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Sick with the Halo Flu
Tired? Fever? Sore throat and a bad cough? You could be catching it too. What started as a one off sick day back in November 2004 just after the release of Halo 2, could now be an epidemic as gamers all of the world might fake an illness to have a full day to get into Bungie’s latest Halo title: Halo: Reach.
So the question is does the newest Halo game “reach” expectations? The answer is YES. If you own a 360 and do not own this game then go out and buy it, you won’t be disappointed.
Reach Noble Team
The single player campaign is epic. Superb level design, excellent graphics, fantastic gameplay. It has the lot. Like all prior Halo games, Reach has 4 different difficulty settings to cater for all skill levels of player. This time round you can play the campaign co-operatively with up to 4 of your friends or enter the returning Firefight to take on wave after wave of Covenant troops*.
Reach combines everything great about the past Halo games and adds many extras to make it truly outstanding. The most noticeable is the abilities each player can choose from. No, this isn’t an episode of Heroes but damn it sure feels like it. Perks such as Sprint (run faster), Active Camo (invisibility), Jetpack (look Ma I can fly) and my personal favourite; Hologram (which one is the real Slim Shady??) add a much welcome extra dimension to the game.
In one level you even take control of a spaceship, bringing the fight to the stars. This reminded me of the N64 classic Rouge Squadron and is one of the funnest levels during the campaign. If Bungie released a game which was just about flying this craft all over the universe I would definitely be buying.
Piloting a spacecraft
I’m going to go as far as saying Reach is the best multiplayer first person shooter I have played on 360. Plenty of different game types to choose from, fast matchmaking, unlockables from levelling up, there is lots to do and achieve in multiplayer. Each game is recorded too so you can download and share with your friends through the file share. You can also check your stats at Bungie for a detailed overview of just how badass (or pathetic) you are.
Customizing your character has also been taken to the next level with The Armoury. Here you can use credits earned from playing single and multiplayer to buy different armour items. Although none give you any real advantage they do make your character more unique.
CBF doing a conclusion, I wanna play some more Reach right now. My Live Id is jase7777 so if you’re up for a game add me.
* Achievement whores like my friend Drez should download this Firefight custom game to quickly rack up hard to get achievements like Killionaire and earning 1 mill points in Firefight. 1 000 000 Points in 10 mins
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