The Halo Thread - Games - Facepunch Forum

[QUOTE=whazat!!!;23614924]What's with this "long wait" stuff from everybody? It's just a month and a half.[/QUOTE] People have said games that come out in a week are long waits. Sometimes it [I]seems [/I]the closer something gets, the longer the wait it.

[QUOTE=whazat!!!;23614924]What's with this "long wait" stuff from everybody? It's just a month and a half.[/QUOTE] Because the closer you are to a game's release the longer the wait feels, for example starcraft 2 which is released in 2 days yet it still feels like a year until it comes out.

[QUOTE=whazat!!!;23614924]What's with this "long wait" stuff from everybody? It's just a month and a half.[/QUOTE]Imagine instead of Halo Reach coming out on the 14 of September, it was Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Do you get it know?

So after a couple years of assuming Halo was boring, generic stuff I tried it at a friend's and was surprised that it was actually fun. So now I'm planning on picking up one (probably more :v:) of the recent games at some point (read: when I'm not dirt poor). Should I wait for Reach or is it worth picking up 3 or ODST and Reach?

Well, I re-bought Halo 3, and it's not as stale as I remember it. I probably just played it too much. But now that I haven't played Halo in a long time, it's fresh.

If you're looking for singleplayer and plot, start with CE (obviously). If only for multiplayer you can either wait a month and a half for Reach (not long) or buy ODST somewhere cheap and play for the time being. The Halo 3 / ODST multiplayer is rather different from Reach though.

Or, you could play Reach first, then Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST and finally Halo 3. You know, just to do it in proper order.

I really wish they never took the halo 2 severs offline; I'd play that till release.

[QUOTE=Cheryl Cole;23616235]Or, you could play Reach first, then Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST and finally Halo 3. You know, just to do it in proper order.[/QUOTE] Technically, Halo Reach, Halo 1, the first three levels of Halo 2, ODST, the rest of Halo 2, then Halo 3.

[QUOTE=Cheryl Cole;23616235]Or, you could play Reach first, then Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST and finally Halo 3. You know, just to do it in proper order.[/QUOTE] I've got all of those but Halo 2 and Reach. And when I get them all I will play them in order.

I hope the max number of players in a custom game is increased, I want to see massive battles on Forge World. It would be shameful to create a map that big and limit it to ~20 players.

[QUOTE=Alan Ninja!;23620601]I hope the max number of players in a custom game is increased, I want to see massive battles on Forge World. It would be shameful to create a map that big and limit it to ~20 players.[/QUOTE] Still the same 16 players.

64 is the bare minimum for the Forge World.

So is the Halo: CE download a patch for the full game? I think I have a CD-Key for the original Halo PC version, but I'm not sure I've got the discs.

[QUOTE=imadaman;23620808]64 is the bare minimum for the Forge World.[/QUOTE] it's not that big.

[QUOTE=postmanX3;23621030]So is the Halo: CE download a patch for the full game? I think I have a CD-Key for the original Halo PC version, but I'm not sure I've got the discs.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure the most recent update (which was a while ago) enables the game to be played without a disc. And since you can download the game anywhere for free, because you require a key to actually play, you should be good to go.

[QUOTE=Pat4ever;23621533]I'm pretty sure the most recent update (which was a while ago) enables the game to be played without a disc. And since you can download the game anywhere for free, because you require a key to actually play, you should be good to go.[/QUOTE] This. If you have a key, just google Halo Custom Edition.

So it looks like Ivory Tower from Halo 2 is being remade for Reach as well. Less of an impact than Forge World, but it looks nice. Oh, apparently it's called Reflection, as well. [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/ivorytower.png[/img]

FUCK YES I fucking LOVED Ivory Tower that was the first level I ever played on XBL [editline]05:13PM[/editline] although that shot doesn't look like halo

The first Halo was the only one that I truly loved. The rest were pretty good though.

[QUOTE=Links;23622667]So it looks like Ivory Tower from Halo 2 is being remade for Reach as well. Less of an impact than Forge World, but it looks nice. Oh, apparently it's called Reflection, as well. [img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/ivorytower.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] That is pretty sexy. I loved Ivory Tower from Halo 2.

Fuck Ivory tower we need some Headlong

[QUOTE=Links;23622667]So it looks like Ivory Tower from Halo 2 is being remade for Reach as well. Less of an impact than Forge World, but it looks nice. Oh, apparently it's called Reflection, as well. [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/ivorytower.png[/img][/QUOTE] Mind if I ask where you got that from. [editline]05:19PM[/editline] never mind found it. [url]http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Reflection[/url]

Yay, another map revealed.

During vacation I read the book about the Battle of Reach, it was quite great and got me pumped up for Halo:Reach. The battles in the book sounded so awesome. Bungie don't let me down.

[QUOTE=ketchup;23622951]Mind if I ask where you got that from. [editline]05:19PM[/editline] never mind found it. [url]http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Reflection[/url][/QUOTE] it looks kinda like rainbow six vegas

I'm gonna miss Zanzibar, some of my best matches were on that map.

Goty.

If they redo Zanzibar/Last Resort [highlight]I will shit my fucking pants where I stand[/highlight] [editline]07:49PM[/editline] Also I've sadly never got to play Halo 2 MP. I never had an Xbox until March (this year) when I finally got my 360. So yeah the only Halo multiplayer I've ever really played was H3 and Reach Beta (which was amazing).

[QUOTE=TizzYcho;23626299]Goty.[/QUOTE] Would be great. From what I can see so far Halo Reach looks like it'll be Xbox 360 users multiplayer game for a very long time. Bye bye Call of Duty!