Halo: Reach (Xbox 360)

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113 of 113 Ciao users found the following review helpful

MrBrightside1987

Member since 06/08/2010

Reviews written: 180

Reach For The Game!
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07/12/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages Stunning visual effects, awesome sound effects and some top quality game modes for hours of fun!
Disadvantages The only thing I can think of is people quiting online early!

Halo Reach Halo Reach is a first person shooter set in a futuristic science fiction setting during the year 2552. Players take the role of Noble Six, a super elite soldier engaged in combat with an alien collective known as the Covenant. Gameplay is more similar to the original Halo game which was for the first Xbox and that was called Halo Combat Evolved. Later Halo games in the series except Reach have been somewhat different. The players character is equipped with a recharging shield that for everytime he gets hit as long as he is in a safe area health replenishes back to full. When the ... more
16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful

hippykiller

The last stand on reach
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23/06/2011

Advantages The forge mode allows unlimited options of custom games
Disadvantages Can take a bit of time to get use to

Halo reach is the last game of the halo series to be made by the world famous game company bungie. Storyline The game takes place about 30 years into humanity (UNSC) long war against the covenant, humanity is losing badly and the planet Reach is one of a few untouched worlds left under human control. Reach is earth last line of defence in this war and if reach should ever fall then earth would be next. The secret of Reach location has been kept a closely guarded secret until now. When the covenant is discovered on reach they is only one team who can slow their advance on reach, Noble Team ... more
21 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful

katykicker

Member since 11/12/2005

Reviews written: 1375

Will you let Halo Reach in to your life? 11/11/2011

User recommends the product

Advantages Great fun, lots of modes, four difficulty levels, great longevity.
Disadvantages None.

Halo Reach is a game that I first started playing upon it's release in September 2010 after hearing my husband raving with his friends about how excited he was to buy it when it came out. This is a first person shooter that is set in the year 2552. You are a member of the Noble Six team and as an elite soldier you will be travelling through the various levels engaging in combat with the Covenant. Your aim is to kill the enemies and this game story continues the Halo storyline from the previous games so there is a fantastic continuity for people that have already played other games in the ... more
20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Mischiefdemon

Brace for Carnage!
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24/09/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages Great Campaign, Multiplayer, Customisable Spartans, Best Halo So Far
Disadvantages Slight Slow Down In Places But Not Much

For the integrity of this review I feel its only fair that I first explain my standpoint on the Halo series. I was a late bloomer to the Halo franchise, playing Halo 3 first. I'd played Halo 2 once or twice at a friends house and honestly wasn't planning on buying halo 3. Up until that point I'd bought my Xbox 360 for the sole purpose of playing Gears Of War with the guys from work, it was dark and gritty and thats how I liked it. However I'm not sure what it was, but something happened in the months build up to the Halo 3 release date. There was something about the Finish The Fight trailer ... more
27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful

petebrolly

The definitive Halo experience? 15/09/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages Great graphics, sound and gameplay. Multiplayer will keep you hooked for years!
Disadvantages Nothing worth mentioning

Where to begin with Reach? Well, for starters, for those of you who read my mammoth Halo 3 review, you'll be glad to hear that I'll keep this one much shorter. That alone should guarantee me an exceptional :) Story Developed by Bungie, Halo Reach is a prequel to the best selling Halo series, and picks up a few weeks before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. The game takes place on the planet of Reach, one of Earth's many colonies in the year 2552, and the military stronghold of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC). Turbulent civil wars between the outer colonies were interrupted by the ... more
9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Warda010

Member since 13/02/2011

Reviews written: 22

'Reach' for one of the best games ever 13/04/2011

User recommends the product

Advantages Very fun game, provides hours of entertainment
Disadvantages Hard to go from COD to Halo Reach

Developer & Publisher: Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios Release date: September 14, 2010 Platform: Xbox 360 Genre: First Person Shooter, Action/Adventure Target audience (age rating): 16+ Copies Sold/Subscribers: Over 3 million Price: Roughly £25 now * This product with me - I Bought this product on the release date as I have always been a keen Halo player and have loved every game, I brought it home and played a few games and was amazed immediately, the controls feel smooth and it is much easier to combine melee, jumping and shooting simultaneously. The matchmaking was fast, even with about 30 ... more
6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful

lordmatty31

COD Please Step Aside 02/09/2011

User recommends the product

Advantages very good game to end the series on, definately a player if you like the previous games
Disadvantages the only think i can think of is its exclusive to xbox

Graphics - 10/10 Soundtrack- 8/10 Multiplayer - 10/10 Campaign - 8/10 Firefight mode - 10/10 Forge World - 10/10 Lasting Value - 9/10 Overall - 9/10 Graphics: 10/10 Just wow. when I first started up the game, I skipped the intro video, as I was eager to try the game out. Then I encountered the customisation section (more on that in gameplay). The menus look so smooth, and they fit really well into the whole "Halo" feel. The active roster feature I first thought was a gimmick, but I see how it's very useful, I think it's the way forward for games, you can look at all your friend's profiles at a ... more
9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful

NickyBaker

Member since 12/07/2012

Reviews written: 4

The worst in the saga, but the best as well.. 12/07/2012

User recommends the product

Advantages Easy to use, good ranking system, the ability to upgrade, playlist choice, many more.
Disadvantages Simple Campaign, no system of levels of skill.

So as we all know, Halo 3 was very much the peak of the Halo trilogy, which, really, should happen in every series of games, the newest is the best, but then came Halo 3:ODST which proved the idea of 'The newer the better' wrong, because it was terrible, and every player around the world knew it, unfortunately, this meant in Call Of Duty overtaking Halo in ratings, however, Bungie had a plan, Halo Reach; 'The most anticipated game of 2010' Well, of course it was, Bungie had to do something to revive their company. So there it was, a game set before Halo 1, with characters no one had heard of ... more
4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful

boss1592

Halo Reaches New Heights 21/10/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages Excellent Single player features, Refined multiplayer gameplay, Smart A.I., Vastly Improved Forge.
Disadvantages Not enough multiplayer maps (only 13, 4 of which are remakes of old maps)

You would have to go extremely far to find someone that hadnt heard of Halo. Its fame is certainly well merited, after consistantly putting out very solid titles, with the exception of Halo: ODST, and now we come to this years installation... the final Halo that bungie are making... Halo: Reach We'll start with what will take up the brunt of your single player time, the campaign. Reach's main campaign mode feels and looks quite different to campaigns in previous halo titles, it feels darker, more real, and much more immersive. There is a geniune sense of empathy with the Reach's main cast ... more
16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful

m4tt_king

Halo my friend, we meet again! 18/01/2011

User recommends the product

Advantages Variety of game modes is astounding, great story
Disadvantages Very few multiplayer maps

I once slated the Halo franchise, in a previous review of mine I sniped so many holes in the Halo 3 game that it began to resemble Swiss cheese. Therefore I would like to take my time to apologise. Bungie, I am sorry, for you have created a masterpiece! Halo: Reach tells the story that we all knew, but have never seen. What happened before Master chief went all Rambo and murdered everything. Set on the UNSC Military home world of Reach, home to the Spartan II and Spartan III projects. You play a Spartan III Supersoldier known only as Noble 6. A member of Noble team, a group of highy trained ... more