremely underpowered.

I think that Elites in Generator Defense should get better spawns on the map.

Well those are my thoughts on Reach

Dude I agree. The AR was already bad but they made it garbage.

The AR in Halo 3 couldn't kill an enemy without you having to reload, but with the AR in Reach I'd have an easier time killing an enemy with a plasma pistol.

I needed to bump this thread.
Who hear is now really excited for Forge World and Custom firefight gametypes. Also judging by the new trailers, Halo Reach is going to have very epic which lots of AI. Also just wondering what editions of the game anyone is getting, I am getting the Legendary Edition because of the content and the fact that this is Bungies last Halo game which is sad because they make really good games and could expand the Halo universe for decades and still keep their fanbase.

I enjoyed the other Halo games, and the graphics, so whether the graphics are better than MW2, I don't care. You're never wearing anything cloth like, and that's the only thing about graphics that erks me.

I've yet to see a game where clothing looks like actual clothing. Yet they can make games where cars look flawless, such as Gran Turismo 5.

I'm looking forward to the game, although it's going to be a really hard pick for me, since four new games are coming out that I'd really like.

Either infamous 2, NFS hot pursuit, the Sly Cooper collection, or Halo Reach. Out of those four games, I'll only have enough for three, so one has got to go.

If anyone hasn't heard yet IGN is releasing new videos of Halo Reach gameplay every day. They're only a minute long, but cool nonetheless. Also did anyone go to GameStop for the Halo Reach event? I would've gone if I had known about the Legendary Edition giveaway so I could save $150, but didn't because I knew the video would just be on the internet an hour later.