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HALO: REACH

Information, Ideas and Suggestions.



Basic Information:

-Halo: Reach will be a First-Person Shooter as quoted here in the FAQs

-It will take place on the planet Reach, before the events of Halo: CE

-Halo: Reach is a Prequal to Halo: CE

-The Planet, Reach, was the UNSC Headquarters. It homed the main armory and Military training programs

-Bungie President, Harold Ryan confirmed that Reach may include some NATAL Features
-The Halo: Reach teaser was exactly, 1:17 long

-Reach was reveiled at the 2009 E3 Media Breifing

-The only known characters are: Sierra 259 and Sierra 320

-The game is rumored to be a squad based tactical shooter

-You will play as one of the many spartans during the battle of Reach

-The Halo Movie was supposed to follow the story of Reach

-Halo: Reach Falls 2010, Reach Falls

-Many believe that the game will be based off the entire book, The Fall of Reach, while others think it would be too difficult for Bungie programmers to create and it will only be based on the Fall of Reach



Graphics:

Many have been begging Bungie for new, more "Realistic" graphics for Halo: Reach, while others speculate that Bungie will use the same, Halo 3 Engine with some updates to fullfill reach with it's Haloish beauty.

When asked about Reach's Graphics, Bungie Quoted: "We also looks to fulfill the promise of delivering a brand new graphical engine that pushes the visual aura of the game to suit the current generation."

Bungie plans to push the limits with HALO: Reach, better graphics, better gameplay, and better than Halo 3. While Reach is based off of Eric Nylund's: The Fall of Reach, it will introduce different aspects of the Halo Universe.



HALO: REACH Banner, Explained
Found by privet caboose

(The following article is explaining the Characters in this picture)

The far left is clearly Sam, he looks different, because he's in Mark IV armor, thats what he died in, he was a head taller then the other spartans, Bigger, and stronger.

Next to Sam is kelly, she was the smallest I think, She was the fastest, by far. Had the quickest reflexes as well.

John is in the middle, he is the leader, and his weapon of choice is the Assault Rifle.

Next to John is Fred, because Fred used the combat knife, which is what he is clearly holding in the picture.

And Finally, Linda, because she has the sniper.

For those who are saying, "It can't be Sam because he died" or "Linda and John weren't on Reach" well how about this, the game isn't JUST on the fall of reach, it's probably over the entire book, so Sam would play a large role. Also, John and Linda came back to Reach to save the other spartans.



Probable Game Features:

Halo Reach may feature many aspects of Halo 3 and HALO 3: ODST.

Some features that will most likely be included with Halo: Reach are:

-Campaign
-Co-Op Campaign
-Multiplayer/Matchmaking
-Custom Games/Private Match
-Forge (Possible)
-Theatre
-Firefight (If it turns out to be a hit)

The game may also have certain parts which will be compatible with XBOX's NATAL gaming, which was confirmed by Harold Ryan.



Weapons/Shields/Armor

Due to the time period in which HALO: Reach is based certain weapons will and will not be in the game. Some such as the, Assault Rifle, Magnum, SniperRifle, RocketLauncher and the Plasma Pistol will most likely stay.

Some that may not be included are the Battle Rifle, the Brute Shot, SMG, and the Spartan Laser. Halo: Reach is before the events of Halo: CE so many of the weapons will not be put into use until years later.

Spartans will not be equipt with MJOLINOR MARK IV armor, instead they will be protected by MJOLINOR MARK V battle armor which requires health packs for full shield regeneration. Personally I would like to see the Halo: CE HUD Display and Assault Rifle in HALO: Reach, but that is just me.

In Reach, according to the timeline, the grenades should have the Halo: CE pull time and the Halo: CE Shield Regeneration rate.



What I would like to See:

Personally, I would like to see a slight graphics update, new maps in Matchmaking and some from Halo 3 such as Guardian, The Pit, Narrows, and HighGround, but offcourse remade with the new engine.

I would like to see updated network systems for faster searches, I would like to see the Battlerifle, even though it wasn't in use during the time of Reach, and I would love to see a intergrated Group/Clan option as used in Halo 2.



PLEASE POST QUESTIONS, CORRECTIONS, OR STATE YOUR OPINION/SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC!

~Cydronix

Thanks for your patience!


References:
-http://www.skoar.com/news/admin/halo-reach-to-be-visually-ins pired-aaa-title.html?Itemid=46
-http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link =BWU060509
-http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=33563678
-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464037/
-http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo:_Reach
-http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Reach
-http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Mark_IV

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