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Mirror UK Review: Halo: Reach

The Halo series pretty much wrote the rule-book on what we've come to love about 1st person shooters on consoles.

Developers Bungie created a rich world full of unique sci-fi lore, blockbuster set-pieces and the tightest controls and multiplayer modes yet seen.

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Counter Strike4968d ago

AWESOME SCORES! Must be this year GoTy

Blaze9294968d ago

most definitely my Game of the Year. Was Mass Effect 2 but not definitely Halo: Reach.

and yes, I do have the game so stfu before you go "goty for something you haven't even played?"

WhittO4968d ago (Edited 4968d ago )

Seriously, Halo Reach prob deserves a 5/5, but i NEVER trust anything what Newspapers over here (UK) say about anything tech/game related as its always 80% of the time incorrect lol.
You would think they would do more research when publishing info that is clearly incorrect ALL the time!!

So to me the Mirror's review is totally worthless and means absolutely nothing lol, the fact IGN etc have gave it fantastic reviews is all we need to know..

bumnut4968d ago

Halo 3 got 10/10 and that was crap, i don't believe reviews these days.

Johnny_Bravo4968d ago

Remember Reach 9.14.10

The day even Sony skips work to play Reach.

HDgamer4968d ago

You got some serious issues if you keep bringing sony up in every article.

ChronoJoe4968d ago

He actually even went as far as to try and troll me, in PM.

T9X694968d ago (Edited 4968d ago )

I could imagine Kevin Butler playing Reach, going "Yay Buttons!". I would seriously laugh my ass off.

EDIT: If he does, that will make my day. I personally don't care to much for KB, but if he did something like that, I would die laughing.

HeroXIV4968d ago

LMAO. I kinda hope he does tweet about Reach now, obviously not slandering it, because Major Nelson (Xbox/M$ paid employee) said he was playing Uncharted 2.

Jaces4968d ago

A good games a good game, no ones going to argue that. ;)

2 more days till I get my copy!!

peeps4968d ago

lol i was considering booking the day off work since i've done it the past for big releases but got a training day lol ah well

ELite_Ghost4968d ago

im a ps3 only owner, but reach is still a game to play. No matter if u hate 360 or not (which I do), if you're a gamer, then u play it and surely enjoy most of it.

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xavier-tooth4968d ago

great game but just not enough to consider buying a new 360 just for this game alone.

GameOn4968d ago (Edited 4968d ago )

I agree. You'd at least need to buy some of the other awesome games too. I guess it depends on what you can afford.

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein239d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED239d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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10 Best Lore-Rich Video Games

Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.

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shinoff2183475d ago

How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.

robtion474d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad474d ago

And somehow Planescape Torment doesn't even make the list.

Crows90474d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183474d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90474d ago (Edited 474d ago )

Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.

DarXyde474d ago

I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy

Crows90474d ago

Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.

DarXyde473d ago

Crows90,

I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.

TheColbertinator474d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13474d ago

narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games

shinoff2183474d ago

The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.

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Halo’s best Bungie campaign has its worst feature fixed after 12 years

Halo’s best ever campaign mode developed by Bungie has had its most annoying feature fixed after more than a decade, making the sci-fi FPS game better than ever

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SullysCigar560d ago

Awesome news - so can we look forward to playing Halo: Infinite with no online issues circa 2033?

just_looken559d ago

"You can download the improved Reach AI mod at Mod DB" This was a mod 343 did nothing so the online will be fixed in our dreams.

SullysCigar559d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos558d ago

They did say they had a 10 year plan for infinite we just all assumed it would be DLC could of been a 10 year netcode rollout.

But seriously this is a mod the community won't be able to modify infinite in the same way

Cikatriz_ESP559d ago

Combat Evolved was the best campaign, and it's not even close.

just_looken559d ago

You should have tried this version of reach when it first came out remastered for a year there was no sound because 343 could not locate the sound files.

It was a special challenge.

badz149559d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE559d ago

Well I guess 12 years is faster than most fixes. I guess this is a cheap way to "remaster" something nowadays.....by just fixing something that used to always be broken.

zidane1341559d ago

Did you even read the article? This is a mod to improve AI from back almost 2 gens ago. Nobody is claiming this is remastering anything. Yeesh.

Crows90559d ago

Halo is dead. Microsoft has other shooter franchises it cares more about now. 343 are no longer Xbox golden studio. They are likely to shift things around or even close it all together and give the IP to someone else.

343i decided to pummel the IP into the ground...and when they see it didn't quite look like Glenn's face they decided to just keep on pummeling. Not sure if Glenn is the IP or the fanbase in this case though.

Profchaos558d ago

343 were never the golden studio they were a hastily thrown together b team when bungie said we want to do something else cya

Crows90558d ago

Well ...I didn't want to say it but I agree. Makes you wonder why Microsoft gave them the IP and didn't keep Bungie or any of the talent they acquired from any studio.

CobraKai558d ago

“ Halo Infinite, Halo 3, or Halo: Combat Evolved. It’s hard to say which of the sci-fi FPS games offers the best experience all round.”
He lost me with Halo Infinite.

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