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Subject: "What your kind did to mine . . . I can't forgive you."
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Although I'm taking this slightly out of context, I think that the simple fact that we pretty much know how the events of Reach play out, that we might be justified in expecting an experience far darker than the other games.

During Halo 3's development ViDocs and its marketing months before release, it was constantly stated that Halo 3 was going to be darker than the previous two games. Some interpreted this as significantly more gore and blood. Others interpreted this as a more gritty experience that might highlight the brutality of the Covenant (or contrarily Humanity). At one point, we watched an Elite carve a Brute's feet off with an Energy sword, leap at its chest and plunge it deeply into its ribcage. We saw a Brute lift a human into the air and smash him on the spikes of his Spiker, etc.

I don't recall ever really seeing these brutal moments in the Halo games, and it was somewhat disappointing.

I think that the simple atmosphere of devastation that Reach tends to hold may possibly foreshadow the kinds of things we might be seeing. I honestly believe that this will be a darker atmosphere in which we watch Humanity not just fall against the Covenant, but be slaughtered and murdered brutally by its enemies.

The gore I don't much care about, so long as entrails aren't painting my television screen. More so, I'm hoping that we see the viciousness and hate come through into the Covenant's actions this time around... and the same for Humanity.

  • 07.20.2009 4:32 PM PDT

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This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
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The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

It'l be hard but ill try

Yeah i heard about that too in Halo3 but whatever, games tend to change over time, i hope Reach changes that and is made darker since it is one of Humanitys last bastions falling against the Covenant.

[Edited on 07.20.2009 4:36 PM PDT]

  • 07.20.2009 4:33 PM PDT

-"Two men enter, the better man leaves. The lesser man is respawning, and that's Halo."

I would love to kill some Covenant just for revenge.

A spartan is watching the frontlines with his sniper rifle, trying to cover some marines when he suddenly spots two soldiers hunched down. Three elites sneak up on them but the spartan quickly shoots two of them, unfortunately his weapon jams. All he can do is continue watching the two soldiers fight for their lives through his scope as the remaining elite kills one of the soldiers with a well placed carbine round.
The surviving soldier hears the shot fired and sees his brother in arms fall to the ground with a glowing hole in his helmet. He then drops his weapon and falls to the ground desperately trying to resuscitate his fallen comrade. The Elite sees his chance to earn the his next military grade by showing no mercy for the humans, he grasps his energy sword and proudly walks up to the human. He beheads the weak human infront of him and roars.

  • 07.20.2009 5:01 PM PDT

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I agree. Halo Reach will hopefully be a little darker. Not too much comedic relief coming from the marines and grunts would also help that hope along.

[Edited on 07.20.2009 5:11 PM PDT]

  • 07.20.2009 5:11 PM PDT

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I don't what Gears of Halo.

  • 07.20.2009 5:13 PM PDT

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I don't what Gears of Halo.

I don't want Halo Kitty: Island Adventure. Which some parts of Halo 3 were very close too.

  • 07.20.2009 5:28 PM PDT

Perception is everything.

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I don't what Gears of Halo.
He did not say the game needs to be very gory like gears...just darker...

  • 07.20.2009 5:29 PM PDT
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I don't want Gears of Halo.

Neither do I. You should re-read the OP.

  • 07.20.2009 5:50 PM PDT
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I hope this dose happen

halo can only get beter with more hate and violence

  • 07.20.2009 6:01 PM PDT

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I would love to kill some Covenant just for revenge.

A spartan is watching the frontlines with his sniper rifle, trying to cover some marines when he suddenly spots two soldiers hunched down. Three elites sneak up on them but the spartan quickly shoots two of them, unfortunately his weapon jams. All he can do is continue watching the two soldiers fight for their lives through his scope as the remaining elite kills one of the soldiers with a well placed carbine round.
The surviving soldier hears the shot fired and sees his brother in arms fall to the ground with a glowing hole in his helmet. He then pulls out his magnum, and unloads a clip into that ungodly sight, as the elite falls to the ground, the marine at his greatest moment kicks the elites face in and shouts at the top of his lungs "i'm rick -blam!- james, -blam!-!!"
i like mine better.

[Edited on 07.20.2009 6:02 PM PDT]

  • 07.20.2009 6:01 PM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

I would love to see more animations like that, even if you couldn't hurt the enemies while they were playing. It really would be awesome, and add a LOT of atmosphere, to actually have an energy sword impale a marine, or have massive plasma burns on their bodies.

Not epic gory, but more atmospheric stuff to make it seem more realistic.

  • 07.20.2009 6:06 PM PDT

I would not mind a darker Halo game. I am not saying I want Halo: GORE SMALL ANIMALS TO DEATH WITH A CHAINSAW ON FIRE MADE OF THE SOULS OF ORPHANS!!!! I do want Halo: Yeah, now we have gore and nastier stuff, but we use it creativly to further expand our story by showing the hatred of the Covenant towards the humans.

  • 07.20.2009 6:08 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"

Personally I could care less about added gore, it is a gimmick and one that I don't feel fits in Halo as it does in Gears. What I was dissapointed with in Halo3 is that the fury of the Brutes was toned down significantly. There were vidocs showing a Brute crushing a mans chest below his fist, rushing and flipping a stationary hog, little things that were supposed to give the Brutes a signature style and make them a larger threat.

I'm not sure why these things were toned down, but I do hope that this game displays just how brutal a war this was. You don't need obscene amounts of gore to do that, you just need to add it into the games scripting.

Vulgarity is another thing that is best when used sparingly. It's hard to take a situation too seriously when someone is coloring the vocal landscape with profanity left and right. As it is with Gore, it fits in some games not in others, not in Halo.

[Edited on 07.20.2009 6:19 PM PDT]

  • 07.20.2009 6:09 PM PDT