Hey guys, I just recently bought a new 360, initially because I felt like playing the OG Xbox and some Arcade games. Since I had played Reach 2 years ago I wanted to play it again, and is it awesome. From the story to the gameplay to the soundtrack to the commercials. This is the only Halo game I ever liked, I love the Noble Team and their fate.

Even more awesome is that I got the game free from a very generous Halogaf member!

You love their fate? You love that they all die, and that some of them died in the most meaningless ways (ex. the woman)?

Damn!

I did enjoy the game, but for some reason I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous main installments. It lacked the same epicness that Master Chief holds.

Halo reach is AWESOME!! The campaign is flawless and the multiplayer is perfect. Team SWAT and Alpha zombies FTW!!

I'm glad you like it.

Nice, Good that you liked. I found the campaign quite interesting but it comes nowhere near the epicness of MASTER CHIIIIEEEFFF!!!!

I haven't played Reach but I can't imagine it being that much better than Halo 3, and Halo 3 was mediocre.

The only thing that would have made the campaign better is epic scarab fights like in Halo 3. I really really hope scarabs are in Halo 4.

Trust me its better, I don't care for Masterchief at all.

I'm talking about the campaigns btw, didn't bother with mps.

The thing I love about Reach is that YOU'RE NOT ON THE WINNING SIDE. It's sad that Noble team died (I'm still unsure about Jun's fate), but it's a relief to know that they succeeded at getting Cortana to the Pillar of Autumn. If they hadn't, humanity would've been eradicated by the Covenant. Another thing I loved was that I was once again battling Elites. The Zealot-class Elites are especially awesome.

It's cool that you gave it a try and liked it. I rather liked all of the games, myself, but Reach did give me something that I really wanted since Halo 1. The ability to make my own Spartan.

(Spoiler alert for Reach, don't read the rest of my post if you haven't played it...)

I definitely agree, all in all, Turk. I thought the mixture of all of the elements in the game were exceptionally well put together. The music fit so well and the gameplay was tight, but the story really was the best part for me. To me, this was insanely epic and very classic. The idea that you are fighting a losing battle for the sake of trying to save what you can and the sacrifices behind it. Deaths mixed between sudden and understood as the group was slowly picked off. The final heroic stand. It really did work well to make a pretty awesome package.

Reach is a very good game. I played it again recently. I agree with all you say. Great campaign and story. Lets see what Halo 4 has to offer.