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Subject: Halo Reach | First Person Shooter or Strategy Game?
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I've been wondering. "Does Halo Reach look a little like a strategy game? Something like Halo Wars?" Does REACH Trailer look anything like it? What do you think? I think it's likely to be strategy.

  • 07.19.2009 1:57 PM PDT

They said in the weekly update after E3 that it will be a FPS. And that it would be awesome.

  • 07.19.2009 1:58 PM PDT
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E3? I looked it up on GameSpot.

  • 07.19.2009 2:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hylebos
They said in the weekly update after E3 that it will be a FPS. And that it would be awesome.

which still says nothing about the genre. FPS onyl means that it is played from a first person perspective and involves violence.

  • 07.19.2009 2:02 PM PDT

Kick start a craze

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Posted by: Hylebos
They said in the weekly update after E3 that it will be a FPS. And that it would be awesome.

which still says nothing about the genre. FPS onyl means that it is played from a first person perspective and involves violence.


It doesn't mean there will be violence. Maybe you shoot marshmallows into pixies mouths. That could still be an FPS.

  • 07.19.2009 2:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hylebos
They said in the weekly update after E3 that it will be a FPS. And that it would be awesome.

which still says nothing about the genre. FPS onyl means that it is played from a first person perspective and involves violence.


It doesn't mean there will be violence. Maybe you shoot marshmallows into pixies mouths. That could still be an FPS.

truth. I was just getting tired of a full explanation and decided to stop at the word violence.

  • 07.19.2009 2:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hylebos
They said in the weekly update after E3 that it will be a FPS. And that it would be awesome.

  • 07.19.2009 2:07 PM PDT

Posted by: Tibetz
Posted by: Hylebos
They said in the weekly update after E3 that it will be a FPS. And that it would be awesome.

which still says nothing about the genre. FPS onyl means that it is played from a first person perspective and involves violence.

But with regards to the original post, the OP was musing over whether or not Reach would be a FPS or if it would be a real time strategy game like Halo Wars, and I wanted to clarify it up for him.

  • 07.19.2009 2:08 PM PDT

Multiplayer Gameplay
Halo:CE------------------Reach--------Halo2-----------------H alo3
Campaign Experience
Reach----Halo:CE-----------------ODST-----Halo2---------Halo3

Glad that Halo 3 garbage is dead, thanks to Reach.
Unfreakenbelievable!!

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Posted by: Hylebos
They said in the weekly update after E3 that it will be a FPS. And that it would be awesome.

which still says nothing about the genre. FPS onyl means that it is played from a first person perspective and involves violence.
Actually, FPS IS the genre of the game. If it plays in a first person perspective but does not involve team-based gametypes and shooting one another with a time limit or score ending the game and determining the winner, then it isn't a FPS.

Bungie confirmed that it is indeed a shooter that plays in the first person perspective. The only debatable part being if it really is awesome or not. We will see.

[Edited on 07.19.2009 2:09 PM PDT]

  • 07.19.2009 2:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: Hylebos
They said in the weekly update after E3 that it will be a FPS. And that it would be awesome.

Yup. But it also may be more of a large-scale battle. Can you say: RTS elements?

  • 07.19.2009 2:09 PM PDT