Halo: Reach is an FPS

by Justin McElroy { Jun 3rd 2009 at 2:27PM }

It took a little doing on our part, but we've finally got a new detail for you about Halo: Reach. Are you ready for this? It's an FPS. Actually, Microsoft's John Schappert told us "Of course it's an FPS," which seemed a little cheeky from a company that recently released a Halo RTS. But who are we to judge?

So, there you go. FPS. And also ... no, that's it. But hey, it's something, right?

Tags: bungie, e3-2009, halo, halo-reach

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Rotcivius @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:30PM

OMFG!!! An FPS! You don't say, it's been for ever since I played one of those and on the 360! Shit yeah, the 360 is in desperate need of more FPSs. Thank the gods!

iluvmyzune @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:35PM

your a dumbass... and this game is gonna be fucking sweetttt!!!!!!1

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:36PM

"your a dumbass"

I see this all the time and yet it never gets old.

Storm Eagle @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:45PM

Stop Dumbass Slavery Now!

Temidien @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:53PM

I say bring em on. I bought my 360 mainly for FPS.

Ashitaka @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:59PM

when you're calling someone a dumbass.. At least try to spell 'your' right.

yo Naturale @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:04PM

Morans of the world, UNITE!

uncle jesse @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:09PM

yo Naturale,

I really hope you did that on purpose...

MystileArmor @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:14PM

If that wasn't on purpose, that would makes him a retart....

Heh @ Jun 3rd 2009 4:14PM

retart? Is that like a poptart? I lurv those.

The_Punisher @ Jun 3rd 2009 5:24PM

Not to break up all the dum(xD) humor, but these posts are the reason i come to joystiq :)

GSpruce @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:30PM

Upvoted, since your comment was as useful as the post.

Haradaku @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:31PM

Battlefield inspired Halo game, I'm calling it.

Brian @ Jun 3rd 2009 6:18PM

i say it will be rainbow six inspired
squad based since master chief led the squad of spartans

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:30PM

Ehh, well you can only pull a Halo Wars on your casual fans so many times before they catch on and stop buying your games. Not surprised at all this is another FPS.

redjack @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:47PM

Rehashing gameplay you say? My word!

You can't ever really change the gameplay in a franchise without extreme fan hate. They did in Zelda 2 and in the US Mario 2 (yes, a different game with Mario mapped over it but still different gameplay). And everyone hates those games the most.

But then everyone also wants something new and not the same "stale" gameplay. I guess there's no winning.

uncle jesse @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:05PM

With a strong franchise, drastic changes can sometimes upset the fans.

Just like nipples, sometimes tweaks are sufficient.

Subtle changes that improve upon the series' previous games is sometimes enough. Stray too far from the core mechanics of what made it a hit and people become skeptical. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. With that being said, when people start getting bored, then you might need to mix things up a bit.

Petebot330 @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:07PM

mario 2 is my fave. no lie.

redjack @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:18PM

That tranny Birdo do it for you?

maveric101 @ Jun 3rd 2009 4:17PM

back in the day i had kind of hoped that ODST would be a third-person tactical shooter. it would be stupid with a spartan as the main character, but it would work well with ODSTs.

rooshma @ Jun 3rd 2009 9:20PM

"Just like nipples..."

There is no better way to begin a sentence than this.

michael delaney @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:30PM

good stuff

ZapBranigan @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:31PM

Hmm, I thought for sure it would be something different.
If it is an FPS, then why is there a beta for the multiplayer in ODST? What can be so different about this game that it needs a seperate beta from Halo's multiplayer?

Urza @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:55PM

I'm thinking it's Battlefield Halo.

yo Naturale @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:02PM

Bungie had a Beta for Halo 3 even though there was online multiplayer in Halo 2... and they even changed a few things (powered down the carbine and needler. Made the Warthog less nigh-invulnerable - oddly, its Beta weakness being the landmines that are now fairly useless).

Avada Kadavra 9 @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:32PM

heh, second, maybe. . .. BUT

"We found them"

Who on earth would care if they found "them" unless they are referring to someone who we all care for and love? Something bad happening to the earth when they find "them" maybe they aren't the only ones on the "destructed" ship. Lets wait to find out but that's what I got from the clip at E3 - and I am too excited to find out exactly what it's going to be about.

Bewp @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:37PM

Bro, it's a prequel about the Fall of Reach, which occurred just prior to Halo 1. Multiple Spartans.

Huey2k2 @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:02PM

The story of Reach occurs immediately before the evens of Halo. When you see the pillar of Autumn jumping in at the beginning of Halo:CE it is jumping to a random point in space away from orbit of Reach so the covenant can't track them.

Reach was to the UNSC what Pearl Harbour was to the Americans during WW2. It was a military stronghold that quite frankly nobody expected to be attacked let alone fall. During the events at reach there are several Spartans that are assigned to protect power generators on earth while a select few are sent to protect a cargo ship in orbit around Reach that contains the jump location for earth which the covenant don't know yet. Master Chief is one of the Spartans assigned to protect the cargo ship.

This means that if the game does take place on the planet of Reach, you will not be playing as Master Chief, nor will you likely even encounter him in the game, BUT you will probably be playing as a Spartan of some kind, and will see several important characters in the Halo universe (ie. Captain Keyes, Cortana, etc.)

Hope this helps.

Linkb8s @ Jun 3rd 2009 4:28PM

Huey, just to continue one from what you were saying, there is a lot of potential for this game, granted the entire battle at Reach was mostly in orbit. The ground engagements were very scarce and short by the time the SPARTANS even landed on the surface. I'm hoping that this game will in turn cover a large portion of the storyline, from the beginning of the SPARTAN-II program and the training ops created by CPO Mendez, all the way up to the events of First Strike (since the events of Reach did continue on past the Autumn's slipspace jump away from Reach.

I'm sure we will see the Master Chief, he was part of the zero-gee operation to retrieve valuable data that could not fall into the Covenants hands, would make for an interesting mission, and with the shieldless missions we are gonna get in Halo 3: ODST, it will provide us some idea of what gameplay for earlier Spartan training ops will be like. But it will be nice to see some of the characters like Fred, Linda, Kelly, Will, and even Sam make their way into the games themselves. Lots of potential for what they can do with this game.

Avada Kadavra 9 @ Jun 3rd 2009 5:17PM

Oh well who knew, oh right Halo whores like you. Sorry I didn't know the back ground story to you lover I will make sure I google before I post next time. SAD

Linkb8s @ Jun 3rd 2009 5:31PM

Why are you attacking us? All they were doing was clarifying what the game was going to be about. Nobody attacked you so why are you attacking them? Plus, it's not like these story elements haven't been known for 8 years now (The Fall of Reach novel released right before Halo 1 launched in 2001)