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Subject: Halo: Reach is now #8.

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Note: This thread correlates with the following threads:
November will signal death.
Halo: Reach is now #4
Halo: Reach is now #5.
Halo: Reach is now #6.



According to Major Nelson's blog, Halo: Reach is now (or at least for the week of November 7th) number eight on the Xbox Live game population leaderboards.

This is after a few significant game releases, such as Skyrim and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. However, this is also prior to the release of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

I must make note that three Call of Duty-branded games are now beating Halo: Reach in terms of population on Xbox Live.

I must also make note that Halo 3 was number eight or above for the weeks of June 13th, 2011, July 18th, 2011, July 25th, 2011, and up until August 1st, 2011, which was a little more than three months ago from the creation of this thread. I make note of this because Halo: Reach is now in the same position Halo 3 was just three months ago.


I will leave this post as is to ensure my own personal opinion is not construed with this information. Thank you.

Discuss.

  • 11.16.2011 4:16 PM PDT
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  • 11.16.2011 4:17 PM PDT

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  • 11.16.2011 4:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: RC Clone
This matters still.


This. Lets wait for all the people to bash reach who have 3000+ games.

  • 11.16.2011 4:19 PM PDT
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I love how Halo 3 still stayed top 3 until 2010.

Just proves how much of a fail Reach is and how retarded Bungie looks praising it.

  • 11.16.2011 4:22 PM PDT

lol embarrasing

  • 11.16.2011 4:24 PM PDT

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Posted by: RC Clone
This matters still.


This. Lets wait for all the people to bash reach who have 3000+ games.

*Quickly leaves thread*

[Edited on 11.16.2011 4:24 PM PST]

  • 11.16.2011 4:24 PM PDT

and? just because people dont play it doesnt mean i have to stop, people dont know what a good game is, they are all hyped on cod which has added almost nothing new to there series except a campaign, cod multiplayer has been the same since MW2, at least halo tries to change things up a bit

  • 11.16.2011 4:24 PM PDT

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inb4 Reach drops underneath Halo 3.

  • 11.16.2011 4:24 PM PDT

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Because CoD reaches out to casual players and thus the casual community is going to play it more? Honestly, CoD is for noobs and by the gameplay perspective, it's obvious that it's there to benefit bad players. There's no skillgap and anybody can sit behind a wall with a shotgun and having some dumb-ass perk help them out, or even a claymore. Stupid.

  • 11.16.2011 4:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

So was Reach's population decline a result of its different game mechanics, the increased competition, or did the series finally reach its natural end (or was it something else)? Was it a combination of factors?

  • 11.16.2011 4:34 PM PDT


Posted by: P3P5I
So was Reach's population decline a result of its different game mechanics, the increased competition, or did the series finally reach its natural end (or was it something else)? Was it a combination of factors?


i personally feel it was because of other hyped games lke bf3 and mw3, reach doesnt suck and the people who complain are too lazy to actually find a solution themselves for their problem and like to complain about everything, the game is fine i have no regrets in buying it and i dont see myself not playing for awhile

  • 11.16.2011 4:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
inb4 Reach drops underneath Halo 3.
Oh God.

I know this may sound a bit extreme, but if such occurs, Halo: Reach will officially be an abomination and a failure in my eyes.

I sadly see it coming. I'm beginning to doubt that any Halo, no matter how much it may revive the Halo franchise of games, will be able to top Call of Duty at this point. Hope is being lost.

  • 11.16.2011 4:39 PM PDT
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Banned just for calling someone retarded? lolBnet mods
Duardo = retard

So you think Reach is an actual Halo game, huh? LOL
Jesus! There's a BoB in ma Falcon!

Well, we all knew the population would go down. When a Cawk of Doody game comes out, literally every games' population will go down. Its inevitable...

  • 11.16.2011 4:45 PM PDT


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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
inb4 Reach drops underneath Halo 3.
Oh God.

I know this may sound a bit extreme, but if such occurs, Halo: Reach will officially be an abomination and a failure in my eyes.

I sadly see it coming. I'm beginning to doubt that any Halo, no matter how much it may revive the Halo franchise of games, will be able to top Call of Duty at this point. Hope is being lost.
Although I'd love for Halo to have a large population(equivalent to COD) Halo is not to be compared to a copy and pasted game. Halo's roots are real and relate-able while COD is an arcade shooter with no true story line. So just be happy you have good tastes and you don't ride with the bandwagon.

  • 11.16.2011 4:47 PM PDT

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"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"

My main dislikes about Reach is the campaign, multiplayer maps, and firefight.

Campaign:
-After Halo: CE. The story was losing focus. Do to multiplayer.
-The dialog is pathetic.
-Friendly A.I. is horrible.
-Nobel Team has hardly any character development.
-Noble Team can barley kill a Grunt.
-Almost every level was about activating switches.
-If you read Halo: The Fall of Reach. You would expect Reach would be something like that. But it wasn't we ran around the levels in the typical Halo style.
Checkpoint A Go to Checkpoint B. You encounter a small Covenant squad on the way.
Checkpoint B Go to Checkpoint C You encounter a small Covenant squad on the way.
Checkpoint D: Go to Checkpoint E You encounter a small Covenant squad on the way.
*Level ends.*
-Basically Bungie failed to capture the invasion of Reach.

Multiplayer Maps:
-The default non-forge maps are copied areas from the campaign. That's being really creative Bungie.
-The DLC maps are a disgrace to Halo. When you compare them to Halo 2, and Halo 3 DLC maps. It's sad that the remake DLC maps are the only good maps in Reach.
-Forge World. It's the same environment for the whole map.

Firefight:
-The maps are not made for defending in one area.
-ODST firefight was about survival. Now it's getting the highest score. While running around with the Rocket Launcher.



[Edited on 11.16.2011 4:51 PM PST]

  • 11.16.2011 4:48 PM PDT
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Banned just for calling someone retarded? lolBnet mods
Duardo = retard

So you think Reach is an actual Halo game, huh? LOL
Jesus! There's a BoB in ma Falcon!


Posted by: HoleyMoley
I sadly see it coming. I'm beginning to doubt that any Halo, no matter how much it may revive the Halo franchise of games, will be able to top Call of Duty at this point. Hope is being lost.[/quote]Although I'd love for Halo to have a large population(equivalent to COD) Halo is not to be compared to a copy and pasted game. Halo's roots are real and relate-able while COD is an arcade shooter with no true story line. So just be happy you have good tastes and you don't ride with the bandwagon.
Thats what I dont get. Why do people like a copy and paste game that practically came out 3 years ago?

[Edited on 11.16.2011 4:49 PM PST]

  • 11.16.2011 4:49 PM PDT


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Posted by: HoleyMoley
I sadly see it coming. I'm beginning to doubt that any Halo, no matter how much it may revive the Halo franchise of games, will be able to top Call of Duty at this point. Hope is being lost.[/quote]Although I'd love for Halo to have a large population(equivalent to COD) Halo is not to be compared to a copy and pasted game. Halo's roots are real and relate-able while COD is an arcade shooter with no true story line. So just be happy you have good tastes and you don't ride with the bandwagon.
Thats what I dont get. Why do people like a copy and paste game that practically came out 3 years ago?
They think its "cool" so they play to get "fair" kill streaks and spawn

  • 11.16.2011 4:50 PM PDT

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Oh em gee. Eye didn't c dat wun coming.

  • 11.16.2011 4:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: TAxxOUTBR3AKxx
Because CoD reaches out to casual players and thus the casual community is going to play it more? Honestly, CoD is for noobs and by the gameplay perspective, it's obvious that it's there to benefit bad players. There's no skillgap and anybody can sit behind a wall with a shotgun and having some dumb-ass perk help them out, or even a claymore. Stupid.


More people play a game that is easily accesible. CoD caters to them, thus more of them play it, a lot more of them.

  • 11.16.2011 5:00 PM PDT

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Yet, Major Nelson's last game played is Reach.

[Edited on 11.16.2011 5:01 PM PST]

  • 11.16.2011 5:01 PM PDT

CoD is large because its an instant gratification game. You get rewarded for everything, even dying. Then everyone who isnt in the military or knows someone in the military thinks its realistic. Add those things with the fact Reach had quite a few bad additions and its no surprise its number 8. I wish it were #9 though, Madden is a much better game.

  • 11.16.2011 5:06 PM PDT

Most of my friends stopped playing Reach primarily because of Armor Lock. They're casuals. They could stand everything from the jetpack destroying every map to the imbalanced maps, but they couldn't stand armor lock...

  • 11.16.2011 5:10 PM PDT

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I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

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Posted by: eRage Sanctity
Then everyone who isnt in the military or knows someone in the military thinks its realistic.

R u sayingz. Peoplz in the mi1it4yz dontz runz around withs duel shotgunz shooting @t peoplz?

Aslo they dontz gts kill streakzz either?

[Edited on 11.16.2011 5:12 PM PST]

  • 11.16.2011 5:10 PM PDT

Your presence here is quite unneeded. Begone you!!!

Well now that I have CEA, I am satisfied and the poll means nothing to me

  • 11.16.2011 5:14 PM PDT