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Subject: From your perspective, how is Reach doing a year later?

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As a game it's slowly improving as playlist updates are made and with the functionality 343 added with the Title Update, and hopefully Halo Anniversary will bring a reasonable amount of people back for a while.

Sure, the population may be dropping off but as long as there are enough people to find games until Halo 4 is released next year I'll be happy with it. The custom game scene is also much bigger, again thanks to the title update.

Put it this way: I like good Zero Bloom customs better than Halo 3. I think that Reach still has a lot of potential to be good if not to hold a large population's interest.

  • 10.28.2011 8:21 AM PDT


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lolcome to Canada. Guarantee I would knock your ass out. 200 pounds and benching 300. Not only are you immature, you're going into policing. Who would want to hire someone so unintelligent like you?

  • 10.28.2011 8:26 AM PDT
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Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
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lolcome to Canada. Guarantee I would knock your ass out. 200 pounds and benching 300. Not only are you immature, you're going into policing. Who would want to hire someone so unintelligent like you?
LMFAO I TOTALLY CALLED THIS.

  • 10.28.2011 8:28 AM PDT
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Pretty -blam!-.

It could have done better if Classic movement and No bloom had been the default and if the Arena had objectives and MLG was ranked and The arena had a classic ranked and the grenades and rockets blast radii were smaller.

But who would do all that. Those are stupid changes.

  • 10.28.2011 8:28 AM PDT


Posted by: EW Booksh3lf

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Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
FIGHT ME. DOITUWON'T.


lolcome to Canada. Guarantee I would knock your ass out. 200 pounds and benching 300. Not only are you immature, you're going into policing. Who would want to hire someone so unintelligent like you?
LMFAO I TOTALLY CALLED THIS.


AND THEN AFTER THAT MY DADDY WILL BEAT UP YOUR DADDY. Grow up seriously. You are honestly the biggest retard on these forums. I never liked you you stupid -blam!-. You sound like the biggest nerd I have ever played with way exceeding T THE UFFY. Scrub.

  • 10.28.2011 8:29 AM PDT

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  • 10.28.2011 8:30 AM PDT

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  • 10.28.2011 8:31 AM PDT

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I am still enjoying it a lot. People talking about population have no idea what they are saying. I never, ever have trouble finding a game in about 15 seconds or so.

The population is still big. The game is still fun and it's still the best FPS on the market.

  • 10.28.2011 8:32 AM PDT


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Bookshelf and Frost: Will you guys please stop trying to derail every thread you both happen to post in? Just ignore each other or take it to PMs.


I have no issues until he comments on anything I say. Or else it will continue. I'm trying to be the mature one here.

  • 10.28.2011 8:33 AM PDT
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On topic:

The game is doing... eh? I feel it's sitting on the brink. Reach is almost dead, at least with regards to how it is failing as a Halo game. ZB is pretty good in Customs, but MM is generally pretty terrible. I really hope this classic playlist kicks ass, but it is Reach... so I have my doubts. Every great thing in the game has been ruined by something. Arena: Jetpack and bad maps. Squad: Jetpack and Camo. Classic: Nades. BETA playlist: Pistol and movement speeds.

No one can seem to get it right. 343 will hopefully change this.

  • 10.28.2011 8:35 AM PDT

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cold or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out"
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Based on the fact that all the people who've been complaining about how bad it is since release are still playing it, I'd say Reach is doing pretty well.

  • 10.28.2011 8:35 AM PDT


Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
On topic:

The game is doing... eh? I feel it's sitting on the brink. Reach is almost dead, at least with regards to how it is failing as a Halo game. ZB is pretty good in Customs, but MM is generally pretty terrible. I really hope this classic playlist kicks ass, but it is Reach... so I have my doubts. Every great thing in the game has been ruined by something. Arena: Jetpack and bad maps. Squad: Jetpack and Camo. Classic: Nades. BETA playlist: Pistol and movement speeds.

No one can seem to get it right. 343 will hopefully change this.


I heard zb was more often in the TU. Did they ajust the movement speeds at all like people asked? Is the pistol still a starting weapon?

  • 10.28.2011 8:36 AM PDT

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Posted by: iRuN KFC
Based on the fact that all the people who've been complaining about how bad it is since release are still playing it, I'd say Reach is doing pretty well.


I think that's because 343i actually listened and did something about it.

  • 10.28.2011 8:37 AM PDT
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It's still pretty good, but it's getting boring.
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The game is still fun and it's still the best FPS on the market.

It never was the best.

  • 10.28.2011 8:37 AM PDT

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Posted by: iRuN KFC
Based on the fact that all the people who've been complaining about how bad it is since release are still playing it, I'd say Reach is doing pretty well.


I think that's because 343i actually listened and did something about it.


Really? So you think 343 doing something in the last month (or so) to "fix" Reach is why people have played an inherently broken game, by some accounts, for over a year.

Interesting reasoning there Goat....

  • 10.28.2011 8:41 AM PDT
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Posted by: iRuN KFC

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat

Posted by: iRuN KFC
Based on the fact that all the people who've been complaining about how bad it is since release are still playing it, I'd say Reach is doing pretty well.


I think that's because 343i actually listened and did something about it.


Really? So you think 343 doing something in the last month (or so) to "fix" Reach is why people have played an inherently broken game, by some accounts, for over a year.

Interesting reasoning there Goat....


A year has past, I have 1190 games played, that is a VERY LOW number for a year, and I would be willing to bet 200 of those have very quick quitouts.

My total in Halo 3 surpassed 15,000 games, taking into account the other accounts I boosted to a 50. My account has 7K while I had many accounts at my disposal for H3.

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  • 10.28.2011 8:45 AM PDT

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Posted by: iRuN KFC
Really? So you think 343 doing something in the last month (or so) to "fix" Reach is why people have played an inherently broken game, by some accounts, for over a year.


I think people who gave their feedback continued to play it for a year for several reasons:

1. They 'held on', remaining optimistic and hoping for a change to someday come. This means adapting to the gameplay despite not liking it (for example, using equipment/AR rush in Halo 3 even if you thought they were bad additions to the game)

2. They had nothing else to play (some gamers are exclusive Halo fans, so to have their core experience altered in such a way was unsettling)

3. They actually liked it and only came here to kill time while playing

Some people fit all of the above. I just wanted to see the game changed, and I guess my -blam!- ing paid off. No more of that though--I just waiting for CEA to come out and using B.net to kill time.

  • 10.28.2011 8:46 AM PDT

If 343i does the CE gametypes right, then Reach will be doing good in my eyes.

No one having the DLC enough outside of Doubles, bad playlist setup, and a generally terribad sandbox still holds the game down.

  • 10.28.2011 8:50 AM PDT
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It's doing bad. I'm not looking forward to the influx of new squeakers when CEA is released.

  • 10.28.2011 8:50 AM PDT

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat

I think people who gave their feedback continued to play it for a year for several reasons:

1. They 'held on', remaining optimistic and hoping for a change to someday come. This means adapting to the gameplay despite not liking it (for example, using equipment/AR rush in Halo 3 even if you thought they were bad additions to the game)

2. They had nothing else to play (some gamers are exclusive Halo fans, so to have their core experience altered in such a way was unsettling)

3. They actually liked it and only came here to kill time while playing

Some people fit all of the above. I just wanted to see the game changed, and I guess my -blam!- ing paid off. No more of that though--I just waiting for CEA to come out and using B.net to kill time.


Which all leads us back to my original point that Reach, with all things considered, is doing pretty well :)

@ Cookies - I've played barely over 700 MM games since Reach came out and played a total of ~12-15,000 H3 games, across multiple accounts, over its lifespan.....

  • 10.28.2011 8:51 AM PDT
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If 343i does the CE gametypes right, then Reach will be doing good in my eyes.

No one having the DLC enough outside of Doubles, bad playlist setup, and a generally terribad sandbox still holds the game down.

Aren't you in school right now?

  • 10.28.2011 8:51 AM PDT


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Posted by: ThreeSixXero
If 343i does the CE gametypes right, then Reach will be doing good in my eyes.

No one having the DLC enough outside of Doubles, bad playlist setup, and a generally terribad sandbox still holds the game down.

Aren't you in school right now?

N-No.....

  • 10.28.2011 8:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: Horse Repairman
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^lol^

  • 10.28.2011 8:56 AM PDT

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I'm sure 343i will do a good job of fixing it
I can't say I share your faith in 343i. Right now I haven't seen anything from them to convince me they will improve the Halo series. I'll wait with an open mind but I no longer give the Halo series the benefit of the doubt I used to.
If the CEA maps have no frame rate issues, that's already an improvement over Bungie, to be honest.

That is less of a map issue and more of an engine issue.

  • 10.28.2011 8:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: iRuN KFC
Based on the fact that all the people who've been complaining about how bad it is since release are still playing it, I'd say Reach is doing pretty well.


I think that's because 343i actually listened and did something about it.


Assuming Bungie wouldnt have if they had the rights and time.
Anyway I think 343 is doing a fine job I had my doubts about the title update and halo cea but theyve really changed my perspective with what theyve shown and Im sure halo 4 will do well to .

  • 10.28.2011 10:00 AM PDT