Ready to feel old? Halo: Reach is officially ten years old today, first releasing for the Xbox 360 all the way back on September 14th, 2010. Where does the time go?!
To celebrate the occasion, Microsoft has been posting references to the anniversary across many of its social media accounts, including this neat little snapshot and message on Twitter:
For those unaware, Halo: Reach was the fifth instalment in the Halo series but acted as a direct prequel to the original game, releasing to huge critical acclaim (it holds a 91 score on Metacritic). It was also the final Halo title to be developed by original Halo creator Bungie before 343 Industries took over the franchise in 2012.
If you fancy playing a bit of Reach to mark the occasion, don't forget that the entire game is included with Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One and PC, which is also available with Xbox Game Pass. Enjoy!
Did you pick up Halo: Reach back at release in 2010? What are your memories of it? Let us know below.
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@TheNewButler I tottaly agree. I was like "Hell I'm gonna get out of here ! I know I can do it ! I can... I can... AAAAAAH"
The story was really great, too. Especially the final, when you have to transport - spoiler - to - spoiler- . I played the campaign again like two months ago, and I couldn't help but think that Star Wars Rogue One picked some of its ending structure from this game...
A really great game. One I still love to play on the MCC. Bungie really went out on top with this one.
I’ve just completed it for the first time. Really enjoyed it. My favourite so far. So I’ve done reach, combat evolved and I’ve started 2. I’m not a fan of playing as the arbiter in 2 I just wanna get back to playing as the chief. I do love the cut scenes though it reminds me of Star Wars with the council and all 😊
Reach is by far the Halo game I've enjoyed the least. I should probably mention I'm not a massive Halo fan, and I only ever played it once in single player rather than co-op, which to me sounds like the best way to play it. Even so, I never thought much of Reach as a setting, and you ever really get to know any member of Noble Team, which for me meant the ending fell rather flat.
Funnily enough, I was considering replaying it via the MCC recently to see if I was misremembering it. Perhaps I'll check it out sooner rather than later.
Fantastic game
For me it feels like this month, because I just played it for the first time a few weeks ago 😅
Was a good game, best Bungie game, and has a lot of elements that were borrowed for Halo 5 (that I also recently played.)
Im not a life-long fan of the IP, but find it odd Halo 5 campaign is so hated. It felt so good... The squad play, the graphics, fleshing out of all the new weapons introduced in the previous game, new vehicle types , exploring a character other than the Chief felt fresh to me, the ending felt so Empire Strike Back-esque... Anyways... Yea reach was good 🙃
Still my favorite of all the Halo single player campaigns. I replay it fairly often even to this day.
Halo Reach was my least favorite Halo, Don't get me wrong it's still a good game but for me it's at the bottom of the list when it comes the Halo franchise..
@Bmartin001
I completely agree. I know we are in the minority, but Reach just never did it for me. It’s better than Halo 5 to me. But I love all the other Halo games besides 5 more than Reach.
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