Halo Reach Multiplayer Had Space Battles But Got Canned

Bungie revealed that an early prototype for Halo Reach included an online multiplayer space ship battle similar to the one based in the ‘Long Night of Solace’ mission from the Campaign. But they dropped the idea since it was “pretty silly.”

Speaking in the latest issue of Game Informer (via CVG) Halo’s creative director Marcus Lehto said, “We joked about it from time to time and even had a rough version of it working very early on in development.”

“But the mechanics of it were pretty silly and we very quickly realised that the resulting gameplay experience wouldn’t hit the bar we were aiming for, nor justify the amount of work required,” he added.

“With so many features and so much content already committed, Reach was an incredibly ambitious project on an already aggressive schedule.”