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Posted by: Stampistuta
Posted by: ajw34307
Reach = worst Halo game ever. No word of a lie.
Strangley I like Reach but still agree with that statement. I think theres a pretty high standard throughout the series.
Reach just failed to meet the standard the other games have set. The only concrete part of the game that keeps me playing is Forge World, and even that has its limitations.
- The story was abysmal, the characters were completely sterile archetypes that I didn't give a flying toss about.
- The multiplayer does not feel like Halo with Armour Abilities, Lars Bakken stated back in '07 that the core of Halo's gameplay is focused on the "golden triangle" - weapons, grenades and melee. AAs add a whole new dimension to the gameplay, equipment in H3 was tolerable because it could only be used once and most of it had a counter to balance the gameplay.
- Firefight has completely removed any kind of teamwork between players. ODST was all about working together because you were very vulnerable, Endure is a perfect example of that. Reach is all about the individual.
- Even Forge is lackluster. There's only 1 good map to Forge on, Tempest is rubbish, the maps in general were poorly done because they were pulled straight from the campaign. What happened to all those vehicular wonders in Halo 2 and 3?