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	<title>Ciarán Walsh &#187; Halo: Reach</title>
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		<title>Halo: Reach Multiplayer Trailer analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciarán</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bungie have just released the &#8220;MP bomb&#8221; that Marcus Lehto referenced yesterday &#8211; it&#8217;s a trailer showing some multiplayer action from the Alpha build of Halo: Reach, and it shows of some new features we&#8217;ll see in the public Beta in May. You can read about it and download HD versions direct from Bungie. I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bungie have just released the &#8220;MP bomb&#8221; that Marcus Lehto referenced <a href="http://www.nobleactual.com/post/421666073/our-first-full-campaign-playtest-results-came-back">yesterday</a> &#8211; it&#8217;s a trailer showing some multiplayer action from the Alpha build of Halo: Reach, and it shows of some new features we&#8217;ll see in the public Beta in May.  You can read about it and download HD versions <a href="http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&#038;link=Reach_MPTrailer">direct from Bungie</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve stepped through the video frame-by-frame and came up with the following observations:</p>
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<li>00:13 &#8211; 00:15 From the Loadouts bit, I think it&#8217;s clear that jetpacks, active camo, and sprint are all armour abilities.</li>
<li>Also looks like the radar shows you the name of the area you&#8217;re in e.g. &#8220;Slipway&#8221; (00:15) , &#8220;Yard&#8221; (00:21) &#8211; should help with team communication <img src='http://ciaran-walsh.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>00:22 The bit where the Spartan survives the Ghost ram, looks to me like the Spartan does some kind of power punch to the ground or something that kills the Ghost? <em>As kidtsunami points out <a href="http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=969737">on the HBO Forum</a> the movement of the Spartan is very reminiscent of the action in the Halo 3 CGI trailer where Master Chief triggers the bubble shield</em></li>
<li>The Covenant weapon at 00:48 looks like a plasma grenade launcher or rocket launcher with tracking projectiles <img src='http://ciaran-walsh.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>Human grenade launcher at 1:03.</li>
<li>You can see the armour ability icon &#8220;recharging&#8221; the jetpack ability at 1:05 &#8211; a small circle around the icon.</li>
<li>1:09/1:10 some kind of new gametype where you have to blow up the generators? It&#8217;s marked with a &#8220;C&#8221;, and it&#8217;s definitely called a &#8220;Generator&#8221; in the text that comes up when you blow it up. A Territories variant?</li>
<li>1:12/1:13 &#8211; Phantom airstrike taking out the tank?</li>
<li>1:16 is definitely some kind of Covenant equivalent of the Spartan Laser.</li>
<li>1:17 you can see &#8220;Revenge&#8221; come up as he headshots the guy &#8211; is this a new medal?</li>
<li>1:20 &#8211; DMR looks like one head shot kills.</li>
<li>Looks like the Covenant Laser is back at 1:23 (top-left, targeting the tank).</li>
<li>1:24 Guy that lands beside the &#8220;May 3, 2010&#8243; shoots the human grenade launcher towards the camera</li>
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<p>Conversation about the video is progressing in <a href="http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=969671">this thread</a> on the HBO Forums <img src='http://ciaran-walsh.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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