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Subject: Are Bungie Testing uS??

Nuts to that!!!

Poll: Are Bungie Testing uS??  [closed]
yes, some of what you say sounds true:  39%
(7 Votes)
no, you're just making small assumptions:  28%
(5 Votes)
maybe, but you have a point:  33%
(6 Votes)
Total Votes: 18

first of all i'm not quite sure whether this should be in either the ODST forum or Reach but since this has to do with what reach might include......


So anyway we all know how odst was originally gonna just be some expansion, and if you hadn't heard it was almost IDENTICALLY played through like a poem. So could it be possible that bungie was just figeting(?) with what they could come up with and giving releasing it to see what we thought?

Such as firefight, maybe they were testing whetheor not it would be a good version or if we all liked it.

And the free roaming? or those flashbacks? maybe bungie was seeing if we would like the idea of seeing our characters flashbacks that we played as.

Could one of the reasons bungie put health in the game (besides the fact that we play as an ODST) was to see if we'd be alright going back to the old health bar?

Silenced weapons? could they have wondered how useful silencing some of the weapons might be?

Its'fair to say ODST was just s side note from bungie, so wad r ya thoughts? discuss

  • 11.08.2009 11:57 PM PDT
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yes fire fight was a test for future game it has been said by bungie themselves that it was

free roaming and other stuff i have been wondering the same thing as you.is it a test.

but as there almost done with reach bout a year left is what i would guess they wouldn't be able to change to much so i don't know



  • 11.09.2009 12:06 AM PDT

Its possible that some elements of ODST will be in Reach. Particularly more open levels instead of Halo 3's "Canyon leads to Cliff leads to canyon leads to narrow walkway which leads to building with only one hallway in it which leads to another canyon".

I don't really see silenced weapons returning to be honest.

  • 11.09.2009 12:06 AM PDT

No it was not a test. Reach had been well within the development lifecycle before ODST came out, which means that it is too late to change or add features of any importance. They can tweak certain things of course but that is what the beta is for. So the Beta and the in-house testing is the "test".

  • 11.09.2009 12:10 AM PDT

Nuts to that!!!

yes you're right there,

maybe though they put this out as a little "teaser" for reach? like what COULD be in the game....

not saying that EVERYTHING will, but just "if you like this, we'll keep it" so to speak....

hopefully all that made sense, if not fail on me :P

  • 11.09.2009 12:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: Hylebos
Its possible that some elements of ODST will be in Reach. Particularly more open levels instead of Halo 3's "Canyon leads to Cliff leads to canyon leads to narrow walkway which leads to building with only one hallway in it which leads to another canyon".

ODST didn't differ too much from that either. More open world but you still only have one place to go to. Can't do the flashbacks out of order.

I don't really see silenced weapons returning to be honest.
It might help if the silenced weapons actually silenced your weapons fire and made the enemies dance in confusion or run for cover instead of bee line to your position.

  • 11.09.2009 12:17 AM PDT

Look out.... -boom- (headshot)
I told you to look out, but know, you got in my way, was going to shoot that splaser....

Posted by: Methew
I don't really see silenced weapons returning to be honest.
It might help if the silenced weapons actually silenced your weapons fire and made the enemies dance in confusion or run for cover instead of bee line to your position.


Help a hell of a lot in the books and in RL.

  • 11.09.2009 5:15 AM PDT

BoxOfBlades

well,for a game that was only meant to be an expansion at first,it turned out to be pretty amazing,and to only be a test or teaser for reach?just imagine what that game can be like

  • 11.09.2009 5:28 AM PDT