Got this through the best buy deal. They said they would mail me my $20 GC but does anyone know how we get the 500 MS points? email at some point?

It wasn't 500 MS points. It was 500 bonus Reward Zone points.

They had a pre-order offer about 6 weeks ago where you got 400 points but I don't think that lasted long.

I'm up for some co-op or firefight if anyone wants to send me an invite

According to 360voice.com, the 10 biggest single day for any games they've tracked:



I wonder where today will rank on their charts. My best guess is bumping GTA IV and moving into #4. It still cracks me up that Texas Hold Em is #1. They gave it away free in the early days of the 360 (before I got one) and I guess there wasn't much else to play so everyone started playing poker right away.

I'm not much of a Halo fan, but I rented this from Gamefly anyway.

If anyone with mics is looking to play today let me know. I'm up for campaign or matchmaking. Very much a noob. I haven't been into Halo since part 2. Scorpy Gkar is the gamertag.

I'll be up if mine shows up.

Pretty amazing graphics improvement from 3/ODST to this. Loving it so far...

The best thing about the campaign so far is it's sense of atmosphere - good stuff!

Couple little things that I've noticed that stood out, weapon sound effects are incredible. Makes you feel like you are actually wielding one.

The score, so far, is really lacking compared to previous Halos. Far too understated for my tastes.

popped this in last night to try out the campaign. i started some character customization, figured i would jump into a quick slayer match, and then 4 hours were gone. the MP thus far has been very impressive. i may hold off for my campaign run through until this weekend.

I agree. I had high hopes for this considering how great ODST's score was.

I have 2 levels left in the campaign. It's Halo, nothing more or less, but I forgot how much fun multiplayer could be as long as you don't have any assholes in the group. I logged on to play 1 game of Team Slayer and ended up trying out 5-6 different modes.

I tried campaign yesterday. Just completed three missions in Heroic (hard) and they were pretty doable, not easy, not hard, you just have to take your time.

I really love that you can customize your character and that's the one that shows in campaign too. Pretty amazing!

I'm sure everyone's already found a good deal on Reach and already bought one, but Fry's deal is that they have the game for $44 AND, with a Reach purchase, you can get 12 months of Live for $29.

yeah you really need to play halo games on atleast heroic. Really makes battles fun as it no longer feels like a shooting gallery since you really have to play smart. Take your time and not just go run and gun.

Got further in the campaign and it really gets awesome and visuals really are awesome

I'm going through the game on Legendary with a buddy right now and it's not too bad. As long as you take your time and kill enemies from a distance, you'll get though it.

Also, I'd love to get some multiplayer going. My GT is Doctor West.

Maybe I'll try it. I don't go in for Multiplayer and after playing the first three I thought I'd never play a halo game again. Still I've heard so much good stuff about the game.

Going to be picking up the Reach Edition Xbox 360 to go along with my Halo 2 Xbox and my Halo 3 Xbox 360.

Have to get it from Amazon due to gift certificates. Question is, should I buy it now with the the $20 video game gift card bonus or do you guys think it may be $20 actual dollars off sometime in the next few months?

I thought you hated the Halo series?

Yeah, the shotgun is the most worthless weapon in the game on Legendary. Well, maybe the sword is just as bad, but those aren't as plentiful as the shotgun.

No, I just don't care about the story. I've always enjoyed the co-op and am sick to death of MW2 and need a new multiplayer game.

this game has reaffirmed the fact that I suck at Halo. It's fun, but damn. :-(

fantastic fucking game!!!!!! (look that up in the dictionary!!!!)


Best Halo campaign yet....great pace, perfect difficulty(on heroic) and epic battles....

Finished it on Heroic, and I have to say that it was not in any way hard at all. All the reviews actually had me a little scared saying it was the hardest Halo game yet, and that the game scales with extra players making it even harder...the game does scale, but I did not find it any harder than the other Halo games.

I played single player, 2 player and 3 player.....the jump from 1 to 2 players is minor...I really did not see enemies get any harder, and your shield drops maybe a hair faster...but not much. Having a second player makes the games almost easy on Heroic, and this will be the first Halo game I plan on doing on Legendary with a friend. When we added a 3rd player we noticed a significant jump in difficulty. Your health falls fast, and enemies take a bit more to take down. I found 3 players to be harder than 1 or 2. Still not a hard game though.

small spoiler that I have no idea how you would not know about, about a combat situation in the middle of the game...


The game was amazing looking....Still wish facial work was better...Halo Wars has better face work than Halo Reach..

also the game took me about 8 hours to beat on Heroic...so longer than ODST but shorter than Halo 3....a little disappointing...