Halo: Reach

Halo: Reach is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Released for the Xbox 360 on September 14, 2010, the game is the fifth installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to Halo 3: ODST (2007). It was the last Halo game developed by Bungie, before the development was taken over by Microsoft themselves as their division, 343 Industries, made the future main titles in the series.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The graphics are really good and detailed.
 * 2) Amazing story.
 * 3) An awesome Multiplayer mode, with a new feature known as abilities, such as Jetpacks and Sprinting.
 * 4) Most features carry over from Halo 3 such as Replays, Forge, Multiplayer and more.
 * 5) Forge is vastly improved from Halo 3. A lot more types of items can be placed in certain maps such as Forge World, a huge open world map that you can build in.
 * 6) With a hard drive inserted, you can download custom map and game variants using a file browser, where you can find another player's File Share and download their creations.
 * 7) The great mode known as Firefight returns from Halo 3: ODST.
 * 8) It's the first Halo game in the series to have a customizable protagonist.
 * 9) Armor customization has been vastly improved, with lots more options to choose for customization.
 * 10) You can choose to play with either a male or a female protagonist.
 * 11) The voice acting is really good, with Alona Tal as Kat and Jamie Hector as Emile as standouts.
 * 12) The soundtrack is really amazing, going for a more somber and emotional tone, thanks to Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori.
 * 13) A lot of the Covenant enemies, including the Elites, were redesigned, with the exception of the Brutes.
 * 14) This game is the prequel of Halo: Combat Evolved, and it tells the events of the planet known as Reach, which was mentioned a lot in the series.
 * 15) Captain Keyes from the first game makes an appearance in the final mission after 9 years.
 * 16) Many different weapons, from old classics such as the Gravity Hammer to new toys such as the M460 Automatic Grenade Launcher and the Type-50 Concussion Rifle.
 * 17) You can detach turrets to get a tertiary weapon and move freely, just like in Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST.
 * 18) Multiple power-ups, such as energy shields and invisibility fields, and a new customizable power-up which causes different effects depending on the game type you are playing.
 * 19) Eight types of new armor upgrades such as a Hard Lock and Sprint Boost are available in multiplayer.
 * 20) You can now have up to 1,000 creations on a single storage device. For the people who like to create a lot of content, now you can have more.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Short campaign that can be finished in only a few hours.
 * 2) While it's amazing, the story was polarizing to some critics and fans. Some say it's great and emotional, while others say it's cliché.
 * 3) Some of the characters are one dimensional and poorly written.
 * 4) If you don't have a Hard Drive installed to the Xbox 360 (it has to be attached to the Hard Drive bay and not a USB storage device), some features such as multiplayer Firefight, replays, file downloads and more are unavailable.