Halo: Reach

The rocketnigger type is pretty amazing. Perching like a motherfucker.

Chux we need to play this. Or anyone on TNL other than Cow (since I've played with him).

lolol I'm really terrible at Reach.

DEAR MASTAR PLEASE RENDOR MY FILES!

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

I really like the non-lunar surface jumping, feels better. How do you trigger an assassination? I was usually getting murdered, but it'd be nice to know. The different armor choices is really great too! Having the sprint to mosey away from grenades is really welcome. Lockdown is pretty tough to use right, I didn't try it much.

We had some fun games last night! I heard Yoshi kill someone and the victim said "I saw you go into that room and cloak and went in anyway." Right after that I inadvertently walked into the same damn room and at the last second saw Yoshi's cloak disengage so he could clobber me with the hammer. I gunned him down on the stairs a little later though, so that was dope.

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You can assassinate someone just by meleeing him in the back. Holding melee just gives you the unnecessary animation that will probably get you killed too. And doesn't your radar go crazy when there's someone with cloak nearby?

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Originally Posted by Nomi

Chux we need to play this. Or anyone on TNL other than Cow (since I've played with him).

lolol I'm really terrible at Reach.

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yeah right you wouldn't invite me rude owl :curse:

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And doesn't your radar go crazy when there's someone with cloak nearby?

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I don't recall, but it does go nuts when you use it yourself.

How do you get screenshots? Can you take them from videos you've saved? I have one you guys have to see.

Yes, go into theater mode then take screenshots. You can then upload them into your file share and access them on the Bungie website.

Thanks. This is so far the best I have seen for jet packs:

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This guy was hovering maybe four feet off the ground, and the assassination animation had me jump up and spike him downward. It was fucking great. I made a video too, which shows it better.

My 2 cents:
Honestly, this game needs alot of work. The biggest thing for me is just the feel of everything - it feels weighty and sluggish compared to the other Halos. Mushy is a good word. The guns have no real impact. The pistol and DMR feel and sound like im shooting a cap gun. Sometimes in a crowd I cant even tell if I killed anyone - I have to glance at the layers of super small side text, yet when you get a mere assist you get a huge medal that pops up. Basically the immersion and impact just isnt there. Melee is also weird with the new shield system. Basically a 50% vs 10% shield person have no melee difference since it doesnt carry over to the health. They both go to 0% v 0% shields.

Spawning on top of grenades is never a good thing. Neither is spawning 2 feet in front of a guy with a sword. Thats pretty inexcusible in an online shooter. Sword base is one of the most bland maps ive ever played. I was pretty surprised by how bad it looked.

I do like the 1flag CTF game modes and the armor abilities are cool + i like the powerhouse map - its just the classic fun halo gunplay is just missing. I dont find this game all that fun in this state.

I was always more of a Big Team Battle player so im pretty anxious to try Invasion. Im interested to see how more hardcore Halo 2 and 3 fans who never really left the series feel about this beta around TNL. Ill find out how my local friends feel on monday. First impression is disappointment for me :( Just being honest...