Is halo reach worth the hype
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I will give it a rent for sure, but after Halo 3, I'm a bit burned out on the whole "Halo" scene. Still, the multiplayer looks like fun to try with friends locally for a weekend or so.
So yes, I'll be giving it a try.
So yes, I'll be giving it a try.
Ermmm...well, it's not EXACTLY Boba Fett, but it's fairly close.LogicNProportion said:
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If you actually saw the work being done on some of the assets (especially 'broken suff') they look like sleek space-crafts out of either a Star-Wars or Star-Trek game, but with all of that 'dark colors' to be found in the Mass Effect games.Dyp100 said:
Basically, what they had in several places in ODST.
They might be a minority, and only a few, but it still doesn't stop the trebuchet feeling of being moved from the hard gungy Starship Troopers feeling to a 'space opera' feeling.
Maybe. From what I've seen it's pretty fucking amazing. If the beta is anything to judge on, I'm gonna go ahead and say yes. Let's just hope the story is as good as the multiplayer.
I think Metro 2033 exceeded it's hype, because there wasn't any. (Awnser to your hidden message: Doubt it)TheNamlessGuy said:
I very much doubt it will manage to reach the expectations of the hype, but I think there is no doubt that it will be a great game that gets played a LOT by me and my friends as well as many people online.
However because it is a Halo game and a successful mainstream action title, it isn't going to withstand all the angry hate it gets from people who either flat out dismiss it or write it off or delve deeply into it looking for stuff to hate. The problem with being a mainstream hyped up game is that you leave yourself as a massive target to a horde of elitists who will then go all out to make out the game to be the worst endeavor of human history.
Just to be clear, I have no problem with people merely not liking Halo but the people who have nothing better to do than rag on it endlessly I find no sympathy. But the fact remains, Halo: Reach, like all hyped games is destined to probably be damn good but not perfect and given its status as a 'mainstream shooter' is probably going to receive a good portion of aggressive hate.
However because it is a Halo game and a successful mainstream action title, it isn't going to withstand all the angry hate it gets from people who either flat out dismiss it or write it off or delve deeply into it looking for stuff to hate. The problem with being a mainstream hyped up game is that you leave yourself as a massive target to a horde of elitists who will then go all out to make out the game to be the worst endeavor of human history.
Just to be clear, I have no problem with people merely not liking Halo but the people who have nothing better to do than rag on it endlessly I find no sympathy. But the fact remains, Halo: Reach, like all hyped games is destined to probably be damn good but not perfect and given its status as a 'mainstream shooter' is probably going to receive a good portion of aggressive hate.
L3m0n_L1m3 said:
I disagree. Starcraft 2 lived up to the hype for me, but that's because i played the original game and expansion to death and i loved the sequel. I'm still playing the pants off it now and am starting to get good at the multiplayer (seems i'm a zerg player at heart... go figure) which is and has always been the best part of the Starcraft series. I think the same holds true to Halo. Those who have played halo to death will love Reach, especially those who played the online obsessively. Say what you want about the fanbase and key demographic but they are the ones who will love Reach and play it endlessly. Living up to the hype always seems to rest on the multiplayer as its that experience that is the true test of a game's staying power and appeal to many people.TheNamlessGuy said:
Will Reach live up to the hype on single player? No, it probably will not as was the case for all the halo games before it with the exception of the first. Nearly every halo game got slagged off for a mediocre single player experience, i know gamespot for example thought halo 2 was a big pile of 'meh' and most people seemed to lose interest in halo 3's single player campaign in favour of the multiplayer experience. ODST may be the exception to this rule but this does not count as it had no MP component save for firefight and that was a bit of a dark horse in the series with different gameplay mechanics.
TL;DR: Yes it will live up to the hype but for the fans only. To the rest of the gaming community probably not. The MP will be what really sells it to players though and people will likely complain the single player is lackluster.
The multi-player will live up to the hype. Bungie is great at designing balanced, competitive and FUN MP. (though slow paced compared to MW 2) I think the campaign will be better than a lot of the naysayers think. Though I read the books and loved the story of reach and how the spartans fought to the death to defend it from the Covenant.
No game lives up to the hype. Ever. And it's peoples fault for that. We expect perfection, yet perfection is an impossibility.
That being said, the hype was damn effective. How effective was it? This game has restored my faith in the Halo franchise. I might have gotten it if i had an 360.
That being said, the hype was damn effective. How effective was it? This game has restored my faith in the Halo franchise. I might have gotten it if i had an 360.