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How Halo Reach Can Revive The Halo Series

TheKoalition - Bungie is once again hard at work on another title which is to be released this fall. The game is Halo Reach, and it's being helmed as the "Titanic of video games." Xbox exec said a few months back, "Halo Reach will be the biggest game of 2010." It's no doubt that Halo Reach will perform some outstanding sales numbers, but as a Halo fan I wonder if we'll see new ideas and growth in this franchise that I care for. I've found hours upon hours of enjoyment across all Halo games, but even I admit to myself that Bungie has played it safe and isn't willing to take chances. I certainly look forward to Halo Reach this fall, but in the meanwhile I've decided to write a few key elements on what needs to be done in order for Halo Reach to be the best and biggest game of the year.

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Bungie5609d ago

last time i checked, Halo 3 was the most played game in 2007,2008 and 2009

Revive !!! ROFLMAO

cayal5609d ago

I haven't read the article (because the title indicates it's a load of rubbish) but I would guess because Halo Wars and ODST haven't reached Halo 1, 2, 3 numbers he would see if as a failure, despite the fact one of them is a RTS and the other is more an expansion then a full game.

I imagine Reach is going to sell many many millions.

Halo 3 MLG Noob5609d ago

My new account! (formerly fanb0y)

On topic: Halo doesn't necessarily need a revival. It does need some core changes in its gameplay and appeal to some newer audiences - graphic whores, 256 PLAYERS OMG!!! players, and maybe COD players.

GreenRingOfLife5609d ago

Halo reach GOTY 2010 - confirmed

Saaking5609d ago

In sales, Halo is very much alive. In quality, not so much. I'm confident Reach will return Halo to it's former glory.

right and wrong5609d ago

Revive? How about refresh. My memory's of Halo part one and system link are the kind you never forget. Here's to hoping we get some footage on the 11th.

Halo 3 MLG Noob5609d ago

@Saaking, may I ask what you mean by quality?

Everyone here complains that COD MW2's quality sucks, and that BFBC2 will be much better. While I somewhat agree with that (I'm buying BC2 day 1), MW2 does not lack quality. It's superbly polished. If there's anything wrong with it, it's the predominance of glitches and maybe some gameplay aspects. And I don't think that counts in the quality of the product.

As for Halo, it simply doesn't appeal to everyone. You're saying that Halo 3 is not a quality game because you don't like it?

Halo has: Forge, Theater, Campaign/Multiplayer, Local Co-op, and Online Co-op. There's no way that's not quality. Most just think it's gameplay is getting stale.

A Cupcake for Gabe5609d ago

I think that it might mean Reach will be as innovating as Combat Evolve was back in the day. Halo is a milked franchised. Not because there are many of them. But because the quality hasn't kept up with the production rate. The series is rehashed. hate me or not. But when the first Halo came out, it was revolutionary. The rest not so much.

So hopefully this next installment can bring something new to the table.

Rush5609d ago

Seriously do you ever get tried of trying to put Halo 3 down. Its fan base is huge and people are still playing it in the masses over 2 years after its release.

As I recall Halo 3's online has never needed patching from the day it was released. Because it was polished to such an extent that every bug had already been ironed out.

If that doesn't scream quality I don't know what does. Sony fanboy's like to go on about KZ2 and graphically it is better then Halo 3. But all around quality it ain't even in the same league.

Lets forget reviews, sales, graphics and gameplay and ask yourself which exclusive game has given gamers the most amount of hours of enjoyment this generation. Its clear the answer to that question is Halo 3.

Your just falling into the "its cool to hate on Halo 3 trap" And like anything truly big it always has its core haters. To be honest your just proving how truly massive Halo 3 is.

Bnet3435609d ago

You can't revive what's not dead.

Pistolero5609d ago

"In sales, Halo is very much alive. In quality, not so much. I'm confident Reach will return Halo to it's former glory."

You dork...Halo Wars is pretty much the best RTS on consoles and Halo 3 ODST has a 83 on metacritic and is still a quality game...so if you want to say Halo has died in quality then what does that make MAG?....stillborn?....dead on arrival?...what a hypocrite.

FamilyGuy5609d ago

I'm sorry but when exactly did halo die?

LEGENDARY PELON5609d ago

REVIVE!?!?

The Halo series has revived the whole FPS's this generation!

badz1495609d ago (Edited 5609d ago )

"MW2 does not lack quality. It's superbly polished. If there's anything wrong with it, it's the predominance of glitches and maybe some gameplay aspects."

LOL of the day! a glitchfest game is considered polished now? and "superbly"?? Kotick's ass sure is tasty for you ha?

DatNJDom815609d ago (Edited 5609d ago )

Revive....... It just needs to end. I mean didnt it end already?? I though masterzzzzz chiefzzzzz goes to sleepzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh wait they gotta keep milking it to make money. my bad. Halo in the beginning was something fresh and exciting. Its stale now. Very Very Very Very Very stale. Maybe halozzzzzzzzz reachzzzzzzz might be the thing that makes halo cool again. I doubt it though cause halozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z zzzzzzzz is boring and just wack. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z zz....................

Let the disagrees begin....... honestly i dont give a fcuk. I call it how it is. I said it once and I'll say it again. Halozzzzzzzzzzzzzz is wack. nothing but a kids shooter. sh!ts like the chucky cheese of shooters.

SoX FireBlade5609d ago

Gears of war 2 has alot of glitches but that doesn't mean it lacks of quality

Fanb0y5609d ago

Lol. Saaking can't answer the question directed to him.

StanLee5609d ago

I literally laughed out loud at the ridiculous headline. SMH!

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ASSASSYN 36o5609d ago

Halo reach the game won't even follow the novel. It has deviated from the story line by even including spartan III's on reach. And ignoring the tons of spartan II's which trained on Reach and their deaths. But maybe that will be another game.

I rather follow their story than a bunch of SP III's with one lost SP II tagging along.

Xi5609d ago

I think there's a good reason we're playing as spartan III's, and I think there's a good chance we'll be running into other Spartans on the field.

ASSASSYN 36o5609d ago (Edited 5609d ago )

I hope so. I just think bungie wanted to increase the degree of vulnerability of the player by using SP III's.

Another One5609d ago (Edited 5609d ago )

http://www.bungie.net/image...

That link explains why they're on Reach and a little about how some were chosen. Just because the book said nothing about SIII's being on Reach doesn't mean it didn't happen. The books cover a very small portion of what happened in that battle. It leaves Bungie a lot of wriggle room when it comes to fiction.

The book would also make a terrible game. A wonderful story, but not much to work with in terms of an actual game.

SixZeroFour5609d ago

i cant wait to see what they have in store with the legendary ending...im hoping for a cameo appearance from master cheif leading to the beginning of halo 1

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fmills155609d ago

Halo needs to go away. Mass Effect ftw.

Major Kanimo5609d ago

replay value pwns the replay value of mass effect

Pistolero5609d ago

Why not enjoy both great franchises? ...what you said would be like saying Uncharted needs to go away, God of War FTW!....how silly....as if we can ever get too many good games.

Kalowest5609d ago

I like what I'm seeing, and hearing about Reach, Bungie knows that Reach has to be the sh1t.

Gen0ne5609d ago (Edited 5609d ago )

Revive?... What?... What is this Bizzaro World? Unfortunately ( for me anyways ) Halo has been alive and VERY well for quite some time. Who wrote this? Ah, it doesn't matter. I refuse to give'em the hit, even to find out.

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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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thorstein658d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED658d 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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shinoff2183894d 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.

robtion893d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad893d ago

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

Crows90893d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183893d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90893d ago (Edited 893d 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.

DarXyde893d 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

Crows90892d 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.

DarXyde892d 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.

TheColbertinator893d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13893d 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

shinoff2183892d 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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SullysCigar978d ago

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

just_looken978d 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.

SullysCigar978d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos977d 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_ESP978d ago

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

just_looken978d 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.

badz149978d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE978d 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.

zidane1341978d 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.

Crows90977d 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.

Profchaos977d 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

Crows90977d 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.

CobraKai977d 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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