XBOX [OT] - HALO: REACH - Bungie says Goodbye to Halo through a ViDoc coming August 2nd!

[Shyber]

You know, it'd be a downright shame if I'm the one making a spoilerrefic thread for Reach <_<
On mission 8 right now.

 

[USUF]

No one's talking about it in the main thread, you wanna make a spoilerrifoc one?...lol! Good luck with talking to other than me in that thread :lol:

Its really REALLY sad how people aren't even paying attention to this game over here...May be when the review scores start pouring in in a couple of day then people might notice...

 

[Gizmo]

^^So where's Conscript and Rap? Don't they like Halo too?

 

[Shyber]

No one's talking about it in the main thread, you wanna make a spoilerrifoc one?...lol! Good luck with talking to other than me in that thread :lol:

Its really REALLY sad how people aren't even paying attention to this game over here...May be when the review scores start pouring in in a couple of day then people might notice...

Damn, and you still stick around PG? O_O

Really, I mean, 360 fans post more in the Playstation threads than here.

 

[USUF]

Rap was gonna come to Pakistan today sometime, he said he'd be playing the game over here....Don't know about conscript.

Edit:

Damn, and you still stick around PG? O_O

Its fun seeing trolls, troll :lol:

 

[USUF]

A very interesting article on one of THE MOST integral part of the franchise - the audio and music and how Marty has completely blown the doors open on everything in Reach...

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/gaming/how-halo-reach-perfected-video-game-audio

In his combined office and recording studio in Bungie's Kirkland, Wash., offices, Audio Director Marty O'Donnell taps at a keyboard and, in Matrix-esque fashion, a purple alien attack craft dumps into the virtual space. He tosses a grenade at the Banshee and, as he explains that there are 13 separate sound effects triggered here, the explosion bangs against the craft, which rocks in place, sheds fuselage and sizzles. Then, all 13 effects roll down across the computer monitor as individual text markers.

It mentions that even the sound produced by empty shell casings of the Assault rifle hitting the ground varies from surface to surface. This is not something huge obviously but you can see how big the focus on the attention to detail was in the game..

What may be Halo's biggest audio innovation is O'Donnell himself, or rather the position of audio director. He's not the guy who wrote the music and handed it off to the executive producer. O'Donnell spends months in the stripey room, checking and tweaking the mix of score and effects, listening to the rattle of fragmentation grenades against the band that represents wood, then the one that's rubber, and making sure the muffled thump of an underwater explosion isn't lost in one of the countless overlapping layers of music. It's a role that doesn't even exist in the film world, where the final audio mix usually falls to the director and editor. From what I heard in O'Donnell's office, Reach's audio is just as painstakingly curated as the rest of the series. The adaptive scoring is more sophisticated, there are more layers to trigger and the variety of sound effects is industry-leading. That's the easy part. What's harder to understand is why Halo's music, the soundtrack of a sci-fi war, is so consistently refined, particularly when compared to other games.

 

[Shyber]

I already did state that sound effects seemed to have a HDR. The effects are mind blowing in a Surround Sound setup.

 

[Magma]

Looks pretty nice so far.
Cant wait to play online with no the worry of getting banned unlike you guys

 

[MrJayPlays]

Just played the game for about 30min on friends console
i mean WYH how u guys even manage to play such game? lolx i mean the enemies were like hehehe and looks to me a childish FPS game with THUSH THUSH BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRRRRRR POOOOOOOSHHHH sounds

 

[KING STING3R]

No reviews yet? hopefully it will be highly rated !

 

[energy12]

Just played the game for about 30min on friends console
i mean WYH how u guys even manage to play such game? lolx i mean the enemies were like hehehe and looks to me a childish FPS game with THUSH THUSH BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRRRRRR POOOOOOOSHHHH sounds

.. keep your thoughts to urself, either your perspective is justifiable or the millions of gamers out there who rated this block buster 10/10 are wrong

 

[opal]

Just played the game for about 30min on friends console
i mean WYH how u guys even manage to play such game? lolx i mean the enemies were like hehehe and looks to me a childish FPS game with THUSH THUSH BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRRRRRR POOOOOOOSHHHH sounds

Cmon man this is no way to ridicule a game, games are not all about shooting its about so many other things (music, gameplay, graphics and so many more), but nobody who has been playing games for last 12-15 years from the time of Dave can say such a thing about this game. Its like saying Dave was all about jumping from here and there. So even if you find a game childish initially give it a little time and then you will start enjoying it.

 

[USUF]

jayzyy would be giggling his ass off if he were to play the prior Halo games it seems :lol:

 

[Gizmo]

Just played the game for about 30min on friends console
i mean WYH how u guys even manage to play such game? lolx i mean the enemies were like hehehe and looks to me a childish FPS game with THUSH THUSH BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRRRRRR POOOOOOOSHHHH sounds

(lmao)(lmao) You said it bro

 

[R3Z0N]

Just played the game for about 30min on friends console
i mean WYH how u guys even manage to play such game? lolx i mean the enemies were like hehehe and looks to me a childish FPS game with THUSH THUSH BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRRRRRR POOOOOOOSHHHH sounds

Jayzzy our desi troll xD.

 

[wAnxTa]

lolx i mean the enemies were like hehehe and looks to me a childish FPS game with THUSH THUSH BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRRRRRR POOOOOOOSHHHH sounds

I thought the same thing when i was playing Halo 3 and never beat that game. But with Halo : Reach because of better graphics i kept playing the game and thank god i did ! Loving it !

 

[Necrokiller]

First official review is in:

Game Informer - 95

Any disappointment series fans felt after ODST should be completely washed away thanks to Reach. Make no mistake about it - this is the true follow-up to Halo 3. It's also a perfect way for Bungie to part with the series it turned into a phenomenon. [Oct 2010, p.92]

For reference, they rated Super Mario Galaxy 2 93, Bad Company 2 95, Halo 3 98 and Starcraft II, COD4, UC2 perfect 100s.

 

[Hacks]

This is definitely definitely definitely gonna score higher than Halo 3.

 

[Magma]

First official review is in:

Game Informer - 95


For reference, they rated Super Mario Galaxy 2 93, Bad Company 2 95, Halo 3 98 and Starcraft II, COD4, UC2 perfect 100s.

This is only for the campaign, right?

 

[Chandoo]

First official review is in:

Game Informer - 95


For reference, they rated Super Mario Galaxy 2 93, Bad Company 2 95, Halo 3 98 and Starcraft II, COD4, UC2 perfect 100s.

for the love of .. (lmao)

you're going to do this for every review the game gets aren't you ?