Halo Reach details, screens leaked?

Pheonix_Assassin · 11-07-2009, 12:31 PM

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Just when we thought the world of gaming couldn't get any busier, someone's seemingly gone and leaked screenshots and details for Bungie's Halo Reach.

These tantalising off-screen snaps, which appeared on the NeoGAF forums, show the next Halo with new weapons, environments and features on show.

A man on the internet who claims to have leaked the snaps from an internal beta posted: "Overall gameplay was about the same as the other Halos... They made me play through the first 3 missions. The first mission was on a pretty big map, and I had to find other spartans on the map (similar to Halo 1's second stage where you have to find the crash landed marines).

"Second stage was pretty action packed, main goal was to take control of several huge missile guns throughout the map, and provide coverage to a spartan that would hack into the guns and control them.

"Third stage was very similar to Halo 1's 3rd stage, Truth and Reconciliation. You start with a sniper and cloaking perk, you sneak into an enemy base at night, and you shoot from cliffs."

One new weapon to be seen is said to be a Covenant equivalent of the Spartan Laser, which fires deadly pink needles at the victim and explodes when three are hit. Another is the return of the Battle Rifle, now said to be tuned to single shots and 12 rounds.

The leaked shots also show health and details for your Spartan teammates on the HUD. This is said to be bolstered by a Call of Duty-style perk system, which includes sprinting (hold LB to run), cloaking and halogram (drop an Arnie-style hologram decoy) abilities.

The shots look convincing and Bungie's started banning anyone who even mentions them on its official forums, which surely adds weight to their legitimacy.

Microsoft's said it doesn't comment on rumour or speculation. We'll let you know if anything more comes from this.

Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=226758