Rumor: First screens, details for Halo Reach leaked

by Xav de Matos on Nov 5th 2009 6:48PM

MLG forum user (and MS Paint fanatic) ToM MoReLLo claims to have played Halo: Reach, and was somehow able to nab multiple blurry screenshots of the game as evidence. Now, when we say blurry we mean blurry. In fact, the classic images of Bigfoot were of higher quality than some of these screens. Perhaps our natural skepticism is taking over, but we're taking these images with a rather large grain of salt.

As for details, the forum post claims Reach will feature squad-based combat and perks, similar to that of Modern Warfare. Squad-based mechanics certainly make sense, considering former Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter creative director Christian Allen joined Bungie in 2007. But again, grain of salt.

Halo: Reach -- Bungie's final title in the Halo universe -- is expected to ship in 2010. Microsoft has yet to reply to our request for a comment on the images.

[Via Shacknews & NeoGAF]

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Tags: 343-industries, bungie, grain-of-salt, halo, halo-reach, leak, Microsoft, microsoft-game-studios, rumor, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (95)

No, the game itself wasn't difficult. It just wasn't any fun. Fighting the same handful of enemies in the same environments over and over again just doesn't appeal to me. The bland, cookie-cutter sci-fi plot and forgettable protagonist didn't help things either. It's a game that tries its best to be epic but falls woefully short (the soundtrack is a perfect example of this). Half-Life, MGS and Zelda are examples of great games. Halo introduced a few clever innovations, but just doesn't stack up against the legends. I'd speculate that the series is geared towards unsophisticated adolescents who are more concerned with killing aliens using laser weapons than they are with quality gameplay.

Thanks, Captain Planet, for the thoughtful feedback. It's always nice to have a meaningful exchange. I can see why you're one of the more popular users on this site.

What's funny is that Halo was introduced on a brand new console, did just about everything right in terms of an FPS on a console, let alone a brand new console developed by 'evil' Microsoft and just about EVERY FPS game to come out since it's original release way back in 2001, borrows almost every element that made it the most popular FPS in the past 2 generations.

So you're right Misanthropic. It was a bad game. It was terrible. So terrible that only one game has been able to [barely] nudge away off it's throne (CoD:MW).

Sure, the original Halo isn't a great game *now*. But compare it to what was around at the time and it beats the crap out of the competition. Problem is, after that everyone took a leaf out of Bungie's book... And most developers did it better than Bungie did with Halo 1.

Halo is going to sit in the FPS hall of fame next to Wolfenstein 3D and Duke Nukem as a "classic" of the genre, even if it's kind of shitty by today's standards. Because it SET those standards higher than they had been before.

I have high hopes for Reach, i think this time around they are really going to focus on improved graphics and environments and really push the 360 to its limits.

That's the plan, I would hope. As long as it doesn't have the issues Halo 2 did from being rushed (and I doubt it will) it will be one of the best looking games to hit the 360.

oh god i hope they dont fuck it up. im looking forward to this so much.

I hear they hired those two kids from that commercial to tighten up the graphics.

aiming down the barrel (on guns it makes sense with) would be a neat addition.

But with a needler you'd end up with the blind skull.

Hard to really extrapolate anything meaningful from the photos but I don't doubt their authenticity.

That's the needler from Halo 1

Reach is before Halo 1...

Halo one hasn't come out yet.... jeez Mr. Futurama.

As in looks literally the one from the xbox 1. The same mesh.

I know, if I made a watermark it would be just like that.

joystiq has reported a few bogus things in the past as fact, so skepticism sure...

in this case, if you look at the set of screens this guy has released, you'd come to suspect they're genuine. so maybe, in this case, your skepticism is just bein' stubborn.

This must mean tom morello is doing the score for reach...AWESOME!!!!

You really think so? Why would they get rid of O'Donnell's excellent music? The man has won countless awards for his music.

That's like dumping Uematsu from Final Fantasy and replacing it with something Miyamoto made in Wii Music...

I was jk but a remix from him on a couple of songs would be sweet!

http://www.brahman.com.au/images/information/technical/selection/Udder-f1.jpg
http://www.busytrade.com/common/image.php?file=847500&x=230&y=230&jpg=

Sigh.

http://www.busytrade.com/common/image.php?file=847500&x=230&y=230&jpg

http://drinkmilkusa.com/images/main_picture.jpg

O hai guyz! I posted a picture of a cow's udder under a Halo thread to use an ironic visual representation of how I believe Halo is being milked! Aren't I clever!?!

Now give me votes up and attention.

It looks believable enough, but even with the new HUD, the graphics seem surprisingly outdated for a new engine, im calling hoax

disappointing if it is real, shitty graphics or not, it isnt the third person shooter id always hoped : (

hey fuck you whoever downvoted me, I can dream if I want!

Before saying this is fake, I suggest clicking on the "source" and look at the other pics he has. They're pretty convincing.

This dude stole the pics from another place and (crappily) put his name on the images with Paint.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378966

Those are the original images. Please update and do the Internet a favor and don't give credit to that idiot.

Thanks! =)

thank you, those clearer screens have renewed my hope for great graphics! Although, is it more, or does the start screen look like that's the Ark Portal in the background? Im probably wrong and it's just a glassing crater, but anything to fuel suspicion of authenticity i guess

man I wish the real Tom would get down on this shit

I just remembered... ODST comes with a Reach beta! I'm officially in supa-hyped fanboy mode now.

Hmmm... Now that I think about it, maybe I should turn supa-hyped fanboy mode off until Modern Warfare 2 comes out.

*waits*

hmmm... thats a good idea, but right after it goes back on okay

If this is indeed Halo Reach, you can't deny it looks absolutely awesome! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378966

If that is Halo Reach then it looks absolutely awesome. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378966

Can't wait.

that would fall into the guns it doesn't make sense for category

yep. looks like halo. nothin' to see here folks.

hey that guy uses the same monitor as me.

I believe it.

Does antone still care about the Halo franchise? Just wondering, because I checked out months ago

In their last weekly update Bungie mentioned they had take-home builds for the various staff to try out/test. My guess is that these were taken then.

If you guys want to see the pictures without MS Paint scribbled all over them, head here: http://screwattack.com/node/31730

why didnt they explain the damn legendary ending to halo 3? what was the big beam of light headed to the chief? get the chief back!

This is the 100th post.

Always with the blurry footage.
Will there ever be a perfect leaked photo?
Hmm, would anyone believe it?
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If it's squad based, I'm most likely going to be unhappy with it. Never liked ghost recon, never!

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