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Halo: Reach

Halo: Reach (Xbox 360) Video Game

Halo: Reach was the third installment of the Halo franchise to appear on the Xbox 360 and it follows Noble Six in this prequel to the original Halo: Combat Evolved title. You'll get to wage war on the Covenant while trying to protect the colony of Reach.

Review


9The problem with most game series is that over time something goes wrong. Characters could become old or overused, and the mechanics too repetitive and boring. Naturally FPS games have a little more room to change since fans are more open to shifts in game design, but the fact still remains that sooner or later the series will mess up. Even Halo (as a series) has not been immune to this, as ODST was considered to be questionable on a lot of levels. It was my one fear that Halo: Reach would be a failure on some level. That the multiplayer would rapidly stagnate over time, Firefight and Forge World would be a bust. Furthering that or even that the co-op would fail to be fun. It just seemed like there was almost too much happening in a single game that somewhere along the line, something had to go wrong. I went into Reach filled with caution and scepticism, and left it impressed and wholly satisfied. Here's why.

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