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Halo Reach will Reach Places Other Games Didn’t Even Know Existed

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Responding to community questions posted over at bungie,net, Chris Opdahl, Halo Reach’s lead campaign designer, has said Bungie’s next – and possibly last – Halo game will have moments which go “well beyond what anyone has done before on a console.”

Using much more hyperbole than really necessary, he’s detailed a few of the things that are set to make Halo Reach more than just your average console game.

“We absolutely could not have made Reach without all of the engineering magic that went on. The sheer volume of code changes and how much more we can do because of them is staggering,” he said.

“We have imposters, AI LOD, a new memory management system, networking (both synchronous and asynchronous), neuticle system, Big Battle flocks, new flying vehicle behaviors, stimulus system, new damage model, physics updates and improvements, perception models, lighting model upgrades… And that is just the few things off the top of my head.”

“All of those together allow us to make moments that we have never been able to do in a Halo game. We are also able to achieve a visual fidelity for those moments (at the scale of a Halo encounter that you have come to expect) well beyond what anyone has done before on a console.”

Neuticle system, eh? So Halo Reach really is going to be the dog’s bollocks. Halo Reach makes its way to Xbox 360 this September, and will be the company’s last Halo game before they go off and make a brand new IP for Activision.

Source : bungie

Last Updated: July 19, 2010

5 Comments

  1. Bobby Kotick weighs in...

    July 19, 2010 at 14:48

    Good god!

    :blush:
    I still don’t “get” the Halo games, maybe it’s because I’m not on gold any more, and I’m plodding through the dismal single player game…

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  2. Al360rulz

    July 19, 2010 at 16:00

    u not alone i played both and i still don’t get it unless the (no offense)95% of the audience is 10 years old

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  3. Bobby Kotick weighs in...

    July 19, 2010 at 16:12

    Supposedly, it shines online. I think it’s a bit like thundercats. It was awesome when I saw it as a kid, but now that I have the DVDs, I’m absolutely amazed at how stupid it is. I mean what’s up with Lion O’s bather? Surely the dude should be wearing pants? And what’s with the weird phallic sword that grows as he shouts out “Thunder.. Thunder.. Thundercats… HOOOOOOOOOO”.

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  4. Uberutang

    July 20, 2010 at 08:56

    Why are they castrating dogs for halo reach?

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  5. davo058

    July 21, 2010 at 12:02

    if you don’t “get” the halo games yet, then every single halo fan feels sorry for you, cause you won’t be able to enjoy the experience. For me halo is about the story, i’ve read all the books and i think that helped me enjoy the story even more, while the games can be a little thin on story for a passer by, for someone who has delved into the halo history, even via “Halopedia” they become so much more epic, and you care more for characters in the game because you can associate a history with that character. If you don’t get it because you are sick of kids playing and teabagging you 95% of the gamer population empathises

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