Halo: Reach Discussion

[Higuy]

I seriously hope they go back to a singular color for the Spartans. This rainbow thing just isn't working for me.

I don't care much for the colors, but I would imagine the armour would be the same for all spartans. I mean like, why go through the trouble to design a suit that's custom to every spartan, when it does the same thing. It's not logical.

[Warsaw]

Colour != function.

I'd rather single colours, or muted colours. Like olive drap, dark sage, grey, brown, dark navy blue, etc. The bright colours aren't working...and red should never be an armour colour.

[Disaster]

I think the typical olive color the UNSC would be fitting.

[t3h m00kz]

Um, far from it. I don't recall Halo 2 ever being released with Forge, Saved films, screen shots, the level of depth seen in multiplayer variants, and especially networkable campaigns.

Same game...year, right.

The AR...basically looks like an AR but without the smooth shell. Also, where the ammo counter is looks to be a modular attachment point, hence its rather detached look. Maybe this AR is a different model? I think Bungie posted the weapon profiles, will have to check out the explicit model number compared to Halo 1/3. It would be wise of Bungie to give it a different ending alphacode due to the really different look.

The DMR isn't the BR...plain and simple. Obviously they're based off one another (however, who knows which came which since Cole Protocol had the BR in it...). The comparison of the DMR to the BR is like trying to compare the M249 to the M240. Yes, they both look closely alike, but one has a longer barrel, different fire rate, and larger caliber (etc).

What I'm starting to wonder...is if they're going the ODST route again with dual wielding? No one has come out and said it, nor has there been any pictures to really confirm it.

Well, what I meant was in terms of competetive gameplay. Halo 2 and 3 felt nearly identical in that regard.

[thehoodedsmack]

To those quoted: you are not being targeted for your views or opinions. I am responding to your rebuttals.

Just because they can make good prostheses doesn't mean they have the capability to make a full robot.

Kat's whole arm is robotic, meaning it has to link to her central nervous system. It's either controlled by electrical impulses by her brain to a receiver between her body and the suit, or, less likely, connected directly to her nerves. Either way, all you need is two arms, two legs, and a smart AI could handle the rest.

Sure, it might be a small plot hole, but you can also look at it this way: if they could have, they would have.

It's not so much a plot hole, and I don't hold any ill will towards it. If the technology exists for a fully-functioning prosthetic arm, then it would be easier to re-attach a deceased individual's arm. It's been done today with hands, though I don't believe complete function usually returns to the patient.

Also, fully intelligent AIs are references as being extremely expensive in the books.

Yes, to produce a singular, unique AI. But last I checked, the process of copy and pasting wasn't all that difficult.

I'm rereading The Fall of Reach to try to refresh my memory on the history.

Find me the part where the Spartan IIIs show up. I think I missed that bit. Not to be snotty, but I'm just illustrating how a lot of this stuff is put in on more of a "cool factor", rather than in the idea of reputable science fiction.

Really? This is where the game about space aliens with a religion centering around multiple ringworlds/superweapons loses credibility for you?

Like I said before, I don't have a problem with it. I'm just a little disappointed that nobody on the editing team asked these questions. Again, "cool factor".

[Warsaw]

^IAWTP.

Except, when we brought up the whole reputable science fiction thing versus "because they can" earlier, we caught a ton of flak with the "it's Bungie's game hurr durr" argument...

[ShadowSpartan]

Find me the part where the Spartan IIIs show up. I think I missed that bit. Not to be snotty, but I'm just illustrating how a lot of this stuff is put in on more of a "cool factor", rather than in the idea of reputable science fiction.

I can't tell if you were being sarcastic or not, but Spartan III's were not introduced until Ghosts of Onyx. It was assumed in the book that all of them were sent on suicide missions, but that is not the case according to this page on bnet. It clearly explains why there are SIII's on Reach, and that they weren't just thrown in there for a "cool factor" according to you.

[Kornman00]

Again, the DMR isn't a BR. It's like trying to say the M240 and M249 are the same weapons, they're most definitely not.


You get to pick the colors of your character in MP, so why can't these characters pick their suit's colors? Noble Team isn't like the dozens of other SIIIs who are sent en masse on suicide missions because they're expendable. So it doesn't stand against reason that they would get some armor tuned to their requests or fields.

IIRC, both Carter and Cath are the only original members of Noble Team and they both have blue armor. Now this could either signify their positions (leaders; think ST where red represented Command positions) or the original color of the Noble group. It originally could have been that Noble was given its own set of colors due to its own special ops compared to the other SIIIs. The replacements all seem to have specific parts of their armor as different colors meaning that as missions wore on, parts got damaged or replaced and well, sometimes you can't find the EXACT same colors for the exact same parts. The newest is entirely black and he was also taken from the last batch of SIIIs...so it's more than likely that black armor is the default armor for them...the generic SIIIs.

While it would be logical to have a single spec for the Spartan armor both in terms of money and production values, this is the military we're talking about. Logic isn't given to too many people in the ranks. Just look at today's military (at least America): every fucking branch as it's own goddamn uniform (both dress and battle). It's all a waste.


Also, in Noble 6's performance report his gender is X'd out. However, in the comments section they clearly use an "his". Also, pretty sure that GI mag article referred to the LT as a 'him'

[Advancebo]

I hoped there was an MA5K, since it is the main weapon of the SIII's.

[Siliconmaster]

Also, in Noble 6's performance report his gender is X'd out. However, in the comments section they clearly use an "his". Also, pretty sure that GI mag article referred to the LT as a 'him'

They probably want to leave the character like Gordon Freeman or the MC- hollow so that we as the players can step into him/her. Even if interviews are using "him" as a gender title, I wouldn't be that surprised if Bungie allows female gamers to switch the gender in the campaign. It already looks like we can modify colors and armor a little, and gaming is slowly moving beyond the typical male population. *shrug*