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The '''Halo: Reach Multiplayer ViDoc: Zugzwang Evolved''' is the second ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[ViDoc]] but is merely an [[Bungie's April Fools Jokes|April Fools]] Day prank regarding changes to multiplayer in ''Halo: Reach''. | The '''Halo: Reach Multiplayer ViDoc: Zugzwang Evolved''' is the second ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[ViDoc]] but is merely an [[Bungie's April Fools Jokes|April Fools]] Day prank regarding changes to multiplayer in ''Halo: Reach''. | ||
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'''0:30 - [[Luke Timmins]]''': One of things we really struggled on was, was the tactical intricate game which, which, we were trying to improve that bridge. The next level, we went back, we spent months looking at, you know, trying to go back through time about what really represented the things that we wanted to bring to the game. | '''0:30 - [[Luke Timmins]]''': One of things we really struggled on was, was the tactical intricate game which, which, we were trying to improve that bridge. The next level, we went back, we spent months looking at, you know, trying to go back through time about what really represented the things that we wanted to bring to the game. | ||
'''0:42 - [[Jon Cable]]''': I think people want something new. Uh, we’ve done the real-time [[First-Person Shooter]], we beat that to death. | '''0:42 - [[Jon Cable]]''': I think people want something new. Uh, we’ve done the real-time [[First-person shooter|First-Person Shooter]], we beat that to death. | ||
'''0:51 - [[Tyson Green]]''': There’s more to strategy than just landing [[Head Shot|headshots]]. That’s ''talent'', right, but you have to be able to look ahead, you have to sort of plan your moves for your character. | '''0:51 - [[Tyson Green]]''': There’s more to strategy than just landing [[Head Shot|headshots]]. That’s ''talent'', right, but you have to be able to look ahead, you have to sort of plan your moves for your character. | ||
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'''1:07 - [[Mike Zak]]''': We’ve made a number of, sort of, big changes. | '''1:07 - [[Mike Zak]]''': We’ve made a number of, sort of, big changes. | ||
'''1:11 - | '''1:11 - Rick Lico''': And this is all part of our new paradigm. It’s, it’s, ah, it’s all from the ground up, it’s all new. | ||
'''1:15 - Tyson Green''': They’ve been really just driving us from day one. It kinda spawned out of this, like, what can we do with Halo that has not been done before? | '''1:15 - Tyson Green''': They’ve been really just driving us from day one. It kinda spawned out of this, like, what can we do with Halo that has not been done before? | ||
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'''2:17 - Ben Thompson''': You start off as the [[Monitor]] and you’re ready to make your move. You go down and you pick that piece and then you are actually ''put'' into that character, you are able to control that character. | '''2:17 - Ben Thompson''': You start off as the [[Monitor]] and you’re ready to make your move. You go down and you pick that piece and then you are actually ''put'' into that character, you are able to control that character. | ||
'''2:27 - [[Marcus Lehto]]''': That, to me, was one of those things that, uh, sparked a little bit of life in the game. | '''2:27 - [[Marcus R. Lehto|Marcus Lehto]]''': That, to me, was one of those things that, uh, sparked a little bit of life in the game. | ||
'''2:34 - Luke Timmins''': I’m excited to see how it turns out, I’m really excited, but… I don’t know, every game, you think you’re doing the right thing then it turns out you fucked everything up. | '''2:34 - Luke Timmins''': I’m excited to see how it turns out, I’m really excited, but… I don’t know, whatever, every game, you think you’re doing the right thing then it turns out you fucked everything up. | ||
''Cuts to the words, "Halo: Reach, Falls 2010" that latter phrase which changes to "Fools 2010" while lower down on the screen appears the phrase "Love, [[Bungie]]"'' | ''Cuts to the words, "Halo: Reach, Falls 2010" that latter phrase which changes to "Fools 2010" while lower down on the screen appears the phrase "Love, [[Bungie]]"'' | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The [[Halo Chess|Chess]] gametype was included several months after ''Reach'''s release, as an "[[Insane]]" game type.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2FrLwkgLZk Achievement Hunter:Halo: Reach - Chess!]</ref> | |||
*Unlike most Bungie ViDocs, "Zugzwang Evolved" was not posted up on [[Bungie.net]]'s "Reach ViDocs" section, but rather was posted up as a | *Unlike most Bungie ViDocs, "Zugzwang Evolved" was not posted up on [[Bungie.net]]'s "Reach ViDocs" section, but rather was posted up as a YouTube video then released as its own News item.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25354 Bungie News Item 04/01/2010]</ref> | ||
*"Zugzwang Evolved" shares some parallels with the following ViDoc, [[Halo: Reach ViDoc: Carnàge Carnivàle|Carnàge Carnivàle]], as both ViDocs revolve around the updating and expansion of ''Reach'''s multiplayer. | *"Zugzwang Evolved" shares some parallels with the following ViDoc, [[Halo: Reach ViDoc: Carnàge Carnivàle|Carnàge Carnivàle]], as both ViDocs revolve around the updating and expansion of ''Reach'''s multiplayer. | ||
*The chess map displayed in the ViDoc appears to have been created in [[Forge]] mode, and located within [[ | *The chess map displayed in the ViDoc appears to have been created in [[Forge]] mode, and located within [[Forge World#The Coliseum|The Coliseum]], with each of the chess pieces being signified by opposing sides of [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-IIIs]] and [[Sangheili|Elites]]. | ||
*At about 2:01, a Spartan-III is shown killing the Elite representing the king, an illegal move in any chess game. | *At about 2:01, a Spartan-III is shown killing the Elite representing the king, an illegal move in any chess game. | ||
*This ViDoc confirmed the return of [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] in '' | *This ViDoc confirmed the return of [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] in ''Reach'', by extension of the return of the [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity Hammer]]. | ||
*The title is a reference to [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] and makes use of the chess term "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang Zugzwang]", which is a German term for the moment when a player is forced to make a move that would put them in a worse situation than they were previously, and usually signifies the barrier between winning and losing. From this, the ViDoc's title could be taken to mean "Losing Evolved", or "Creating Losing Evolved." | *The title is a reference to ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and makes use of the chess term "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang Zugzwang]", which is a German term for the moment when a player is forced to make a move that would put them in a worse situation than they were previously, and usually signifies the barrier between winning and losing. From this, the ViDoc's title could be taken to mean "Losing Evolved", or "Creating Losing Evolved." | ||
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