90%PC

+ Great story
+ Dark atmosphere
+ Good gameplay

- Some frustrating parts in regard to vehicle/tedious level design

95%PC

++Multiplayer was the best out of all Halos
++Forge was really good and File browser made this all the better
++Story of the Noble Team was perfect
+ Decent Graphics

Halo reach was a perfect allrounder, great campaign, Fun Multiplayer, Forge, Firefight, Progression, Custom games, its all there

80%PC

Narratively speaking, this is one of the best Halo games out there, not to mention, in the broader context of prequels. Everything you like about Halo is here, and then some. What makes this even more impressive, is that it does all this without Master Chief and Cortana.

80%PC

8.5/10

70%Xbox 360

Great Halo gameplay, adds some fun new abilities, good level design as expected, and a pretty moving story, especially considering this was meant to be the last in the series

90%PC

Really good and enjoyable (even on Legendary) and as a first Halo game it gave us a good head start on the series.

80%Xbox One

Halo reach held up great over time. I had never played it before, so I decided to play all of the Halo’s and I started with Reach. Through a fresh set of eyes, the game was quick to beat and had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Great assortment of weapons, enemies, and vehicles. Not many abilities, but the abilities that were there were fun. One of the best endings of any game I’ve played, even though it felt somewhat rushed.

85%Xbox One

84 (AA)

90%PC

8.8/10

80%PC

Haven't played the previous halo game so I don't understand the connection of the story. The game was very enjoyable with a few annoying moments(covenant vehicle that shoots blue bombs that destroy you). Large variety of weapons. Night vision is broken because it highlights enemies and you can use it even at day. Bombs are op in this game, you die instantly and towards the end everything is throwing bombs at you and shooting blue bombs of death. Also, one retarded detail in the combat system: instead of picking up ammo for the gun you carry, you gotta SWITCH the gun you have for the same gun with different ammo amount.On the other hand, the ending was incredible. Truly one of the legendary video game endings. To emphasize, the ending gave the game's rating a boost.I give an 8/10, very good.

85%PC

Pretty solid FPS with a pretty good story. I like that characters actually die, unlike the eternal god of master chief.

90%Xbox One

Had a lot of fun with this. Nice prequel to explore some of the events leading up to the first game in the Halo franchise. Gameplay felt like a Halo: CE and Halo 3 hybrid to me so was very enjoyable to play.

70%PC

Campaign Only

90%PC

story-wise, it's the best in the series, but it's not my favorite. still, fantastic game that had me tearing up towards the end.

80%PC

RIP.

70%PC

One of the most heartfelt stories in the Halo discography. It never broke new ground save for the character development and felt shorter than it probably should have been but there is nothing wrong here, its comfort.

80%Xbox Series X/S

Halo: Reach is good for being a 14 year old game(2010 - 2024). Interesting story, but the maps all kinda feel the same by the end. As a player, I did not feel too connected to all the characters around Noble Six, but the urgency of Reach being destroyed was there from the beginning which creates an intense atmosphere.

8/10

100%Xbox 360

A fantastic game with a great campaign and multiplayer. I still remember getting dog walked when I first played the multiplayer.

80%PC

Halo Reach is what happens when a developer has refined their formula over several games while simultaneously making awkward design decisions that do not actually evolve said formula. But before that, let me just say that the campaign is amazing, it drags its feet a bit in the first half but the second half might be the best Halo has ever been, the levels are so diverse and memorable, although the character writing ranges from good to mediocre as one member of Noble team is memorable for all the wrong reasons. Reach is a fantastic setting, with levels like Long Night of Solace and New Alexandria/Exodus really establishing an oppressive tone that very few games manage to achieve which is supported by Reach's fantastic score, also making Noble-6 literally you was a fantastic decision. The multiplayer on the other hand is where a lot of Reach's problems start to become more noticeable, although it is still good and it's new invasion mode is fantastic... assuming you can find a game for it. The additions of reticle bloom and armor abilities bog down the gameplay, they work fine in 8v8 but many aspects of the multiplayer are not well balanced, armor abilities either range from useless (invisibility) or broken (sprint + sword/hammer), bloom slows the game down to much, removing dual-wielding nerfs every weapon that used to have it, and the vehicles are imbalanced. Forge mode is greatly expanded but it shoots itself in the foot by having an overwhelming majority of the objects by this bland fuckass gray, although the ingenuity of most forge modes nullifies that one issue and Firefight is included from the start although it isn't really iterated on.

90%PC

Remember Reach

80%PC

Man, it's Halo: Reach. What more can I say?

95%Xbox One

Gameplay 3/3 really well done again yet again. Has that strong really great combat from halo 2 with a few new ideas that are fun and new enemies/combat situations.
Story 2.5/3 the overall impact/importance of the plot on the halo franchise is not much. The interactions between the main characters are really strong.
Visuals 2/2 great style and variety of locations great enemy and character design
Audio 2/2 great music and voice acting and sound effects

Reccomend completing, not 100%

80%PC

co-op w/ orly leo and brad

70%PC

I was expecting much more from Halo: Reach, however it didn't necessarily disappoint me. Liked it, but not enough to go crazy, like I did with Halo 3 or Halo 3: ODST. Not the best, but not the worst.

100%Xbox One

Après un épisode 3 décevant sur le scénario, ce dernier jeu développé par le studio Bungie propose une histoire préquelle à l'univers de halo et du master chief. Proposant de suivre une équipe de 4 personnages envoyé enquêter sur la disparition de plusieurs équipes proche d'un relais.
L'histoire est remplie de rebondissement et se termine sur la fin de notre personnage principal entouré par les covenants sans possibilité de survivre à cette dernière mission sur Reach. Un des meilleurs jeux de la série.
Le multi est maîtrisé et la forge propose des possibilités vraiment impressionnantes.
Les graphismes sont impressionnants avec l'un des rendu et simulation de l'eau des plus impressionnants du jeu vidéo. Et une végétation plus riche que le précédent.
A chaque arrivé de Halo, les musiques font parties intégrantes du jeu et sont impressionnantes.

100%PC

I'm already biased on this one because it was my personal favorite Halo game, back in the Xbox 360 days. That said, I think my nostalgia holds up pretty well. This feels like the culmination of everything Bungie had created up until this point; the gameplay is at its most refined, the music is as incredible as always, the story is solid and at times genuinely emotional. Playing this through again, this time having the context of what this is a prequel to, made it that much more impactful. I loved having the focus shift from Master Chief and onto other spartans, seeing as we never see many of those in the previous games. Little things like being able to customize Noble Six down to their gender also made them feel more personalized, unique; I LOVED being able to play as a female spartan for the first time. My only real critique is that the abundance of UNSC weapons in missions made it so that I wasn't forced to switch weapons very often, a component I felt was key to what made the previous games so exciting; but at the same time, I feel it makes sense in this setting, and for these characters.

95%Xbox 360

I love halo reach so much

50%PC

This is, to me, the Ace Combat Assault Horizon of Halo games.
More words: https://kerosyn.link/oh-yeah-halo-exists/#halo-reach

95%Xbox 360

Game play is excellent. Story excellent. Music excellent. The characters is where I deduct a couple of points like the Story but some of the characters are written for you get attached to them but it kinda missed it mark with me but everything else was good.
Definitely replaying it on legendary.

80%Xbox 360

Um Halo muito bom, gastei um bom tempo no multiplayer dele, sensacional!

85%Xbox 360

This was better than i expected the guns are brilliant the plasma rifle kicks arse good graphics no bugs all round bloody good game

85%Xbox One

Halo: Reach is a great swan-song for Bungie. It's probably my favourite out of the series so far. It has the same significance and story impact of the original trilogy, but grounds it in a surprisingly human and emotional way. The Noble squad might not be as vulnerable as 'The Rookie' from Halo 3: ODST, but they are certainly more grounded characters than Master Chief. There is a palpable feeling of dread and foreboding thorough the game as we know that Reach is destined to fall and that all these Spartans will eventually die. It's clear that Rogue One took huge inspiration from this game in terms of representing an important in-universe event which we know is destined to fail, and yet still causing us to relate to the characters therein despite this. The level design does feel a little more scripted and narrative focused at points than the original Halo trilogy. I think this benefits the story in some instances and detracts from it a little in others, there's nothing quite like Halo in the FPS genre so it was a little disconcerting to see Reach taking keys from other popular FPS games in the way it portrayed it's narrative. I'm uncertain whether this will remain my favourite Halo game, as I suspect the original Trilogy (and of course ODST) may have more emotional significance to me personally, but it's clear that Reach is the culmination of everything Bungie was working towards and is a fantastic end-cap for their work on the series. I'm going to take a bit of a break before jumping into Halo 4 or 5, given how divided people seem over these 343 Industries entries. I'm excited to see how Master Chief's story continues into a newer generation of consoles, however I'm concerned that they likely won't recapture the spark that Bungie brought to the series. If I had any hopes in particular it would be that the newer entries try and recapture the more open design of the original trilogy rather than embracing some of the more linear, narrative-focused sections from Reach. Bungie pulled these sections off well, but I fear another studio may not be able to do it in a way which still feels like Halo. At the end of the Bungie era all I can say is that Halo is Xbox's best exclusive franchise and also the best straight-up FPS series I've played (well maybe apart from Bioshock.)

90%Xbox Series X/S

More like 8,5.

This game aged well. I had a blast playing it for the fist time on Series X in 2020. In the highest moments it feels as mesmerizing and immersive as Half-Life 2.

Pros:
+ Art-direction. I didn't expect 10 year old game to look that good. The cutscenes are great. Especially the ones with the spaces and space ships.
+ Spartan HUD. It feels as a real part of the armor.
+ Controls. Oh my, that the best-feeling shooter I played on consoles. Still not a mouse, but great.
+ Variety. The missions don't get boring.
+ Story structure. I like how this game doesn't feed the player with exposition. Stuff is happening and you adapt and it's great.
+ The score. It took me some time to adjust to it. Because to some extent it feels similar in vibe to Russian TV show Бригада. And this music disagrees to go to background. It's a full orchestral score. But it's definitely epic.

Cons:
- Enemy AI is stupid at many instances. It doesn't affect gameplay that much. But it does affects immersion in the story.
- I knew the ending before starting the game. Despite this being my first Halo game ever.
- The dark side of variety is the depth of gameplay. Vehicle missions feel much more shallow than other ones.
- The cities are kinda empty. And don't feel lived in.

85%Xbox 360

Great prequel to the Halo series. One of the best campaigns in the franchise.

90%Xbox 360

A prequel to the mainline Halo games, this features ability equipment and assassinations animations, and the user-made maps really flourished here. An excellent Halo experience.

100%Xbox One

Must play

80%Xbox Series X/S

One of the best Halo games, Reach is the story of a losing war. You begin the game knowing that you're going to lose and the planet Reach will go down. This makes the game bleaker than any other title, with apocalpytic levels of the Covenant smashing the human race without problems. You squad of Spartan super soldiers commit a final act of bravery to accomplish the mission - deliver Cortana to Keyes so he can unite her and Master chief in Halo CE. One of the best combat desings in the entire series are here. This is way better than Halo 4, 5 or Infinite, the sad, perfect, farewell gift from Bungie.

100%PC

Love everything, Love abilities, Legendary mode

90%Xbox 360

Dá pra descrever essa campanha como uma obra de tragédia, até chorei. Esse é sem dúvida meu Halo favorito, gameplay muito redondinha, muito gostoso de jogar. No online é uma putaria do caralho, mas é extremamente divertido, ri de mais. Tenho um carinho imenso por esse jogo.

80%PC

Mi primera vez en Halo. Muy buena experiencia y buen control del Spartan.

90%PC

Excelente, muito divertido de jogar com os amigos!

80%PC

Best story amongst Halo franchise with memorable cast & interesting missions

85%PC

8.5/10

95%Xbox 360

Amazing characters and a tragic story. Great level design and music. Love the multiplayer.

65%PC

More Halo, that's basically it. Some minor annoyances such as holding interact to grab health kits and you still often die from a random grenade hold it back from being really fun.

Story feels contrived, but then again both ODST and Reach feel like filler Halos.

What I do find strange is that the collection places this first, must be fun to then go to clunky old Combat Evolved.

100%Xbox 360

This is the best Halo game full stop. Play it before any other Halo. You're welcome.

85%Xbox 360

Halo reach is my first halo game and it was amazing. Coop was a very fun experience and it was very immersive too. The story was gutwrenching and the soundtrack, gameplay, and graphics were spot on. This led me to play halo: combated evolved and halo 2, which I enjoyed very much. Overall an amazing game and halo game.

80%PC

This was my first Halo game. I loved the season 1 of Halo series from 2022 and also this game. It took almost 50% longer to finish it then I had expected because even at normal difficultly a few battles need strategy and skill which took time to learn but it was a pleasure to play it.

90%Xbox 360

Fantastic game, playing custom games in forge is some of the best fun I've ever had.