Halo: Reach

[Nash]

If you guys play on the weekends I'll be able to join.

[Geo]

I'd also love to play some Firefight on Tuesday night. I never got any of the achievements from that.

I'm down for that. Although I'm going to bump up the ODST thread for more ODST Firefight discussion.

And then we can tear into Reach Firefight (with matchmaking among other potential improvements) next week, to bring this thread back to Reach.

[Cowdisease]

So what do you guys plan to do for Reach's launch? I'm on the west coast, so I won't be able to join on any midnight festivities, but I'll be free for the entire day on Tuesday (after 9:00 AM PST) in case anyone wants to go through campaign co-op.

[Chux]

I plan on beating it Thursday night
This thursday

[Korly]

GOD. DAMNIT.

Setting the price at $150, Bungie claims to give you the most complete Halo: Reach experience possible in the game's Legendary Edition, shipping next week. Adding to the sculpture and other various material goodies included in the package, Bungie recently revealed another piece of content: "two full hours of exclusive, behind-the-scenes campaign commentary covering unrevealed aspects of Halo: Reach's production." Creative director Marcus Lehto and crew commentate an entire campaign playthrough -- "judiciously edited to excise the downtime" -- and show off Reach "from concept to cutting room floor."

I don't want to spend another EIGHTY dollars for directors commentary, but I would pay another 5 or 10 if they made it DLC.

[Korly]

And for those of you (us) that get it early:

Additionally, Bungie pointed out in its weekly update that it won't be punishing folks for playing Reach early (legitimate copies, at least) -- but there will be a credit reset at launch. This means that those of you lucky enough to secure an early retail disc shouldn't get too attached to that sweet helmet or those shiny shoulder pads -- they'll disappear come September 14. Bungie also warns early players that the multiplayer is still in a "test" state, meaning various issues may pop up (matchmaking, credit acquisition, and the daily challenge are all said to be "running at less than optimal levels"). Even so, if you've gotten an early copy, you can enjoy the single-player campaign for the next week.

[Dyne]

It'll probably be ripped and on the net in a day.

[Korly]

Maybe a video of it, but I really like the way Portal and Half Life 2 Ep2 and Alan Wake do the directors commentary and actually walking around playing the game with the commentary is cool.

But yeah, youtube.

[Chux]

And for those of you (us) that get it early:

Don't care, we'll get plenty of credits in MP.

[Timber]

I'm out for ODST Wednesday night. I had something come up and I won't be home until after 11.