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Former Bungie Dev: "Halo Reach Will Be F**king Awesome"

Split-Screen: "'Imagine living in a commune where everyone loves what they do and does their all for the community, but instead of growing hemp and playing hacky sack, you are making kick ass video games and playing hacky sack.' This was Lead Game Designer Christian Allen's answer when asked what it was like to work at Bungie – and when he personally referred to Halo: Reach as 'Super-Secret Next Project'. He had some interesting words on his last project for Bungie."

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swiftshot935370d ago

Cant wait to see this game, too bad it looks like we wont be playing as chief.

Nike5370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

Which is weird. I read some of Fall of Reach, and the Chief was in it. Whereas looking at a designation of who's who on the poster showed the Chief was nowhere to be found.

That being said, it's more than likely the ODST crew will be there - at least, the Rookie will since he fought in the first battle of Reach.

@N4PS3G: Hmm. Sounds good. Fall of Reach itself was a good read. If there's one thing i admire the Halo novels for, it's the ability to create fast-paced yet interesting battle sequences. Of course, the sci-fi, military drama is also executed very well.

N4PS3G5370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

Yes you will!

The reach novel is based on spartans. This is wayyyy before the halo trilogy ...so yes Master Chief will be there :)

actually..Master Chief is the one in the center of the picture :)

Raf1k15370d ago

I'm interested to see how this game turns out.

I'll be getting a 360 sooner or later so I'm looking to make a short list of must have 360 games.

ShabzS5370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

was really well analysed on the bungie forums from one of the users and if you've read the books you'll believe this users impressions to be fairly accurate..

here's the link: http://www.bungie.net/Forum...

siyrobbo5370d ago

its not set that far before the halo trilogy, didnt the pillar of autumn go into slip-space following the fall of reach, and end up at the halo? pretty sure they follow straight on from each other

swiftshot935370d ago

I just thought the lack of chief in the teaser trailer plus the fact that there are 4 characters means no chief.

lord_of_balrogs5370d ago

Well we'll know whenever the beta comes online in Halo ODST.

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swiftshot935370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

dont feed the troll. We're having a healthy discussion here. Just take away his bubbles and ignore him.

Edit: change troll to trolls, and him to them.

Edit 2: Whoa...mods?

...on n4g? O_O

Evoluti0n5370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

then it all makes sense, very awesome plot/story to be told.

And Chief more than likely WILL be in it, the logic in the article makes sense.

The stuff the commenter says about using and applying Natal to Reach would be spot on as well.

EDIT: @swiftshot93 What are you talking about? '4 characters?' There's 5 on the silhouette image for Reach.

Mr Logic5370d ago

It very well might be an amazing game, but I'm not taking some guys word for it.

FantasyStar5370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

I agree, I'll make my own judgment thank you. Developers are no better than Gamestop Employees, they always want to sell you on something and bend the truth to do so.

UNCHARTED 2 USES 100% OF PS3S POWAH!!!! (sound familiar?) -To defend myself, you can never estimate the potential of any type of hardware because code can always be refined to use less resources, but produce better results. Don't let developer PR screw you around. Watch the videos, not the person talking. The person talking would never say anything bad about their own product.

xenogamer5370d ago

The biggest one is samuel, since he was the biggest and strongest of the spartans, then kelly she was the fastest, then john, since hes holding a AR and that was his favorite, and it looks like him kinda, to the right of him it might be fred, since hes holding a knife, to the right of him might be linda since she was the sniper, ofcourse this is all speculation, it might be a whole new bach of spartans, maybe the seconds wave of spartans 2's that chief petty officer mendez went to go teach.

Shepherd 2145370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

actually, this not "wayyyy" before the Halo trilogy, Halo: Reach actually takes place just before the very first Halo, Halo: Combat Evolved.

Halo Reach is about the human colony-planet Reach getting destroyed by the Covenant. When this happens, one human ship, The Pillar of Autumn(carring the Master Chief), escapes by making a blind lightspeed jump into space to avoid capture. When The Pillar of Autumn comes out of its blind jump, thats where the first Halo game starts. So, just to clear it up among the ignorant, Reach will not take place way before the Halo trilogy, but rather right before it. Really is a great story to be honest.

aueslander5370d ago

...I enjoyed the Novel and since we know noting of this game, there could even be at least flashbacks of one of his first missions as a 13 year old (maybe 15, been a bit since i read it) going after a rogue admiral or even the training grounds where at 7 he ran through it and clanged the bell first but lost since the whole team didnt do it.

Considering the amount of team work used in the novel, i would be surprised if there were no team type aspects in this game.

dawgsfan1175370d ago

That was exactly my analysis when I first saw the picture a few months ago. I loved the books and im psyched about this game. Has the potential for some spectacular battles.

Lacarious5370d ago

wow... looks like I should be a croonie and run out and pre-order this game because he used the word f'ing when talking about it. so it must be good... after all... i'm sure he was on the team that had that sweet level in H3 where you went across the map 3 times doing the same ish. that sure was f'ing retard... er.. .i mean awesome.

bungie + M$ = the new EA... repetitive garbage year in year out.

gaming evolution does not compute in their heads anymore.

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UnSelf5370d ago

GTAIV is going to be f*ckin awesome! - Dan Houser

FFVSXIII is going to be f*ckin awesome - Tetsuya Namoura

God of War 2 is going to be f*ckin awesome - Cory Borlog

im starting to see a pattern

Nike5370d ago

Well, God of War 2 was f**king awesome. :)

GTAIV...yeah. Over-hyped.

And Final Fantasy Vs. XIII is unreleased.

So that means Halo: Reach can either be great, over-hyped or ultimately unreleased. Wow. Now that's an interesting pattern. O_O

swiftshot935370d ago

GTA IV was overhyped but it was still an awesome game. FFV13 is coming from the creators of FFVII and KH, so thats guaranteed to be awesome.

ReservoirDog3165370d ago

GTA IV was very good. Just more serious than the previous ones. I always played the GTA games without killing anyone that wasn't necessary so GTA IV fit perfectly for me. It also had the best writing I've ever seen in a game.

FFvsXIII looks to be very good. GOW 2 was apparently very good too.

Halo Reach looks like it just might be the best in the series which is saying a lot cause Halo 1 is known as a masterpiece.

MattOG7115370d ago

GTA IV was f*cking awesome. The story, the detail in the world, the music, the characters, and the options were great. I love that game. Also add the fact that it gave you at least 20 hours of fun, and how can you complain?

Can't wait for Versus

And GOWII was very good.

I guess Reach will be awesome as well

I did not murder him5370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

The "pattern" is you'll go after your fav series/devs to discredit the 360?

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Fishy Fingers5370d ago

Should of stuck around and had the game on his C.V.

Noob5370d ago

Not like he's going to say his game f**king sucks.

JaggedSac5370d ago

Well, it isn't his game now.

Evoluti0n5370d ago

He doesn't work for Bungie anymore.

Read the article? Please? Sheesh.

VenomCarnage895370d ago

you only have to read the title to see that he no longer works for them. in that case i think its alright that he is trying to hype up a game he actually likes, unlike a certain other developer whos been running their mouth these days

LCF5370d ago

No, but i'm sure he still puts Bungie on his resume.

Evoluti0n5370d ago

Of course he still puts Bungie on his resume. Which is fine and dandy, and he still obviously thinks positive of the studio and his fellow ex-coworkers, but he doesn't work for Bungie. Any statements he makes is not directly associated with the studio or any of their affiliates.

That's all I was trying to say.

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Defectiv3_Detectiv35370d ago

ODST isn't the first time a Halo title let me down - it seems like they were experimenting with it. Like they were trying new things out to see if they should put it in Reach.

And is it just me, or does bungie like to milk the 3rd person view in all their previews, even though its not part of the game? Could this be a different direction they're moving in?

It might not do much, but what it does it does well. I'd like to see them shake the series up somehow, one of the biggest complaints I have over Halo is their refusal to do anything w/ the core gameplay.

chrisulloa5370d ago

Why do I even look at these comments, it's full of 12 year old PS3tards who know jack-sh1t about gaming.

ReviewsArePolitics5370d ago

Go back wherever you came from, moron.

Biggunz5370d ago

everybody who knows anything about gaming knows, it woud be a f**king reach for this sh*t to be good.

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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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thorstein293d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED293d 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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shinoff2183529d 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.

robtion528d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad528d ago

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

Crows90528d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183528d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90528d ago (Edited 528d 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.

DarXyde528d 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

Crows90527d 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.

DarXyde527d 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.

TheColbertinator528d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13528d 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

shinoff2183527d 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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SullysCigar614d ago

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

just_looken613d 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.

SullysCigar613d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos612d 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_ESP613d ago

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

just_looken613d 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.

badz149613d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE613d 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.

zidane1341613d 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.

Crows90613d 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.

Profchaos612d 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

Crows90612d 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.

CobraKai612d 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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