Halo: Reach
Action
Science fiction
Warfare
Shooter
Halo: Reach is a first-person shooter set in 2552, serving as a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. Players control Noble Six, a member of Noble Team, an elite squad of Spartan supersoldiers defending the human colony world of Reach from a Covenant invasion. The game features campaign gameplay playable solo or cooperatively, with armor abilities replacing single-use equipment from previous entries. Multiplayer includes competitive modes, a Firefight survival mode, and Forge World, a large-scale level editor. The game also introduces space combat dogfight sequences to the series.
14 Sep, 2010
21 Jun, 2026
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Halo: Reach is a first-person shooter set in 2552, serving as a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. Players control Noble Six, a member of Noble Team, an elite squad of Spartan supersoldiers defending the human colony world of Reach from a Covenant invasion. The game features campaign gameplay playable solo or cooperatively, with armor abilities replacing single-use equipment from previous entries. Multiplayer includes competitive modes, a Firefight survival mode, and Forge World, a large-scale lev...
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In the year 2552, humanity is losing its war against the Covenant, an alliance of alien races bent on extermination. The colony world of Reach, the United Nations Space Command's primary military stronghold and home to over 700 million civilians, comes under sudden attack when Covenant forces are discovered on the planet's surface. Noble Six, the newest member of Noble Team, a squad of elite Spartan supersoldiers, joins the fight to defend Reach. As the invasion intensifies and the planet's def...
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Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Release Date:
14 Sep, 2010
Modes:
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Themes:
Action, Science fiction, Warfare
Genres:
Shooter
Player Perspectives:
First person, Third person
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IGDB Rating
4.2
User Rating
658
User Rating Count
84%
Rating %
Critics Rating
4.3
Critics Rating
667
Critics Rating Count
86%
Critics Rating %
Main Developers
Bungie
Supporting Developers
343 Industries
Publishers
Microsoft Game Studios
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