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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:00PM shimrra74 said

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Jizz in my pants...
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:37PM Tiptup300 said

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That one screenshot, the reticle is to the left. Natal maybe?
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 3:37PM Hyperion45 said

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That screenshot with the reticle is the "murder mode" as seen here :

http://kotaku.com/5452619/rumor-leaked-halo-reach-beta-boot+up-clip-introduces-murder-mode-%5Bupdate%5D

Microsoft said that "murder mode" is a fabrication, but it could be a very similar thing, some sort of auto-target maybe. That clip from Kotaku said "pus right on the d-pad to activate murder mode" and in the screenshot it looks like the blurred out thing is a visual hud piece corresponding to a d-pad mapping, with that lightning-bolt thing being mapped to the down button.

That's my guess anyway.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:01PM Acosta02 said

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Needle Rifle!
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:05PM (Unverified) said

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Wow...this might be the best looking game on the 360, considering this is an Alpha build...
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:09PM (Unverified) said

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Also, reading the post on Bnet, Spartan-III's are confirmed.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:13PM Acosta02 said

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But I wonder how many vertical pixels it has?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!>@1//2;l1,e;e3


PS3 4 lyfe



(Obviously joking!)
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:26PM (Unverified) said

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I'm sure it will be fine.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:17PM carbonize said

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There were no Spartan III's on Reach though. They were all trained on Onyx and only left Onyx on missions. The first time a Spartan 2 meets a Spartan 3 is on Onyx and that's after the fall of Reach.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:24PM (Unverified) said

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Again, if you read the post, we have Mendez and Ambrose saying they refitted some of the Spartan III's with full MJOLNIR armor, and they're listed as Spartan III's.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:35PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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They were confirmed as Spartan III's in the Game Informer article and official trailer. Bungie is adding to the official canon with this game so relax peeps.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 3:38PM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said

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OMGZ CANON IS BROKEN!!!!1!!!!
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 9:51PM (Unverified) said

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Things have been retconned before. Remember the Brutes before they
got their fancy armor? Not anymore you don't. Remember... remember...
the fifth of November for that matter?
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:07PM Jjjjames said

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the blur is probably that cloak/sprint mechanic they talked about.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:09PM Jjjjames said

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wait.. then wtfs the lightning bold?
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 4:39PM daytripper said

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@james
maybe it shrinks everyone like in mario kart
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:10PM RyanS said

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Looks great.

*crosses fingers for Splitscreen online support*
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:14PM Killface was here said

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This is bungie, of course there will be splitscreen online.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:16PM (Unverified) said

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Halo 2 had it, Halo 3 had it, ODST had it...

Unless you're meaning campaign? Then both Halo 3 and ODST still had it.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:20PM RyanS said

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From what I recall, ODST did not support split-screen + Over Live.

I wasted a couple of 48Hour Gold Passes to find that out.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:24PM (Unverified) said

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ODST supported split screen over Live.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:11PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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THAT SPARTAN T00 IS LOOKING RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME CAPS LOCK STUCK
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:13PM MrAlex said

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Ghillie suit, chain gun, some weird new enemy that must be some sort of elite or maybe a brute, and the weird 4x4 seen in earlier screens.

Liking the new features.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:15PM Acosta02 said

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I think it's supposed to be related to Jackals. Unless I missed something, which is incredibly possible.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 3:25PM MrAlex said

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there's a guy in orange near the end of the gallery, large sized, not a jackal.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 3:27PM MrAlex said

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at second glance it's just an elite in a silly helmet.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:14PM Nirvash Planeteer Power of Capt said

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Would the reticle be off center because of the way they redesigned the movement?
Instead of your whole body moving as one(Halo 3) they changed it so that your body reacts as a real humans would(move upper torso first, then feet).
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:00PM Puertoricarious said

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....except that your gun should still be pointing where the reticule is. you know, that whole aiming thing.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:18PM aristokrat said

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Anybody who's run around in MW2 trying to shoot someone up close with a sniper rifle at full speed without quick-scoping will know that it's quite possible for bullets to leave the barrel at 90°.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:15PM User Formerly Known as Dave said

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"Not only is the reticle not in the center of the screen..."

Natal tracking HUD.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:17PM (Unverified) said

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Right. Because the project manager saying NO NATAL just wasn't enough confirmation for you?
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:25PM (Unverified) said

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It's a STUPID speculation. If a developer says "NO", that means no. It's like the idiots who continue to insist Luigi is a playable character in SM64.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:27PM amart89 said

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someones cranky lol
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:38PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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Actually, Harold Ryan did say they think it could be Natal-enabled.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174992
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:43PM (Unverified) said

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That's old, Cap. Most recent podcast had the project lead, and he said no to Natal.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 4:24PM Vcize said

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Maybe you're new here, but when it comes to press releases, "no" means "yes".

As in...

There will absolutely be "no" price cut to the PS3 this year.
The PS3 slim does "not" exist.
There is "no" such thing as a PSP Go, it's all a rumor.
There are "no" plans to put larger hard drives on the xbox 360.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:16PM ViolentSquirrel said

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I hope these graphics improve with development time, because people have played or seen Uncharted 2...and these graphics are not close to it, yet.

Granted, these graphics are more than good enough to support an excellent game and I really look forward to Reach.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:21PM (Unverified) said

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You have to consider also how large the environments are, how many players and graphical effects displayed at once. It's not all about creating the prettiest environments, you have to take what you can do in them into account as well.

You just can't have for example a game like GTA4 and expect it to look and perform like Uncharted 2 or Heavy Rain. Reach may or may not improve, but I'm just saying don't expect it to look like Uncharted 2 or any other highly rendered, linear title.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:25PM ViolentSquirrel said

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My comment was just to reference Bungie, who said Reach is pushing the 360 hardware to its very limits.

I prefer gameplay over graphics, so I don't care.

But, you know, when a developer makes comments like that, you are sure to have people make comparisons.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:27PM (Unverified) said

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They've said these shots were from a very old build.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:35PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, pushing it the limits can mean anything really. Graphics aren't only limited to how detailed something can be, but what is pushed content wise as well.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 1:45PM Signature said

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Id agree with you Ryan if this game was GTA, but its Halo, its not a sandbox game. And Uncharted can maintain amazing graphics in hectic multiplayer with a fair amount on screen. I dont see why this game cant unless there are hardware limitations.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:02PM Puertoricarious said

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@joystiq1
"But, you know, when a developer makes comments like that, you are sure to have people make comparisons."

funny, you're the only person who has cared enough to make any comparison.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:07PM aristokrat said

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Well, these are already pictures of an old build because it still has the yellow HUD instead of the new blue one (I guess they really are returning to Halo's roots).
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:17PM Jjjjames said

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also, uncharted 2 doesn't have to deal with 4 player splitscreen or constant recording of gameplay.

Reaches graphics will be great in their own right.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 2:21PM (Unverified) said

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@Bradwart

They always say that.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 3:31PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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Why are people so compelled to compare this game to Uncharted 2? What parallels am I missing between the two?
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 4:59PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

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@Captain Planet

They both have guys shooting people, and one is on the 360 and the other is on the ps3.
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 5:21PM Kinjiro said

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@ james
Uncharted 2 is always recording in multiplayer
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Posted: Jan 26th 2010 9:27PM maveric101 said

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the full-res pics on IGN look a lot better:
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-reach/images/halo-reach-20100125051607890.html?page=mediaFull

even the "high-res" pics in the joystiq gallery are shrunk down.
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