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Subject: Halo Reach will feature a sandbox system(non-linear gameplay )

Spanish Revolution

In a spanish magazine called Hobby consolas they interviewed Bungie ,at their studio and they answered several questions about halo waypoint,halo legends and halo reach.

Bungie revealed that Reach could feature a similar game system to GTA,a mix of ODST(flashback and real time missions) and GTA with the actual Halo gameplay.

Just imagine you're driving you warthog throught a destroyed millitary city at night,then you see a carrier flying about you,it is going to lead a scarab to the surface via Gravity lift as seen in the upflit reserve mission.

In a nutshell:
-Non-linear gameplay
-Divided missions
-Ramdom enemies,possibly larger squads,allies squads,vehicular bases,supply cathes and super carriers leading scarabs to the surface via gravity lift...
-Reach is a millitar UNSC planet based base,it makes sense for me to allow the open,semi-open world for the game.
-Magazine cover (As said,in spanish).

Do you support this idea?



[Edited on 10.24.2009 9:16 AM PDT]

  • 10.19.2009 8:06 AM PDT

sounds neat. hopefully the open world part wont be at night

  • 10.19.2009 8:15 AM PDT

hopefully its a real sandbox and open world, ODLC wasn't really open world, more like just different routes to take, with invisible barriers all over the place, huge open world like Oblivion LOL huge battles, any where you go with the warthog.

  • 10.19.2009 8:16 AM PDT

Posted by: Meteor78
You were not supposed to post yet...

Got any proof?

  • 10.19.2009 8:17 AM PDT

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I hope they're not going to develope a open world shooter.
Halo games deserve somthing better, though i like open world in gta, i really don't like it in fps...example? -farcry 2...
After all i prefer linear gameplay...

[Edited on 10.19.2009 8:26 AM PDT]

  • 10.19.2009 8:24 AM PDT

No GTA style in the Halo Reach game!!! If they added that, they just screwed Halo Reach over

  • 10.19.2009 8:31 AM PDT

Spanish Revolution

It will not be a completely open world game,just imagine a larger mombasa streets map with weather and day time changes.

  • 10.19.2009 8:32 AM PDT

Honorable Member

i don't want a mombasa streets- style game neither...just missions...

  • 10.19.2009 8:38 AM PDT

Spanish Revolution

I'm just trying to explain you this,it will feature a similar system to the ODST campaign,non-linear gameplay,ramdom enemies.
It will be also divided in different missions,just like ODST.

  • 10.19.2009 8:43 AM PDT
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Could be cool,I like the scarab idea,it could also lead spirits,the spirits would chase you depending of your actual location.

  • 10.19.2009 8:48 AM PDT
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Add it a darker tone enviroment and the game will be awesome.

  • 10.19.2009 8:49 AM PDT

Plekpedia - The most epic site in the history of ever.

Sounds cool, however, I am trying not to get too excited, as you have no proof.

  • 10.19.2009 8:56 AM PDT
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Proof? My information is based on the most sold video games magazine at Spain,there is also an extensive interview about the campaign and firefight mode so I trust on them.
It has been already confirmed by Forum Eye(italian magazine) that reach multiplayer and campaign will be a litttle different and in a darker/serious tone.

  • 10.19.2009 9:00 AM PDT

Plekpedia - The most epic site in the history of ever.

Telling us isn't proof. We have no reason to believe you. I'm sorry.

  • 10.19.2009 9:03 AM PDT

Posted by: sargent spartaco
Proof? My information is based on the most sold video games magazine at Spain,there is also an extensive interview about the campaign and firefight mode so I trust on them.
It has been already confirmed by Forum Eye(italian magazine) that reach multiplayer and campaign will be a litttle different and in a darker/serious tone.


Can we have a link, please?

  • 10.19.2009 9:03 AM PDT

Bears.Eat.Beets....Bears.Beats.Battlestar Galactica.

AQnd you can pick up a space hooker in your Warthog, take her to the nipple, than Needle her to death get your medals back. Sweetness.

  • 10.19.2009 10:47 AM PDT

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Posted by: xXFinal JewelXx
hopefully its a real sandbox and open world, ODLC wasn't really open world, more like just different routes to take, with invisible barriers all over the place, huge open world like Oblivion LOL huge battles, any where you go with the warthog.

I actually don't recall ever hitting an invisible barrier in ODST. They did a great job with making the city seem big without showing you stuff you thought you could get to but couldn't.

And how come when someone mentions a mechanic that another game is famous for that means the game must instantly take all characteristics that the other one used. Third person = Gears of War. MMO = WoW. And finally sandbox = GTA? Just because something is sandbox doesn't mean it needs to fit into a GTA format. ODST did a good job with a significant amount of sandbox play for an FPS and I would enjoy seeing more of that (although backtracking was a tad irritating).

  • 10.19.2009 10:57 AM PDT

Spanish Revolution

I can't post scams of the magazine but I'll post a link to the part where ForumEye interviewed some microsoft members about reach,they told them it will be darker and more serious and that the multiplayer/campaign will be a bit different.

  • 10.19.2009 12:33 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

This is most likely fake, because non-linear play WOULDN'T work in Reach. 90% of the planet was glassed within an hour, how are we supposed to get open world out of that? The only thing not glassed was Castle base.

  • 10.19.2009 12:41 PM PDT

1.Arkham Asylum, 2.Mass Effect, 3.Halo CE, 4.Mass Effect 2, 5.Halo 2, 6.Splinter Cell Double Agent, 7.Gears of War 2, 8.Medievil, 9.Oblivion, 10.Crash Team Racing

Random enemies in random spots = Infinite replayability = +

Nothing else matters

  • 10.19.2009 12:42 PM PDT

Posted by: privet caboose

This is most likely fake, because non-linear play WOULDN'T work in Reach. 90% of the planet was glassed within an hour, how are we supposed to get open world out of that? The only thing not glassed was Castle base.


Your argument is kind of flawed, considering an hour long plot wouldn't be any good for a linear game either. Obviously Bungie is going to switch something up, or retcon something for this game to work.

And considering they've all but admitted that some ODST features were a "testing ground" for things to come, I'm sure open-world gameplay was one of the features they were "testing out" in ODST.

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  • 10.19.2009 1:08 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Not really. Do you honestly believe that Reach, and Reach alone will be the entire game? Halo 3: Main focus, Halo, How long were you on Halo? ONE MISSION.

Reach could be the same way, you might not even spend HALF the game on Reach. There's tons of backstory to be told about the spartans.

  • 10.19.2009 1:17 PM PDT

Spanish Revolution

Halo reach will not be enterely base in the novel,the plot will be different and will tell the argument from different points of view ,just my thoughs.

  • 10.23.2009 10:47 AM PDT

Check out the group, Planet Reach and talk about Bungie's next game without the annoyance of the public forum. Oh and it's nice there too.

You thought you had lag, it took Jesus 3 days to re-spawn.

Any way we can get that ForumEye link? I'd be interested in reading that.

  • 10.23.2009 11:14 AM PDT

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Idiots and group invites.
What's even worse, is that I can never seem to get away from either of them ¬_¬
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Posted by: gabotron15
I can't post scams of the magazine but I'll post a link to the part where ForumEye interviewed some microsoft members about reach,they told them it will be darker and more serious and that the multiplayer/campaign will be a bit different.


Still having trouble with that link? Y'know... you're just taking a rather long time for a 'copy and paste' job...

[Edited on 10.23.2009 11:33 AM PDT]

  • 10.23.2009 11:32 AM PDT

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