Halo: Reach beta update: chugging along, but still needs a little work

You aren't the only one 30 minutes after playing I quit. The new weapons are cool but they STILL sound like toys. I really hope they fix that, hell just rip & remaster Halo:CEs gun effects. I hope the matchmaking system is fixed because I really want to play deathmatch and I keep ending in skull matches and othercrap.

The guns seem extremely weak just like you said, maybe it's cause they brought the health system back but I don't like it. Maybe I'm use to MW2 and even though COD games aren't my cup of tea I still had more fun playing that than I did this.

I hear you, it seems weird to be shooting someone, beat them, shoot them some more, get assassinated from ONE hit to the back and the dude I just pwned recharges his shields and scampers off.

They need to either make it so one hit to the back doesn't kill you, tweak weapon power or tweak the frontal melee. Also, that shield armor perk seems like BS to me. I was calmly waiting behind some dude who turned that on and then he came out of it facing me and killed me. WHAT?!? When that BS ends and I melee him from behind he should be kilt dead!

I enjoy it though. It feels fresher than Halo 3. I think it feels faster (especially with the armor sprint).

The new AR feels seriously underpowered, beyond point-blank range it's a whole mag to kill, basically always leaving you vulnerable after a kill. The melee system is a pain too; it does no health damage before you pop the shields, so I've been constantly getting into lame 'bobbing back and forth' melee battles. So far, not a big fan :S

LOL thumbed down by reach fanboys.

Took about 9 hours to download and about 5 minutes of playing to remind me why I stopped playing Halo in the first place.

Yeah, maybe I just suck at it, but a grenade at their feet, an entire magazine of rounds in their face followed by a punch and I get get dropped with a melee?

Whateverrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

@bravo it's just how the game works. if you want a game where 3 bullets kills you, go play CoD. i like how halo works because it adds an additional level of strategy to the game; there's just enough time in a firefight with someone to move around, take cover, toss a grenade etc. in CoD fights are over far too quickly for that; it's very much a twitch shooter. some people prefer that and that's fine, i just like Halo for what it is.

also, @Mal Faction

watch your back, and you won't get assassinated.

Most people seem confused by the very concept of a beta.

Eh, I'd like some compensation...

But unlike them, I'd gladly accept just unlocking ALL of the armor pieces for everyone to use since its just a beta.

I started downloading it at 7:30. When I went to bed at 11 it was at 47%. I know my DSL isn't the best, but I thought a gig would go faster than that. Oh well. It was finished when I got out of bed this morning, and I can't wait to play it for a while tonight.

yeah, i do remember that downloading the thing took forever, though. i was gone for most of the time it was downloading, but i think it took around 2-3 hours, and my school has a pretty fast connection.