Story:

While the destruction of Reach is an epic given the drama doesn't come over that well, the 6 spartans
are not that special and when they all got MIA you will hardly care about them.. The best moments in the story are the moments where you recognize something/someone from the book or the original Halo Trilogy. It also not helps that the campaign is pretty short, Also I wished the Rookie did not jumped into the Covenant's cruiser beam and blew himself up, he should have thrown Kat into the beam so she would not drive me off a Clif in the tip of the spear..

7/10


Gameplay New Elements:

With Halo: Reach bungie added some new stuff and changed things, the armor abilities
brings fresh air into the franchise and they create new strategies in the game that you will need
on the legendary difficulty.. the best part about it is that the Covenant will use it aswell and
it will create hilarious moments;..(Oh yes you also tried to melee a skirmisher and then find out
it was an hologram) Talking about the skirmisher, they are the new species in the covenant while they were 1.000 of years ago just like jackals but living on a different planet in a different environement
evolved them different (and yes you will notice it)..

Bungie added also new weapons sadly those feel just like weapsons they added in the game so they can say they added some new weapons, and I could go on about all the other stuff they added but then this will get a long read..Oh one thing though...It is impossible to understand the Covenant this time and if you were fan of the popular youtube vids 'Halo 3/ODST funny grunt lines' you are going to be sad about it;. but I guess most will not even know what I am talking about and don't know what they miss;.

9/10

Music:

The music in this game has some nice tracks, start up the tip of the spear mission and watch and listen the cutscene....Epic!!! and for the fans Bungie included a fan favourite hidden track in the game (Never surrender) Did ya find it yet?

But in my opinion overal the music does not come close to the Halo Trilogy theme.... Still their are some epic songs.

8,5/10

Graphics:

This is difficult, Should I compare it to Halo 3/ Halo ODST? Or should I compare it to the games released
around Halo Reach? Because if I do the latter one it is underperforming, and if I compare it to Halo 3 I am
also dissapointed...While their is more detail..their is also more grey... Play a mission and multiplayer match in Halo Reach...now do the same in Halo 3. In my opinion Halo 3 has more colour and makes the game more attractive to look at...but maybe you will think different about it, in the end I don't really think people are buying the game
for the graphics anyway.

8/10

Multiplayer:

Now this is what Makes Halo popular, Let me first start with the negative part... The maps feel rushed,
a huge part is made in Forge world and is boring to look at, and some of them are remakes of popular maps and their are not really that many maps that really feel great 2-3 maximum (This got solved with the defiant map pack and the ability to play on custom maps though)

Also the Armor lock ability can be a pain in the ass, if you don't use it you are going to hate it..

But in the end you will forgive it because their is so much to do and if you are an Halo multiplayer fan you are going to love it. The AA's will take some time to get used to though. (lucky if you can't stand the AA's their is an classic playlist)

9/10

Value:

While the campaign is short their is still so much to do, you can play some (team) slayer(deathmatch), you can race,you can play Grifball, you can play Crazy King, you can play rocket race, you can play Headhunter, you can play oddball, you can play invasion, you can play objective games, you can play action sack,you can play power slayer, you can team up with friends and play firefight, you can play infected mode and plenty of other things...

This with the combination of an addictive Ranking system daily/weekly challenges will you come back for more;.

10/10



Overall:

If you are an Halo Universe or an online multiplayer fan this game is a must...
If you are not into online multiplayer I say you must rent the game , you probably finish the campaign in a week and on Saturday you can invite all your friends for some nice Multiplayer fun ..sure you could go out I know outside the graphics are amazing but the gameplay sucks compared to Halo Reach :).

8,9/10

Well the ranking system was better in Halo 3, You always played with people around your skill level..
It really sucks sometimes that I am playing in Team slayer and have to play against a party who play as a team while one of my teammaters is at the other side of the map with a sniper rifle hoping to see someone, another one is behind a corner waiting with a shotgun and the last one is just boosting CR (aka is not playing the game but let his game on so he get a lot of CR..).. 

Well Bungie made it for the casual players in the hope people will play it untill they get the highest rank.
It takes around 80-90 days of real playtime before you get their (and we are less than ten days away before someone will reach it).

9.6

Great campaign with a decent length
nice graphics
incredible co-op as always
same for the multiplayer
ending
amazing new/redesigned weapons
Firefight
good story

- weird cutscene ghosting effect
- armor abilities in singleplayer don't really make much of a differecnce
- civilians don't look that good

@trasharmdsister12

Here you go: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Han_(The_Duel)

Halo Legends rocks !

10.

I dont need to say more.

Only the 2nd game this gen to ever get 10 from me.

Halo Reach- 9.6

In comparison this is what I would give the other games in the series

Halo:CE- 9.8

Halo 2- 9.4 (I would give it a slightly lower score but I'm taking into account that it revolutionized online console play)

Halo 3- 9.5

Halo 3 ODST- 8.8

Halo Wars- 8.7

ethomaz has Xbox now? At least this isn't a poll.

9.0

Really enjoyed the game! 

There's not many enemy's in video games like Elite's. They just feel so smart without feeling like they are cheating.

The multiplayer is also fantastic but I didnt get hooked like I did with Halo 2 and 3 multiplayer. Dont know why because as I said it is fantastic.

9.8

If the game's multiplayer mode alone was ported to the PS3 I'd play it all day haha

9.7

The satisfaction after getting the 'A Monument To All Your Sins' achievement makes it worth that alone, when you add the MP and the empty feeling after Lone Wolf, it's easily deserved.