Halo Reach will be a MMOFPS
So, there's so much speculation about the multiplayer of reach considering that bungie have to throw out a new beta for it.
Here's my thoughts on what i think the multiplayer will be.
We know it will be a FPS that much has been confirmed, and i think it's safe to say it'll be on Reach.
I think reach will be more like a simulated battle wit objectives laid out to try and conquer certain parts of the map. Sounds ok but i'm talking on a planetary scale, with an ongoing game where there is a an army of players for both UNSC and Covenant sides which are constantly fighting for control of the planet.
Think along the lines of Star Wars battlefront meets the likes of Planetside meets World of warcraft meets command and conquer Generals, but it's not a RPG or a strategy. This is an FPS.
Say you spawn in to the game, maybe via dropship or drop pod and as you drop to your destination you Team/Sides A.I briefs you of your current objective. Say UNSC Troops in the local area must defend this base until further reinforcements arrive, and the opposing mission for players in the covenant army could be capture this base and leave none alive. I hope you get the idea with that.
It could be you spawn in as part of a squad and your squad is given a primary objective, but then after completing that you move on to a new objective based on the games A.I command (this i imagine, bungie would be in control of so the could set up various scenarios for the opposing armies to fight over).
This could see the return of clan, so you have a whole squad or regiment or what ever made up of a clan.
As it is a constantly ongoing game, you would be able to see on B.net which side has gained the most territory on reach.
So in a Nutshell.
You have a MMOFPS, based on reach with two armies in a never ending war with ever changing objectives for each side to try and gain more territory on reach, these objectives would be set out by the A.I. based on completing one objective to go on to another, or set up by bungie on a continual basis. As a player you can spawn in to game when ever you like as either army and you can join in by yourself or even as part of a large squad from a clan. If you die, you might get 20 lives per play before having to renter the game. Take all that and then wrap it in all the Halo lore and add all the races and technology. This would probably just be Humans verses Elites.
Let me know what you think
[Edited on 07.22.2009 8:00 AM PDT]