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Posted by: Monisevenor Izit
First, let me say that I love every Halo game except Halo Wars (which I do own). When I started watching the trailer I was like "Okay... what is it?" and then it said Halo Reach. At that point I figured I'd see what else was shown (if anything). Nothing. But guess what? I don't need any more details, I already can tell it's going to suck.
First off, the book was horrible. I own Fall of Reach, Ghosts of Onyx, and The Cole Protocol. The last two were awesome, I hated the first one. Why? Because it was boring. What makes Bungie think making a game out of it will be better?
Second, note the fact that there's five spartans up there. I liked the idea of one guy, front and center, as the protagonist. One super-soldier to play as? Cool, I can deal with that. But five?! In Halo CE, they put the second player in the cutscenes and altered some of the events to make the story work. Halo 2, the guy was just a clone. Oh well. Halo 3, Arby was made Player 2, everything was worked to fit him in perfectly. But five super-soldiers who are good with one thing (and that only)? BORING.
Third, can't they think of something better to make a game out of? ODST was spot-on, second best game ever made (Crackdown is immortal). Every Halo game (except Wars) had an excellent storyline. Now, let's review the books. Reach would be a candidate, but shouldn't be chosen. Ghosts of Onyx seems like the perfect candidate. Cole Protocol would be horrible. And I haven't bought the other ones (Contact Harvest sounds fairly good though). Reach would be one of my last choices.
Bottom line is that if Bungie wants to gain the loyalty of it's fans for this game, they better show us the multiplayer quite a while before the Beta is released. Every Halo game has been self-advertising so far, but Halo Reach is going to take a lot more effort to gain love.
Lastly, I'm still going to keep my hopes up for a good game and try the Beta. I know this game won't completely suck, I'm just worried it might not be near as good as some of the other games. Bungie hasn't failed me yet, and Reach is sure to have something in it worthwhile.
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OK you have an opinion, and thats fine, but there are some things to consider before you pass final judgement. The game isn't even out and your complaining about how much it s gonna suck because its based on the events of the book. Well who knows how much of the book is gonna be in the game, maybe none, you don't know.
Next complaining about 5 (possible) Spartans and how well co-op worked in the other games i Have a question, WTF you talking about them including the second player in the cutscenes and they made the story work? MC was always the "last" Spartan as far as you knew in the games.
AND finally you have your opinion and here is mine. Bungie couldn't be MORE loyal to it's fanbase by making a game based on its most popular book, just because yours wasn't made into a game doesn't mean you have to bash Fall of Reach. How would Ghosts of Onyx be a fun game, it would just be you running away from a bunch of Sentinels.......wow that would work, thats not repetitive at all
Anyway, sorry if I saound crancky, I haven't gotten a lot of sleep.