- OrderedComa
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When we say Reach looked like a random colony, it's not just about the terrain. It's the lack of military presence. Everything that was shown were insanely small scale, nothing like the "fortress world" that we've heard about Reach.Sure, you could say that Halo 3 is the same, but even they had more impressive defenses, and in terms of ground war, that's in New Mombassa, not exactly a military stronghold. But Reach? The few military-owned facilities we saw had pathetic defenses, and it seemed that AIs are non-existent in the defense of their planet. New Alexandria had a sub-par depiction because it was far too "clean". Sure, there are rare instances where some destruction has occurred, but for the most part it doesn't look like the city has been attacked. Ever seen a town after-battle during World War II?
I was not talking about the terrain either, not exactly. You're kidding right? There is no difference between the defenses they show in Reach and Halo 3, they are completely equal.
Sword Base already under attack when we saw it and already nearly pounded to hell, any defenses the base itself would have had would have been pretty much neutralized already. And from what little we saw of the Sabre Launch Facility, it had excellent defense, for what little we saw, did you miss the gun shooting down Seraphs? There was just as much of a military presence on Reach as there was depicted at Earth in the trilogy. As for AIs, are you forgetting the presence of one Autie Dot? And the book never made mention of AIs in defense of the planet, the only planet I know of that mentions AIs serving in the capacity you seem to be implying was Harvest. I have seen pictures of WWII's destruction, but the wars are totally different, and besides which the Covenant weren't really bombing or destroying the buildings until Kat's death scene.
But most of all, it's the fact that the game is named, Halo: Reach, not Halo: Noble team, so we expect to see the battle of Reach, not this side story. If I told you the story of Ephialtes of Trachis, does that represent the entirety of the Battle of Thermopylae? It was an important fragment, sure, but that's not the only part of the battle, and so the same goes for Halo: Reach.
This was about the Battle of Reach, it's just Noble Team's part in the story, we have the SII's part of the story told to us in the tail end of TFoR and the beginning of First Strike, and there will probably be more media now dealing with the Battle of Reach because of Halo: Reach's expanded length of the battle.
Oh, Coma? you didn't win the debate, I was simply laughing at your usage of preconceptions as proof. The Covenant, by logic, should curb stomb the UNSC in a head-to-head conflict, why you don't understand or refuse to accept that, I do not understand, especially since I've already trumped your arguments before on why it should be your way.
I was kidding because you didn't make any arguments against what I said...if you didn't get it or didn't think it was funny then never mind.