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Halo Reach remains a masterpiece of dread - and the greatest prequel story of all time (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 52 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My childlike innocence of the world was lost the day I watched what happened to Kat. That one was a gut punch. Jorge's made me sad, and angry, but Kat's just took the wind out of me, I remember feeling literally numb for a few seconds while my brain processed what just happened.

Bungie did a phenomenal job with the game. It was different, it had it's flaws, but the campaign they stuck the landing 10/10 - pure Halo. Amazing writing, purely for the fans. A good game is fun to play and has a fun story, a great game will stick with you long after you play, and Reach did that for me.

[–] Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 months ago

Everyone familiar with the lore knew going in that it was going to be a tragedy. Reach had to fall after all. The tricky and surprising thing was getting people to root for the team and have hope for them, knowing the planet was going to be glassed.

They turned the story of the planet into a small personal story about a very desperate situation. It isn't the best game, by any means, but it's impressive in it's own way and one of the better prequels.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

That game has some of the best cutscenes out there too

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Current Objective: Survive.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

What was the record for that mission? 8 hours?

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I can see the crack in my visor just reading that

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago

I bought a brand new at the time 60" Plasma TV just so we could co-op Reach. It was amazing. A couple of years ago we did it again but using the magic of the MCC and internet. Good times.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This headline could only be written by someone who never heard of Metal Gear Solid 3.

[–] Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Let's not pretend that MGS lore is more than a barely comprehensible fever dream. It's good, for sure, and insanely pretty for a 2004 ps2 release, but try explaining it to someone and see how far you get.

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[–] Lobreeze@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

MGS1 isn't TOO crazy.

[–] Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

In true kojima fashion it gets weirder the deeper you go

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sucks for you, I love barely comprehensible fever dreams! Keeps me on my toes, and I find the "is this symbolism or just insanity?" game a pretty fun thought process to have throughout

[–] Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not a complaint, but it does raise the entry level for people getting excited about the story.

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 1 points 5 months ago

I think you can enjoy it as a sometimes absurdist rollercoaster. It's not necessary to hang onto every word and understand every bit of symbolism. The insanity is interesting enough and startling enough to get you by on surface level entertainment alone as long as you find craziness fun.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wish MCC would stop locking me out so I can play again.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Idk what error you’re getting but try changing dns. When using some dns providers or private dns it borks the connection to Microsoft servers.