IGN: Halo: Reach Trailer Analysis

IGN writes:

"We finally have some in-engine footage of Halo: Reach to pore through and speculate on. If you haven't yet seen the trailer, make sure you watch it right now -- this isn't the sort of thing any Halo fan wants to miss. I've watched it several times now, going through it frame by frame, to see what little goodies I could find that might be easily passed over on first glance. As it turns out, this trailer offers up a lot more information than you might initially think."

[Another One]

Uh IGN seems to think the one Spartan is returning to the team when it's far more clearly saying this is a new member of the team. How did they mess that one up?

[Kevin ButIer]

This is supposed to be after Halo 3 right?

The green one is Master Chief?

Wheres Master Chief?

Edit: Thanks "helping bubbles" for u, anyway... we are going to have a lot of "missing spartans" :)

[Rev Jesse Custer]

It's my understanding that Halo Reach is a prequel set before the events of Halo 1,2,3 and Master chief will not be the principle protagonist.

[Saaking]

Reach is a prequel to Halo Combat Evolved. It's probably gonna deal with the battle of reach depicted in the novel.

[YungXclusive2K9]

That trailer was full of CG, I honestly wish it was in engine but I'm 99.99% Sure that trailer was BS. I haven't seen 360 pull out anything looking nearly as good as that. Considering how microsoft complimented Killzone 2 on its graphics this CG trailer was basically a bad attempt to kill the graphical king

[lowcarb]

No this is before Halo part 1.

edit above yung: So once this game blows you away will you still be in denial? Have you even seen Alan Wake? 360 has a lot of juice left inside of it that MS seems to finally be trying to show off.

[CWMR]

I guess you didn't know that it has already been confirmed to be a cinematic using the games's engine.

[peowpeow]

I believe it was in-game as they stated themselves that it is the opening scene of the game (or part of it), and Halo games never have cg cutscenes.

The graphics are great and I only hope they're the same during gameplay. The visor reflections look good too

Edit: Can anyone give me an idea of how many spartans there were during Fall of Reach

[kaveti6616]

Were we watching the same trailer? What the hell is it with people saying the trailer was CG? Come on. It didn't even look that good for people to say that.

[Kevin ButIer]

It will receive a 10/10 on graphics department just as Halo 3 did with a cheap engine.

Its all about gameplay and hype

[PrimordialSoupBase]

Analysis: boring.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Yung is seriously in denial!

[lowcarb]

"1.9 - Who cares about how it looks?
It will receive a 10/10 on graphics department just as Halo 3 did with a cheap engine.

Its all about gameplay and hype"

What was that? Sure it's about game play but really there's no need for low blows and hate towards the franchise. If you don't like or know anything about Halo then why in the heck are you here anyway?

[NoBias]

I wonder if Bungie will implement some sort of a cover system. That could be sweet if done right.

I hope the lens flares will remain during actual game play. That adds a great deal of style (KZ2 & Mass Effect both use them).

[dalibor]

A cover system might not work well with a Halo game but if it is done correctly than I'm pretty sure that Halo fans would like it(still depends though everyone dislikes something). The trailer looks great though, it seems like we all have something to look forward to 2010 as gamers. I know I'm amped up as a Ps3 owner as should the 360 camp.

[SixZeroFour]

@Rev Jesse Custer - i still feel like believing that it may be john, but not as MC because they still didnt want to show his face (which they only do to MC and they didnt call him by name so its not completely clear) also, that this game will feature battles on reach, but not the actual fall itself (all speculation however)

@YungXclusive2K9 - of course you know all this, you have inside sources that tell you right

@peowpeow - i believe that during the battle of reach, there were 30 but split into 2 groups, 27 down to reach and 3 (john, fred and kelly i believe) away from it

@kaveti6616, Kevin ButIer and the rest of the haters - what do you get out of bashing a title? honestly wondering

@NoBias - you know, i would love to see a game have a cover system taht stays in first person...where if you get close enough to the edge of the cover, you actually peak around or above the covering object to shoot and then move in the opposite direction to remain covered again

if anyone knows a current game that does that, i would love to hear it cause id like t try it out, as far as i know, once you go to cover, it goes to third person view

EDIT: answered question from my thoughts before reading the actual article

if you watch a high def version like the one on b.net, you would notice that the skull isnt actually painted on, but scratched out...it was one of the first things that actually caught my attention when watching the trailer...his helmet is badass

everything else, seems spot on

[barom]

I thought it looked a bit too Gears'ish. That said it looked good but not really mindblowing as some hyped it up to be. If it sports the 4-player online/offline splitscreen, that would be extremely impressive. If not then it's not really that great.

[NecrumSlavery]

So is this going to be like Full Spectrum Warrior or C&C Renagade?

How is the commanding of your platoon work? Or even sweeter, can we get 6-8 player campaign modes online? where you actually get a full team. So we can roll out with out anyone getting stuck with an idiot NPC who can't drive.

[Montrealien]

New halo reach info comes out and on N4G all we see in the comments sections are people complaining and hating on Halo, while the people that seem interested in the game gets bombarded with dissagrees.

Gj job people, your hate for this franchise is infact helping this Hype you all speak of, the game is already in the hot list on n4g and its a year away...oh the irony.

[StanLee]

A lot of hate in here. Let me say this, Microsoft has nothing to gain and everything to lose if the trailer misrepresents the leaps the Halo franchise is taking because if the final game doesn't live up to the expectations of the trailer, the backlash would be epic. I think the trailer is in-engine, I think the game will be fantastic and I think it will be the biggest game of 2010.

[lowcarb]

1.20 - bandit
"You've seen (one) touched up cutscene and you're suddenly crying from the rooftops that the 360 is the most powerful? Get over yourself."

So did you bother telling this to PS3 fanboys that made the same claims with MGS4, Lair, Heavenly Sword, UC, UC2, KZ2, and now Heavy Rain? Don't attack us for showing a bit of excitement kind of like whats gone on this entire generation with every game released for PS3. We already know HAlO REACH should look better due to time so no need to repeat that. I just don't see the point of getting bothered in a Halo thread with it's fans. If we brought it up in a PS3 thread sure but other than that take it to the open zone.

[pixelsword]

...a great trailer for things to come; if and when Bungie decides to reveal gameplay, they will.

Until then, all I have to say is it is an awesome trailer and I can't wait until the game comes out!

[Traveler]

For those saying it is CG, well I guess that is a high compliment to the graphics, but it has been in fact confirmed to be an actual in-engine cinematic. It looks fantastic. 2010 is honestly shaping up to be one of the greatest ever.

[Dutch Boogie]

Hmm since the release of the video i have done my own dissecting and although it could use more work, so far it is looking good. I suppose it's good news to 360 fans and Halo fans. 2010 looks like a good year for both systems. I might get a 360 Arcade for copied games. Alan Wake is the only game i'll probably buy on the 360 next year.

[kaveti6616]

Thanks for letting us know of your plans. We were dying to know.

[Dutch Boogie]

Truth hurts i know right? Yeah we really wanted to know what you thought of my opinion lol.

[avengers1978]

The real truth is this game did not look that great it could have easily been halo 3 or ODST. It basically is ODST but with spartan squads instead of shock troops. It might be a new engine but it's the same old hardware, and it shows since new games look basically the same as old games on the 360. PS3 games on the other hand just keep getting better and better as more people learn how to unlock it's full potential

[Ps_alm3k]

It's Cg ...........................

[Nikuma]

That is some bad CG then. Insecure much?

[Bnet343]

lol that's not good enough to be CG. If you think this is CG that just goes to show that the graphics were that good.

[Saaking]

Isn't it kinda like an ingame cutscene? IF it was CG it would look leaps and bounds better. Anyways, compare the Reach trailer to ODST's Cutscenes and you'll see the huge leap.

[r0s3b0wl23]

Analysis: Major piece of crap that's going to sell millions anyway because gamers are retards that can be bought off with marketing just like the idiots who like Britney Spears and other nonsense.

RIP Gaming Industry

[Shaka2K6]

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[avengers1978]

The gaming industry is not dead, the 360 might be but the PS3 is gaining more and more momentum, and has tons of great exclusive games out now and the near future of 2010 is full of great PS3 games.

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

Thing is...if that was ingame.. What type of AA are they using?I see no jaggies at all

[peowpeow]

I am pretty sure they said this scene IS the actual intro of the game

[jdktech2010]

people are slow to understand so I'll repeat it for you

The scene was actually in game using the engine that will be used for Halo Reach and according to Bungie, was part of the opening sequence for Halo Reach....btw, go back (doubt you've ever played the games anyway) and find one cg cutscene in any Halo game made by Bungie......I'll wait forever because it isn't there.....

People apparently don't understand the english language anymore....maybe video gaming is bad for you

[lowcarb]

"What type of AA are they using?"

Well they obviously touched it up a little for the unveiling.Also I think Bungie and MS are out to end the PS3 more powerful myth.

[Zishyfish]

With the Halo 3 video, they stated the graphics in the trailer was a target of what they wanted it to be like, whereas this video contains the actual running graphics they are using for one of their cutscenes. But I can understand not wanting to be bought in until actual game footage is shown, its only logical.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

This is pic example of the type of AA bungie may be using.

[TheBand1t]

I imagine it's like what they did with Uncharted 2 - Which is use in-game assets but boost AA during cutscenes.

[Myze]

@3.6

Yep, it's in-engine assets, like most games that do non-cg cutscenes (usually not all cutscenes, but think of the ones in UC2 or MGS4), but it's not running realtime. They use the game's engine to create the scene, but it's rendered on a computer with massive AA and higher poly/res models, etc. The thing is, it tells us next to nothing about what the game will actually look like, one way or the other, since pre-rendered in-engine shots can be made to look well beyond what is capable during actual game processing. That being said, even if this is 100% what the game will look like, it still won't surpass some of the games already released this generation, yet it will be the best looking 360 game and does look nice.

[siyrobbo]

its like killzone 2 all over again, nobody believed the game would be as good as the first trailer, but guerilla proved everybody wrong

We'll just have to wait and see

[spinbot_lv1]

agree.you've explained perfectly the differences between in-engine assets and real-time graphics in game .the trailer it's not running in real time.

[dabri5]

look at a higher def video. Also look at the objects in the background. You can see them a little bit. I watched the hd version of the trailer on my 52" tv last night. I could see them.

[Perkel]

@ siyrobbo

the diffrence is that K2 render looked just OMG and they delivered it with some flaws but 90% of this omg render was delivered. And it wasn't just art style but tech and power with no tricks.

In halo trailer they only showed few objects with SSAA (AA is touched up people, go beyond3d for more info) and still quality of graphic (tech and art style) isn't OMG as people expected from new engine.

It may be only this scene but for first trailer from new engine they should show some improvements over H3.

B3D forum noticed only improved lightning and better models (more polygons) and ofc this superior AA which is probably BS (read in-engine assets render not gameplay).

Also thing is lightning was good in H3 so lighting in reach isn't much upgraded (still looks v good).

Better poly models is big plus.

Hope they show new trailer with some serious fireworks for 10mln game..

[dabri5]

No, he didn't get it right. The video is running real time using higher quality lighting/shadows/AA/char models being generated in real time using the in game engine. It's able to look better than whats running durring game play because the system does not have to contend with extra information like AI/control input. This is a common technique used in many games. A good example of this is in gears of war or Mass effect 2 when you see the higher detailed models/textures load in during a cut scene. The way he describes it is a computer records the video before hand and this pre rended video is saved via a media file and played via a specific trigger point in the game. What I am saying, this video is just a bunch of scripted movements and camera angle changes saved and run / processed in real time durring with the in game engine. The difference is big. One, all the work is being done off the console. Two the work is being done on the console.

[TheTruth2009]

When the mainstream media jumps on a topic of debate or conversation, that proves its relevance.
It shows that regardless of one's feelings about another topic or issue, what drives listeners, viewers, or readers is what is popular and groundbreaking.

Halo: Reach will be GROUNDBREAKING.

I can't wait for the IGN article explaining why Uncharted 2 received Game of the Year Honors last night.
They'll go in-depth with the information describing the storyline, graphics, its impact on the gaming commun...

Huh?
What?
No?

My bad.

Uncharted 2 is already forgotten.

The PS3 Fanbase never supported the title.

NO ONE CARES.

See you in 2010. :-)

And let the beatings begin.

[TheBand1t]

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[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

UC2 is forgotten? Then please explain what happened to Forza 3 & ODST your biggest 'selling' games of this year?

We don't keep on talking about our games on the internet you dumbsh1t! we actually play them unlike you dumbass idiots who buy the 360 exclusive games just to add up the sales numbers yet you don't play them.

GTFO! because NO ONE CARES!

[Zishyfish]

Well the PS3 did come out a year later, it would be rational to assume it had the better graphical capabilities, but nevertheless I am quite impressed with the portrayal of Reach. I have been eager for a more gritter looking Halo since Halo 2, which was too....shiny in my opinion.

[Socrates]

I know what you are trying to say with that but it doesn't really make a lot of sense if you think about it. The Wii also came out a year later but is much weaker than the 360 or the PS3. There is nothing that says that a console that comes out later will be more powerful than one that came out earlier. It is really determined by the architecture that the maker decides to put into the console. Lots of developers have told us that the two consoles are pretty close in power, but that the 360 has the edge in terms of real world performance. The two are close enough though that it comes down to how skilled the individual developers are more than anything else.

[SonySoldier]

NO ONE CARES what you have to say about pretty much anything. Your logic includes how MS is "the best console ever to be made in this planet" and "everything sony does is wrong and their games suck even if they win awards for game of the year."

So do everyone a favor and just not post your idiot slogan about something that pretty much reflects on yourself.

[Traveler]

Oh, the irony. Somebody with the name SonySoldier is lecturing a 360 fanboy about being a fanboy.

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

The very 1st trailer for Halo3 was all CGI target render. Now,I'd love to believe this is pure ingame running cutscene,but..with past experience I reserve judgement.People,I notice,always see..what they want to see,I saw some kids on the gametrailers site spewing bs like 'teh trailer is awesome!! Better than teh Crysis!' ,now...I wanna play the beta to see what to expect.the Halo 3 beta and the final game looked very similar,the beta just had loads more of glitches. But looking at the trailer,it makes me notice the background,in H3,they said the landscape would be 4km a level and . .well,the landscape was pretty linear.the far away 'ingame' landscapes werent really there...so,it was white lie PR.

[lowcarb]

Not sure if it looks better than crysis but it definitely is already looking better than KZ2. I bet ten bucks that Reach gameplay is going to upset you when the visuals pee pee on ya.

[TheBand1t]

I'd expect a game that comes out a year later than Killzone 2 to look better, much like I expect Killzone 3 to look better to both.

[The BS Police]

Bungie did not create that TV sp[ot, infact Bungie even stated weeks in advanced before it aired that it was CGI and was not what they game would look like.

[TheBand1t]

You've seen (one) touched up cutscene and you're suddenly crying from the rooftops that the 360 is the most powerful? Get over yourself.

I'll reiterate my point: I expect Halo Reach to look better then Killzone 2 because Killzone 2 came out a full year earlier. And I expect Killzone 3 to look better than Reach because it comes out later.

[PandemicPrawn0]

It's going to be weird playing the Halo games in chronological order.

Could you imagine what it's going to be like playing Halo Reach and then having to play CE after it?

It would be like being punched in the face.

Any takers on Microsoft re releasing the first three games running on the Reach engine?

[peeps]

isn't reach on the same engine as halo3 though? just an updated version.

just doesn't really look like a brand new engine

[dabri5]

No, Halo ran on it's own engine. Halo 2 ran on it's own engine. Halo 3 ran on a modified version of the Halo 2 engine. Halo ODST ran on the Halo 3 engine.

Halo: Reach is running off a brand new engine that was designed with the idea of taking full advantage of the 360 hardware. They even went as far as to swap information with Naughty Dog. They gave ND help with the multi-player components for UC2 and ND gave them some tips for the engine in Halo Reach. ND even has a ty to Bungie at the end of UC2.

[peeps]

i really. i knew they got on socially but never knew it was as a professional relationship as well. will have to look out for them at the end credits of UC2 :p

[pshizle]

Hopefully Bungie is true to their word this time with Reach and all of this is for real.

[Campy da Camper]

Ya, but who has room for a 3 foot air conditioning unit in their living room? If you played it for more than 20 minutes you could cook a Hot Pocket on the sucker.....hooot pooooocket.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

When we discuss nascar and chewing dip then your opinions will be beneficial to the discussion. Meanwhile STFU.

[OSIRUSSS]

Is there a Hard Release date set For this? Ah hell Release dates mean nothing when it well be leaked to the internet weeks before!!Victory for the LeakBox360.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

Is MS stupid or what? they don't hype up a new IP like Alan Wake which is 100x's better in terms graphics, quality & story yet Halo: Reach is getting all the press.

What kind of dumb, idiotic, stupid company would push a franchise that's already established rather than giving a push to their new IP's?. This is why the PS3 is the best platform for exclusives because one game isn't bigger than the other but they are all equal and they all get the same respect from Sony.

Starting this Thursday the 360 is finished because these 4 games, FF13, GT5, GOW3 & R3 will own the remaining 2 weeks of December and the whole of next year when the rest of them are released.

[Mattey]

All you guys think bungie is competing to make their game have better graphics then kill zone or whatever. They are in their own world over at that studio, they dont give a poo about kill zone. They are just focusing on their game. They know what they doing, and reach will at least be great if not amazing.

[Xi]

But lets say it's close.

throw in a hud
throw in a weapon model
throw in some gunfire and explosions
throw in some enemies
throw in some vehicles
throw in all the other stuff halo games have had in the past.

What you see is an empty boring scene compared to what it will eventually look like, and bungie still has a year to add finishing touches.

also, for those calling the first halo 3 release BS too?
this was the alpha

http://z.about.com/d/xbox/1...

notice the armor with the same shiney concrete finish?

it was removed because of art direction, not because it was something bungie couldn't do? There's a scene in halo 3 that looks as good, if not better then that trailer.

[socomnick]

There is a big difference. That concrete armor was from pre alpha when they were still making thehalo 3 engine.

This is from alpha , from the games beginning sequence meaning the game is well into development the engine is for the most part finalized.

[xg-ei8ht]

Zishyfish

You cannot use that one, the PS3 was supposed to launch a year earlier, the reason the PS3 does what it does is mainly due to cell taking the load from the GPU.

The more load you put on cell, the more the gpu can be used for other types of fx.

From what i've seen though, Naughty dog has mastered the cell better then anyone so far, although killzone2 comes close.

But i'm also interested in the cell type aa in saboteur. Very intersting indeed.

also.

we won, stop smoking to much of the good stuff.

Seriously

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/d...

Look at the mountain in the background, just looks like a basic bland texture, the textures on the floor are poor as well.

It's a cinematic trailer, you'll have to wait and see when it comes.

[socomnick]

Yea but thats actual geometry not painted skyboxes and fluff that kz2 has and uncharted 2 has.

You will hopefully be able to go out there and play in that gigantic environment.

[lh_swe]

You know both those games look amazing and all developers use small tricks like that so that they don't have to create a whole city 5 miles away just so it'll look nice for those 30 seconds you are going to see it before moving on.

[Traveler]

But it's true that Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 are much more linear and controlled than Halo is. Think about Prototype or Infamous, their graphics aren't that good, but that is because they have big open environments. Now obviously Halo isn't that open, but it's still more open than most shooters. If it has graphics anything close to this while maintaining the traditional openness of Halo games it will be extremely impressive from a technological perspective.

[ckane15]

Halo was good the second, third,Halo wars,reach ,its all milk milk the franchise getting a bit boring

[avengers1978]

It looked like old footage it could easily have been ODST or Halo3, but the bots are out to defend it in force, but there arguments are without merit. It did not look as good as actual in game footage from KZ2 and the Reach trailer was clearly CGI tring to show the power of the new engine but it failed. What it did show is that the 360 has maxed out it's potential and did so 2 years ago, The Reach trailer was a clear demonstration on how Microsoft needs some real "next gen" Hardware, and not the outdated failbox they have out now. Being the first one out of the gate does not seem to be that great anymore, and even with there more than year long lead on shelves there sales are barely above the PS3. Sorry Bots but MS is about to be bringing out a new console or they are going to die.

[Traveler]

Ahem.. your bias is showing.

[Bluemaster77]

I sincerly wished that he PS3 Fans would cease trying to dump on the game , are you guys threatened or something even saking isnt spewing Garbage may you guys could learn something from him. Its about the games not the companies behind thing game on and peace out

[Dorwrath]

OMG you PS3 fanboys are something else.

You know this is what Microsoft wanted didn't ya. Everyone talking about it. Doesn't matter whether it's good or bad. Your just adding fuel.

If you don't like the franchise, fine nobody has a issue with that. It's your immaturity that people have issues with.

It really says something when the word Halo is mentioned doesn't it. You PS3 fan boys piss your panties.

Sony would kill for a shooter franchise as big as Halo. You go to work and people aren't talking about Uncharted 2 winning game of the year(Well deserved winner by the way) they are talking about the Halo Reach trailer. That's what MS and Bungie wanted and they achieved it. You guys are helping too.

Fanboys on all sides of the fence are bad, but you guys take it to a whole new level of handbag swinging when the word Halo is mentioned.

I own all three consoles. I own Killzone 2. Do I like the game, no. Do I go into a killzone 3 post and act like a spoilt little brat, no.

2010 is going to be an awesome year for gamers. Sadly it's going to be spoilt by immature fanboys.

My appoligies to any true gamer out there be you PS3 or Xbox, this wasn't directed at you.

[shysun]

You may not go into killzone threads and complain but plenty of 360 owners do. If any MS game is slipping in any department you best believe that PS3 owners are going to point it out( they deserve to after the crap they take from the 360 fan boys). Its an on going saga, that will NEVER end!

I own all three console too and I'm calling this game out also.

[Dorwrath]

Oh I agree both are bad.

Unfortunately when the word Halo is mentioned it gets to a whole knew level which goes beyond just plain fanboy and becomes immature childish behavior.

One or two fanboy in any subject is expected on this site, however every other comment is just plain pathetic.

It's the fanboy mentality of the better graphics means a better game which is totally amusing to me.

I don't totally blame the fanboys. I blame the people who run this site too. They could have cut this crap out from day one, but they failed and they keep on failing.

See this: "This section is heavily moderated by the N4G staff, so leave your fanboyism at the door please. Members who are unable to behave in a mature and respectful manner will be temporarily or permanently restricted from posting in the Gamer Zone. Using words such as Xbots and Sony droids, or other words from the console war vocabulary, is strictly prohibited in this Zone."

See how many times have I used the word fanboy or someone else used the word fanboy in the article? Classic example of them doing nothing.

[shysun]

Not saying its not going to be a good game but if this was on any other console you guys would bash the hell out of these graphics. Teh texture this, teh face model that. I just had to point it out.

[Traveler]

No, you are absolutely wrong. PS3 is my favorite console, but the reason I praise Halo Reach's graphics is because they deserved to be praised. The thing a lot of my fellow PS3 gamers don't seem to understand is that if you want people to respect the PS3 and its fanbase we need to show the same respect to other gamers and their games and consoles. Halo Reach looks fantastic, why deny it?

[devilhunterx]

Gaylo 3.5 with sub-HD confirmed.

Move along people.

[mr mintleaf]

is the word that comes to mind when viewing this trailer... I'm not a Halo Hater, just that this trailer caused me to have an unexpected nap.

[Xbox360_owns]

If you look at the CG in Halo Wars you can clearly tell it is still way ahead of what we have seen in any game engine thus far. Don't get me wrong, I think it looked incredible and as good as KZ2. I can't wait to play it!

Kudos Bungie it looks like another great game, can't wait to see more footage...

[The Iron Sheik]

I don't know what the bots are seeing when they say this looks better than Killzone 2. To me this looks like an average multiplat game. Not bad but not mindblowing and certainly not near Killzone 2 or Uncharted.

And when did bots start caring about graphics? From what I read they only care about teh salez.

[Traveler]

Then again, when did the Playstation fan base become so obsessed with graphics? Last generation we had the weakest console, but we loved it for its games. I don't think being a hypocrite is a good thing.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

I think people are confused what is CG and what the 360 is actually capable of. Gears of War alone should have addressed those issues.

[Traveler]

Oh, Gears of War looks fantastic, but I think this handily outclasses it in the graphics department.

[flash240]

i like both consoles but if you wanna talk about exclusives ,ps3 hasnt had one to sell over 5 million copies google it thats what i did lmfao
im just saying

[streety519a]

When this game is released everybody will want to be the Spartan with the skull motif on his helmet. That dude looks bad-ass. He's sharpening a curved dagger on his armour whilst grenades are strapped to him for gods sake! One spark from that blade could blow him sky high and he just doesn't give a *&!£.