I think we all had some doubts after ODST came out and it was a big let down in the Halo Universe.  I say this and I was someone who didn’t sell ODST and kept playing it after many others sold their copy or started using theirs as a coaster.

I think Bungie has truly put a lot of love into Reach.  It has a refreshing feel to it with the new armor abilities, the maps and a bunch of new challenges and achievements.  All of these things combined create multiple ways to play, which keeps it interesting.  It is very clever and sneaky to create a whole new list of goals, besides your normal Achievements.  If you’ve played, you know what I’m talking about.  There are four daily Challenges and an extra 2000 points for completing them all.  It’s ridiculously addicting!!  You want to waste away a lot more of your, already game consumed life, trying to get these challenges.  Plus it helps players improve their game and forces them to explore different game options.

Tonight, instead of just playing the game normally, my boyfriend and I set out to get the Challenges that are found when you hit the Start button.  We were able to get every Challenge except for one.  We’ve been playing Matchmaking Firefight a lot and the AI’s are much more intelligent than they were in previous Halo games.  They duck and dodge out of the way and sometimes sneak up on you.  We have been holding off playing Multi-player Matchmaking, because we typically don’t look forward to dealing with the assholes you meet online in the normal Matchingmaking games (No, I’m not saying everyone on there are assholes).  I also enjoy the Multi-player Matchmaking, but I enjoy it more when playing with friends.

We’ve been playing with people online in Firefight and I haven’t run into one asshole!!  :D  Very impressive.  Maybe those new profile settings are working.  Yes, now there are profile settings available to set whether you want to be matched up with Chatty or Quiet people, Competitive or Casual play.  I have read online that other players are having trouble with the “Chatty” setting.  Somethings still need to be touched up, but in my opinion this game is a winner.

One more screenshot for good measure

I still have a ways to go in the game, so this is not a complete review.  I have only completed the campaign on Normal and want to do so on Heroic and Legendary.  Meant to do this in the last few Halo’s and never got around to it.  When we completed the game on Normal, there were no credits or anything.  The game just ended.  I’m told this will change if we play on the more difficult settings.  I look forward to it!

If anyone out there has any Halo Reach tips for me, I’d love to hear them!  I do heart Halo, but I don’t claim to be a Pro.  Feel free to email me, comment on this post or message me on X-Box live!  My Gamertag is on right sidebar of my site.

Arigato,

Kat

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