Bungie Fills Halo: Reach With Assassinations

[Sixties Spidey]

Awesome. I just hope they solved that issue in the beta where assassinations had a tendency to lag like hell.

 

[digital warrior]

And it still wont be as stab happy as MW2. Thankfully.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

So...the standard "one melee" to the back is no longer lethal? You have to use this animation to assassinate?

 

[L4hlborg]

Hmmmm, I can also see this possibly leading to a lot of unnecessary deaths too, just like in Gears when you get the animation for chainsawing someone, theres usually someone else behind you waiting to strike once its over.

That happened to me in the beta every time I accidentally assassinated someone. Punching is faster and a lot more reliable.

 

[tlozoot]

Man that sounds cool. I admit though, I always screwed up the assassinations. Still the animations looked great, especially when the Elite grabs another by the neck, pulls him back and then stabs him in the throat. That was awesome.

I can't wait to see what other kind of Elite based assassinations there are in store for the Spartans to have to face... MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA.... I should probably get a job.

Elites are indeed more badass than Spartans. Too bad we can't tear it up in regular playlists with the Elites =(

 

[Xiorell]

So long as it doesn't have the AvP problem

"Hey look, that guy is killing that other guy, I'll just line up ready to kill him as soon as the animation is done"

 

[Jezzascmezza]

Hey, I'm basically buying this game because of the kick ass assassination animations. (3 "asses" in a row!)
Hearing that Bungie have put in heaps of them is great news for me.

 

[Jimmybobjr]

uhm... isnt this old news?
as in, year old?
or am i just psycic?

 

[Inco]

So...the standard "one melee" to the back is so longer lethal? You have to use this animation to assassinate?

You mean no* right?
If so.
It is still lethal, and you can do it instead making a "train of death" and save your teammate.
I got a bit pissed when a teammate wanted the glory kill, so he left me to die and then take the kill, whereas i never did the same.

Funny mention but. I like when you pick off the entire team from behind with all assassinations. Its really satisfying.

But yea, i am looking forward to this for the LAN games and the fun i will have doing this to friends.
Who won't be friends for that night... and maybe afterwards too

 

[Krong]

This sounds exactly like the 'special kills' from Aliens vs Predator 3. And everyone knows how well that worked out.

 

[Vrex360]

Man that sounds cool. I admit though, I always screwed up the assassinations. Still the animations looked great, especially when the Elite grabs another by the neck, pulls him back and then stabs him in the throat. That was awesome.

I can't wait to see what other kind of Elite based assassinations there are in store for the Spartans to have to face... MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA.... I should probably get a job.

Elites are indeed more badass than Spartans. Too bad we can't tear it up in regular playlists with the Elites =(

I know, it does kind of suck.
Still, we'll always have Invasion, and Firefight Versus, and the custom games like SVE and Covenant Slayer.
That helps a little.

 

[Glamorgan]

Looks a little game breaking. I'll wait to see how it plays out.

 

[Vrex360]

So...the standard "one melee" to the back is so longer lethal? You have to use this animation to assassinate?

I think you can still do both. Like if you just want to make it quick you just have to hit the button once but if you really want to hone it in you can make the assassinations more intense.
Admittedly though in the beta I never figured out the trick to that so I mostly just mashed the button in mad panic and so often I just brutally whacked some poor schmuck with the butt of my plasma repeater.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

So...the standard "one melee" to the back is so longer lethal? You have to use this animation to assassinate?

Nope, still lethal. But you can use the assassination for extra mockery. And then teabag your opponent anyway.

The one thing that surprised me about the beta was that the assassinations never got old. Hopefully it'll stay that way!

 

[Snowalker]

Seems like a reasonable addition so long as its not too easy to pull off. A reward for being able to sneak up behind another player without them noticing is pretty standard. For one I don't object to it

Its not easy to pull off, and theres a good chance, even though you got lucky enough to be behind them and melee them, you might just punch them dead instead.

 

[imnot]

ive seen some of the animations and they are pretty dam good, who wouldnt want to impale someone on a sword hoist them in the air and then slam them on the ground

 

[imnot]

Man that sounds cool. I admit though, I always screwed up the assassinations. Still the animations looked great, especially when the Elite grabs another by the neck, pulls him back and then stabs him in the throat. That was awesome.

I can't wait to see what other kind of Elite based assassinations there are in store for the Spartans to have to face... MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA.... I should probably get a job.

hers one!
skip forward to 9:40

 

[Digikid]

It's nice that they are incorporating Microsoft's corporate culture in the game.

ROFLMAO!!!!! Well said!!!!!

 

[Magnalian]

How exactly is this news? This has been common knowledge for anyone who has seen the first gameplay videos, or played in the beta.

 

[Vrex360]

Man that sounds cool. I admit though, I always screwed up the assassinations. Still the animations looked great, especially when the Elite grabs another by the neck, pulls him back and then stabs him in the throat. That was awesome.

I can't wait to see what other kind of Elite based assassinations there are in store for the Spartans to have to face... MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA.... I should probably get a job.

hers one!
skip forward to 9:40

Awesome. I love that, impaling a puny human and splattering his ruin onto the cold ground below. Heil the Sangheili.