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Halo: Reach
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A prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, chronicling one of the most cataclysmic events of the Halo Universe through the eyes of a squad of Spartan super-soldiers known as Noble Team. It is also the last game in the series developed by Bungie.
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"Reach's expanded multiplayer component offers a huge amount of variety that will keep Halo fans going for a good, long time."
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Bungie's grand finale for the Halo franchise.

Reach is the fifth installment in the Halo franchise and the series' official prequel. It was the last Halo game developed by Bungie, before the development was taken over by Microsoft themselves as t… Read more

Welcome to Reach

In November of 2001, a launch title for the original Xbox named Halo: Combat Evolved forever changed the controls and impact of the home console first-person shooter. Nine years later, developer Bungi… Read more

Dimishing Groundhog Days

In certain latitudes, the Halo franchise is best summed up as being created with a routine. These latitudes, as Joan Didion discusses in Blue Nights seem to carry similar themes, and while the geograp… Read more

Halo Reach Review: Remember Reach

Halo Reach is Bungie’s swansong for the franchise that they have worked on since Combat Evolved. With Bungie off to work on something else, Reach should be their final labour of love to the fans of th… Read more

Halo Reach Review: Remember Reach

Halo Reach is Bungie’s swansong for the franchise that they have worked on since Combat Evolved. With Bungie off to work on something else, Reach should be their final labour of love to the fans of th… Read more

Halo: Reach will it send Bungie out... with a bang?

Halo: Reach is the last Halo game Bungie will develop and sadly it wasn't the best sendoff. Reach was promised to be darker than the rest of the halo games and be more ambitious, however neither comes… Read more

Remember Reach, Remember Bungie...

Back in 1999, when there was no Gametrailers or YouTube, avid gamers would rely on a large culture of magazines and demo discs to learn about the next biggest thing in gaming. Occasionally, we may hav… Read more

Much of the Same, but thats not a bad thing

Halo: Reach is much of the same. A rock solid shooter with few flaws and a suprisingly memorable story. I've always had a love of the Halo franchise, since me and my best friend would sit in his room… Read more

great game

it rules 10/10 i loves the entire game and mutlyplayer rocks to i love the space battles and everything about it iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii… Read more

Halo: Reach is the ultimate parting gift from Bungie.

Doube time it, Noble!Halo has always been the jewel crown in the overwhelming genre of First person shooters as the first Halo: Combat Evolved would eventually blossom into a phenomenon with its innov… Read more

There was another Halo ass Halo game that was Halo'd. Halo.

This right here is the main and only reason to ever talk about Halo: Reach. "Before the beginning you know the end." The advertisements were completely true if you have ever been part of the Halo-mani… Read more

Halo Reach is a slick shooter and is a lot of fun

Its odd to say that but Reach doesnt really redefine anything it is still just such a good experience. Everything the game does from its campaign, multiplayer and Firefight mode are very well done. Fo… Read more

Reaching for the Pinnacle of Evolution

Evolved. That’s what Halo has become. It’s hard to imagine that it has been nearly ten years since the salivating masses had met Master Chief, and it’s even harder to imagine that Halo Reach is Bungie… Read more

The Halo formula: highly refined

This is it. Bungie’s final Halo game. (For now…) Halo: Reach is the prequel to the first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved. With the addition of armor abilities, a handful of new weapons, vehic… Read more

Halo Reach- A Review

Boy have we come a long way since Combat Evolved. The Microsoft money maker Halo, has been a genre defining first person shooter since 2001. Developer Bungie bids farewell to it's beloved series with… Read more

Halo's Newest Entry Gets a Classic Reboot

Overview : Another amazing Halo experience in the long line of successful first-person shooters, a return to what made the original Halo so great. Obviously one of the most anticipated games for 2010,… Read more

reaching out at the end

The last halo developed by series creators Bungie, takes a step back thematically and literally to produce a game that creates a solo player game that’s thrilling and effecting, a multiplayer game tha… Read more

The Sequel That is a Prequel

Halo Reach is the 5th game in the Halo universe. It is a prequel that sets up the events leading up to the first Halo. This is also the last Halo game that Bungie will develop. With Bungie's final far… Read more

Halo: Reach Review

In Bungie's last personal entry into the Halo universe they decided to go a bit further out of the box than they did with ODST. This time you're going to get a little bit more of a taste of different… Read more

Stick With Reach

NOTE - I haven't played much Firefight or multi-player game modes like Invasion/Objective games etc, I've stuck to Campaign, Forge and Slayer mostly. SINGLE PLAYER, SPOILERS You play as Noble 6, a rep… Read more

The Halo fan's dream game.

2001 - the year console shooters changed forever thanks to a little game called Halo: Combat Evolved. 2004 - the year online gaming on consoles exploded with Halo 2's stunning multiplayer. 2007 - the… Read more

A huge package!

After a decade of shooter dominance, Bungie finally releases their swan song for the Halo franchise. Halo: Reach is a product of everything Bungie has done thus far, and the result is an encapsulation… Read more

A farewell to arms.

As the last Halo title that developer Bungie plans to develop for the foreseeable future, Halo Reach had a lot of hype to live up too. It not only lives up to that hype, but it exceeds what was expect… Read more

The Definitive Halo Game from the People Who Created Halo

The Halo series has been one of the most successful video game franchises of the past decade and is not only responsible for the popularisation of countless features and gameplay systems in modern sho… Read more

Bungie has improved Halo in almost every way

So like I do with every game I started with the campaign for Reach. One awesome thing you'll find about the campaign from the get go is that your customized Spartan will be the guy you play as in camp… Read more

The most well made, content-filled, yet frustrating Halo yet.

Halo: the franchise that almost single-handedly put an Xbox in millions of homes back when Microsoft first entered the gaming business has reached the final chapter under developer Bungie's watch. Whi… Read more

You've gotta Reach for Noble team

Halo Reach is a highly anticipated game. Most people have Halo 3, some have Halo3 ODST, but you simply have to have this one. Single-Player: Campaigns in Halo games have always been known to have grea… Read more

Bungie Unloads a Dropship

It's here! Bungie's final word on the Halo saga has arrived to much fanfare, hype, plastic figurines and a mainstream marketing budget large enough to build a small army. But that's nothing new. We've… Read more

A fitting end to an era.

Halo Reach is undoubtedly the most anticipated game this year. It marks the end of an era in this landmark franchise and as such it's goal is to go out on a high note. I believe Halo Reach takes that… Read more

No One's Reviewed Reach Yet. Right?

I didn't hear a whole lot about this game in the months before this game's release, and that led me to believe that people were honestly getting tired of Halo. Heck, I was tired of Halo and had convin… Read more

Reaching for the controller

Lame title I kow, but given that this game has had me doing that, I thought it was appropriate. I got Halo Reach pretty much when it came out. I'm a Halo fan from way back, loving the first game, pret… Read more

A great addition to the series

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from Halo Reach, with it being released only a year after ODST (a game that was nice, but was essentially just an expansion without many new gameplay improvements… Read more

Best Halo Game, but is it enough?

Halo Reach is by far the best of the Halo games with its technical polish and vast feature set, but in many ways it feels like Bungie has only caught up to other current gen games on the market. Compa… Read more

MAXIMUM HALO

The best Halo ever, and yes, playing on Heroic IS the way to play. Legendary is just stupid hard, like taking a bumpy bus ride wearing underwear full of drawing pins - some might like it but most will… Read more

Reach Review

When talking about a series as influential and beloved as Halo, you’d better be careful making the grand claim that the latest edition is the best yet. But after you’ve gorged yourself on the sublime… Read more

Get me a 24-pack of beer and Reach and I’ll survive for a week

XBOX360 HALO: REACH REVIEW Get me a 24-pack of beer and Reach and I’ll survive for a week It’s finally arrived and Xbox 360 owners across the globe are rejoicing while PS3 owners are flaming away on t… Read more

Halo: Reach Review

Halo: Reach has a lot on its shoulders. Not only does it have a legacy of excellent shooters to follow, it’s the last of its kind from developer Bungie. It’s easy to imagine them crumbling under the p… Read more

New Halo Player

I have never really been much of a Halo player, but I have to say that Halo Reach is a great game. The campaign is great, fun levels with challenging AI. I love the persistance Avatar that you get to… Read more

Reach. For the skies.

There aren't many franchises that can say they've done as much as Halo has. Without Halo, let's face it, the Xbox wouldn't have done nearly as well as it did, and the term "console-shooter" would have… Read more

Quick review

Better than Halo 3, but the bar moved on years ago. + you can run! you can fly! + rudimentary class options in some multiplayer game modes + Single player is interesting( from what I have seen) = You… Read more

All-In-One

It's the ultimate Halo package. That's why I love it, you wouldn't be looking at this if you were not a fan already. It's got one of my favourite campaigns of the series, on a par with Halo:CE. Co-Op… Read more

Will You Remember Reach?

It has been a decade since the release of Halo: Combat Evolved, and still I think of it as one of the greatest first person shooters of all time. A true masterpiece of console gaming, Halo innovated t… Read more

Great, but not Perfect

The Good Excellent, refined gameplay. The enemy shielding makes the strategy more interesting. You can't just run and gun. Often you'll lower an enemy's shield with one weapon and finish them off with… Read more

NOT FACT, OPINION!

This is an unedited version... sorry, To lazy to copy and paste the one with working grammar. NOTE: If you’re a Halo fan, remember, my reviews are purely opinion, and I am stating none of this as fact… Read more

Remember Reach. Begin the Fight.

Before we began our journey as the quiet and deadly Master Chief, Spartans were almost as common as the marines of the UNSC. They formed Elite squads that were ready for anything, but the Covenant pro… Read more

Halo: Reach Review

Let me get this started by saying that I personally have had little love for the Halo Series in my time playing games. Other then the occasional Lan party with Halo: CE for Xbox and a brief attempt at… Read more

Why settle when you can Reach

There is something about the Halo franchise that gets me excited. I like the characters, the story, and environments and the weapons. I have played the Halo series since Combat Evolved and was very ex… Read more

A perfectly suitable swan song for Bungie's history with Halo.

With Halo: Reach finishing the long, rich development history of the franchise from Bungie, its prequel nature never feels like a beginning of a long journey; rather, it feels like the end of a long-l… Read more

Until You Get It Perfect

After a decade, we have arrived at the end for Bungie developed Halo games. The series and its creators are both at a crossroads. Before we move on completely, we journey to Reach to see how the event… Read more

A fantastic end for Bungies involvement in halo

Halo Reach might be the best halo game. For me thats hard to say since my 2nd favorite game of all time is Halo: Combat Evolved, but Reach is just packed with content. The first thing you will notice… Read more

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS GAME IS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MEAN LIKE WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Read more

Decent Ending to an Overrated Series

Bungie's stewardship over their rather profitable Halo series comes to a close with Halo Reach, probably the pinnacle of this series. The storyline is abject crap (space marines repel the Covenant fro… Read more

Bungie Loves You

Halo is by far one of my favourite franchises around however; I wouldn’t consider myself a fanboy. ODST disappointed and in my eyes Halo CE is still by far the best in the series. The big question tha… Read more

Campaign Review

Bungie continues to do what Bungie does well – but is this the end for the Halo we know? It’s kind of strange going back to a proper Halo game after having played a bunch of shooters where “aiming dow… Read more

More then just a game.

You know that feeling when you are about to watch a movie that is so grand, so epic that you have goose bumps? Halo Reach will do that and will do it for the entire game. Love it or hate it, make no m… Read more

The Beginning of the End?

Halo: Reach is a Halo game through and through: if you came expecting a significant departure from previous iterations of Halo, you would be sorely disappointed. But what you can expect is a lovingly… Read more

You've played this before, but not like this.

Bungie's last Halo is out, offering everything we've come to expect from a Halo game. Full-fledged multiplayer, added and upgraded game types, as well as a solid campaign. Bungie hasn't been sitting i… Read more

One of the biggest of 2010 - but the best?

And so it arrives: Halo Reach, Bungie's last game in the massively popular (and some argue way too overrated) franchise concerning mankind's struggle against the alien race known as the Covenant. Huge… Read more

The Final Nail in the Coffin

Halo: Reach is the final Halo game that will be developed by Bungie and it acts as the end of Halo as we know it, even as it represents the beginning of the Halo storyline. The game puts you in the bo… Read more

Does it "Reach" expectations?

Halo: Reach Halo: Reach is the final installment in the series by Bungie, and is actually a prequel to the events of the first Halo. You follow Noble Team, a UNSC special operations unit composed of e… Read more

I fitting end to a wonderful story.

I should say going into this that I am a Huge Halo fan, I have loved all the past games, Halo CE and Halo 2 being my favourites. That aside Reach tells the story of six very human Spartans and their s… Read more

Bungie's Final Halo Installment Is A Mixed Bag.

I'm sure I'll get a lot of crap here for "hating on Halo"...but truth be told...Halo: Reach is not a perfect game...not by even a longshot. I'm disappointed in literally every review I've read for thi… Read more

It's everything Bungie's last Halo game needed to be.

Halo Reach Review Changing the Halo formula is a very risky business, there is no doubt about that. The beta for Reach that was run earlier in the year had a pretty mixed reception. I for one did not… Read more

DODGY FRAMERATES

Doubtless all the fanatics and Halo die hards (of which I am one) will rant and rave about this game. However, I've now had a chance to play the full retail version, and to be brutally honest, (and it… Read more

Don't Make Promises.

WARNING! THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW! Campaign - The A.I. for both humans and the Covenant are unbalanced. Humans are dumb as fuck and the Covenant, especially Elites, are too hyper-reactive. It… Read more

Reach for the stars

Halo: Reach is kind of the Empire Stikes Back of the Halo franchise. I'm not saying it's the best one, because it's not. I'm saying this because of the tone. Halo: Reach is the story planet Reach, and… Read more

"L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace."

So lets be frank: taking your uber-successful franchise, removing its almost-as-famous-as-Mario main character, making it prequel, and finally setting it an story that millions of people already know… Read more

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