Halo: Reach Discussion

[Darqeness]

How large is the download? I have a 7Gb monthly quota to look out for.

[annihilation]

E: What Pyong said.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

1.15gb

[Siliconmaster]

Yeah, it's a fairly large file. Took me an hour or three to download on my not-so-awesome internet. But holy shit- just played a few games, of all types, and I love it. Haven't seen anything I didn't like so far, though I already spotted a visual glitch on Sword Base.

[Bossniak]

Grenades piss me off.

[Siliconmaster]

They did take some getting used to. The sound effects are amazing, but they kill you a LOT more easily than in previous games. I don't really mind it, but it's certainly a change.

[Warsaw]

That's not the impression I got from the video. In Halo 1, a frag took out your shields assuming they were full. If they were depleted a little bit, you lost an additional four bars. In Reach, it only seemed to take shields down half-way, and only a little more with some depletion.

To anyone who's played it: is that shitty melee lunge still in Halo or did they finally wake up and remove it?

[Kornman00]

Possible MP maps that will in retail:

* indented lines are location names

aftship
    space
    uppermid
    mid
    basement
    exit
    basement red
    basement blue
    hallway red
    hallway blue
    curvedhall
    curvedhall red
    curvedhall blue
    liftroom red
    liftroom blue

ivorytower
    glasshall
    glassramp
    ventilation
    garden
    terraces
    elevatorshaft
    elevator
    basement
    basement hall
    maintainance west
    maintainance east
    balcony

launchstation
    launchpad
    entrance
    catwalk

panoptical
    irrigation
    info
    info balcony
    info bridge
    giftshop1
    giftshop2
    giftshop bridge
    outdoor stairs
    pergola
    pergola ramp
    pergola basement
    botanical walk
    botanical ramp
    rest lower
    rest upper
    rest trellis
    photo op
    oceanview
    makeoutpoint
    arborwalk
    arbor rampsouth
    arbor rampnorth
    grove lower
    grove upper
    centralramp

spire

forge_arena

forge_ascension

forge_badlands

forge_gulch

forge_sanctuary

forge_island

[Pooky]

forge_gulch?

I can't imagine they'd be bringing back bloodgulch after all this time...

[Cagerrin]

"ivory tower"

yes