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We don't know much about Halo: Reach yet. Microsoft and Bungie showed off a teaser for the possibly final collaboration between the two companies at E3, which chronicles the fall of the planet Reach, a major part of Halo lore. At the Penny Arcade Expo, I had a chance to ask Bungie community manager Brian Jarrard about Halo: Reach.
"Reach is going to be a tough project for us to wrap just because the scope is really big -- it's up there," said Jarrard. "It'll probably be our biggest game ever just in terms of the amount of people working on it and the expectations for it. I mean, it's a big deal for us."
To be honest, I thought it was a small, focused spin-off, ala Halo 3: ODST. It's not. Halo: Reach sounds much bigger than I'd ever imagined, the way Jarrard puts it.
"I know just for at least the next year our hardcore focus is going to be on getting Reach done and awesome and hopefully getting people excited about it," he said.
Halo: Reach will also represent Bungie's next major step forward in engine technology. Whereas Halo 3: ODST was mostly built on Halo 3's base technology, Halo: Reach is a complete reinvention.
"Reach will be a full three-year cycle -- it's got all-new tech, akin to the change from Halo 2 to Halo 3," he said.
Am I the only one who didn't realize how ambitious Halo: Reach actually was? Based on the few new tidbits here from Jarrard, I'm already more excited about what the studio has planned for its possibly final Halo adventure. For more on Halo 3: ODST, what might come after Halo: Reach and plenty more on Halo in general, check out my full interview with Jarrard.
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technogiant
Probably wont be as big a change as from Halo2 to Halo3 which as the former was an original xbox game and the latter an xbox360 title.....a bit of developers license for exaggeration there me thinks
ProjektX13
Bigger and bigger and bigger. Its going to blow the dust off the PS3's games.
imdave
#Sorry bout double (now triple) post, I must have double clicked the post button or something
imdave
I'm exited enough about ODST so if Reach is a good as they claim it should be great. I cant wait.
imdave
I'm exited enough about ODST so if Reach is a good as they claim it should be great. I cant wait.
JayDitto
Give it up to Bungie. Not only did they sell most of the rights of Halo to Microsoft so as to get out from under their thumb. But now it seems they are getting hired back to do more. Bungie-1 Microsoft-0
Snicker60515
There will never be an end to the Halo series because there will always be a way to obsess about it on Xbox Live. Wouldn't it be weird to see a Halo game that didn't have multiplayer?
deltakong
How long will they milk the series? wasn't halo 3 supposed to be the last 1?
Hallowethe
"Am I the only one who didn't realize how ambitious Halo: Reach actually was? Based on the few new tidbits here from Jarrard, I'm already more excited about what the studio has planned for its possibly final Halo adventure."
Nope, you weren't the only one. And also--I agree. This makes me much more excited for it, seeing as its an all new engine and basically a new "full" Halo game.
Wawful
omg wow, seriously? microsoft and bungie are milking halo for all that it's worth, seriously? 3 spinoffs this close to each other? i for one (my opinion) find that to be pretty ridiculous, i know that there's other games that have gone much further with spinoffs but still...
badgarok725
when does the multiplayer beta come out for this anyway. I seriously doubt it comes out the same day as ODST, because otherwise we would have heard more by now
Jackal904
I kind of had a feeling it was going to be pretty different from the previous Halo games, but I had no idea it was this ambitious.
KevinJames23
They should go back to the Halo 1 engine with better graphics. The pistol in that game was the perfect balance.. noobs just cried when they died because of a lack of skill, nothing else.
SkinnyJr
well I havent enjoyed a halo game since the 1st. Im not really in to ODST right now, but reach has me intrigued
ddc2494
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lookatthisguy
I'm with Klepek on this one--I thought it was another game to expound on the story (and perhaps even simply to get more money out of the franchise). Looks like they're more focused on whatever it is than I expected them to be... unless it's all just early hype (again, milking the franchise for all it's worth).
Looking forward to finding out though. Can't wait.
gizzle228
I highly doubt Halo: Reach will be their final Halo game. There's just too much money in it to stop.
gamersince1995 ShowHide(1 Reply)
HEY ITS TRUE SINCE HALO IS "ONLY" ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAME OUT ON THE 360 LOL ...
WhiteWolfAssassin
I am curious to see if this game follows the events in the novel Fall of Reach. If so, I am wondering if specific parts of the novel will be in the game.
iJESUSfreak
I am curious as to exactly what Halo: Reach is. I hope it isn't another Halo themed RTS...don't get me wrong, Halo Wars was good, but i like FPS Halo better than RTS Halo.
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