10 Halo Reach Questions (and Answers) for People Who Hate the Bungie Forums
Have you ever spent serious time on a Bungie.net forum? Back in the day, it was filled with kids who had spilled their after-school milk on the keyboard, dedicated trolls, atrocious spellers, and people who firmly believed their two cents were actually worth a dollar. There's a reason the moderators were called Ninjas and they constantly swung the Banhammer around. It was incredibly hard to find the gold. The gold was there, but you had to deeply mine for it.
And if you didn't want to mine? Well, don't bother, because clearly, you didn't care that the crosshair was slightly to the left in a blurry screenshot, which absolutely, unequivocally proved that Microsoft's Project Natal was going to be used in Reach... right? Oh wait, that was going to be my first question. Damn.
Here are ten questions you may have bravely entered the forums to find answers to back before the game launched. Selfless blogger that I am, I've done the hard yards for you.
Is Halo Reach going to use Project Natal (Kinect)?
Nope. Nada. Bungie famously busted this long-running myth early on. Reach is a traditional controller game. You won't be pantomiming throwing plasma grenades in your living room.
Is the Master Chief in Reach?
Maybe as an easter egg, but probably not in any meaningful campaign capacity. The game will focus entirely on Spartan Team ‘Noble’. You play the campaign as Noble 6, the Lone Wolf. Master Chief is busy elsewhere dealing with the space-side defense of the planet.
What exactly is a Skirmisher?
A brand-new, highly agile Covenant enemy class. They are essentially cousins to the Jackals, but much faster and more aggressive. Prepare to be heavily outflanked by them on Legendary.
Is the Falcon playable?
Yes. It will forever be known as the 'Warthog of the Skies'. It appears there is a dedicated helicopter-style flying mission in Reach. Will it be a rescue mission? An assault on a Covenant spire? Your guess is currently as good as the kid who just spilled his second glass of milk over his keyboard.
Who is that Spartan with the mechanical arm?
That would be Kat-B320, a brilliant tactician and long-serving member of Noble Team. She is not just a massive Def Leppard fan, okay? Her prosthetic is a grim reminder of the toll the Covenant war takes on the Spartan-IIIs.
Is ODST’s Edward Buck going to be in Halo Reach?
In Halo 3: ODST, Gunnery Sergeant Buck explicitly mentioned he was present at the Fall of Reach. Some early interviews strongly hinted that Buck will appear in Reach in some shape or form. Given that Noble squad’s mission parameters have been announced, it seems highly reasonable to speculate you will run into him ‘in the field’ during the campaign.
UPDATE - He ended up in Halo 5.
, Gunnery Sergeant Buck explicitly mentioned he was present at the Fall of Reach. Some early "Who’s that girl?"
You’re thinking of a 1980s Eurythmics song. Move along, Missionary Man.
Will there be Firefight mode in Reach?
Bet the absolute farm on it, boy. Reach will undoubtedly have Firefight mode. The runaway success of the survival mode in Halo 3: ODST practically guarantees it will return, likely with massive matchmaking upgrades.
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