Halo: Reach beta is go, go, go!

One percent done!

Just 99 percent to go!

Why was I so foolish to think there would not be a download?

5% done!

43% actually downloading at a reasonable speed!

Three percent!

27%

will work for code

Ten percent!

90 percent to go!

too bat consoles hasn’t torrent clients)

/VG247 frontpage 8 hours later

Your internet connection sucks, Johnny.

Got it. PLayed it. Bored with it.

Question. I’m getting my new 360 today with ODST included. Do you think i’ll get the beta code and if so, can I still join the beta?

Any first hand edition of ODST should work.

Boring.. I ain’t going to download & play it.

Halo sucks now.. Always has done, really..

30% done.

Seriously Syrok, you’re full of awesome.

Never leave.

In other news: 26 percent!!!

It’s actually going a lot faster then my download of the Halo 3 beta.

@Syrok

ROFL!

That’s amazing Syrok… most humorous thing i’ve seen all day… and i’ve been playing Sam & Max for the majority of it!

Managed two games before something fishy happened with the servers; first Halo game I’ve enjoyed since CE.

41 percent!!!

never been a huge halo fan but enjoyed the reach beta this far. the abilities are pretty cool. headhunter is awesome….will need more time to find out if i will become a believer….there are (of course) some glitches and bugs, but overall the new changes they made are very welcome…

I didn’t realise Headhunter was in the Beta build =/

Agreed on the polish, of course it will happen but right now there are just odd things missing; When you pick up a health kit there’s no sound effect.

The graphics aren’t up to much either, I know it’s the multiplayer but I assumed a flagship Halo game (this far into the generation) would be a bit more of a stunner.

60 percent!

Servers seem to be a bitt overloaded. Played 5 games and coulden’t get in anymore.

Loving the jetpack, verry satisfying to get a long range weapon, hop on a roof top and provide covering fire for the rest of the team.

@9

82 percent!

90 percent!!!

Ten percent to go!

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Mine went quickly until 80% but then slowed considerably. It took longer to get from 80 to 100 than from 0 to 80.

Anyway, the game is fun, and while it definitely feels like Halo 3 (graphics, methods of killing (shooting then beating down) and most gametypes) there are clearly differences and additions like the armour abilities, of which Armour Lock for Guard is VERY ANNOYING. The Stockpile gametype is quite original and fun, but I still am yet to play Invasion which sounds great (is it on the Beta?).

I’m miffed that there’s only two maps, and some of the weapons like the Plasma Grenade Launcher and that Sentinel Beam-like weapon are very overpowered, but overall it’s fun to play and the final version should be even better assuming they fix a few bugs (such as there not being an indicator for where to take the flag unless you look directly at the place, i.e. there is no arrow on the side of the screen like for where their flag is).

Matchmaking was slow for me earlier, and sometimes it spits out that either ‘Cannot connect to server’ or ‘loading information’ but that’s due to the high server load I imagine.

Beta is NO NO!

And with that i mean is that it’s full of errors and shit at this time. I had one game, it was fun, and then it showed another map loading screen and it stayed there, i couldn’t go back to main menu or anything, i had to go to the dashboard again and restart it.

Now i’m only getting ‘ Server unaivable at this time, try later’ .

Overloaded no doubt.

Servers are so down.
Game is so hot.

A mate of mine said i have to remove the beta and download again, it fixed the problem for him. I highly doubt it, but why not try, right? Can’t play anyway.

I heard from another friend that Bungie said that the server was ready for milions of players..so this is rather bullshitty but ah well.

bungie statement: “Yup, the backend servers are getting hammered.”

Surprise surprise!
A new multiplayer game’s servers are malfunctioning!

¬¬

You’d think Bungie would have been able to gauge the demand of the servers by how many copies of ODST had sold.

Even if they didn’t have that data… it’s a HALO game ffs! Build the best damn servers that have ever existed or prepared to be hammered!

Oh also… has the intro video for the beta confirmed First person vehicles?!

Right. They could have built a new marketing-record, like xx-games in xx-hours.
Well, they ruined it.
Better go multiplat, bungie.
Sonys Serverfarms are waiting.
Damn.

@36 tron: Drool FPV. And sprint. SPRINT! Finally.

Nothing but shit….sigh.

It’s now either…..

Playlist data pending download…resulting in nothing.

or….

This playlist is currently unaivable. Please try another playlist

should be reach beta is no-no-no not go-go-go.waited for 5mins and couldnt get into a match so i switched off which kinda fucked with my box,couldnt get back to dash,just got black screen and had to power off completely,im leaving this alone for a few days to let the shitstorm settle,can see this causing a lot of problems,maybe even hardware with the strange black screen lock ups etc.

I just managed to get a game!

Touch me for I am golden!

Yeah, probably just one game, like i had. Then it started loading a new map, only to stay there, i couldn’t even go back to the main menu. Had to push guide and back to dashboard. It better be better tomorrow…shiiiiit.

I got several games in the end… There was a moment where we were stuck in a playlist selection cycle, but it soon sorted itself out to provide us a few matches.

Good game (:

There’s always tomorrow for me, it’s really time to get some sleep now…:)

I only played one map…i think it was powerhouse, sure hope there are some others.

Just had a few hours on the beta, tis awesome! There was a dodgy period earlier where it just wouldn’t let you search for games in a party but that seemed to sort itself out and had a blast playing some headhunter!

Got about half an hour’s worth of playtime in.

Just for multiplayer alone, and bare in mind this is a beta, I am starting to see Keighley may have some cause in calling it the biggest title of 2010.

Probably missing something, but it just seems like Halo 3 with jetpacks and unlockable costumes. Will hopefully get some more time to play it next Friday.

USA Here:
Took 3 Hours to Download when normally it takes just a few minutes…but once downloaded worked great, matchmaking with friends was easy!

Slayer and Grab all the Flags were all that were available at the time, with 3 different Maps.

Graphics look very VERY good. Grab the flags was ok, though I am SOOOOooooo Tired of Flag Anything.

Being able to play an Elite was Fun…the run like an animal is great!

Looking forward to Generator..a-la Quake.

No Hiccups when playing…kind of amazing considering it was day one. Credits Concept a nice welcome.

The only Negative here..3 hour download…but once I got it all was fine!!

Heh. Switch on last night – 18 friends online! 15 of whom were playing the Reach beta.

/felt left out

@frostquake

3 maps? I thought Sword Base and Powerhouse were the only 2 maps available at the moment?