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Subject: Halo: REACH is about all the books...

I keep seeing people say that those are the Spartans, and something about Fred's knife, now after reading Halo: Fall of Reach, I have learned that Fred doesn't obtain any special knife that big. So, is Halo Reach about all of the books? I am starting to think so. I am also starting to believe that big figure is Sam. Spartan 034.

[Edited on 06.25.2009 11:20 AM PDT]

  • 06.24.2009 6:01 PM PDT
Subject: So maybe Halo: REACH is about all the Halo books...?

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I have a feeling it will be about more than just the attack on Reach (at least i'm hoping for as much). But I doubt it will cover all the books, that is quite a tall order, not to mention there are many things that would need to be omitted for the sake of peoples understanding.

  • 06.24.2009 6:09 PM PDT

Posted by: SweetTRIX
I have a feeling it will be about more than just the attack on Reach (at least i'm hoping for as much). But I doubt it will cover all the books, that is quite a tall order, not to mention there are many things that would need to be omitted for the sake of peoples understanding.


Another reason that I believe they are going to murge the Halo books into this game. It would be too short if they cut out alot of the Fall of Reach.

  • 06.24.2009 6:12 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

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Posted by: SweetTRIX
I have a feeling it will be about more than just the attack on Reach (at least i'm hoping for as much). But I doubt it will cover all the books, that is quite a tall order, not to mention there are many things that would need to be omitted for the sake of peoples understanding.


Another reason that I believe they are going to murge the Halo books into this game. It would be too short if they cut out alot of the Fall of Reach.


Not necessarily. Say hypothetically the game will be base on the novel The Fall of Reach. If it were to cover engagements from the beginning of Spartan training all the way until they attack on Reach, there are several theatres of combat not to mention a great variety of POV's to play from. This could make for a fantastic game that could actually be farily long depending on how the levels are written around the books details.

My comment about things being removed was geared more towards the meat of the books, the story. Most of the Halo fanbase get's their knowledge solely from the games, as such if you made games that followed the books, they need to be made in a way that will allow people who are new to the story to comprehend. Afterall you cannot tell the story in a game the same way you would in a book.

  • 06.24.2009 6:26 PM PDT

i would love a 50+ hour game lol but about the one being sam i would have thought the one with sniper is sam since he does have the better eyes and ears

  • 06.24.2009 6:31 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Posted by: electrickworry
i would love a 50+ hour game lol but about the one being sam i would have thought the one with sniper is sam since he does have the better eyes and ears


The Spartans best sniper was Linda, so more than likely that is here. Considering that the banner is featuring known Spartans. That and the fact that Sam was huge, the largest of all Spartans. It could very well be Will, who is also larger than MC, just not quite as large as Sam.

  • 06.24.2009 6:36 PM PDT

yeah well i still have alot to read i just got the first 3 books and started a while ago just to learn more about this game and other stuff so i dont know that much.......yet lol

  • 06.24.2009 6:38 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Posted by: electrickworry
yeah well i still have alot to read i just got the first 3 books and started a while ago just to learn more about this game and other stuff so i dont know that much.......yet lol


Enjoy, they are good reads, specifically Fall of Reach, First Strike and Ghosts of Onyx.

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I agree on most of that. But if the game was just based on the attack of reach, then it would be an okay game, it wouldn't really have many mission objectives besides defend the plant (which they don't and lose), so they would have to make the levels long so it would be like another regular game, but it could make it boring. It could be like the beggining of the SPARTAN-II Projecy on reach. Think about it, Training would be like telling how to kove, shoot, and other controls in the game, as later on you might do some of the missions from the book, probably all or some. They might add a few that arn't in the book to make the game interesting. But I would want to ask,"who do you play as in Halo: Reach?", surely another SPARTAN, but who? Sam?(well not sure because he dies) Fred? Linda? Kelly? maybe John before he leaves the planet?

  • 06.24.2009 9:37 PM PDT

I'd like to see Reach be the first of the next arch in the Halo series. It could follow the books up until the end of Onyx where a new story could be told. Personally I'd like to see some where info on what the Elites do from here. Follow the Arbiter for a a game or two and lead him to where the Chief has crash landed . This could then continue on to learn more about the Forerunner and finding Blue Team in the shield world coming full circle.

  • 06.24.2009 10:17 PM PDT
Subject: Halo: REACH is about all the books...

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Posted by: SweetTRIX
Posted by: electrickworry
i would love a 50+ hour game lol but about the one being sam i would have thought the one with sniper is sam since he does have the better eyes and ears


The Spartans best sniper was Linda, so more than likely that is here. Considering that the banner is featuring known Spartans. That and the fact that Sam was huge, the largest of all Spartans. It could very well be Will, who is also larger than MC, just not quite as large as Sam.


i think the same to but no one quite listens (it has to be will)

[Edited on 06.25.2009 6:40 PM PDT]

  • 06.24.2009 10:25 PM PDT
Subject: So maybe Halo: REACH is about all the Halo books...?

Well, who knows, All I can tell is it has "Reach" in its name so maybe its gonna be only about fall of reach but I think it might be alittle more.

  • 06.24.2009 10:49 PM PDT

Posted by: Loving_Lisama
Well, who knows, All I can tell is it has "Reach" in its name so maybe its gonna be only about fall of reach but I think it might be alittle more.

I have some good arguments though right?

  • 06.25.2009 11:12 AM PDT

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  • 06.25.2009 11:37 AM PDT
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It could be like ODST, where your seperated from your squad, or where you play from each spartan's perspective.

  • 06.25.2009 11:43 AM PDT

hope so

  • 06.25.2009 11:47 AM PDT

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Bungie won't make a game where you have to read the books to understand the game. Simple. So we are probably seeing a new perspective, OR, Bungie willl exlain a lot during the course of the campaign.

  • 06.25.2009 12:15 PM PDT

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Doubt it. That's too much to cover. I bet the game will ONLY be about the (ground-side) Battle of Reach, we will be members of the nameless Spartan Team Beta (S259? S320?). The game could start off parallel to the books, but could quickly split off into a new perspective of the battle, which would better suit gameplay than the events from Fred or John's POV.

  • 06.25.2009 12:28 PM PDT
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It will probably be about the Fall of Reach, which is covered in the books The Fall of Reach and First Strike.

  • 06.25.2009 12:29 PM PDT
Subject: So maybe Halo: REACH is about all the Halo books...?

Maybe a two-disk game?I would like that though.
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Doubt it. That's too much to cover. I bet the game will ONLY be about the (ground-side) Battle of Reach, we will be members of the nameless Spartan Team Beta (S259? S320?). The game could start off parallel to the books, but could quickly split off into a new perspective of the battle, which would better suit gameplay than the events from Fred or John's POV.

  • 06.25.2009 12:30 PM PDT
Subject: Halo: REACH is about all the books...

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I have been analyising the video in more depth as i am such a big fan of the halo saga. I have noticed several things, i dont know if other people have noticed or anything im just speaking my mind.

1. The ring that is appeared to be on/behind the orbating moons.

2. "Unconfirmed report of an in-system slipspace rupture" This must mean a forced entry via hyperspace or other means of transportation uses.

3. "Fermion RSO: Reading multiple pings below the Orbital Defense Grid" Covenant carpet bombing?

4. Sierra could be the codename of the leader of the spartan unit that they are assigned too?

just ideas im throwing around, dont be too harsh if i am wrong. many thanks


  • 06.25.2009 1:17 PM PDT

Posted by: Martaaaan
I have been analyising the video in more depth as i am such a big fan of the halo saga. I have noticed several things, i dont know if other people have noticed or anything im just speaking my mind.

1. The ring that is appeared to be on/behind the orbating moons.

2. "Unconfirmed report of an in-system slipspace rupture" This must mean a forced entry via hyperspace or other means of transportation uses.

3. "Fermion RSO: Reading multiple pings below the Orbital Defense Grid" Covenant carpet bombing?

4. Sierra could be the codename of the leader of the spartan unit that they are assigned too?

just ideas im throwing around, dont be too harsh if i am wrong. many thanks



Sounds logical.

  • 06.25.2009 1:42 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Posted by: Martaaaan
I have been analyising the video in more depth as i am such a big fan of the halo saga. I have noticed several things, i dont know if other people have noticed or anything im just speaking my mind.

1. The ring that is appeared to be on/behind the orbating moons.

2. "Unconfirmed report of an in-system slipspace rupture" This must mean a forced entry via hyperspace or other means of transportation uses.

3. "Fermion RSO: Reading multiple pings below the Orbital Defense Grid" Covenant carpet bombing?

4. Sierra could be the codename of the leader of the spartan unit that they are assigned too?

just ideas im throwing around, dont be too harsh if i am wrong. many thanks


Here's my take:

1. Planetary ring, akin to that of Saturn.

2. All that means, most likely, is that there are ships returning to normal space inside of the Eplison system (where Reach is located). Ships making the transition cause a slipspace rupture.

3. Based on what we know from the novels, I believe this to be an invasion force of drop-ships moreso than a bombing run. Keye's called out one such incursion near the planetary poles, which is why he mobilized the Spartans in the first place (The Fall of Reach).

4. Sierra has typically been the code name for Spartan, so it could be any Spartan, even one's made specifically for this game.

  • 06.25.2009 3:47 PM PDT
Subject: So maybe Halo: REACH is about all the Halo books...?

meh, there should be somthing do do before the attack on Reach, like traning in the cave, or mabe they will have a mode called "riot controll" where you are in a building being mobed by an entire city's populace and you have to fight your way out and get to a LZ mabe? anyways, That is all.

  • 06.25.2009 3:52 PM PDT
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Where was MC during fall of reach?

and why wouldnt he be there?
if we dont play as him, itll probably at least talk about him and what he is doing during whatever theyre doing

  • 06.25.2009 5:45 PM PDT

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