Over 40 Different Assasinations in Reach!

Nobody asked to see this, but I did notice some oohs and awes over some recently released game footage that shows off a couple of the new assassinations that our amazing animators worked into Reach. You got a taste of some of these kick ass coups de grace in the multiplayer beta back in May, but that was but a mere sampling of the final carnage count. According to animation producer Matt Richenburg, all told there are over forty custom assassinations packed into the shipping product, most multiplayer, some specific to campaign.

Many of them are contextually based upon you and your opponent’s position (an aerial assassination is very different than a ground and pound), and a few even depend on whether or not you have some ceremonial plasma in your hot little hands. Like so:



Came From Behind!

YES!!!! I'm glad there is a variety of assassinations to keep things fresh. I'd hate it if they just had like 10 repeated animations, so this is some good news!

For some strange reason I am looking forward to Reach. I have been a litlle indifferent to the rest of the series.