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CGI-Quality said:

93 is a solid Meta. Should hold at least 91 or 92 to the end though, and perhaps even 93 or 94, depending on the 8s and 9s. Anyone read any of the sub 9 reviews?

I read the gamesradar one since I was curious about the only 80. It was well written, splitten in 2 categories, campaign and multiplayer. Honestly, after reading the campaign review I thought it were going to score 8 but it scored 7, no big deal there, he wasnt praising it. But, after reading their multiplayer section, I really thought it was going to score a 10, it scored 9. Strangely, their Halo 3 multiplayer score is 10 and the reviewer said himself that halo reach multiplayer is even better. The way he review the multiplayer really does seem like he think it is the more advance multiplayer of all console FPS. Why does he give it a 9 then? Read it, its interesting. Maybe gamesradar wanted hits...



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Jadedx said:
psrock said:

I really don't know what some of you were expecting. It will finish above 90's which is great and no it won't be the greatest fps game ever.

In your opinion, IMO if reach has a better story than Halo 1, and a better multiplayer than Halo 2 then it will be the best fps ever.

From what I read the story isnt the strong point. Multiplayer looks awesome though.



Icyedge said:
CGI-Quality said:

93 is a solid Meta. Should hold at least 91 or 92 to the end though, and perhaps even 93 or 94, depending on the 8s and 9s. Anyone read any of the sub 9 reviews?

I read the gamesradar one since I was curious about the only 80. It was well written, splitten in 2 categories, campaign and multiplayer. Honestly, after reading the campaign review I thought it were going to score 8 but it scored 7, no big deal there, he wasnt praising it. But, after reading their multiplayer section, I really thought it was going to score a 10, it scored 9. Strangely, their Halo 3 multiplayer score is 10 and the reviewer said himself that halo reach multiplayer is even better. The way he review the multiplayer really does seem like he think it is the more advance multiplayer of all console FPS. Why does he give it a 9 then? Read it, its interesting. Maybe gamesradar wanted hits...

A lot has changed in three years, Halo 3 was great back then but during that time, other FPS's have come and done some great thing's, so Halo: Reach has more competition now with recently released titles.



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Icyedge said:
CGI-Quality said:

93 is a solid Meta. Should hold at least 91 or 92 to the end though, and perhaps even 93 or 94, depending on the 8s and 9s. Anyone read any of the sub 9 reviews?

I read the gamesradar one since I was curious about the only 80. It was well written, splitten in 2 categories, campaign and multiplayer. Honestly, after reading the campaign review I thought it were going to score 8 but it scored 7, no big deal there, he wasnt praising it. But, after reading their multiplayer section, I really thought it was going to score a 10, it scored 9. Strangely, their Halo 3 multiplayer score is 10 and the reviewer said himself that halo reach multiplayer is even better. The way he review the multiplayer really does seem like he think it is the more advance multiplayer of all console FPS. Why does he give it a 9 then? Read it, its interesting. Maybe gamesradar wanted hits...


maybe this happened because i think that the standards had changed since 2007, that's why Halo 3 is supposed to be "better" than Halo:Reach, because back then, the standards were not as high as nowadays.

in 2007 Halo 3 was THE multiplayer, today we've MW2,BC2,U2... maybe that's why the score is lower.



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themanwithnoname said:
CGI-Quality said:
themanwithnoname said:
CGI-Quality said:

93 is a solid Meta. Should hold at least 91 or 92 to the end though, and perhaps even 93 or 94, depending on the 8s and 9s. Anyone read any of the sub 9 reviews?


Giant Bomb's complaint is that the campaign is too similar to other Halo games. I think that's the only complaint I remember in the whole review.

Oddly enough, that's what keeps people coming back to this series. You'd think that'd be a plus.


Well, there are a couple of headscratchers in other review I've read so far to be fair. The IGN review tries to say the number of maps for multiplayer is lacking by comparing it to the Halo 3 maps plus its 12 DLC maps, which is a baffling comparison to make imo. Gametrailers was complaining about the beam rifle and plasma grenade launcher being too strong, but from what I can remember from the beta, killing people with those two weapons isn't exactly a walk in the park.

It's hard to imagine anybody on the fence who hasn't played a Halo game, though I do wonder what the thoughts of people who've never played it before are about these reviews.

My third tool of destruction in the Reach beta was the beam rifle (I killed a couple hundred people with that thing and only got killed by it about 5 times)....that thing was ridiculous.  

But I'm guessing the reason why they don't like them is because they got raped by those 2 weapons one too many times.



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themanwithnoname said:
CGI-Quality said:
themanwithnoname said:
CGI-Quality said:

93 is a solid Meta. Should hold at least 91 or 92 to the end though, and perhaps even 93 or 94, depending on the 8s and 9s. Anyone read any of the sub 9 reviews?


Giant Bomb's complaint is that the campaign is too similar to other Halo games. I think that's the only complaint I remember in the whole review.

Oddly enough, that's what keeps people coming back to this series. You'd think that'd be a plus.


Well, there are a couple of headscratchers in other review I've read so far to be fair. The IGN review tries to say the number of maps for multiplayer is lacking by comparing it to the Halo 3 maps plus its 12 DLC maps, which is a baffling comparison to make imo. Gametrailers was complaining about the beam rifle and plasma grenade launcher being too strong, but from what I can remember from the beta, killing people with those two weapons isn't exactly a walk in the park.

It's hard to imagine anybody on the fence who hasn't played a Halo game, though I do wonder what the thoughts of people who've never played it before are about these reviews.

My third tool of destruction in the Reach beta was the beam rifle (I killed a couple hundred people with that thing and only got killed by it about 5 times)....that thing was ridiculous.  

But I'm guessing the reason why they don't like them is because they got raped by those 2 weapons one too many times.



themanwithnoname said:
CGI-Quality said:
themanwithnoname said:
CGI-Quality said:

93 is a solid Meta. Should hold at least 91 or 92 to the end though, and perhaps even 93 or 94, depending on the 8s and 9s. Anyone read any of the sub 9 reviews?


Giant Bomb's complaint is that the campaign is too similar to other Halo games. I think that's the only complaint I remember in the whole review.

Oddly enough, that's what keeps people coming back to this series. You'd think that'd be a plus.


Well, there are a couple of headscratchers in other review I've read so far to be fair. The IGN review tries to say the number of maps for multiplayer is lacking by comparing it to the Halo 3 maps plus its 12 DLC maps, which is a baffling comparison to make imo. Gametrailers was complaining about the beam rifle and plasma grenade launcher being too strong, but from what I can remember from the beta, killing people with those two weapons isn't exactly a walk in the park.

It's hard to imagine anybody on the fence who hasn't played a Halo game, though I do wonder what the thoughts of people who've never played it before are about these reviews.

My third tool of destruction in the Reach beta was the beam rifle (I killed a couple hundred people with that thing and only got killed by it about 5 times)....that thing was ridiculous.  

But I'm guessing the reason why they don't like them is because they got raped by those 2 weapons one too many times.



The score system is not perfect yet 93 is a very high score. Maybe they should put a warning  on the Meta score that it can be off  plus/minus 5 points when  comparing games so people won't make such a big deal with a past game getting a one or two higher than a new released game.



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Very good reviews, definitly looking forward to it.

But seriously guys, stop complaining about lower scores than 10s, scores are in the end nothing more than opinions of the reviewers.



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