Thu, Jan 21, 2010 | 14:31 GMT
Halo: Reach “is like Titanic”, says Bungie
Halo: Reach will be the “Titanic” in terms of story – that’s what Bungie’s creative director Marcus Lehto has told Edge.
“Reach is like Titanic – we know the end from the beginning. Reach is going to fall and 700 million people are going to perish as a result,” said Lehto.
“It’s a very dark story to tell, and our goal is to allow the player to experience Noble Team’s efforts and get satisfaction from them continuing to fight forward and achieve the final acts of what we can’t talk about today.
“That success is what’s so gratifying at the end.”
Some new screens were released yesterday morning along with a leaked video, which shows the public open beta you’ll be going hands-on with in the spring.
Halo: Reach is released this fall, exclusive to Xbox 360.
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37 comments
#1
ShiroGamer
21/01/10, 2:33 pm
Boy am I gonna see nice comments below
#2
Psychotext
21/01/10, 2:34 pm
“Reach will be the “Titanic” in terms of story”
Shit then?
#3
Psychotext
21/01/10, 2:34 pm
Screw you ShiroGamer. lol
#4
Michael O’Connor
21/01/10, 2:35 pm
I can see it now.
Two spartans fall in love, before getting it on in the back of warthog.
And then the planet blows up.
#5
Blerk
21/01/10, 2:35 pm
It features Kate Winslet in the buff?
#6
Johnny Cullen
21/01/10, 2:35 pm
You’re all fucking mad.
#7
The Hindle
21/01/10, 2:36 pm
/ Resists urge to have another go at Halo
/ Urge proving to be to strong
#8
Psychotext
21/01/10, 2:36 pm
“It features Kate Winslet in the buff?”
SOLDSOLDSOLDSOLDSOLDSOLDSOLDSOLD
#9
NoxNoctisUmbra
21/01/10, 2:37 pm
so it will fail in the end? oh boy
#10
The Hindle
21/01/10, 2:37 pm
Will celine dion sing My warthog will go on i wonder
#11
NGCes26294BIV
21/01/10, 2:47 pm
As long as some big shit blows up in a massively impressive way in the end, I’m all for it.
If the story starts banging on about class systems and poverty, I’ll glass my xbox. And by glass, I mean burrrrrrn.
#12
Gheritt White
21/01/10, 2:49 pm
Wait wait wait – the ship got sunk? Well fucking *nice one* Bungie; maybe next time you don’t have to be such an asshat and make it clear when you’re giving out SPOILERS.
#13
Quiiick
21/01/10, 2:49 pm
The halo franchise is a sinking boat then?
#14
PolyGoneWithTheWind
21/01/10, 2:50 pm
Damn you Blerk, I was going to make that gag…
#15
SplatteredHouse
21/01/10, 2:53 pm
/o\ great clanger, there lol.
#16
No_PUDding
21/01/10, 2:56 pm
You’re all missing the really important implication here…
Master Chief = Leonardo DiCaprio.
He’s been a sissy all along.
#17
DaMan
21/01/10, 2:57 pm
Near, Far,
wherever you are,
I believe that the heart does go on.
#18
G1GAHURTZ
21/01/10, 3:06 pm
Pfft.
#19
sennasnit
21/01/10, 3:12 pm
all the best jokes have gone.
fuck off then.
#20
Zarckan
21/01/10, 3:16 pm
You mean “This shit will sink?”
#21
Dannybuoy
21/01/10, 3:17 pm
Jack! Rose!… Jack!! Rose!!!… JACK!!!… ROSE!!.. JACK!! ROSE!! JACK!!!!!! …. ROSE!!!!! JACK!!!!!!! ROSE!!!!!…….
#22
DaMan
21/01/10, 3:28 pm
..and I thought Gears 2 Maria scene was corny
#23
Bulk Slash
21/01/10, 3:30 pm
So Halo Reach is going to mainly appeal to the 12 year old girl demographic that reads Non-Threatening Boys Magazine?
#24
Psychotext
21/01/10, 3:34 pm
#25
McLovin85
21/01/10, 3:36 pm
So u mean it will be like this:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23447127-one-minute-remake-of-titanic.do
#26
DaMan
21/01/10, 3:44 pm
LOL
#27
Eregol
21/01/10, 3:48 pm
Editted for rubbish post.
Like Titanic?
We’re all going to know how it ends?
#28
slayernl
21/01/10, 3:57 pm
so it is going to suck?
#29
sennasnit
21/01/10, 4:04 pm
Oh, i’ve got one….
You mean it will be 3 hours long?
#30
Petulant Radish
21/01/10, 4:08 pm
It’ll have lots of bad accents in it?
#31
mington
21/01/10, 4:08 pm
Holy shit, Billy Zane is gonna try and kill the chief
#32
sennasnit
21/01/10, 4:13 pm
women and machinery do not mix.
the wife loves that shit…
#33
Yoshi
21/01/10, 5:48 pm
James Cameron’s directing?
#34
Syrok
21/01/10, 5:56 pm
And the theme will be sung by Celine Dion.
#35
Yoshi
21/01/10, 6:09 pm
And the theme song will be called ‘My fanboyism will go on’
#36
natesaninja
21/01/10, 9:38 pm
its goin to be 3 hours long everybody knows the ending and the main character is a fag
#37
2EX08
22/01/10, 3:07 am
“It’s a very dark story to tell”
When you include Titanic as a reference, I don’t see how this is possible!