Campaign preview here with some impressive footage:
http://g4tv.com/videos/48351/Halo-Reach-Hands-On-Preview-Part-I/?quality=hd
http://g4tv.com/videos/48355/Halo-Reach-Hands-On-Preview-Part-II/?quality=hd
http://g4tv.com/videos/48351/Halo-Reach-Hands-On-Preview-Part-I/?quality=hd
http://g4tv.com/videos/48355/Halo-Reach-Hands-On-Preview-Part-II/?quality=hd
dragonelite
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Wow Reach has a lot of assassination moves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycp0EVzphbA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycp0EVzphbA
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Why is there no blood at all during the assassinations.
Compare this to Halo1, Bungie have progressively watered down the series, the complete lack of any blood or gore makes the game seem childish and not grim or dark.
dragonelite
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There is blood but not with Assassinations.
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Well that's pretty stupid if you ask me - it's a mature rated game, I mean have they played Gears of War?
I haven't seen this discussed in here, apologies if I missed it. There seems to be 5 Avatar Awards for Halo Reach. They're listed behind the spoiler tag.
Carter's Helmet - Clear a Campaign mission on Legendary without dying.
Emile's Helmet - Earn a Bulltrue medal in either multiplayer or Firefight Matchmaking.
Jorge's Helmet - Earn a Killtacular in multiplayer Matchmaking.
Jun's Helmet - Kill 100 enemies in a row without dying in either the Campaign or Firefight.
Kat's Helmet - Avenge a teammate's death in multiplayer Matchmaking.
Emile's Helmet - Earn a Bulltrue medal in either multiplayer or Firefight Matchmaking.
Jorge's Helmet - Earn a Killtacular in multiplayer Matchmaking.
Jun's Helmet - Kill 100 enemies in a row without dying in either the Campaign or Firefight.
Kat's Helmet - Avenge a teammate's death in multiplayer Matchmaking.
Actually, I recall an interview with Bungie where they mentioned Halo CE was supposed to be a T rated game and they developed it as such, but the ESRB decided to pose some additional limitations in the last minute and Bungie decided to go with the M rating. Can't find a link though
However, isn't the whole point of an assassination to be silent and not leave a bloody mess? I personally think that throwing in gory effects just for the sake of it is not what makes a game more mature.
In fact, one could make a strong argument for it being almost the polar opposite.
Has this been released yet? It came out on one of the bad places yesterday I'm pretty sure.
You use a gun if you want to leave a mess, you use a knife if you don't, simple as that.
Watch all the footage with shooting and you'll have your blood.
Though it's silly that a mature game should have a lot of blood.
dragonelite
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Not even that the characters are in battle suits. which has gels and other fancy tech stuff.
Pirated copies have been out for at least a week by now.
http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/halo-reach/videos/g-2009060110582402047/v-201008271442667031
Tip of the Spear. The video quality isn't good but I really like new animation and effects, and how it busy it all seems. There are cutscenes in the video.
Tip of the Spear. The video quality isn't good but I really like new animation and effects, and how it busy it all seems. There are cutscenes in the video.
Officially it's September 14th. The region free iso release for patched dvd-firmware drives was released on August 31st. That means someone somewhere got ahold of a gold copy or retail copy.
The copies that have been out for a few weeks now required JTAG'd systems. The iso release only requires a simple dvd firmware update.
:smile: Funny, I was actually thinking about making that argument at the beginning but eventually thought about it again and decided to take a more diplomatic stance.
I guess it's because when thinking about it, I guess that games like Dragon Age and Gears of War 2 with all the excessive gore and blood still provide mature content, And at the same time I like the gory Gears headstomps just as much as I like the silent takedowns in Splinter Cell.
It's just visual style I guess, and to each game series its own. It will be pretty weird to shoot someone's in Halo Reach and see their head blows up with blood squirts all over the place a-la Gears.
dragonelite
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But popping a head in gears 2 is so satisfying.
You just hear the head cracking and exploding.
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Umm, have you seen the assasination animations? They are NOWHERE near Splinter Cell or Assassin's Creed, they are very much exaggerated and over the top.
And throwing in gory effects is not for the sake of gore but the sake of realism. If you carve out an Elite's mouth, there should be blood. It just looks weird.
And I hate how everyone automatically refers to Gears 2 when you complain why there isn't blood, Gears 2 is over the top, there's no reason why it can't be realistic and not a blood fountain everytime you slash someone's throat.
Though blood and gore do make for a better game - case in point, Combat in the PS3 version of Ninja Gaiden 2 is not nearly as satisfying as the 360 version since they got rid of all the alpha heavy blood splatter and replaced it with a pathethic purple mist effect.
