My Only Problem with Reach

[Miles Tormani]

When's the last time you were sniped in the head in a multiplayer match and didn't drop like a stone? The sniper weapons in the game are MADE to kill in one hit if you aim for the sweet spot. And so in cutscenes this will still work that way. As for the connector: the Spartans have REACTORS on their backs, how is having induction coils any more implausible? That and MAN-PORTABLE INTEGRATED FORCE FIELDS when even UNSC ships don't have shields yet.

Spoiler

1. As I have said many times, it was not a fucking sniper weapon. It was a Needle Rifle round. Those take at least six rounds to kill, even if you aim for the head with all shots. This Needle Rifle did not work that way in the cutscene. That is what I've been saying this entire time.

2. Those are not reactors. Those are the modules for their armor abilities.

3. Man-portable integrated force fields. Technology that as you said would be only equipped on Mjollnir armor because nothing else has that technology (except the Sabre). If it's a standalone technology, it would not have a compatible power supply with a standard radio, and "boosting" the signal with something that powerful would more likely short-circuit the radio rather than actually power it up.

I know, yeah. Halo has never been a perfect game at everything, nonetheless. Heck, I didn't even notice something out of place my first playthrough, I was just enjoying the game for the game's sake. Only when I came onto the Escapist, did I have any idea people were noticing something out of place.

Well, that's kind of the thing. This is the only problem I had with the campaign, story-wise. So it's the only one I argue.

 

[IBlackKiteI]

Well, Halo games have never been good at making you like their characters.

Lies, everyone loved johnson

Yeah...ten years ago.

first halo came out 9 years ago, insult fail.

Wasnt an insult, and I was rounding off.

Would you rather say 29 seconds or 30 seconds?

 

[Dogstile]

Well, Halo games have never been good at making you like their characters.

Lies, everyone loved johnson

Yeah...ten years ago.

first halo came out 9 years ago, insult fail.

Wasnt an insult, and I was rounding off.

Would you rather say 29 seconds or 30 seconds?

Would you think me a complete dick if I said 29? Because I tend to do so. It annoys the hell out of my friends.

 

[IAmWright777]

I don't know if it's just me, but it's kind of disturbed me that in halo 1 spartans were the silent protagonist, but nowadays they're these characters filled with real emotion and personality.

Edit: Might as well just remove the whole tinted visor thing and just reveal their faces while you're at it, Bungie.

They were Spartan II's. Master Chiefy was a Spartan 3. 3's were created from scratch to be super soldiers, while the 2's were real soldiers who were melded with the technology. So emotions and crap remained.

I think you got that backwards.

Chief is a Spartan II. II's are the taller, stronger spartans, while the III's are what you play and what your squad in Reach are. Except Jorge, who's a II.

I could swear this is a plot screw-up. I thought the Spartan II program wasn't started until the Ghosts of Onyx novel, which took place well after the fall of Reach... Right? Few Spartans survived Reach, which I thought was the purpose of starting a new program. They even pulled a Spartan II out of the action to train the new group...

Well, you're right, and wrong. True that the Spartan III program wasn't started until Ghost's of Onyx. However, that kinda takes place before, during, and after the events of Reach. No Spartan IIIs would have been around whose age matches Noble Team. That being said, I could be wrong. Either way, I did like what Bungie attempted with the story.