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Re: My Thoughts on the Halo Series | |
Posted By: Gravemind <gravemind80@yahoo.com> | Date: 9/16/06 1:34 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: My Thoughts on the Halo Series (Frankie) : Holy jeebus that was loooooooooooooong. : First off, congrats on the sheer amount of thought and work you put into it.
: There are a few things in your notes that I personally agree with, and
Thanks. I recall in a recent Weekly Update you wrote about how Halo 3's Campaign stages will be more like Halo 1's, which was great to hear. There's also the return of the old AR, which even though it might not be the same, I'm assuming it will function relatively similar (i.e. close-range automatic weapon). Hopefully it will spell the end of the SMG and dual wielding as well. Of course, my assumptions could be wrong, and I know you can't let me know since you guys are more secretive than the CIA. :p As for whether certain things like the pistol are balanced, we'll probably be debating these things forever, which, circular as it may be, is always welcome in my book. : Hopefully you will love how Halo 3 balances out. But if you don't - remember
: ;-) Oh. Nooooow you tell me. :) Actually, I started writing my letter back in January, well before Halo 3 was announced. I didn't finish the main draft until May, mainly because a) I'm a sluggish writer, b) I only had time for a couple of paragraphs a day, on average, and c) I have a major propensity towards being extremely detailed when writing about things that interest me, and since there's a lot of stuff in Halo to write about... well, you saw the results. Plus I've made several minor additions, corrections, and revisions since then. I really didn't get it to how I liked until a couple of months ago (though I sent an older version to the "Bungie webmaster" contact via email a lot earlier, but I got no reply), and I kinda put off posting it online. Anyhoo, "2007" is a pretty vague release date, and it's hard to tell how far along you guys are based on what we've heard in the Weekly Updates. Does your winking mean that it's actually pretty close to completion? It does seem like a lot of the major things are well into production, some maybe already nearing completion (most notably AI). Of course 2007 is still several months away, and there's always the possibility that it won't be a Q1 release, so hopefully there's still plenty of time to take suggestions for certain more minor things into account (e.g. specifics regarding certain weapons & vehicles, the melee system, fall damage -- things that are probably the most important core gameplay things to me), that is if you guys wish to do so *nudge, nudge*. Well, that's all for now. Hopefully you guys have another trailer (maybe one focused on the Arbiter) or something else for us sometime soon. Bye. |
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