The storyline of Halo: Reach, the fifth installment of the halo series, is a prequel to halo:combat evolved. It takes place on the planet Reach, which is the home base of the spartans. The biggest change which I noticed immediately is that there is no battle rifle, instead you are given a DMR, which is just as good.

       Another big difference is that the items in halo 3 are gone, but are replaced with abilities which kinda serve the same purpose (see left table). This changes the multiplayer gameplay DRAMATICALLY from any other halo. Another new feature is the assasination animations. If you kill someone from behind a cool animation happens, if you play it you'll see, it's really cool. There are many additional weapons in Reach, along with some familiar ones. They expanded the multiplayer experience immencely, and the campaign is, just ok.