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Is Halo: Reach Just More of the Same Halo?

Split-Screen: "The Rocket Launcher is there, yes. Not to mention some snazzy new weaponry. Does that Battle Rifle have one mean ass scope or what? And has the Chief returned? Very nice. However, despite these new environments and the so-called improved graphics, the sneaking suspicion still haunts me: This will be more of the same Halo."
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Natsu X FairyTail - 19 days 8 hours ago
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Halo will Always be Halo.If you expect the game to change of direction all of a sudden and Transform into Something Else you will never see it happen.

Halo:Reach will be Same Halo Series that people like with

Weapons
Maps
Story
Gameplay elements

and The New X-Engine.
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Nike - 19 days 8 hours ago
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I'm pretty sure that every FPS game needs to have weapons, maps, story and gameplay elements to be liked these days. :P

Also, it's not been stated whether the X-Engine is being used for this game. Or much less if it officially exists.
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wxer - 19 days 6 hours ago
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"and The New X-Engine."

lol
keep tellin that to your self

on topic
a big fat YES
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Blaze929 - 19 days 6 hours ago
1.3 - "Is Halo: Reach Just More of the Same Halo? "
We don't know...no one outside of Bungie/Microsoft has played it yet -_-
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heroicjanitor - 19 days 6 hours ago
1.4 - "Is Halo: Reach Just More of the Same Halo? "
What exactly would be wrong with that? People love Halo's gameplay, what matters is that it is more refined. This argument has been used against ps3 games in the past and it's very annoying... Killzone not original enough... It's a damn fps, but I doubt people will mark this game down saying not original enough.
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sikbeta - 19 days 5 hours ago
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What are anyone is expecting a platformer Halo? lol

Halo is always the same, not gonna change and fans love it that way, so this article doesn't make any sense, move on....
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Gun_Senshi - 19 days 5 hours ago
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Story, Lol

Anyway of Course Halo Reach is like other Halos, FFS it is Halo!?

What you expect to play Barbie and her Pony?

If I buy CoD MW2 I expect COD Game not a Racing game.
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TotalPS3Fanboy - 19 days 4 hours ago
1.7 - Same thing over and over again.
Where's the innovation, Halo?
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paul0388 - 19 days 4 hours ago
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Jesus Christ, I'm a known Sony fan, but I'm only a fan, not a fanboy. I like games and think Sony exclusives are a cut above the rest.

But with that said, I'm still excited about Halo: Reach, because I'm a fan of games.

So why try to judge before the game even comes out??? Give it a fair shot...
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paul0388 - 19 days 4 hours ago
1.9 - From what I've gathered so far...
It looks more like a Halo / Team Fortress 2 hybrid - which would be AWESOME!!!

Don't judge the game until you get your hands on it...
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randomwiz - 19 days 4 hours ago
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of course its going to be halo. Just "bigger, better, more badass"
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coolfool - 19 days 3 hours ago
1.11 - it will be more of the same
And people will love it and buy it!
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Chubear - 19 days 3 hours ago
1.12 - Look through these forums and see how halo fans are giddy for this game regardless of if it looks like halo3 or not
..and you're telling me they won't pay $100 a year, every year, to play Halo Reach online? Riiiight.

Every single halo fan that said they'd never pay 100bucks for Live are just BSing themselves. Hey, if you think the game is worth that then that's great and you can do that but don't BS yourself.

MS knows their base, that's why they feel comfortable raising the price of Live by $50. They'll throw in 1 or 2 more social networking features and that's that.
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Unending Punishment - 19 days 3 hours ago
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Halo Reach shouldn't be speculated on until we get closer to its release. And if it caries over everything from Halo 3 and ODST that they did right then that's fine with me. Since this is the first work they'll be doing with a new engine it's to be expected that the graphics are going to see much improvement. So it's going to look great, but besides that we know nothing of the game.

Oh, and Halo isn't the only series out there with 5 games it its roster. And Xbox Live won't be $100.
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GWAVE - 19 days 3 hours ago
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Of course it will just be "more of the same", and the media will worship it for it...

...yet, in the same breath the media will turn around and slam a dozen other non-Halo games for being "too much of the same" and "not enough innovation" and "not enough of a graphical upgrade" etc etc etc.

Just goes to show how objective video game journalists are (protip: not at all).
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Cold 2000 - 19 days 2 hours ago
1.15 - @GWAVE
More of the same PERFECT gameplay.
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GWAVE - 19 days 2 hours ago
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@ Cold 2000

Halo's gameplay is not perfect. No game is.

See, it's that exact attitude of "OMG! HALO IS ALREADY TEH PERFEXX!" which allows Bungie to put minimal effort into improving the game instead of giving gamers the improvements and advancements they deserve.
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Ausbo - 19 days 2 hours ago
1.17 - @totalps3fanboy
Halo 2 revolutionized online multiplayer, and halo 3 innovated even more with the forge and community features for live multiplayer.

Sure it didn't look so great, but it was fun and is one reason why millions still play it online.
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BaseballFan15 - 19 days ago
1.18 - "Is Halo: Reach more of the Same Halo?"
I hope so
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vhero - 18 days 23 hours ago
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"Where's the innovation, Halo? "

LOL Halo and innovation?? They have never gona together since the first game every game except Halo wars has been exactly the bloody same more or less with slight differences and slight graphics upgrades. Its like getting a respray on your car but having to pay for the whole bloody car again! I feel like i'm taking crazy pills that nobody else sees this crap.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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Shepherd 214 - 18 days 22 hours ago
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Halo was innovative because it brought regenerating health to the FPS that most FPS's use today.

Halo also brought the two weapon system to the FPS, which forced players to choose between two weapons instead of picking up dozens like in previous FPS's.

Halo 2 also invented the lobby system that Halo 3 improved on, and games like COD 4 and Gears of War 2 adopted.

Halo has done plenty of innovation, and all they need to do now is refine the gameplay.

p.s., the story of the Halo series is far more in-depth than any of you fanboys can comprehend, and the funny thing is, you dont even want to try to comprehend it, which makes you ignorant. funny stuff.
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DanWelsh86 - 18 days 17 hours ago
1.21 - THE NEW X-ENGINE?
WOW! a fake new engine which is exactly the same as the old one that does nothing and noone cares about? Loved the first Halo on PC, this is where I stopped though, because it hasn't actually changed has it since then?

Perhaps the reason why I have no need or actual desire to own an Xbox is because I see Halo for what it is? a Yawnfest that has an engine which is slow and clunky, and a multiplayer which will just isn't enjoyable, it actually feels like floating through zero gravity.

I wouldn't complain if Bungie tried to do something? Anything? but it's just a continuum of this dogshite that got boring in 2004. People with an xbox consider this to be flagship? It's Aids in electronic form.
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JonnyBadfinger - 18 days 15 hours ago
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wouldnt want my Halo any other way, but the same.

For me Halo is perfect, it has a story i like, characters i like and gameplay i like.

Why are people to eager to turn ALL FPS games into COD???
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MrAnonymous - 18 days 9 hours ago
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to all the ppl COMPLAINING about Reach being more of the same halo...what exactly are you ppl thinking about when you think it should be changed?

i mean, its easy enough to say (or type in this case) that is the same old thing, but what specifically did you expect to be changed? graphics, gameplay, audio, visual, weapons, perspective, etc etc etc...?

EDIT: because there is already a storyline that halo basically is following (with the exceptions of the open-ended spinoffs halo wars and odst, and now reach) so the story cant exactly be changed, graphics look like they have changed (but not good enough for you ppl), gameplay cannot be determined from screens, neither can audio, weapons and visuals tie into graphics, perspective...i personally love first person view and would like to keep it like that, but other than that, what do you expect to change
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The Meerkat - 19 days 8 hours ago
2 - There are many ways it could be slightly different but still be Halo.
Lots of the Book is set in space.
There is a part of the book where he has to infiltrate a rebel held asteroid base without his Mjolnir armour.

And MasterChief is only on Reach when he is training. He only returns after the destruction of the first Halo ring.

There could also be multiple Spartan classes, Linda would be good at sniping, Kelly would be faster, Sam would be a big slow tank etc.
So in 4 player co-op each person could be a different spartan.
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Nike - 19 days 8 hours ago
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I was also kind of hoping that if there were ever a moment in the game where you had to work concurrently with the other Spartans, the game could employ a Republic Commando style command system. Since this squad does some insane stuff in the novel Fall of Reach, many unique commands could be issued depending on the environment.

That'd be pretty cool, and something I sorely wished ODST could have incorporated, even it were directly lifted from Republic Commando.
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ASSASSYN 36o - 18 days 10 hours ago
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Funny all this time I thought Halo was the first ring discovered which debut occurred in HALO combat evolved on the xbox was the first ring destroyed. And master chief and another spartan in cyro stasis due to his injuries were the only survivers of reach along with 4 marines they brought back to the pillar of autumn not KIA or MIA...funny. And if master chief returned to reach after Halo (the first ring) was destroyed he would have found the planet glassed by the covenant fleet. So explain that!?
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MrAnonymous - 18 days 9 hours ago
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halo(s) are the weapons the forerunners built that was going to be used to destroy the flood, there are 7 in total i think

after destroying the first halo, he didnt go back to reach, he went to earth in new mombasa, africa...which was built to replace old mombasa, and then to the arc to stop the other halo rings from being activated
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The Meerkat - 18 days 8 hours ago
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Not all of Reach was glassed. The underground complex was left untouched so that covanent ground forces could recover a forerunner crystal hidden under ground. MC went back there on a captured covanent flag ship called Ascendant Justice after he escaped from the destruction of the first Halo ring. MC then takes some spartan survivors from Reach and attacks the covanent invasion fleet at the space station Unyielding Hierophant. They destroy 488 ships by blowing the space station reactor then go back to earth. I think MC and 3 other spartans survive. Then they go back to earth.
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SRT4Chris401 - 19 days 6 hours ago
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From what the pictures show, it still looks like halo 3 graphics. Bland textures, low resolution, granted it is early build still and the pictures are bad. But it still doesn't look like this super-duper awsemo X-engine that some people keep throwing up. But won't play it anyways cause will still be the same boring run and gun halo 1 gameplay....
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Tiberium - 19 days 1 hour ago
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So you think LEAKED photos from a crappy camera, from a 2009 build of a 2010 game represent the final product? BTW last I checked you can't see Gameplay from a screenshot. Screenshot=Speculation
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The Emperor - 18 days 23 hours ago
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I hate to bring this into discussion, but if you think Halo hasn't done anything new, well sorry buddy, neither has UC2 or Killzone 2... does that mean I won't play them? No. I just hate how everyone says KZ2 and UC2 are so original then turn around and say Halo and Gears are nothing new... maybe now they aren't, since UC and REsistance/Killzone just copied them..

Yeah I said it
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paul0388 - 18 days 21 hours ago
4.3 - Ok Emperor
Don't bring Uncharted 2 into this fight. Speak all you want about Killzone 2 but leave Uncharted 2 out of it. What that game did that was different was to bring as much passion and attention to the story as they did to the gameplay. Gears of war doesn't even belong in the same sentence as Uncharted 2.

Yes, his comment was asinine, but give credit where credit is due... You sound like you have some bias in there yourself buddy.
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The Emperor - 18 days 15 hours ago
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Call me bias, oh well.
PSN: conquerer54
LIVE: xi TheGodfather

Both real accounts, both me. I can say what I want about either one of these systems, since I've experienced both. I have Platinum on UC2, check your self if you like. I can say that UC1 was better, since there were no trophy's, no online... nothing but a good, solid campaign to keep you coming back.

Don't use the "Omg UC2 did something with the story that no one has done before!" Sure. Uncharted 2 is definitely good, maybe even great, just open your eyes, it is not perfect.

Back on topic, Halo Reach will be a great game, I don't need to hype it at all, because I have A LOT of confidence it will be great.
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SRT4Chris401 - 18 days 14 hours ago
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Apparently you didn't read my statement clearly. I said it appeared to look the same. I said granted they are early build photos, and bad photos at that. But my opinion on not choosing to play it due to type of gameplay halo is. I'm not gonna play it.
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Got2bemad2behere - 19 days 6 hours ago
5 - Halo ain't going to change
It is just kept on going by the M$ to rip off money.
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Tiberium - 18 days 13 hours ago
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neither are you, fanboy :P
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DARK WITNESS - 19 days 6 hours ago
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I agree with you guys...

I really don't know what it is that people expect to be so different...

maybe the next gears of war should be an FPS, or the next uncharted should be an rts or something.

I mean is that not the general formula with most sequels ? halo should stay halo. If people don't like it anymore, go play something else.
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Sarcasm - 19 days 6 hours ago
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Sort of agree, they already tried to do a different type of Halo and that was Halo Wars.

People who are Halo fans will most likely just want more Halo.

It's not too hard to fathom. It's like those people who said "Uncharted 2 feels like Uncharted 1" Well dur, it's a *gasp* Sequel!
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BaseballFan15 - 18 days 23 hours ago
6.2 - "If people don't like it anymore, go play something else."
QFT
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Halo3 MLG Pro - 19 days 6 hours ago
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Uncharted 2 is just more of the same Uncharted, Resistance 2 is just more of the same Resistance, etc...
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DARK WITNESS - 19 days 6 hours ago
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exactly....

maybe GT5 should have guns and rocket launchers, the next killzone should be a platform game, Mario should be an FPS.

isn't street fighter still a 1v1 head on fighting game ? has it not used the same formula since being on the SNES... didn't they try to go all 3rd and it didn't do so well.

it's only a crime to use the same formula of gameplay when it's halo.

Uncharted, as much as i love the game and think it's amazing, it still uses the basic formula of the first. what has really changed about it. better graphics, better story, new weapons and enemy types.. if it did anything else people would moan that they are changing it too much.. but no this is halo so its' crap because they have not evolved it.

as i said, if people are not happy that halo hasn't changed then play something else.
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bjornbear - 19 days 6 hours ago
7.2 - Well
ODST, despite its value being crippled, it was DIFFERENT.

i think this is what the article means.

And U2 was not just "more" of U1, it is rather different.

Same gameplay mechanics sure, but implementation of stealth moves, first person zoom, NO water bike scene, multiplayer and co-op.

to say U2 is more of the same of U1 like many other games, i'd have to disagree strongly. R1 vs R2 is more correct, or even just say RE4 to RE5.
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Venatus-Deus - 19 days 6 hours ago
7.3 - @ MLG
Yes and No

I didn’t play R1 or R2, however U2 is very different from U1. The gameplay is the same, however:

**SPOILERS**

In U2 everything is bigger and better. You have the collapsing building (which you’re inside), the train chapter and the jumping trucks section, Stealth, platforming while shooting sections, explosive gas tanks everywhere. Even the TPS shooter multiplayer incorporates platforming.

**END SPOILERS**

I think that if you just have Halo3 with a few new weapons, multiplayer maps and a new story then it will disappoint. It will not be bad; however as gamers we have been very lucky recently, so although I don’t expect innovation, lots of improvement would be very nice.

If it’s built using the same engine then to me it would be a massive shame.
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PoisonedTea - 19 days 6 hours ago
7.4 - RE: Halo3 MLG Pro
I understand the point you're making but you've inadvertently revealed the problem at the heart of the issue: Uncharted 2 is only the second in the series, as is Resistance, Killzone, etc.

Halo: Reach will be the FIFTH instalment in the series, unless I'm very much mistaken (Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo ODST, Halo: Reach). The 5th in a series that is still fundamentally the same as the first instalment nearly a decade ago. I think this is what people are rallying against. But if it's genuinely good game then obviously it deserves any accolades that will come its way. If it's gonna talked up just because it's another Halo game, then not so much.

Although to be fair, the same can be argued against the Final Fantasy series, although I can't comment as I've not been able to get my head around them - AT ALL! Sorry, it's just not my cup of tea.
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Why o why - 19 days 6 hours ago
7.5 - agree halo
if its not more of the same it just wouldnt be halo BUT what will the reviewers who have been vying for originality of late say. Will they throw that crap out the window....I believe so. I mean if Ratchet and clank acit is 'more of the same' and a problem then couldn't the same be said of this despite the R+C series splitting the main characters apart giving crank more puzzle solving levels akin to 'portal' .....free roaming space missions and exploration?? When I buy an orange i want an orange....originality shouldnt come into it to such an extent. I mean you COULD go the banjo and kazooe route but look how its core fans liked that...As far as im concerned the next iteration of any game should ADD something to its predecessor NOT change its whole essence unless its a generational/technical jump ie mario from 2d to 3d. Other than those jumps its going to be hard for any sequel to redefine anything.
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DARK WITNESS - 19 days 5 hours ago
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@ bjornbear

I get what you mean, but I think in general its how the game overall plays, if you know what i mean.

for example saying uncharted 2 is different because it does not have the water jet-sky scene... well I would not expect uncharted2 to have that. its a part of uncharted 1 that was specific to what was going on in the story. Naturally uncharted is a different adventure so i would not expect a repeat. In the same way, I would not expect uncharted 3 to have a similar scene with the train tavel because it's something that was unique to the story being told.

adding multiplayer adds value to game 100 fold, but it's not like the multiplayer is a completely different style of gameplay. adding things like first person zoom on weapons is more of a gameplay tweek. just like in odst they added zoom to the smg.

in my opinion, uncharted two was a different experience to uncharted one because it was much better perfected. I played 1 and didn't enjoy it that much. I played 2 and loved it.

with odst, the game story is told in a very different way to the other halo games and that's what makes it unique.. again there are little tweeks here and there that make it overall better.. but the fundamental aspects of the gameplay or the core thing that makes it halo is very much the same.

what i am getting at is most people go on about halo like they expect some huge evolution from it.

uncharted is still a third person action platform. the multiplayer is still third person... the aiming system, climbing etc is still the same. odst is still the fps, the weapons are for the most part still the same ( which again is what i would expect given the context of the story etc )... but people keep going on about it being the same old same old as if it should be something completely different.

thats all I am saying.

I don't want halo to change the way some people seem to surest it should. The same way you say uncharted 2 is not the same as uncharted 1 is the same way halo has evolved from the first, but the core aspects are the same, and so they should be.

I do agree with some of the other guys in that, I don't think a game should NOT get a free pass just because its halo( or any other sequel for that matter). each game should be reviewed and scored on it's own merits. for example, I rate halo CE way higher then 2 and 3..but would also rate ODST better then halo 3. it was lacking because it was short, but in terms of the way the game played, it played a lot more like halo CE which i thought was a good thing. I think halo 3 was overrated in many ways, yet at the same time it was underrated in other areas, overall I would have scored it lower..

anyway, I am babbling now.

peace.
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SoX FireBlade - 19 days 5 hours ago
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People like halo as it is including me, every halo game did something new except for ODST it was good and i really enjoyed it but nothing new in the gaming industry but at the same time it was different

in terms of gameplay it's not that different but it's fun they just make some tweaks that make the game better ( if you played halo 2 and halo 3 you will know the difference )

same goes to Uncharted 2 i liked the graphics the sound and the presentation of the game but the gameplay wasn't that fun to me, especially the shooting elements, the puzzles and the platroming were better but the shooting didn't like it, it was the same as the first uncharted.Since I am a big fan of shooting games, it will complicated to me what are the good shooting elements. Something like Halo will be the best for me. People liked it in Uncharted 2 i didn't so it was fine to me at least i liked something

And these photos are fake

the picture with the battle rifle:

as you can see the character's hand is taken from call of duty 4, look at the weapon it looks broken if you look closely

the picture with the rocket launcher the back of the enemy in front of master chief has the head of master chief and i think he has the flamethrower from halo 3 i didn't know that brutes have a master chief head on their back

they are just edited photos that been used with many games in one to make look like halo reach and Bungie said that they are making a new engine so i have big faith in them
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WMW - 19 days 2 hours ago
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sorry but uncharted is definitely not more of the same
1. multiplayer yes it plays like the single player but it is still a new addition to the franchise and has new original game modes

2. stealth

3. teamwork you work more with the characters your with while in uncharted 1 you didn't need them at all

4. new AI now the enemies don't know where you are magically they actually look for you also they communicate with each other unlike the 1st one

5. the climbing is different

6. the cover system is also different because now you can stealth attack from behind cover, you can turn corners with out leaving cover and a few other things

7. grenades are done different then the first

and that is just some new things about the gameplay if we go in to the technical stuff like fighting on top of moving objects and how they affect the gameplay. PoisonedTea makes the best point this will be the 5th halo it should not be the same as the 1st they don't need to change the core gameplay just add something new to the game
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