What are you doing to get ready for Reach?
Noble 6 and the rest of the rest of the Spartans of Reach are about to hit consoles worldwide, are you ready?
Earlier this week, I started my self-imposed quest to get ready for the September 14th launch of Halo Reach. I stayed up way too late Sunday night knocking out the Halo: Combat Evolved campaign for the umpteenth time. I played firefight off and on to get my ODST fix in before taking it back to Gamestop to help offset the cost of the new title. I played some Halo Wars. I’ve started a legendary run on Halo 2 for PC in order to nab some final achievements. Lastly, I’ve started reading the Cole Protocol in order to get my Halo Novel fix in. Over the next nine days, I’m going to try and finish my Halo 2 run, play through Halo 3 again, and just absorb myself in Halo goodness as much as possible. Is it crazy? Possibly, but I am an unabashedly smitten Halo fanboy, and I am pumped.
New Halo games only came around once every three years, and with the future of that release cycle uncertain, due to Microsoft Gaming Studios/343 Industries taking over, I can’t wait to get my hands on Bungie’s last effort of the series. Just as much as new gameplay, graphics, a new story, and new features, I’m looking forward to being back in the bosom of a game where the studio supports their titles with more than just post-release downloadable content. I’m looking forward to being back with a party management system that is conducive to enjoying the experience of gaming with friends. Bungie has always gone above and beyond for their fans, and it shows. This will be, without a doubt, the best multiplayer experience as a whole on a console today.
Are you doing anything special or unique to get ready for Halo Reach? What are you most excited about?
Countdown at this juncture is 9 Days, 12 Hours, and 25 minutes. Noble Team Inbound…
Update
One of our members, Slick WillyQ, is so pumped up for Reach, that he created a montage of his Beta gameplay! Make sure to hit his YouTube page for more awesome stuff!
Well, I played some Firefight not too long ago with some people, and i’m looking to do a little more. If anyone needs cheevos (lolz) for them, let me know.
Aside from that, i’m just glad i’ve got my Legendary reserved and paid off. I’m glad I decided to go with it. I was on the fence for quite a while between Legendary or regular version, but with this being the last Bungie hurrah, and with all the stuff you get, I think it’s totally worth it.
+1 on the whole paragraph about a solidly built, studio supported title.
I’ll be so happy to have that again.
I love firefight except for those buggers and the black eye skull, so when I found out they took those out of Reach, I was happy! My plans for Reach, well with ODST I picked the game up and completed the campaign on Legendary on launch night. I was hoping to do the same with Reach as well, but I have to get up earlier than I’d like. So I’ll probably play a few missions before going to bed. But I’ll most likely finish campaign before I explore any other part of the game.