Halo Reach Review

What a brilliant read!
Buying this game now! :D
All thanks to you Martin ;)

An envelope full of money?

I'm failing to see how, when Reach is such a complete step up from Halo 3, that it receives a lower score. Judging from the sheer scale and quality of content found in this game, this seems like a 10 for sure. I'm not sure what more you needed.

I have a sneaky suspicion that come tomorrow when I'm playing this, if Shopto have done their job, that I won't have a f*cking clue what's going on.

Balls :(

Already had mine posted by Play.com, but I would imagine I would have to get to the supermaket and queue for ages.
28 quid plus points mind is very good.

MCV are reporting that Tesco will be selling the game for £28 when bought with a 2100 MS Point card. Think I know where I'm gonna get MY copy from...

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/40828/Halo...or-28-at-Tesco

You should give the first one ago as well Clockpunk :)

One of my fav games of all time mate.

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Cracking film :P

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It's also telling, perhaps, that Bungie has trimmed off much of ODST's (and gaming in general) superfluous features. The screen is never graced with an Achievement tracker, and Reach's surface isn't littered with a bounty of collectible audio logs. It simply focuses on the campaign, and Halo: Reach is all the better for it.

Nice - never really given the Halo series a chance, but I might just pick this up...

Great review, in depth and very interesting. I've never really invested a great deal of time that a halo game demands. Reach seems like a definitive version so I'll give it a try

Crazy stuff in ODST? Could you expand further on that, because most people felt that ODST was a step back towards CE? Myself included, I felt like the design of the levels was just like the push towards colossal set-piece battles that the first game was so great at.

Excellent read, Martin. I'm glad that you got this one instead of Tom. It's not a complaint about Tom, as his factual and no-nosense style is perfect for many games, but I always prefer it when reviewers put pieces of themselves into what they write. It read for all the world like a "not quite 10" game, so the score was fully justified. And, you got me really wanting to play it NOW!

Great read. Enjoyed it thoroughly. I don't think I'm sold on Reach as yet. As I've played very little of the Halo series to date, I can't say that Reach excites me that much but that it will be a game I'll try eventually.

martin that was a great review mate straight to the point and in depth best way to do it!.
cant wait for this especially due to gettting it free cz of motm, the inasion seems pretty much the same as bad company 2's rush level if im right?
overall i cant wait

Well I'm sold! I'm glad to read that it's gone back to how it used to be and not all this crazy stuff that was in ODST. That's how i liked my Halo.

Great review Martin, keep it up!