{"id":1672,"date":"2010-05-04T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T21:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2020-02-06T20:58:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T02:58:02","slug":"halo-reach-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/halo-reach-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo: Reach beta"},"content":{"rendered":"

So anyone that follows me on Twitter<\/a> or is friends with me on Facebook already knows that I’ve been excited about the Halo: Reach beta<\/a> that just went live for everyone that bought ODST yesterday. I’d still rather be playing the game than actually sitting down to write about it, so I’m going to be brief.<\/p>\n

It’s awesome.<\/p>\n

It’s like they took all the things I loved about Halo 1, added in a few of the things I loved about Halo 2, stripped out all of the things I didn’t like about Halo 2 and 3, and wrapped it up in a gorgeous engine with a dash of class-based warfare and shoved it right into my brain with a hydraulic piston.<\/p>\n

Others have said it much better than me. As a result, I’ve decided to post an excerpt and a link for you.<\/p>\n

From Tied the Leader<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“This ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t no real-world military shooter. This is Halo \u00e2\u20ac\u201c true to its roots. This is heavy tech. This is dented steel and sex appeal. This is ballistic boxing in the middle of rush hour traffic with your hair on fire. This is rarely a one-shot\/one-kill affair. SPARTANS just aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t made that flimsy. You want to get some? You are going to have to earn it again. Your opponent is wearing a tank.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So anyone that follows me on Twitter or is friends with me on Facebook already knows that I’ve been excited about the Halo: Reach beta that just went live for everyone that bought ODST yesterday. I’d still rather be playing the game than actually sitting down to write about it, so I’m going to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[135,136],"tags":[24,50,148],"class_list":["post-1672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","category-video-games","tag-bungie","tag-halo","tag-xbox","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1674,"url":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/halo-reach-beta-my-screenshots\/","url_meta":{"origin":1672,"position":0},"title":"Halo: Reach beta – My screenshots","author":"Jared Cash","date":"May 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"So far I've managed to clock just under 11 hours of play time (8 hours of Standard matchmaking and 2.75 hours in the Arena) with the Halo: Reach beta and I must say, it's the most entertaining competitive multiplayer experience I've ever played. 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