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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
- Thread starter Slightly Live
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Well... fuck, I could swear I heard "releasing" in March, but I'm too lazy to go back and re-read the latest updates, and re-listen to the recent podcasts, so carry on.urk said:
Aaaaand BTW, the latest sage and carney one was the first one actually recorded in March, you're telling me you guys have two more already recorded. Backpedal total confirmed lol, but that's ok, two podcasts releasing so close to each other was too good to be true anyway.
squidhands
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godhandiscen said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2K8S0AliYo
EDIT: Thanks for ruining my day, urk. Info drop better be sweet.
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
urk said:
Aye. I'm having a hard time being disappointed considering the deluge that's going on. The last podcast was a data feast, something new today, the Feast of Bones article, something else later this week. Another podcast on top of all that would probably kill us. I know my old heart couldn't take it.Letters said:
squidhands
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urk said:
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Zeouterlimits
Member
I hate Halo Reach!urk said:
Infinity Ward buy their fans podcasts and ice-creams and skittles whenever their fans ask!
These smiles are making this php dev survivable.
Neverender
Member
Any bets on the focus of the next bucket of info? My money's on invasion.
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
I hope you are right. Invasion is what I'm dying to know about. If it turns out to be even a little similar to what I think it might be I'll go crazy.Neverender said:
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
Just going from what little info there is in the video I think it might be UNSC vs. Covenant with a focus on objective game modes. I'm probably just hoping more than anything though.urk said:
electricpirate
Member
Neverender said:
i think we won't hear about that till we are closer to the beta.
After that massive drop on the weapons in the sandbox I'm thinking we get to learn about "loadouts."
There was a Slayer variant as well. It does seem to be Covenant invading vs. Humans defending, either themselves or objectives (the generators). I'm curious whether those are the only variants.AwesomeSyrup said:Just going from what little info there is in the video I think it might be UNSC vs. Covenant with a focus on objective game modes. I'm probably just hoping more than anything though.
Yup, that's what I've been predicting. Sage mentioned that no one loadout is necessarily better than the other, so I think there's more to them than armor abilities.electricpirate said:
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
Yeah seeing the Slayer in the vid is what confuses me.GhaleonEB said:
Neverender said:
Bungie already said Invasion is most likely going to be the last reveal so I would say that is a few weeks away. My money is on loadouts being talked about in depth today.
My guess is that everything is revealed 2 weeks before the beta hits culminating in a multiplayer vidoc a week prior to the Beta.
The Librarian
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Hm. I can't really think of anything other than armor abilities for loadouts, but I guess we'll see.GhaleonEB said:
RebornYeti
Member
squidhands said:
Sit where?!?
Anyway, I would like to know what loadouts are. It's been destroying me not knowing.
Zeouterlimits
Member
I too hope for this, as long as it is customisable for custom games.Letters said:
Hydranockz
Member
Do I use sprint to get to the flag on Hallway or do I use the jetpack?!?!?!Zeouterlimits said:
EDIT: Actually, I would love it if players can use a snapshot of the map as a preview. As of now you can't tell the difference between any two Sandbox variations unless you go into the map first. A snapshot would go a long way.
Major Williams
Member
Good analysis, but the pattern detailing of the visor does not match the smoothness of the helmet's visor in the mystery pic.Trasher said:Putting money on it that it is sadly.
Bungie: "Hahaha it's gonna be SO funny when we tell them that MC is actually in Reach! *chuckle chuckle chuckle* Best joke EVAR!"
Helmet in that picture looks like this one btw:
Which is apparently a Master Chief collectors costume which you can buy for the small price of 750 US dollars.
http://www.urban-collector.com/machcoco.html
The scuffing on the helmet even looks the same as the one in the mysterious picture.
The detailing of the visor is a little too smooth to me to truly point to the MC's visor. I sincerely hope I'm wrong, but we'll see. The other user of something similar to the mark VI helmets (and mark IV as seen in Legends) are Fred, the 2 others
who died in that episode
I really hope this isn't some sort of fan work - there's enough already, and while this does look like it would be high quality fan work, I'm more interested in seeing an actual ad campaign for Reach now.
squidhands
Member
-Yeti said:
:lol
Right here.
Today's story will surface on Game Informer.com - not sure of the timing, we got the interview and a truck load of assets over to them a little late yesterday so I reckon it will take some time to get it all gussied up and posted.
If Monday's podcat wasn't a big enough hint, this week is Reach Multiplayer Beta Sandbox Week. (sorry, that doesn't include Invasion... stay tuned). Next week: The Maps of the Reach Beta.
And yeah, another podcast is not coming out this week. We did get another one in the can already but it's actually meant as a supplemental special edition show, it's not a "regular" podcast. It's something new we're trying to spin up, a periodic retrospective series. We'll still have a regular podcast for April though and we're going to try and cram it full of multiplayer beta goodness.
If Monday's podcat wasn't a big enough hint, this week is Reach Multiplayer Beta Sandbox Week. (sorry, that doesn't include Invasion... stay tuned). Next week: The Maps of the Reach Beta.
And yeah, another podcast is not coming out this week. We did get another one in the can already but it's actually meant as a supplemental special edition show, it's not a "regular" podcast. It's something new we're trying to spin up, a periodic retrospective series. We'll still have a regular podcast for April though and we're going to try and cram it full of multiplayer beta goodness.
electricpirate
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ManCannon said:
Thanks, go pat yourself on the back with a Dr. Beckers
Deadly Cyclone
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ManCannon said:
Sounds good to me, I like assets.
RebornYeti
Member
squidhands said::lol
Right here.
Dude, I would sit in that any day. :lol
EDIT: Ooh, info at Game Informer. Son, I am excite.
ManCannon said:
Devin Olsen
Member
Interesting... Has it been confirmed yet if the Falcon will be showing up in the beta or not? I am quite interesting to try it out.ManCannon said:
Hydranockz
Member
What address can I send all my love (in candy form) to?ManCannon said:
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
Thank you, I'm glad I'm not the only person dying to hear/read/see about the vehicles. I need to know what new vehicles(if any) are like and I need confirmation the Gauss is back.GhaleonEB said:So good. Thanks.
(Here's hoping "sandbox" includes vehicles.
Thagomizer
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When's the next time we are going to get Campaign info?
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
Hopefully never. I want everything to be a surprise when I play through it.Thagomizer said:
Miggytronz
Member
oh man i cant wait.
Thagomizer said:
Mid-June. Apparently there's some big thing going on in Los Angeles at that time.
Until then, it's all MP beta, all the time.
And I hate to be the bearer of potentially bad news...but I also feel bad when I see so much intense excitement and anticipation when I know the outcome. So, spoiler:
The Faclon is not in the multiplayer beta.
Hydranockz
Member
I'll live.ManCannon said:
Prophet Steve
Member
Well, that news could have been taken worse. :lol
RebornYeti
Member
ManCannon said:
Hopefully we get at least one new vehicle in the Beta.
I have... HIGH HOPES! High in the sky, apple pie hopes.