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| Re: My Thoughts on the Halo Series | |
| Posted By: TalkingElmo <spam4david@yahoo.com> | Date: 9/12/06 9:32 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: My Thoughts on the Halo Series (Frankie) : For example, and this is the only example I will give you ebcause these
Not to beat a dead horse, but since it came up I'd like to make my voice heard where someone meaningful might see it. First of all, Halo 1 wasn't just nonstop pistoling. That is an exaggerated caricature of the game. Every weapon except the Needler and PP got a fair amount of usage. The Rocket, Sniper, Plasma Rifle (which was actually useful and interesting with the stun), Shotgun, AR, Fuel Rod (PC), and Flamethrower (PC) all got a good amount of use. The pistol excelled at mid-long range, so on the most popular maps (Hang 'em and Blood Gulch) it was the most common weapon because those maps featured mostly combat in the pistol's range. But the other weapons owned the pistol in their respective ranges so they got a lot of use in the right situations. Short of fiesta weapons or no starting weapon at all, the starting weapon is going to set the tone of the game no matter what, because that's what everyone has every singe time they spawn in. Halo 1 had more pistoling than anything else because that's what people spawned with. Halo 2 is somewhat similar in that it has more SMG spraying than anything else because that's what people spawn with. The difference is that because the SMG is so weak and limited, people will grab anything and everything they can to try to up their fire power. The question is not whether one weapon gets used more than the others, but what kind of weapon sets the tone of the game. Do you want to play a game that mostly revolves around point blank bullet spam where you're almost totally screwed if you see someone with a better gun, or a game that mostly revolves around aiming and strafing and use of cover where you can use your skill and wits to outplay another player even if he has a slight weapon advantage? Many of us greatly prefer the latter. (And no, the BR doesn't fill the same role. Too little ammo, too short of range, too slow to kill esp. on Live, huge hitboxes and autoaim make strafing pointless so it's 90% who starts shooting first, which is boring, etc.) | |
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