Halo:Reach BETA

[krooks]

Anyone else had a good play on this yet? I had a go last night, the download took about an hour, but I was too scared to turn off my xbox while it did as it kept saying download cancelled when I left the download screen.

I only managed to get in to one game, took ages connecting to the Reach server, but I really like it when I did get in. Its faster paced than Halo 3, and the graphics have definately been improved. I'll be buying this definately come September!

Unfortunately, I left Matchmaking, and could not get back in at all, really annoying.
Anyone else have a go? What do you think?

[SiE]

Had a few games and I am really not sure about it. They have kinda turned it into COD. Dont get me wrong I love COD but I love halo more and see it as a completely different experience. Ranking seems to be credit based which is shite. You now have load outs which do nothing for the game but annoy. The invincibility loadout is a joke. If you have the jetpack you can get to higher ground easily which kinda takes the edge off dominating play in certain areas. I am not sure about some of the weapons either. I need to play it a lot more but initial reaction is slighly negative (I did feel like that on the halo 3 beta at first though). I will probably love it in a few days.

[krooks]

You are spot on about COD, its like a hybrid between the two. Can't believe no-ones really talking about it on here, guess there are too many banned xboxes!

[KevinJB88]

Aint got a code for it >.< and aint got OSDT

[inspectercoley]

I liked what I played of it.
First game took about a year to load the playlist but played then played a 4v4 where it was just 2 on my team and 4 on the other team and we lorded it. Then played a ffa and loved the shotgun in that.

I think maybe I am just liking it at the minute because all the players ive been up against havent been really good so I have been able to win games a lot more easier than I do on halo3 at the mo.

The controls are a bit different so spent a lot of the time activating my armor rather than throwing a grenade. Like the new weapons apart from the battle rifle, but the needler is really good in this one.

Melee seems a bit more erratic as well but i think will get used to it
Grenades behave completely different to how they used to in all other Halo games as well.

I like the look of it though.
It isn't halo 3 but then there isn't much point in releasing the same game over and over again so hopefully i will get used to all the changes and then love it.

[SiE]

grenades are too powerfull and melee is too weak. you can hit someone 3 times and they dont die. Grenades have a massive blast area and its impossible to dodge them without scout. I like the maps though especially sword base.

[russbeer]

I loved Halo 3 online for quite some time, but ODST was shocking and I sold my copy, Reach would have to be pretty special for me to buy it, I'll prolly just d/load it and do the single player game rather than lay out £40 on it.

[mysterym]

I hated the last beta, don't hate this but don't think the engine matches the expectations that set as its very similar to halo 3.

Will park the beta and go back to MW2 until the full game is out.

[SiE]

After a bit of extended play tonight im starting to love it. The load outs can be really tactical and the weapons are just balanced differently to halo 3. The Headhunter gametype is so intense and the flag pile type is pretty good aswell. Looking forward to invasion at the weekend.

[ZX7R]

Played one game of this and I won't be putting it back on. Sloooooooow and ugly. Shame.

[Hodge20001]

Played it and takes a while to get into, but i cant see the head hunter game type?

ill end up going back to BFBC2 as i can only play the 4x4 games etc

[SiE]

Played it and takes a while to get into, but i cant see the head hunter game type?

ill end up going back to BFBC2 as i can only play the 4x4 games etc

Headhunter is a free for all game type i think. Its a great gametype. Has some really funny moments which remind me of playing halo ce on a lan with lads.

[Mooncat]

Do you just need ODST to download or do you need a code as well as I didnt get one with the game?

[greens117]

Do you just need ODST to download or do you need a code as well as I didnt get one with the game?

need the game im afraid

[krooks]

As long as you have the game, you don't need a code. Just load up the game and there will be an option play the beta in the menu.

[inspectercoley]

Not sure if I like the new stats pages.
Thought Halo 3 always had really good online stats functionality but this seems to be too hard to work out quite what is going on!

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/de...layer=TaxiMike

Just type in your gamertag at the top right and it will change to your stats.

[lithho]

You are spot on about COD, its like a hybrid between the two. Can't believe no-ones really talking about it on here, guess there are too many banned xboxes!

nothing to do with banned boxes pal, its just halo 3 was just a poor game for me, i wont even be trying the demo. Battle field is the shooter on xbox for now. Halo should of stayed on the first xbox. There are alot of people that hate halo.

[russbeer]

its just halo 3 was just a poor game for me, i wont even be trying the demo.

Its each to their own isn't it really, you can't say one is rubbish and another is great because its just your opinion. I thought Halo 3 was a good game and the online was great until COD4 came along and stole me away. I thought ODST was shite, and I sold it as soon as it was completed which is why I haven't got the beta demo. I was hoping to try and borrow a copy of it off someone just to try it out as Reach hasn't impressed me much so far, and I want to like the multiplayer as i did with halo 3.

Battlefield (again imo) isn't very good online, too many snipers and chopper hogs to make it enjoyable, or maybe it just doesn't suit my style of gaming. I like to be able to roam and kill, not have to sprint everywhere because if i stand still for a second I get headshotted.

[inspectercoley]

Humm, had a good play of this the other night and not loving it so far.

The armour abilities change the game too much so you see a lot of people just using armour lock the whole time and that slows the game down while you wait for the guy to come out of the lock.

I was expecting these abilities to be a power up pickup rather than a permanent ability but it seems that as it stands you can just activate them almost constantly which is a bit pointless.

[Hodge20001]

Ill be honest, it feels dated and a bit slow paced.... compare it to something like BFBC2 or COD it kinda feels a bit "shit"

i did dig head hunter tho, but not enough to pull me away from other games