Halo Reach Info from Gameinformer and Giantbomb

In the newest issue of Gameinformer (Febuary edition) the team explains the new mechanics of the prequel and talks about new features and gameplay experience. And, for the first time, Bungie has implemented motion capture.

The following comes from the magazine.

"In 2552, the planet of Reach is humanity's best hope for victory over an overwhleming alien threat. It houses a huge stockpile of military assets, from training facilities to industrial mineral production. It is an imprenetrable fortress planet bristling with USNC forces and surrounded by orbital defense platforms. Its enourmous tactical and strategic importance is hidden deep behind dozens of outer colony worlds, and well obscured from enemy infiltration. It's not enough. This symbol of humanity's military might falls in that same year, overwhlemed by a massive Covenant force that turns the surface of the planet to glass. A lucky few, like the Spartan II known as Master Chief, will escape. For everyone else on the surface, the end is a foregone conclusion. Reach will fall. And we'll be there to see it."



Carter-259: The leader of the squad in Halo Reach, Carter-259 is a Spartan-III

Carter #259
Height 6`11
Weight 250
Born 8/27/2520

Rank - CDR
Service # - S-259
(P) MOS - 180A



Emile #239: A Spartan-III Part of Noble team. Height 6`10 Weight 234 lbs Born 3/11/2523

Noble team's close assault specialist.

Rank - WO
Service # - S-239
(P) MOS - 180B



Jorge-052: Jorge-052 is a member of Noble squad from Halo: Reach and a Class-I Spartan-II
Height 7`6
Weight 314 lbs
Born 3/5/2511

Rank - CWO
Service # - S-052
(P) MOS - SO

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Jun #256: A Spartan -III part of Noble Team. Height 7`0 Weight 240lbs

Jun is Noble team's sniper.

Rank - WO
Service # - S-266
(P) MOS - 180B



Kat-320: Kat-320 is a member of Noble squad in Halo: Reach and a Spartan-III. Her right arm is mechanical, due to a war injury protecting Carter-259. She and him are the only remaining of the original Noble squad.
Height 6`10
Weight 214 lbs
Born 1/30/2530

Rank - LCDR
Service # - S-320
(P) MOS - 18E

Sadly, I could not find any images that showed a comparison between Halo 3 and Halo Reach. It is a HUGE improvement.

Keep your eyes open 360 owners.

heres some info on spartan III's in general

Personnel


Alpha Company

Noble Team

Emile-A239 - Active as of 2552.
Carter-A259 - Active as of 2552.
Jun-A266 - Active as of 2552.

Team Wolf Pack
Jane-A??? - KIA
Shane-A??? - KIA
Robert-A???- KIA

Beta Company

Team Echo - KIA

Team Foxtrot
Lucy-B091 - Active in Dyson sphere Shield World
Min-B174 - KIA
Tom-B292 - Active in Dyson sphere Shield World
Adam-B004 - KIA

Noble Team
Kat-B320 - Active as of 2552.
"Noble Six" - Active as of 2552.

Team India - KIA

Team Lima - KIA

Team X-ray - KIA

Team Romeo – KIA

Gamma Company

Team Gladius – KIA - Found deceased after several days of fleeing from Sentinels.

Team Katana - Inside of Slipspace Field Pods, the shield world Onyx. Currently traveling with the surviving Spartan IIIs/IIs

Team Saber

Holly-G003 - KIA [3]
Ash-G099 - Active in Shield World.
Dante-G188 - KIA
Mark-G??? - Active in Shield World.
Olivia-G??? - Active in Shield World.^[4]

Jonah - KIA
Roland - KIA
Unnamed SPARTAN-III - KIA - Participated in a failed mission on an unnamed Covenant moon
Unnamed SPARTAN-III - KIA - Participated in a failed mission on an unnamed Covenant moon

Stop milking this game.... please...microsoft...

Autosaver wrote:

Stop milking this game.... please...microsoft...

That's funny, they said the same thing to Sega about Sonic the Hedgehog.

I knew someone would say that...

lol and its true, to the point where no one gives a crap about sonic anymore...........
sonic is sonys flagship.......... halo is microsofts...............

halo reach will be a great game, maybe another goty candidate

Star Adder wrote:

lol and its true, to the point where no one gives a crap about sonic anymore...........
sonic is sonys flagship.......... halo is microsofts...............

halo reach will be a great game, maybe another goty candidate

Dude, that's Nitendo.

word....why the eff would we care about sonic???

what i want to see, is smore crash bandicoot

I really do wish they'd give us our own version of Super Smash bros....I think we have enough characters:

Ratchet
Clank
Jak
Daxter
Crash & his gang come out to about 8-12 characters
Maybe Liquid Snake? - since he was created on the MGS for PS
Heiachi from Tekken
Jacky from Virtua Fighter - Dreamcast.

all that good stuff and whatnot.

Can Sony STOP copying the Wii for once?

WE GOT A WAND NOTHING DOES WII MOTE HAV 2 DO WIT TIS

It's called competition.

Just like Microsoft with its Avatars (coughMiiscough).

And how the hell did the topic get his off-topic?

Ironic Captain wrote:

Autosaver wrote:

Stop milking this game.... please...microsoft...

That's funny, they said the same thing to Sega about Sonic the Hedgehog.

That's how...

Ironic Captain.

Sega doesn't really milk Sonic. Maybe the character, but not the game.

Sonic is totally different each game. You would be going "WHAT THE !@#% is this game?" If Sonic wasn't in the picture.

But with Halo, Guitar Hero, COD. Its...
Hey! A 60 DOLLAR MUSIC PACK! WOOOT!
Halo - HEY! HALO 3 DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT 50 DOLLARS WOOT!
Call Of duty - HEY A CALL OF DUTY 4 EXPANSION PACK WOOT!

Ugh...point lost.

um well yeah its the same style of gameplay for halo and cod but what you dont see thats right in front of you is the new storylines, different weapons, different little dodads that make the next game different from the first

and sonic has not ran away from the style that it originaly had where you run arround collecting rings and fighting bosses

That post is laughable.

You collect rings! Who cares? You collect health packs in other games.
The overall plot might be the same. But the gameplay is different.

Ironic Captain wrote:

You do realise they make different storylines for each game, right? It's not just downloads and expansion packs. If you played the games you would be amazed, but you can't because you're not over 16.....BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol... ain't it a b*tch

Too right mate.

Autosaver wrote:

Can Sony STOP copying the Wii for once?

WE GOT A WAND NOTHING DOES WII MOTE HAV 2 DO WIT TIS

its called making money auto....when something good comes along, run with it. Business mentallity.

heard that

Administrator wrote:

Autosaver wrote:

Can Sony STOP copying the Wii for once?

WE GOT A WAND NOTHING DOES WII MOTE HAV 2 DO WIT TIS

its called making money auto....when something good comes along, run with it. Business mentallity.

Quote :

It's called competition.

Its called... copying.

Or ghetto.. just like those Target Lucky Charms copy catters.

Except its Treasure trail! oooo

You mean competition.